Twitter on TFTS

The Peek devices were meet with some criticism when they originally launched. They looked like a smartphone, however the could not make any calls. In fact, the could actually do very little aside from some basic web browsing and getting messages — both in the form of email and Twitter [...]

RIM had previously announced a big Twitter contest. And well, that contest has officially kicked off as of today. Those interested will want to follow the @BlackBerry account on Twitter and pay attention to all things JanuBerry.

Twitter has become an important medium for artists and consumers of multimedia alike. Twitter has recently partnered with an online service that mines data from the Twitter stream for relevant information and updates on artists for use on mobile apps.

SMS is on the decline, at least in some parts of the world. This recent holiday season has marked a decrease in SMS messages sent, amid what is considered the busiest days in SMS. Should carriers be worried?

In the past we have mentioned HootSuite as having been available for iOS, more specifically for the iPad. Of course, the app has also available for Android devices for some time now. And now, now it looks like HootSuite has also come available for the BlackBerry.

Twitter is introducing yet another change to its interface, with focus on four simple aspects of the service: conversations, topic streams, profile and tweeting. The update is rolling out in the next few weeks, although Twitter is giving users a sneak preview.

Twitter has launched a self-serve advertising platform that lets advertisers purchase “promoted” tweets and accounts. Currently available in beta, the service will soon open to the public, for direct ad spot purchases with a credit card.

We have been seeing quite a bit of information on the subject of Carrier IQ lately. And for those who are new to this name, or who have simply chosen to ignore it in hopes that it was nothing and would quietly go away, fell TFTS blogger Chris Smith wrote [...]

If you’ve got a Sony Bravia television, or were looking to get your hands on one, then you’ll have some very good news coming up here, if you haven’t already received said good news. The good news in question is in the form of a firmware upgrade for Bravias that’s [...]

Motorola’s latest Android smartphone, the Droid RAZR, is already available for pre-orders and it will be launched on November 10, just as initially rumored. But some people will have a chance of winning their free RAZR unit in the very near future.