Rumours are now a reality: Twitter has released their first commerce product. Following the hiring of former Ticketmaster CEO, Nathan Hubbard, mock-ups of a "Buy Now" button have been leaked all over the Internet; today rumours become reality. The official launch announcement from Twitter reads: "Today we are beginning to test a new way for you to discover and buy … [Read more...] about Twitter Goes Commercial With New “Buy” Button on Mobile
Digg Solidifies Relationship to Twitter with RSS Reader and iOS App
Trying desperately to remain relevant, Digg recently launched a new service that pulls together trending stories for you based on the people you follow on Twitter. Cleverly called Digg Deeper, this service is now available on more platforms --including an upgrade to their Digg iOS app. Speaking on the new service, Digg describes their release by stating, "It’s a great way to … [Read more...] about Digg Solidifies Relationship to Twitter with RSS Reader and iOS App
Twitter Now Shares Your Favourite Tweets
Many Twitter users employ the ability to mark a tweet as a favourite in one of two ways: some use it a a method of giving private kudos to the original author, while others like to save particularly good posts for later review. Regardless of your reason, you may have noticed that Twitter recently started sharing your favourites (along with details on who you are now following) … [Read more...] about Twitter Now Shares Your Favourite Tweets
Add Animated GIFs to Twitter Using Android
Those of you who were around when the Internet was still an infant will likely remember GIFs very fondly (and properly pronounce it with a hard-G and not like 'jiff'). Not only were they generally nice and small where file-sizes were concerned (something that was especially important back in the dial-up connection days of yore), they allowed for animation at a time long before … [Read more...] about Add Animated GIFs to Twitter Using Android
Use Daily by Buffer to Discover and Share New Social Media Content
We're all addicted to social media, some of us more than others, and it can be a little daunting to juggle accounts with all the biggies like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and App.net. Luckily for us, apps like Buffer exist to let you leverage content to be shared easily across all of your accounts. To further compliment their existing app, the company has released Daily by … [Read more...] about Use Daily by Buffer to Discover and Share New Social Media Content
Medium Launches Read-Only App For iPhone
Medium, the popular blogging platform has made its iOS debut today. The app is fairly simple and users can read articles from the site. After signing in, the app presents you with a list of stories based on what's popular and what you have already chosen to follow from the main website. It tells you about how long it will take to read each story, and if you get bored partway … [Read more...] about Medium Launches Read-Only App For iPhone
Twitter Rewards Spamming Indie Authors with Trending Terms
Indie and self-published authors should spend more time writing and less time spamming Twitter with a million "Buy My Book" posts. One of the new tactics this shabby demographic is employing is making major terms trend in order to generate click-bait for your average Twitter user. Is this ethical and more importantly a good use of time? Today on Twitter Indie authors managed … [Read more...] about Twitter Rewards Spamming Indie Authors with Trending Terms
Pubsoft Revamps HTML Web Viewer for eBooks
As more and more publishers look to optimize content for mobile device consumption, one company is quietly expanding the possibilities of its web viewer for digital reading under the belief that browser-based reading is where digital publishing is actually going to find its comfort zone. As consumers' devices are increasingly able to access wifi--especially as the numbers for … [Read more...] about Pubsoft Revamps HTML Web Viewer for eBooks
Monetate Ecommerce Quarterly Report Reveals Tablet And Social Sites Contributing More to e-commerce
The latest Monetate Ecommerce report has brought to light some very interesting findings, especially that of tablet devices beating smartphones so far as the total website traffic from mobile devices is concerned. For those who prefer hardcore figures, total e-commerce traffic from tablets now constitute 12.44 percent of all e-commerce traffic, with smartphones lagging close … [Read more...] about Monetate Ecommerce Quarterly Report Reveals Tablet And Social Sites Contributing More to e-commerce
Twitter Out of Reach on the Z10
The only solace for owners of the Z10 device who are not able to tweet is that they are not alone. For Twitter has been off limits for the Blackberry 10 operating system and fortunately Blackberry is aware of the problem. A solution is in the works and the issue is expected to be sorted out fast. Let's just hope things are solved before the Q10 is launched. … [Read more...] about Twitter Out of Reach on the Z10
Latest With The RIM Blackberry Playbook: Ad-Powered Android apps to Run Afterall
The easiest way that most thought can salvage the PlayBook tablet device out of its impending graveyard was to allow the device to run Android Apps. Their native application market just did not have enough to attract developers to it. A user would therefore have limited applications to load on the PlayBook for their various needs. RIM accepted this suggestion and went ahead to … [Read more...] about Latest With The RIM Blackberry Playbook: Ad-Powered Android apps to Run Afterall