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Twitter designer finds Facebook for iPhone imitation decidedly unflattering

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Sep 7, 2011 a 10:42 pm

Facebook for iPhone, which previously took heat for making their Places icon a little too 4-squared, is now being called out by mobile designer Bryan Haggerty for copying Twitter's photo sharing UI.

Seriously Facebook? http://pic.twitter.com/0ifNsdY

Ok Facebook, enough with the flattery. http://pic.twitter.com/vSyHdpH

Tweetbot 1.6 brings Tweetmarker support

By Leanna Lofte, Friday, Aug 26, 2011 a 2:41 pm

Tweetbot - A Twitter Client with Personality has just updated to version 1.6 and with it, brings Tweetmarker support. Tweetmarker is a service that marks the last read tweet in your timeline so that it can be synced between other Twitter clients.

Since its release, Tweetbot has been my favorite Twitter client on the iPhone. Tweetmarker is a great addition to the app and I look forward to what future updates may bring.

Twitterrific for iPhone and iPad now syncs across devices

By Leanna Lofte, Thursday, Aug 11, 2011 a 2:55 pm

Twitterrific for iPhone and iPad has been updated with Tweet Marker, a new feature that syncs timeline positions across all versions.

This new feature makes me really excited! To me, it's a no-brainer for developers to include this ability with their Twitter apps and I look forward to it becoming the norm. Now if Twitterrific would just add native push notifications, it'd be pretty darn close to perfect.

Details and screenshots after the break.

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Poll: Which social networks do you use regularly?

By Georgia, Thursday, Aug 4, 2011 a 10:21 am

Facebook is the most popular app on the iPhone and we've often said Twitter and iOS go together like chocolate and peanut butter. But social networks rise and fall. Remember MySpace, Jaiku, Buzz... Friendster? And hey, how about Google+ now that it's expanding beyond the techie early adopters, or LinkedIn which seems to always hover neither here nor there.

Twitter redesigns iPad web interface in HTML5

By George Lim, Wednesday, Aug 3, 2011 a 4:09 pm

iPad users that use, 'twitter.com' in safari, instead of the downloadable iPad app will be getting a new HTML5 web app in the next few weeks

Currently, iPad users who navigate to 'twitter.com' are greeted with the old iPhone layout, with an option to switch to the default desktop UI. However Twitter announced on the 'Twitter Mobile' twitter account that they have begun rolling out a new HTML5 based web UI specifically for the iPad, which should reach all users in the coming weeks.

Daily Tip: how to enable push notifications in Tweetbot for iPhone

By Allyson Kazmucha, Wednesday, Aug 3, 2011 a 12:05 am

Using Tweetbot and wondering how to enable the recently added experimental push notifications? Tapbots just recently opened up tons more slots in the beta program so if you haven't enabled it, there's still a good chance you can snag a slot.

The most common question I've been getting is how to enable push notifications. Although Tweetbot is a gorgeous Twitter client, the push settings are in a bit of a weird place. Follow along for a quick guide on how to try and activate push in Tweetbot.

TweetFire for iPhone now available

By Leanna Lofte, Friday, Jul 29, 2011 a 10:10 pm

TweetFire - a Twitter client with Speed and Push Notifications - is now available for iPhone.

TweetFire was built with speed and performance in mind. Are you tired of other clients that take forever to load and try to download all of your data at once? TweetFire is perfect for you! Fast loading and smart refreshing means that you can navigate Twitter at lightning speed.

A unique interface giving you shortcuts to all your favorite views in Twitter.
Shortcuts for Home Timeline, Mentions, DMs, Favorites, New Search, and User Profile view
Add more shortcuts for User Timelines, Searches, and Lists
NATIVE PUSH NOTIFICATIONS for mentions and other Tweeps you want to follow in real-time.
Multi-account support
A comprehensive URL scheme so other apps can interact with TweetFire
Flickr integration for posting pictures and tweeting them
A bunch of other photo sharing providers
Instapaper for saving links to tweets and urls
Kik Messenger for sharing tweets and urls with other Kik users
Deep Favstar.fm integration for viewing Favstar pages and awarding "Tweet of the Day"
Other sharing options for Facebook, Pinboard, Read It Later, Email, SMS, etc.
Save Tweet and DM as Draft, with images
Instagram integration
One tap search
One tap user profile view
Quickly add users to lists
Add other people's public lists to your home screen

TweetFire is available on the iPhone for free. Screenshots after the break.

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Tweetcaster Pro updates with iPad support

By Leanna Lofte, Friday, Jul 29, 2011 a 12:35 pm

Tweetcaster Pro has been updated as a universal application for iPhone and iPad.

Multiple Account Support
Facebook Integration
“Zip It” (Hide unwanted tweets)
Peekaboo Links - Link Preview
In-App Notifications
Tweet Power Swipe
Timeline Search
iTunes Music Sharing and purchasing integration
Geolocation/Nearby functionality
Advanced Profile Editing
Multiple Themes
Custom Backgrounds
Follower Management
Long tweet Support
Draft Manager
Lists
Twitter Trends
Instapaper/Read It Later Integration
Threaded Conversations
Standard features such as Search, URL shortening, Photo/Video Uploading, Retweets (with or without comment)

I really like Tweetcaster's UI. It has a very nice design and makes good use of popups without overusing them. I'll likely be using Tweetcaster as my primary Twitter app on the iPad.

Tweetcaster Pro is available for $4.99. Screenshots after the break.

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Tweetbot for iPhone updated with many improvements

By Leanna Lofte, Thursday, Jun 30, 2011 a 4:42 pm

Tweetbot for iPhone has been updated to 1.3 and brings new features and improvements such as the ability to view local trends and translate direct messages.

Twitter loses Reportage for iPhone

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Jun 16, 2011 a 1:21 pm

Reportage was WhereCloud's insanely creative iPhone Twitter app that let users "tune in" to other users' timeline -- like a radio station for tweets. I say was because Twitter's swerve away from the developer friendliness that helped them build their platform and their rapid acceleration into ownership plays that may -- or may not -- help them ensure its future has led WhereCloud to stop development.

Martin Dufort, who TiPb interviewed as part of our Developer Spotlight series two weeks ago, explains it was the the culmination of 4 changes by Twitter that led to his company's decision:

Twitter stopped allowing modifications to the timeline, so ads couldn't be inserted, and more importantly in Reportages case, their re-ordering to present individual timeline "broadcasts" could be seen as a violation.