Say goodbye to the @BurgerKing hacks: Twitter has finally introduced optional, two-factor authentication to secure your account by asking you to enter a six-digit code via SMS each time you sign in. Your move, Anonymous.
The latest in tweet-vertising offers a way to hand over your name, email address, and handle in exchange for more information. Priceline, one of the first companies to try the new format, will offer travel deals.
We might have fewer characters to work with, but we still hunger for narrative. New mediums aren’t destroying fiction, they’re allowing us to innovate even more in how we create and consume our stories. Plus: an appearance by John Hodgman!
Twitter has patented the ubiquitous pull-to-fresh touch interface gesture as part of a new "Innovator's Patent Agreement" designed to discourage patent trolls from offensive lawsuits.
Three out of four people are in constant job-search mode and, increasingly, Twitter is their tool of choice. Here's how to make 140 characters work for you.
Relevant tweets will appear next to your customized list of content on the Yahoo homepage. Google once included tweets in its search results, but the relationship ended in 2011. Yahoo touts its partnerships with Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft as one of its key advantages. Now it can add Twitter to that list.
Users can download a new app called "App.net Passport" to create a limited account that allows you to browse other members for free. Sending a message, however, will require some cash.
