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Western Australia’s beachgoers are a bit more informed as to the whereabouts of the region’s shark population this summer, thanks to a scientific initiative that has fitted transmitters to more than 300 sharks of various types. The transmitters are picked up by underwater receivers, and when a tagged shark comes within a kilometer of the Continue Reading →

Twitter has just announced a couple of small but useful updates to its Twitter Alerts system, which allows participating organizations to send out notices to subscribing users about emergencies or disaster areas. The alerts system gains the ability to pop up an in-app notification inside of Twitter’s apps today, utilizing the same pop-up ‘toast’ notifications Continue Reading →

As a holiday treat, Twitter has announced that it will begin allowing Vine users to register for vanity URLs for their profiles. The race begins on Friday, December 20 at 9am PST when those with verified accounts will be able to sign up. All other Vine users will be able to participate on Monday, December Continue Reading →

Twitter has an eye on your location — and is testing ways to share it with other nearby users. The short-messaging service appears to be testing a new timeline for its mobile app, called “Nearby.” It shows recent nearby tweets, whether you follow the tweeter or not. The “Nearby” timeline has appeared occasionally in recent Continue Reading →

For some people, social media is baked into their lives – not a minute or a meal can pass without it being shared with the world. Those people won’t want to use Relaxed, a tool that will respond to Facebook mentions and Tweets directed at you on your behalf. There’s not the most advanced set Continue Reading →

Turns out not everything on Twitter is forever. Twitter made a change to its “block” feature on Thursday, but then backtracked later in the day after an uproar among users. The block feature has worked like this: When you block a user, it blocks them from following you or sending you messages. If you’ve been Continue Reading →

It’s been obvious for some time that Twitter sees television as a major way in which it can participate in, drive, and profit from the broader cultural conversation. It’s about to become an even more useful tool, thanks to a number of new partners signing up for Twitter and Comcast’s See It platform. Announced earlier Continue Reading →

It’s no simple job to manufacture authentic, spontaneous celebrity photos. Enter the Twitter Mirror, just offstage at awards shows and in talk-show greenrooms. The Mirror is Twitter Inc.’s name for a tablet programmed for VIP events and adorned with a filigree frame. Celebrities stand before it, tap the screen, take a few moments to pose, Continue Reading →

On Wednesday, Twitter announced an update to its apps for iOS and Android as well as TweetDeck for Web, Chrome and PC (and Mac soon) that bring a renewed focus on direct messaging. The app now features a direct link to Direct Messages in the tab bar and allows you to send photos inside DMs Continue Reading →

Twitter is ready to roll out retargeted ads fueled by browser cookies, sources confirm. Twitter has announced the program, expanding retargeted ads beyond the “experimental” phase that started in July. The secret sauce of Twitter’s retargeting is the use of your account as a cross-device identity layer, allowing it to target ads on mobile based Continue Reading →