0 Twitter Revamps Home Page Again

Earlier this month, popular micro-blogging social network -Twitter tried to makes it new slick homepage live. Due to some unexpected server issues, the new homepage got reverted to the previous one. But the new home page of Twitter was visible to select users only. Today the new Twitter Home Page/Sign-in Page was made live to all users.

Home Page refresh seems to be a yearly cycle for Twitter because the social network revamped its home page last year in March. Ever since the implementation of new Twitter Home Page took place, elements of service started its disappearing act one by one. While fixing those temporarily absent features like Trends, Lists, etc., new Home Page finally went live for all users. With the New Twitter and now a new Home Page, Twitter is slowly making User Interface changes. Several users loved the new neat looking homepage and that includes me too.

However, several users feel that it looks like Facebook login page but that won t cause any lawsuit between Twitter and Facebook. In any case, Twitter is more focused now on offering relevant search results in real-time than anything else. Do let me know your thoughts whether you like the new home page with good reasons for your opinion. 

New Twitter Home Page

Old Twitter Home Page

0 Twitter for BlackBerry Updated to 1.1

Blackberry traditionally been the stronghold of the serious business type audience, but with a new direction that Research In Motion (RIM) has taken, which encompasses a wider demographic, the Blackberry platform has become savvier of late. Integrated support for social networking has been a nod in this direction, but even then the Twitter for Blackberry couldn't match up to its Android and iOS counterparts. Good news is that RIM has updated Twitter for Blackberry to version 1.1 now.

Although, it still may not be at the level of the ones on iOS and Android, the update ushers in much needed updates that include push notifications, better integration with the social networking feeds, support for retweets and the much needed ability to access the feeds without having to launch the application. The application is still in the beta stage, so don't expect a bug free experience.

Here is the full list of changes in the update:

- Push notifications for @ mentions
- Direct Messages support, threaded in the style of BBM conversations
- Hash-tag topic auto-complete
- Support for retweets
- Refreshed UI
- New gesture support, including "pull and refresh" updating
- Additional languages, including Polish and Czech

Twitter for Blackberry v1.1 can be downloaded free of charge from Blackberry Beta Zone, and requires Blackberry OS 4.5 or above.