The tent that's being built at Microsoft's campus especially for next week's reveal of the next Xbox now has its own Twitter page, posting a number of funny messages. More...

Microsoft has started its E3 2013 media briefing ticket giveaway, where 175 people will be able to win a ticket to attend the company's big Los Angeles Xbox press conference June 10th. More...

Vectorform has announced that it has added a Twitter tool to its Windows 8 Toolbox productivity application. Users can download the Twitter tool via an in-app purchase of $4.99. More...

Tweetdeck, the company that created the Twitter client, has been shut down by the UK government for failing to file appropriate documentation. However this was no surprise to Twitter UK Ltd. More...

Microsoft looks set to unveil Photosynth functionality in the next version of its OS, Windows 8.1. A Twitter user has found a way to enable the hidden feature which shows significant promise. More...

Twitter has sent out a memo to media outlets warning them that more hacks may be coming following the high-profile attack on the Associated Press Twitter account which produced loses of $136 billion. More...

Twitter has announced that it has now opened up its self-service Twitter Ads webpage to all US businesses, which means that we will likely see more companies offering "sponsored" posts on Twitter. More...

Twitter for Mac has received its first update since 2011 which finally adds Retina support, more languages and improved photo support, bringing it up to par with its Windows and iOS counterparts. More...

Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann has confirmed that an Android version of the wildly-popular video sharing app will be on the way "soon." By releasing later on Android, will the company see benefits? More...

Microsoft's #XboxReveal hashtag is currently trending on Twitter as Xbox fans react to the news that a major press event related to the game console will be held May 21st. More...

Twitter is reportedly testing an optional two-factor authentication method for its accounts, although it's currently unknown when the option will be made available to the public. More...

The Twitter page of the Associated Press was temporarily suspended after an apparent hacker posted the false news of a White House attack where President Obama was injured. More...

Twitter has admitted that it is currently experiencing some issues with its service, while elsewhere, some iTunes and iCloud users are having problems accessing those services too. More...

Twitter has announced they are ending support for Twitter for Websites in IE6 and IE7 on May 13th, meaning external Twitter widgets such as embedded tweets and follow buttons will stop working More...

After teasing an upcoming launch last week, Twitter #music has finally launched, with the goal of making it easier to discover new music and find emerging artists online and via an iPhone app. More...

Messaging service WhatsApp is now reportedly bigger than Twitter, dealing with over 18 billion messages daily. But is that a fair comparison? More...

Twitter is expected to launch Twitter Music, a search & discovery app based on a user's follows and interactions with musicians. The service is based on We are Hunted, which Twitter recently acquired. More...

Microsoft's co-founder Paul Allen posted up a new photo of himself with his fellow co-founder Bill Gates on Twitter which recreates an image of the two men that was originally taken in 1981. More...

The official MLB.TV pro baseball app for Windows 8 is now available for download in the Windows Store and a number of other major Windows 8 apps have received new updates. More...

Xbox SmartGlass remains the most popular free Windows 8 app in the Windows Store, but the recently launched Twitter app has charged up the list to become the third most popular free Windows 8 app. More...

Twitter's new April Fools' service will help users having difficulty keeping their tweets to the 140-character limit imposed by the social network, as vowels are being removed except for a premium. More...

TweetDeck gives the Twitter experience more flexibility and allows more advanced users to gain valuable insight to what's happening at this very moment on Twitter. More...

Analytics firm eMarketer have forecast that Twitter may generate up to $1 billion in 2014 through advertising revenue. With an IPO likely approaching and a growing user base, will forecasts be met? More...

After a French court ruled Twitter had to turn over the identities of people engaged in anti-Semitic tweets, the company delayed and is now being sued for $50M for "playing the indifference card." More...

The official Twitter app for Windows 8 received its first update today, but it was only for some unnamed minor bug fixes. Microsoft also issued a small update for its Fresh Paint Windows 8 app. More...

The UK's senior finance minister, George Osborne MP, chose today - Budget Day - to join Twitter. Judging by some of the responses he's received so far, he's probably regretting that decision already. More...

Two of Twitter's co-founders have been granted a patent for the service described as a 'system (and method) for device-independent point to multipoint communication is disclosed.' More...

Facebook is working to incorporate hashtag functionality into its own service. Those familiar with the matter are unaware of how long exactly the Palo Alto-based have been building the functionality. More...

Twitter has finally pulled back the covers on a native Windows 8/RT application. The long awaited app should appease many users who were not satisfied with third-party options. More...

Twitter's secret authentication keys, which are used in their official apps to avoid token limits, have been exposed on github, meaning third-party developers can avoid restrictions and spoof apps More...

Microsoft Research has developed a new system of mining data called ViralSearch that examines how a YouTube video or a Twitter post "goes viral" in various social networks. More...

Twitter have decided to kill several versions of the popular TweetDeck client, including the iPhone, Android and AIR versions, as the company focuses on developing "modern" web-based applications More...

Facebook is looking for new, and more inventive, ways of monetizing their 1 billion users, but they could come at the cost of the advertisers who provide Facebook with the majority of their money. More...

The Surface Twitter account has put up a contest where by answering a (for a NASCAR fan) relatively easy question, you could be selected to win a Touch Cover signed by NASCAR driver Alex Bowman. More...

Twitter app on Windows Phone was not built by Twitter and was instead farmed out to a third party in the same way that version 1 was built and the story holds true for the upcoming Windows Store app. More...

If you have used the Official twitter app on Windows Phone, you will know that it is the unloved child of Twitter. While the app has lagged behind its counterparts, the app has been updated today. More...

There's a bunch of popular apps made for other operating systems that are not available for Windows 8 users. I list the ones I think Microsoft's OS needs right now and the chances they will appear. More...

Social media site Posterous will shutdown its services and mobile apps in order to focus entirely on Twitter. They've provided a backup tool and instructions on how to migrate to another site. More...

The newly launched American Express "shopping by Twitter hashtag" feature has now launched a deal where it can be used to get an Xbox 360 bundle for just $179.99. More...

Twitter has introduced a beta version of the Lolcat language to the site, inviting users to contribute translations and alterations as needed. Now you can finally talk the talk of an early meme. More...

Just days after a massive breach in their security Twitter might be working on a two-step verification for users. Similar to what banks and other companies use this would make user accounts safer. More...

Twitter is reporting that they have recently experienced an unauthorized access attempt, with attackers potentially stealing the data - including salted passwords - for around 250,000 accounts More...

A new version of the popular Twitter app for Windows 8, Tweetro+ from developer Lazyworm Applications has been released with a number of new features added to the app. More...

Some people are currently having issues logging into their Twitter account as the famous "fail whale" image has returned to show that the service has some problems. More...

British government agency, Companies House, has told Twitter that its UK TweetDeck subsidiary faces the threat of dissolution, after the company missed two deadlines to file accounts. More...

Twitter experienced some extended outage issues today, with service going up and down over the course of the last few hours. The company says it is working to fix the problems. More...

Yammer, the businesses oriented social networking service acquired in 2012 by Microsoft, moved into its new headquarters in San Francisco on Monday, with Microsoft calling Yammer its "golden egg". More...

Microsoft took to Twitter to tease the public with some news concerning Windows Phone that will be fully revealed later today during the CES 2013 trade show in Las Vegas. More...

California and Illinois now have new laws that go into effect today that are designed to keep employers from asking their employees to give up their password protected Facebook accounts. More...