Update: Vine is now available to download from the Windows Phone Store

Update:The app is now available. Hit the links at the bottom of this article to download Vine for your chosen device. At last,Vinehas launched a version of its 6-second video recording and sharing appfor Windows Phonehandsets. AlongsideInstagram, which is scheduled for releasein the coming weeks, Vine is one of the most highly anticipated apps to be released on Microsoft’s mobile platform. Similar to the iOS and Android incarnations, users tap and hold the screen to take a shot, releasing only when they want to finish the project or cut to a different angle....

2 min · 383 words · Elizabeth Williams

UpdateBar lets you post to Twitter and Facebook fan pages from your Mac

UpdateBaris a native mac app that lets users simultaneously post on Twitter accounts, Facebook profiles, and/or even Fan Pages. It’s not quite your usual full-fledged social network management all-in-one app. Instead, it offers a quick, easy, non-distracting alternative for posting updates on different social networks using a simple app that rests on the Mac menu bar. There’s nothing much to configure with this app aside from adding and removing services you want to post to, and choosing among a couple of link shortening options, including the option of entering a custom URL shortening service....

2 min · 282 words · Chad Miller

Upload pictures straight from your digital camera to your social networks

The first thing I asked at the Kodak booth at CES was ‘has Kodak bought out a camera with wifi or 3G yet?’ I got a strange look and the answer was ‘no, and we are not planning to’. This seems like a completely missed opportunity for Kodak and other handheld video camera manufactures like Flip when an iPhone has exactly the same video quality and has the added befit of wifi and 3G of connectivity....

2 min · 275 words · Kevin Mcgee

Uproar as #oldTwitter users soon to be forced to join #newTwitter for good

A new wave of user uproar from Twitter users still using the old interface has erupted tonight after Twitter indicated that the time for a forced upgrade to thenew Twitterwas drawing near. It would seem the warning text in Old Twitter has been changed to “You will automatically be upgraded to New Twitter very, very soon.” The small change — it’s merely the addition of the words ‘very, very’ appears to be the cause of thousands of#newtwitter complaints....

2 min · 240 words · Matthew Gilbert

UpThemes releases WordPress options framework on GitHub

UpThemeshas released the options framework that powers its premium line ofWordPressthemes onGitHub, according to anannouncement. UpThemes says they’ll be developing the framework in conjunction with other theme developers from now on — like WordPress itself, anyone will be permitted to submit a patch for consideration. Chris Wallace, the founder of UpThemes, says that the biggest motivation behind the move is the fact that WordPress itself is given freely in every way, and that has helped it become the leading CMS....

2 min · 368 words · Patrick Walker
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