Showing posts with label Twitter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Twitter. Show all posts

Sunday, 11 May 2014

Twitter Improves Password-reset Options, Cracks Down On Suspicious Logins


Almost a year after rolling out two-factor authentication for verifying your logins, Twitter is announcing another welcome security update. This time, it's an improved password-reset process and a smarter system for identifying suspicious logins. The new password-reset process is especially useful; now, when you forget your login and need to create a new one, you can specify which phone number or email address where Twitter should send your reset information. If you don't have access to the number or email on file, the social network will give you the option to enter new ones. This feature is especially helpful for those traveling abroad, who may not have access to their usual gadgets. It will definitely come in handy for anyone who hasn't updated their email on Twitter, too.

Hopefully, you won't need to take much advantage of the second half of the site's security update. Twitter will now analyze information such as location, device and login history to help identify suspicious logins. So even when someone knows your password, if they're signing in from an unfamiliar computer, their attempt would likely be flagged.

Source:Twitter Blog
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Posted on 03:36
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Friday, 9 May 2014

How To Hide Secret Messages In Your Twitter Updates


Twitter offers a surprising freedom of expression within 140 characters, but what if you want to hide a message in plain sight -- say, to get around censorship? Well, it's now as easy as pie. Matthew Holloway has built a web tool that uses steganography (that is, hiding messages within other content) to put secret phrases inside your tweets. The technique replaces letters with similar-looking characters that hide a second message you can only reveal with the right decoder.

Holloway is quick to stress that this isn't cryptography. Since anyone can use the tool, your hidden meaning is fair game to anyone who tracks down his website and pastes in your text. It's also patently obvious that this isn't an ordinary post, so suspicious types will know that something's up. Still, if you ever want to enjoy a degree of obscurity on Twitter -- or just want to mess with your followers -- you can check out the utility at the source link.

Source:Twitter Secret Messages
Via:Ars Technica, engadget
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Posted on 22:45
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Thursday, 27 March 2014

Twitter Is Experimenting Again, Tries Replacing 'retweet' With 'share' Button



Twitter can't help itself. If it's not new pictures, tweet views and video previews, then it could be an epoch-defining change to what the social network called one of its core features: retweets. So, it's possibly not a big deal, but in Twitter's latest experiment, it's been changed to 'share' -- terminology closer aligned to its rival, Facebook. For the moment, only a handful of users appear to see the substitute share button and it's appearing in both the Android and iOS apps. At the same time, and probably unrelated, a new design to profile pages inside mobile apps has also appeared, with a not-so-faint Facebook vibe.

Source: @elilanger (Twitter)
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Posted on 03:32
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Saturday, 22 March 2014

Twitter May Indulge Our Vanity By Showing View Counts For Tweets




Twitter isn't supposed to be a popularity contest, but let's be honest -- many of us get a little thrill from new favorites and followers. It may be a good thing, then, that Twitter is experimenting with view counts on tweets. While Twitter's ad partners have had access to this data for a while, the test lets regular social networkers (albeit just a handful) see how much interest there is in what they say. The company isn't commenting on the dry run, but we wouldn't assume that a full-scale launch is coming. While view counts might encourage participation after well-received posts, they could also crush the self-esteem of newcomers.

Source:The Verge
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Posted on 03:26
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Friday, 21 March 2014

Twitter Now Shows You Video Previews Inside Its Mobile App


Checking out a linked video from within Twitter's official mobile apps is frequently a clumsy process, but it's about to get a lot smoother. The social network has started rolling out simple in-line video previews on both its Android and iOS apps. If you've received the upgrade, you'll see thumbnails of clips in your timeline; all you have to do is tap them to watch the footage from within the Twitter app.

Source:engadget
 New York Times
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Posted on 03:46
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