Twitter will be enabling Push Notifications service soon for iPhone and iPad. Twitter’s official iPad app, which launched a couple of days ago to and was embraced positively. Twitter’a app  for iPhone,  formerly known as Tweetie,  has been around for the past  few  months, it has the crown for for  the most-used Twitter interfaces with  8% of all users of Twitter accessing the app [...]

Twitter’s mobile usage of the service  has gone up 62% in just over four months, and 16% of all new Twitter users are starting out on mobile devices as opposed to web signups according to Twitter’s CEO Ev Williams. “Our Twitter for iPhone and Twitter for BlackBerry clients are now two of the most popular ways to use Twitter. This may not be surprising. What may be more surprising [...]

Facebook has reportedly pulled the plug on using the ‘Facebook Connect’ on iTunes Ping by turning off Apple’s access to its Facebook Connect API, as  an agreement between Apple and Facebook couldn’t be reached,  prompting Facebook to cut off access.  Apple subsequently removed the feature from its service. Ideally, Facebook’s  API is open to any application developer, [...]

Android app users could now check in on Foursquare with their voices. It’s a speech-to-check in feature integrated by Vlingo and this absolutely is a time saver. With the new app, Android users can speak a simple “check in to < place name>” command from the home screen . The command will make Vlingo to automatically pull up the location in question, and other nearby venues, on Foursquare, [...]

If you  log into your Facebook at a public computer, but forget to log out when you leave,  now, you don’t have to worry about people accessing your sensitive personal information and possibly wreaking  havoc by posing as you, thanks to the launch of a new feature that gives users the ability to see their overall account activity and remotely log out of active sessions. Remote Logout [...]

Internet and Spam are synonymous,  how could Apple’s recently launched Ping Social Networking site be safe from spam. The Ping network which is  integrated with iTunes 10 and allows iTunes users to follow  artists, update status and swap comments with other fans got attacked by spammers within few hours of its launch, the comments sections to be swamped by phony offers for free iPhones and [...]

Skype has launched a updated beta version of Skype 5.0 beta  and the latest edition  is showing a bit of ambition today as it comes with a  mighty 10-way video calling feature. The earlier flavor of Skype 5.0 beta threw up a 5-way chat,this release will  have a number of major improvements such as * General User Interface refresh * Skype Home experience * Offline instant messaging * New contact [...]

At the Samsung’s IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin, Samsung has finally spilled the details about its long-awaited tablet computer, the Galaxy Tab which will run Android OS  2.2 , a Cortex A8 1 GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM and 16 or 32 GB of internal memory with the possibility of upgrading through microSD memory cards. The display is a 7-inch TFT-LCD display with 1024×600 pixel [...]

Apple TV’s new avatar as as a streaming media device is a potential threat for other streaming service providers. In response to  Apple’s  99-cent TV show rentals launch  Amazon’s is now offering 99-cent  purchases ( yes, purchases and not rentals) of various ABC and FOX shows, which means a whole host of Amazon Video-On-Demand. Roku had also cut prices on its entire lineup [...]

Apple’s upgrade to iTunes 10 with an improved interface and new logo saw the  media management software turn into a fledgling social network called Ping that could rival Facebook and Twitter. The 160 million of  iTunes Store registered users worldwide can now click the ‘Ping’ tab in iTunes, create a profile and begin following and being followed by like-minded music fans. [...]