Description
Vine is the best way to see and share life in motion. Create short, beautiful, looping videos in a simple and fun way for your friends and family to see.

• Unlimited uploads and free
• Instantly post videos on Vine, then share to Twitter and Facebook (more coming soon!)
• Find, follow, and interact with people close to you
• Explore trending posts, featured hashtags and editor’s picks
• And so much more

What’s New in Version 1.1.3
This update adds a new share button underneath posts on your feed, along with other interface improvements and bug fixes.

If you’re not a Vine user yet, head over to the iTunes App store to download Vine for free.

[Via: iTunes]

Instagram may be the king of photo-sharing, but  it likely sees the rising popularity of video sharing services like Vine from Twitter and wants a piece of the action. With an infrastructure already in place for photos, it wouldn’t be too difficult to modify the system to accomodate video. Other rumors point to the unveiling of a news reader service for Facebook.

[Via TechCrunch]

Probably the strangest part of the mysterious event was how it was announced. Members of the press received invitations by mail. Not email, snail mail. Cards were mailed out physically in a quaint nod to the days before you could overshare with a keystroke.

Reading simply, “A small team has been working on a big idea. Join us for coffee and learn about a new product,” the invitations leave pretty much everything up to interpretation.

Facebook’s been putting out new features with some regularity lately, with varying degrees of success. In the past several months Graph Search, Facebook Home and most recently the addition of hashtag search features have been unveiled. Whatever this new product could be remains a mystery. But the speculation has begun.

“We’ll continue to roll out more features in the coming weeks and months, including trending hashtags and deeper insights, that help people discover more of the world’s conversations,”  Greg Lindley wrote on Facebook’s blog this week. Whether or not there’s a hint in there remains to be seen.

[Via: ABC]

Vine was released on iOS last January, and the six-second clip making social app quickly rose to popularity in the Social App realm. The app has only been available for Android for a week, and has already climbed to the top of the most frequently downloaded apps on the Google Play Store, coming in at #4. Although the Android release lacked the use of the front-facing camera and numerous bugs, Android users are utilizing the Vine app nonetheless.

Vine is expected to grow in popularity, as it becomes more used and integrated into existing social networking platforms, such as Twitter and Facebook.

If you haven’t tried out Vine yet, head on over to the Google Play Store to give Vine for Android a whirl.

[Via: Android Community]

For traditional Facebook app users, the update brings the ability to send multiple photos in one message, and an easier way to filter shared content. For Home users, a new customizable favorites tray for frequently used apps is available. The update also brings a host of bugfixes and memory and stability improvements.

[Via: Engadget , Play Store]

The update brings possibly one of the most-requested features since the application debuted, multiple account support.

What’s in this version:

#v2.0
- NEW : Multi Account Support
- NEW : Flat design UI
- NEW : Black Theme
- NEW : Option to Swipe between columns (Android 3+)
- NEW : Transition animations (Android 3+)
+ Bugfixes and improvements

Falcon Pro is one of the slickest Twitter applications on Android and now it’s better than ever. If you’re looking to replace your go-to Twitter application, be sure that Falcon Pro is on your list.

If you need more great Twitter applications for Android, be sure to check out our Top 5 list here!

[Via: Google Play]

• Lens app integration.
• An improved tweet composition experience with photo filter support. Just tap the camera icon to capture an image from your phone’s viewfinder, or pull in a shot from your Camera Roll. Then apply one of 8 new filters (you can see them below).
• Play embedded Vine videos directly from within tweets.
• Save tweeted photos to your phone.
• Refresh lists on-demand.

The update started rolling out last night, so look for it to hit your device soon, if it hasn’t already. If you don’t have the official Twitter app, head here to download it.

[Via: Engadget , Windows Phone Blog]

The official Falcon Pro for Android Twitter account tweeted the following earlier today:

Simple, Fast, Multi Account switching on Falcon Pro v2.0. #comingsoon twitter.com/falcon_android…

— Falcon for Android (@falcon_android) June 4, 2013

Here it is. New “Flat Design” themes. In three flavours. #comingsoon twitter.com/falcon_android…

— Falcon for Android (@falcon_android) June 4, 2013

The developer behind Falcon Pro has been taking feature requests for the application for a long time now, and has finally gotten around to supporting multiple accounts. The feature is currently in the top spot for most requested feature, so it’s better late than never! The update will also bring a new flat design aesthetic to the application and come in three new themes.

When the update becomes available, Falcon Pro will likely become my go-to Twitter client, so it can’t come soon enough! Sorry, Plume.

[Via: Phandroid]

Yes folks, it is a Tweet of a Vine of an Instagram of a Tumblr post of a Facebook post of a Tweet. The electromagnetic pulse can come now. The internet has reached its perfect form.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

This is a tweet of a Vine of an Instagram of a Tumblr post of a Facebook post of a tweet: vine.co/v/bYmxJXuIbAb

— Dan Rollman (@snerko) May 28, 2013

On the Android side, Twitter now supports expandable notifications within the notification panel, allowing you to actually peek at what’s said instead of the previous “New interations” notification.  On the iOS side, Twitter has now killed off the borders for the timeline, allowing tweets to fill the screen.

Here are a couple more features you can expect to find in the new Twitter apps:

• Photos: When you add a photo to your Tweet, you’ll see a full preview of your photo, not just the cropped version. We’ve also redesigned the experience to make it easy to share a photo from your camera roll: simply click the photo icon on the bottom right corner of the Tweet box. With fewer steps needed to share photos, you can more easily share what’s going on in your life and quickly return to marveling over that gorgeous sunset.

• Accounts: When you compose a Tweet, you’ll see your avatar and username, giving you a better sense of how your Tweet will actually appear. If you tweet from multiple accounts, it’s now easier to select the account you want to use by simply tapping on your avatar.

• Location: You can still add or remove your location from individual Tweets right from the Tweet box. Tagging your location is a handy way to save characters and provide context.

Other features include a notification when a friend joins Twitter and better previews of your tweets.

If you’re someone who uses the official Twitter application, be sure to update now!

[DOWNLOAD] : iTunes | Google Play

[Via: TwitterBlog]

What I’m surprised about is virtually no one making the link between the HTC First and Microsoft’s Kin One and Kin Two devices of 2010. Those were discontinued very shortly after they came out and shared a common theme with the HTC First: completely social. The Kin line had its own UI that aimed to be social in every way possible: easy ways to post to your social networks, quick access to contacts, super quick way to share any photo or website, etc. Everything was about social networking. The one difference is Microsoft wasn’t afraid to admit these were mainly geared toward teenagers and twenty-somethings, while HTC/Facebook seemingly wanted everyone using Facebook Home.

Being of a somewhat younger age, my friends and I use technology from a different perspective as I’ve come to realize. So I have my own theory on why phones like the HTC First and Microsoft Kin never reach success. It’s because they scream “Desperate!” Honestly. That’s why. In other words, no one wants to look like they dedicate all of their time to social networking or more specifically in the HTC First’s case, Facebook. It gives the impression that they don’t have a life, quite frankly. Why do you think people often shy away from posting too many Facebook statuses or tweets per day? The more you post, the more it looks like you need to get out more.

On a regular iOS or Android device, Facebook and Twitter and the like are mere apps that blend in with all the other apps. On Android you can add widgets and what not and on iOS you have additional integration within Settings, but that’s it. Social networks don’t consume your entire phone experience. On the HTC First, sure you can access other apps on the smartphone, but you’re still within Facebook Home’s environment the moment you close those apps. It’s all social, all the time. No one wants that.

I read about a week ago John Gruber of Daring Fireball wrote his thoughts on Facebook Home best: “it’s a well-designed implementation of an idea no one wants.” And the main reason for not wanting it is it’s simply not acceptable. Try bragging to your friends that you just bought a Facebook phone. Spoiler alert: you can’t because it’s nothing to brag about. It’s stupid. Smartphones are a source of pride now — people love showing off their high-tech phones. We all do it. Smartphone and platform wars wouldn’t exist if we didn’t.

You could argue that phones are inherently social because they are communication devices. I suppose that’s true, but regular smartphones are social when you want them to be. You can send out a text, choose to answer a phone call, or tap the Facebook app icon to launch a social network. If you just want to listen to your music collection, your phone is no longer social.

The big factor we’ve all missed is the “lame” factor. It’s often omitted though because we don’t like to admit that the coolness of a product or concept does affect whether we want it or not. The Microsoft Kin was lame, the HTC First and Facebook Home are lame, and any device in the future that makes you seem desperately attached to your online friends will be lame.