Twitter posts

There sure has been a whole lotta tweetin’ goin’ on in the last few years, and today marks the completion of the fifth cycle around the Sun sine the first tweet done been twut. As of now, every eight days, one billion tweets are siphoned through the internet’s tubes – and here I remember a time when we at Techi would remark wide-eyed on a tweet milestone of a couple billion. I guess we’ll just report on the trillions from here on out. In order to get everyone all bleary-eyed about the 140-character messages that touch them most, Twitter has provided a video of people of all walks of life – especially the walk…

He’s risen to power from obscurity as Vito Corleon, helped a child prostitute find peace, ran a casino and met the Fockers. In his acting career, Robert De Niro has done just about everything with everyone and he shows no signs of slowing down much with more movies scheduled to be released soon. There is one Hollywood trend that has escaped the attention of the 67-year-old acting legend. He’s never used Twitter and has no intentions of starting any time soon. “I don’t Twitter or any of that stuff,” he said. “I don’t have a fan club or anything I talk to.” Despite his popularity, De Niro has…

With security being a major concern for Twitter over the years, they have been continuously making improvements and securing internal systems to tighten up the service. The https option has been available for a while, but only by typing it into a browser as such. Today, Twitter announced that they are making it an option for profiles and that they will eventually make it the default setting. Under a user’s settings, they can now scroll to the bottom and select “Always use HTTPS.” Whenever the account is accessed from any device or Internet connection, it will automatically be secure. The goal is…

Matthew Rothenberg, the man who most believed ran Flickr for Yahoo!, announced his departure in a Tweet today. He was there when before Yahoo! bought it and he was the last leader in the company to remain. While Yahoo! said in a press release that it was a “personal decision,” there is speculation that Rothenberg and others are leaving Yahoo! properties because of the future of the company. With so many services entering into the realm of their “sunset” at Yahoo!, who could blame them? Why Facebook Should Buy Them Clearly, Flickr has its flaws. Facebook has its limitations. Adding Flickr into the…

The recent events in Egypt have, among other things, been inspiring, terrifying and remarkable. But though the political situation is obviously the story here, this hasn’t stopped many from commenting on the role the internet and social media have played. Of course, we also know that Egypt very successfully – and very scarily – almost shut down their entire internet. The response from commentators around the web has been predictable: that censorship and repression are wrong and that no country should ever engage in such practices. It has been accompanied by calls for international companies…

Some people just don’t like Twitter – and can they be blamed? An ever-shifting sand of mostly-idle information, a Twitter account following even less than 50 people can be a terrible, cacaphonous racket of nothing in particular. So how would you like to have every tweet read aloud to you? Japanese toy manufacturer WiZ isn’t about to wait for your answer, and has released the Charatter bear, a toy that – of course – reads incoming tweets in a shrill, grating octave. This particular author follows 52 people and receives a tweet about once every 90-120 seconds. Imagine how quickly this bear would drive…

Among the list of things I believe I can speak on behalf of everyone at Techi about, it’s that we were probably never going to talk about popular rapper and pop culture curiosity T-Pain. Colour us all the most vibrant hues of wrong. Pouring his poetic mastery of the English language into Twitter’s loving arms, T-Pain has made the world privvy to his newest tattoo: the Facebook Like button. There’s not much to say about this, beyond a well-deserved, wide-eyed ‘wow’ of disbelief. “I think this ones pretty sweet,” claims T-Pain’s tweet, “unless facebook shuts down soon 0_o”. It’s a good bet you’re safe…

This is either incredibly cool or unbelievably weird, but a website at Tweet-Rings.com is offering to take any Tweet and engrave it onto a stainless steel ring. Why? Who knows. But it sounds like a novel (or crazy) idea, for sure. I’m sure someone will be willing to pay to keep that perfect Tweet forever….

Twitter has been growing rapidly, tripling its staff in just the past year. That’s why the San Francisco-based microblogging service is looking for a new place to call home. Reports have suggested that Twitter could move to South San Francisco, but new reports point to cities outside of its current place of residence. According to the San Francisco Business Times, Twitter is also looking in Brisbane, CA, located in San Mateo County. The move would be a surprise considering that Twitter has become synonymous with the revitalized tech sector in San Francisco. Many start-ups have gravitated…

It appears that Skype crushed itself under its own weight today with reports of up to 20 million users unable to sign in to the VoIP/Text/Video/Audio chat service. They have been the world up to date with a series of Tweets, but that didn’t last long as Twitter went down. Coincidence? Yes. But that doesn’t mean we can’t stir up the tech conspiracy theorists out there. Twitter just received $200 million in funding. Skype is working towards a $100 million IPO. Facebook is trying to buy Yahoo! to… Okay, so we made the last one up. Skype’s most recent Tweet indicates that things are on their way back to…