At a Cafe? Connected to an unsecured Wi-Fi network? Now, anyone can gain access to all of your social network login information whenever you connected to an unsecured Wi-Fi network. Guess what? Your Twitter or Facebook account can be hacked using a Firefox extension!

ReadWriteWeb points to his new Firefox extension which is called Firesheep and developed by Eric Butler. Here's Bulter explains how it works on his blog:

On an open wireless network, cookies are basically shouted through the air, making these attacks extremely easy

Firesheep opens a sidebar in Firefox that shows everyone who is connected to a certain unsecured WiFi network. With a single click, you can connect to most any social network using that person's user name and password.

For anyone who complains about this, TechCrunch pointed to Force-TLS as a way to protect your information from FireSheep but Bulter answers the following:

Websites have a responsibility to protect the people who depend on their services

They've been ignoring this responsibility for too long, and it's time for everyone to demand a more secure web. My hope is that Firesheep will help the users win.

Twitter is replacing CEO (Chief executive officer) and Co-Founder Ev Williams with COO (Chief operating officer) Dick Costolo, so that Williams “be completely focused on product strategy.”. We all were shocked when we saw the blog post by Williams talking about #NewTwitterCEO. Here's the blog post.

The challenges of growing an organization so quickly are numerous. Growing big is not success, in itself. Success to us means meeting our potential as a profitable company that can retain its culture and user focus while having a positive impact on the world. This is no small task. I frequently reflect on the type of focus that is required from everyone at Twitter to get us there.

This led to a realization as we launched the new Twitter. I am most satisfied while pushing product direction. Building things is my passion, and I’ve never been more excited or optimistic about what we have to build.

This is why I have decided to ask our COO, Dick Costolo, to become Twitter’s CEO. Starting today, I’ll be completely focused on product strategy.

Twitter was growing in the last two years since Williams was the CEO, he mentioned that when he started there were only 20 employees working at Twitter, today there are 300 employees. Also people were tweeting about 1.25 million tweets a day, now, about 90 million a day. Even in those same two years, Twitter grew from 3 million registered users to more than 160 million today. So, Ev Williams was really a great CEO.

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If you are signed in Twitter, better to log out now. A new twitter exploit on the lose, If you see a WTF followed by a link - don't click it. That's what web clients and staying logged in does, it also posts ". This is a stormy announcement, looks like Twitter has another javascript bug like the other day.

The issues look like the same happened a couple of days ago and was CSS / Javascript issues then fixed by Twitter, now here comes again!

Update 1: Few moments ago twitter has fixed this javascript bug , now it is safe surfing Twitter.

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Twitter's been trending on it's own social media website over the weekend about #NewTwitter, now, it's been revealed (at least for me). The new Twitter website is very similar to it's newly released iPad app with two-column style, the left one showing the stream and the right one providing all content, videos, images, and other content. The coolest feature in the new Twitter is embedded content, it'll now open in-line in the right column.

Of course, the biggest addition is adding pictures and videos embedded on the site, sixteen media providers are on the board including Twitpic, Youtube, Twitvid, Vimeo, Ustream, and other popular picture & video services. The search bar and settings has been given placement at the top of the site in its own header. Rollouts are selected by members not places, within weeks, everyone will get it, and also can get back to the old one (but no one would do that).

Ok, I don't want to talk a lot as the pictures and screenshots can say all what I need to say, but at least I can say, we can now give up our dedicated Twitter clients (TweetDeck, HootSuite, Echofon, etc.), Pictures below.

Main Screen


Embedded Content


Time Line Stream [Left Column]


Right Column


Profile Page


Search Results


Retweets list


Embedded Image from Twitpic


Embedded Video from Twitvid


Messages Page

Twitter will enrich its new web interface with some new features, today we were tipped with arrival of the most requested features which will be touchable in the New Twitter. the two features are "Reply to All" and "Auto-complete"

Reply-to-all function does exactly what you would think, so that if some names are mentioned in a tweet, your reply button will now reply to all mentioned names. If you want to remove any of the mentioned names, you have to handle this manually.

Auto-complete function allows you simply start with the '@' sign and type the first letter of any name, then it will automatically suggest you with names.

Some of these feature may be already existing on some Twitter client apps, but we can't forget the big amount of users who just use the service wia twitter.com, Any way it seems like we will surprised with tons of the new amazing features on the NewTwitter interface.
[via thenextweb]

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A new Twitter security flaw has been widely exploited on thousands of Twitter accounts, this was due to a new Javascript exploit that is currently spreading like wildfire across Twitter service. The bug is particularly nasty because it works on mouse-over only. that means pop-ups and third party website can open even if you just move your mouse over the offending link.

JavaScript function called onMouseOver is behind this flaw, which creates an event when the mouse is passed over a chunk of text. For who are using third party twitter apps, they are safe from the bug.

Update 1: Few minutes ago twitter has mentioned fixing of this bug.

We've identified and are patching a XSS attack; as always, please message @safety if you have info regarding such an exploit.

[via mashable]

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Four months ago, Twitter has stated that it reached 105 million registered users, Today Twitter has been exceeded 145 million active user according to Twitter CEO Evan Williams, this reflect that Twitter has surpasses 300,000 new users per day.

As this data shows, while smart phone clients are important, there are even more people who use the mobile Twitter web site and/or SMS. We've been seeing strong growth in both of these areas.

In fact, the smartphone plays a huge role in Twitter's growth as 60% of new Twitter users join via mobile device.

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Following official Twitter for iPad announcement and rumors about Push Notifications coming for Twitter for iPhone. The official app for iPhone has just update to 3.1.1 to bring fixes for crashes that happened on iOS 3.1.x devices. The update don't include any improvements, new features or other fixes. Here's the changelog

What's New In Version 3.1.1
- Fixed crashes on iOS 3.1.x devices

We still waiting for push notifications update this week and update for Twitter for iPad to fix crashes and login errors.

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According to Techcrunch, Twitter is internally testing Apple’s push notifications system on it’s official client for iPhone and iPod touch, may be for iPad too. The app is known by "Tweetie" for iPhone. As it reports, many users started to notice the generic iOS notification asking them to turn on push notifications for Twitter’s official iPhone client.

The better news is that the update is scheduled to launch sometime for public this week. Here's Techcrunch report:

Twitter is currently internally testing the feature, we’ve confirmed. Interestingly enough, we learned of its existence when the latest version of the app went out yesterday (the universal binary that included Twitter for iPad). It appears that users who have iOS 4.1 installed (which just hit Gold Master for developers, but won’t be official out until next week) get the option to enable Push Notifications for Twitter. They don’t appear to be working yet, but the feature is definitely there.

They have sent to Twitter for a comment, Twitter PR had this to say:

We’ve been testing push notifications internally. When we launched Twitter for iPad, there was a configuration error that caused us to offer push messages to a small set of users. We’ve stopped sending push messages, but users may see an option to turn on push until we release an updated version of the app. So, push isn’t ready yet but we look forward to rolling this out soon.

It's not clear if this feature coming to Twitter for iPad or not, but I see no reason why it shouldn't be added to the iPad version. Sta tuned and we will keep you informed. [via Techcrunch]

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A few days ago we talked about the pulling out for Osfoora app from the App Store , Osfoora is a beautiful Twitter client for iPhone that has been highly successful since its original publication in the App Store. The application was mysteriously removed from the Apple Store a few days ago but now it is available again and has also been updated.

The new update does not make improvements to the JPA and not adding new features. It focuses exclusively on the correction of several bugs reported by users in the last update .
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Finally, Twitter has introduced their Twitter app (known as Tweetie) for iPad. Twitter for iPad takes advantage of the iPad’s fluid touch interface, letting you move lots of information around smoothly and quickly – without needing to open and close windows or click buttons. Twitter for iPad includes four new features listed below,

Panes:
Tapping on a Tweet opens a pane to the right. Depending on the content in that Tweet, you’ll see a video or photo, or maybe a news story, or perhaps another Tweet. You can continue tapping on Tweets, opening new panes, and getting new content as long as you’d like to. And, it’s really easy to move between panes by swiping to the right or left.

Media:
When you tap a video link or open a web page with an embedded video, you can play that video inline. And, let’s be honest, video is great but sometimes it can take some time to load. The panes in Twitter for iPad let you look through your timeline while a video is loading, and then you can just swipe back to the video when it’s ready to play. You can also pinch on a video to watch it fullscreen.

Gestures:
You can pinch on a Tweet to quickly view details about the author and to take actions on a Tweet, such as reply or retweet. Put two fingers together and pull down on a Tweet to peek at the replies, showing the entire conversation leading to that Tweet.

No need to login:
You don’t even need to sign up to get started with Twitter for iPad. We’ve selected great Twitter accounts that you can see in various categories, such as Art & Design, Sports, and News. You can also search, view trends, and find breaking news. Sign up at any time to create your own timeline and start tweeting.

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There were a lot of tweets floating around by people (including me) about #TwitterEditButton which was started by Arron Hirst, people think that Twitter should introduce a new option to edit tweets they have already published. No one can deny the importance of "Twitter Edit Button", But can Twitter really make it?

The real question is Would it be technically possible? Yes, Twitter is working on "Annotated Tweets" feature which allows you to annotate a tweet with structured metadata. Also, Twitter has the ability to undo tweets. In brief, Twitter can make just a simple edit button but it may not be for long periods! So Twitter, how about an Edit Button?

Twitter has just launched their new account @TwitterU as Twitter U Recruiting to offer Twitter Jobs so you can work for Twitter. Now, you can apply for job to work on Twitter, Write down your Name, Email, Country, Twitter Username, etc.. If you are ready for the job, Twitter will contact you! The following positions are available,

Twitter is a growing company in the center of a quickly evolving landscape. Our goal is to foster the open exchange of information, as we believe this leads to positive things happening in the world.

Analytics
Commercial Data Analyst

Corporate IT
IT Administrator

Engineering
Engineering Program Manager
Software Engineer - Front-End
Software Engineer - Geo
Software Engineer - Release
Software Engineer - Search
Software Engineer - Storage
Software Engineer - Systems
Software Engineer - Tools
Technical Writer

Human Resources
Director, HR

Legal
Contract Manager
Legal Counsel - IP and Litigation

Mobile
Software Engineer - Android
Software Engineer - Mobile

Monetization
Software Engineer - Monetization

Operations
Application Security Engineer
MySQL DBA
Network and Infrastructure Security Engineer
Network Engineer
Operations Engineer
Senior Operations Engineer
Site Operations Technician

Public Policy
Government Liaison

Support
Software Engineer - User Support Systems
User Support - Spanish

Trust & Safety
Spam Support - Weekend Shift

University Recruiting
Software Engineer - New Grad

User Experience & Design
UI Designer

Go ahead, apply for a job as they massively need some workers right now!

Last week we have announced the new official twitter tweet button, also we have showed you how to add the official Twitter tweet button on Blogger and Wordpress blogs, today Twitter add a new Button called Bookmarklet which allow you to share links from any page even it doesn't contain Tweet button.

The Bookmarklet button shortens links automatically. All what you need to do, drag and drop "Share on Twitter" button into your bookmark bar on any browser official guide here.

Last month, We already told you that Twitter began testing "You Both Follow" feature for some users, Today, it appears like Twitter is rolling out You Both Follow again for all users! As you see in the screenshot below, Twitter shows us You Both Follow feature the same as Following feature.

Not only that, I just noticed that Twitter adds another new feature "Followed By" which is showing the followers that You follow and are followers for the user you check for! here's a screenshot to confirm that

Then, do you see this feature or not? Tell us your opinions by commenting below

Twitter just announced its official tweet button, which allow you simply to retweet your posts, so I will show you by very simple steps how to install the official twitter tweet button in your Blogger blog.
Step 1:Login to your Blogger account.
Step 2:Once you login your blogger account, click on Design (you can find it in Blogger Dashboard)

 Step 3:Click on Edit HTML (Warning:You should have a backup for your template by taking a copy from your html code and save it in a notpad file before you start doing any changes).

 Step 4:Click on the check box "Epand Widget Templates"

Step 5:Search for
<data:post.body/>
and then put the next code above it.
<div style="float:left;padding:4px;"><a href='http://twitter.com/share' rel='nofollow' class='twitter-share-button' expr:data-url='data:post.url' expr:data-text='data:post.title' data-count='vertical' data-via='bloggerplugins'>Tweet</a><br /> <b:if cond='data:post.isFirstPost'><br /> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"> </script><br /> </b:if><br /> </div>
Step 6:Click on Save Template, to save the new changes.
Step 7:Open you blog you will see the new official twitter tweet button.

Advanced Options:
In code which existing in step 5, you can edit the some parameters to change the look and location of the official twitter button as follow:
-You can replace float:left with float:right if you want to put the button in the right side.
-You can replace data-count='vertical' with data-count='horizontal' or data-count='none' , in the next screenshot you can see the difference.

-You can put your Twitter account name here data-via='bloggerplugins' you have to change 'bloggerplugins' with your twitter name for example: if your twitter name is Mark the code will be data-via='Mark'

Twitter just announced its official tweet button, which allow you simply to retweet your posts, so I will show you by very simple steps how to install the official twitter tweet button in your wordpress.
Step 1:Login your Wordpress account
Step 2:Once you login your account, click on Appearance.

Step 3:Click on Extras.

Step 4:Put mark in front of: Show a Twitter "Tweet Button" on my posts. then click on Update Extras, Done.

 Here is a sample of how it will look.

Couple of Days ago, Mashable reported that Twitter will announce Tweet button at the end of this week, and here we go, Twitter announces Tweet Buttons in a new blog post,Twitter takes over TweetMeme by adding this feature.

Here's an official video from Twitter introduces Tweet Buttons,

This Tweet buttons are useful for publishers not for normal users, All you have to do to add this tweet buttons is to navigate to this Site and then choose your size and other things you will find! By the way, I will be adding this tweet buttons soon on CoveringWeb so stay tuned and compare between the official Tweet Buttons and TweetMeme buttons

Twitter continues the improvement of its services, we just announced about the twitter official tweet buttons, today twitter just announced a new amzaing features.

We’ve always been big fans of trusty SMS messaging. In fact, sending a text was originally the only way users could tweet. This is why Tweets are 140 characters -- they need to fit into a text message. more

Fast Follow:
The new fast follow let you follow anyone anywhere, for example if you are out and about find someone who is on Twitter, you don't have to remember their name for later, you just text "follow [username]" to 40404 , this will let you start following this user.

SMS Alerts:
By texting "on [username]" or 'off [username]' , that will let you turn your SMS alerts for a this user on or off, in addition if you text "get [username]" is another mobile feature, this will allow you to get the most recent Tweet from this user sent right to your phone.

This will be a feature to the users who are using devices that doesn't support application.
Note: this option is available inside the USA, Twitter now working to enable the new feature outside the USA.

Big News! According to Mashable, Twitter is introducing it's own tweet buttons this week and it may be available by Thursday. All Site owners now use the popular TweetMeMe's buttons but may be Twitter give it a way to a better tweet buttons? Here's a fast review of the official tweet buttons,

As appears, Tweet buttons will be easy and will get tracking codes for site owners to help them more and more! It's just a simple code to copy and paste on your site / blog.

Of course there's three styles for the button (Horizontal with Count, Horizontal without Count, and Vertical with Count) as shown below.

Twitter seems hell-bent on touting the simplicity of the service as TweetMeMe is not giving a perfect service because users must allow TweetMeMe on their Twitter accounts to be able to ReTweet. So Stay Tuned and we will be sure to inform you with any updates!