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Martha Stewart Discovers…The Internet?

Martha Stewart may have 1.5 million followers on her twitter account, but to hear her do her show, it would seem like she only discovered the internet yesterday. We don’t want to make fun of her for being old (we’re all going to get old eventually), and not to make fun of her for having…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 2

Now You Can Follow Inanimate Objects from “Heroes” On Twitter

OK, I get that people like to follow characters from their favorite TV shows on Twitter. I like the fake celeb phenom as much as the next person, and I even like some of the real celebs who give us a daily tweet or two. But seriously, folks, who really wants to follow “The Sullivan…

Television Annalee Newitz Sep 29

Tweetie 2 for iPhone: Full Offline Powers, Filters and Push Notifications

The overall best iPhone Twitter app, Tweetie, is about to seriously leapfrog everybody else with version 2, with everything you could want—offline reading—and way, way more. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-twitter-app-battlemodo-best-and-worst-twitter-a-5135117 The extent of its offline powers alone is impressive: Not only is there caching, but it remembers your exact place in the app, and you can bookmark, follow…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 28

Tweet Reel iPhone App Sends 640 x 480 Video to Twitter

Rejoice, exhibitionists of the world, for TweetReel for iPhone will allow you to record videos at 640 x 480 pixels and tweet them. At last, your drunken thoughts and sexual mishaps available to your 26 followers in full high-res detail. It’s pretty easy: Download Tweet Reel to your iPhone 3GS, open it, make a video,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 28

Tweet Your Face Off With These Reader Selected Twitter Clients

You have the Twitter, you say? And you’re following all us Gizmodo tweeters religiously? If not, we’re right over there on the left. If our 140-character bits of brilliance ever overwhelm you, and they will, try managing the streams with these five best Twitter clients, courtesy Lifehacker. You’ll be deftly surfing a sea of Tweets…

Tech News Jack Loftus Sep 27

Yfrog Lets You iPhone MMS Photos Directly to Twitter

iPhone MMS just went live, and already there’s crazy stuff to do with it: Send a photo to a custom email address at Yfrog via MMS, and it’ll be tweeted automatically. Plus, you can use more than 140 characters. [

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 25

Sensia DAB and Wi-Fi Radio Delivers Big Touchscreen, Twitter and Facebook Apps

Taking cues from devices like the Chumby, Squeezebox and HP’s DreamScreen, Pure is throwing a kitchen sink full of features into their new Sensia radio—including Wi-Fi, DAB and FM support, a 5.7-inch touchscreen and plenty of popular widgets. https://gizmodo.com/hp-dreamscreen-brings-pandora-media-streaming-to-the-d-5361344 Other features include: two full-range 3″ drive units, an optional rechargeable battery, RF remote and a…

Social Media Sean Fallon Sep 21

Peek Joins the Application Game with Peek Apps

When we looked at Peek, we decided that while it doesn’t do much else, it does email better than most. Now the minimalist gadget is growing up and stepping into the application circus with its Peek Apps. https://gizmodo.com/peek-pronto-lightning-review-simple-email-faster-5197397 Dubbed PeekSocial, PeekMaps, PeekFeed, and AskPeek, the current applications cover the cornerstones of any app store: Twitter,…

Social Media Rosa Golijan Sep 18

Good Morning! 11,000 Times Over

What you are looking at is 11,000 instances of “good morning” being tweeted in various languages over a 24 hour period. Notice the color black—these are the slackers that stumble out of bed past noon. The tweets appear as blocks and are colour-coded. Green tweets are early in the morning, orange tweets are at about…

Tech News Sean Fallon Sep 11

Internet Distractions, In Order of Importance

The phone’s ringing, but you’ve got a direct message from a hottie on Twitter. Oh, a Facebook message while you’re watching kittens on video. What takes priority? Don’t panic. This chart will guide you through the hierarchy of Internet distractions. Click on the picture for a closer look. The higher up in the hierarchy a…

Social Media Rosa Golijan Sep 8

T-Mobile Sidekick Gets Facebook and Twitter Apps

The Sidekick Download Catalog has a couple of new additions today for owners of the Sidekick 2008, Sidekick LX (including Tony Hawk Edition) and Sidekick Slide. Interestingly, the Facebook app is free while the Twitter app is $2 per month. This comes as a catch-up to the Sidekick 2009, which comes pre-packaged with free Facebook…

Social Media Dan Nosowitz Sep 5

Sonos Adds Twitter Support So Everyone Can Admire Your Music Taste

Sonos, makers of high-end wireless audio systems, announced they are adding Twitter support to their already formidable lineup. It’ll be supported by the CR200 as well as the iPhone, Mac and Windows clients later this fall. https://gizmodo.com/sonos-cr200-touchscreen-controller-review-better-than-5323890 Sonos’s Twitter integration is pretty simple but also quite cool for devout Twitterers: Directly from the Sonos controller…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Sep 4

Push Google Voice SMS and Twitter Messages to iPhone With Prowl, No Growl Required

While Prowl’s designed for push notifications from a computer running Growl—opening up a world of possibilities—GVMax and Prey Fetcher push Google Voice SMS and Twitter messages via the web, without your computer running Growl 24/7. https://gizmodo.com/prowl-pushes-growl-notifications-to-your-iphone-5308874 The downside is that you’re trusting your Google Voice and Twitter logins to third-party services, but if you wanna…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 2

Facebook “Revolutionizes How Parents Stalk College-Aged Kids”

The Onion has drafted another startlingly important report examining how parents can use Facebook and Twitter to stay involved with their otherwise reluctant children. Click to view My favorite line on Twitter: “You just pick a name that’s very common and after it you add the year your son or daughter was born…just make sure…

Social Media Mark Wilson Sep 1

Fringe Returns With Added Commentary – On Twitter

Wonder just what was going through the heads ofFringe writers when they came up with last season’s finale? This Thursday, you’ll get a chance to learn firsthand, thanks to the magic of Twitter. As part of a joint promotion for the show with Fox’s Glee, Fringe stars Joshua Jackson and John Noble, as well as…

Television Graeme McMillan Sep 1

IBM Files Patent For Tweeting TV Remote

Good lord, this is all we need. A TV remote that allows users to easily ramble on about the shows they watch via their blog or twitter account. For better or worse, IBM appears to be working on this technology. A viewer selects a media program to view by use of a remote controller with…

Tech News Sean Fallon Aug 28

Favorite Random Food Tweets

With apologies to @mattbuchanan and @jesusdiaz, my favorite random food tweeter is Jacqui Cheng from Ars. Our boys might be quicker with the pics, but hers are always way more unexpectedly (possibly even unintentionally) funny. Keep ’em coming, Jacqui. [Twitter]

Tech News Wilson Rothman Aug 27

Just Another Day At The Office For Arnold

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Twitter: “I do still have the Conan sword, and I keep it in my office. Here’s a picture.”

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 25

The Most Racist App Apple’s Approved

Let me get this straight: Apple rejected an app with the Obama “Hope” image because it “ridicules public figures,” but approved GhettoTweets, a Twitter app that turns every tweet into “gangsta slang….making you about as hip as any bling-blingin rapper.” https://gizmodo.com/app-store-approval-process-slowly-getting-less-horrendo-5342613 Seriously? I mean, come on. The really sad part is that it has overwhelmingly…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Aug 24

Native Twitter Location Data Means More Stalker Power With Every Tweet

Twitter’s API just got a new piece of awesome: native location data. Before, apps had to jury-rig location schemes, but now location data can be natively baked into every tweet. Twitter + true location is going to be insanely powerful and possibly take Twitter to a whole new level. The API will let developers couple…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Aug 20

Martha Stewart Discovers…The Internet?

Now You Can Follow Inanimate Objects from “Heroes” On Twitter

Tweetie 2 for iPhone: Full Offline Powers, Filters and Push Notifications

Tweet Reel iPhone App Sends 640 x 480 Video to Twitter

Tweet Your Face Off With These Reader Selected Twitter Clients

Yfrog Lets You iPhone MMS Photos Directly to Twitter

Sensia DAB and Wi-Fi Radio Delivers Big Touchscreen, Twitter and Facebook Apps

Peek Joins the Application Game with Peek Apps

Good Morning! 11,000 Times Over

Internet Distractions, In Order of Importance

T-Mobile Sidekick Gets Facebook and Twitter Apps

Sonos Adds Twitter Support So Everyone Can Admire Your Music Taste

Push Google Voice SMS and Twitter Messages to iPhone With Prowl, No Growl Required

Facebook “Revolutionizes How Parents Stalk College-Aged Kids”

Fringe Returns With Added Commentary – On Twitter

IBM Files Patent For Tweeting TV Remote

Favorite Random Food Tweets

Just Another Day At The Office For Arnold

The Most Racist App Apple’s Approved

Native Twitter Location Data Means More Stalker Power With Every Tweet

Amazon Is Sticking With ‘Rings of Power’ to the End

Trump Is Reportedly Going Full Steam Ahead with the Golden Dome

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Twitter Just Can’t Stop Leaking Movies

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