With the recent high-profile Twitter account hackings, it's no wonder Twitter has followed in the footsteps of Apple and others who have enabled two-step verification to protect accounts. If you're looking for extra protection on your Twitter account, this is how to enable two-step verification. How to enable two-step verification on Twitter Login to your Twitter ...

The Onion is well known for its satirical news, so when it started posting pro-Syrian news on Twitter with broken links, nobody really knew what to think. As the news progressed to deeper troubles within Syria, we could start to tell this was not The Onion and then the Syrian Electronic Army disclosed they were the ones behind the hack and latest Twitter and Facebook updates. Gaining access back, The Onion decided this would be a good way to pump a few articles out about the Syrian Electronic ...

TweetDeck is still the most used third party Twitter client, with around 20% of Twitter users opting for the TweetDeck experience rather than the normal experience. In the past few months, Twitter has went from a relaxed API manager to a strict API manager, stopping deployment of third party applications or at least lowering the amount they can do. This is all due to Twitter's growth and how the company sees the future, if 40% of Twitter users are connecting to the social network via a foreign third party application, ...

Looking for added functionality with Twitter images? Ever want to see what a profile pic in Twitter looks like without having to actually open a profile, click the picture and wait for Twitter to load it? With Photo Zoom for Twitter, you can simply hover over a profile pic whether it's in your sidebar, stream or on a list to see a larger rendition instantly. We'll show you how to use this insanely easy extension ...

Have you ever wondered just how much of your life has been documented across your various social networking handles? As the years go by, more and more of your socially uploaded content will have been briefly enjoyed but quickly forgotten within the archives as fresh content takes its place. However, all major social networking websites now offer you the chance to recapture and relive your entire history of previously uploaded statuses, tweets and images. Essentially, you can download a full online social history of yourself, acting as an ...

Twitter is starting to become a big hub for all the latest news around the world - disasters and events crop up on Twitter before you hear about them on the news, because the media and people viewing the event get information out faster. This has progressed to the point major news agencies go onto Twitter to check vast amount of tweets, in order to get perspective and understanding on a certain story. With this new found information hub, Twitter can be a very dangerous tool in the wrong hands. We have witnessed ...

Today, Twitter announced its once selective service Twitter #Music is now available for everyone to use – both on their iOS devices as well as their browsers. This app helps facilitate the finding of new music through Twitter via short sample clips.  The ability to follow artists on Twitter, view charts, and tweet new found tracks are its core features. As of now, the songs found on Twitter #music originate from iTunes, Spotify or Rdio, with iTunes being the ...

Twitter currently receives over 180 Million unique visitors a month, gaining 300,000 new users per day in the process. In light of these ground breaking figures, the importance of having a Twitter handle for your website or company has never been more apparent. However, the benefits of Twitter rely heavily on the size of your following. TweetAdder is a clever, automated program which sets out to gain you followers even when your account is idle. In order to extend your Twitter reach, TweetAdder allows you to gain followers ...

Everyone may be on Twitter now days, and it's also just as common for your account to get hacked. But this doesn't have to be you. If you want to prevent a possible hacking, or maybe you're licking your wounds from having it happen, there are measures you can take that will give you a fighting chance. And these steps can be very helpful. Not taking active steps to keep your Twitter account can ...