Twitter Debuts New Photo Sharing Integration and Improved Search Ahead of iOS 5 Introduction

[twoodcc]

seems pretty nice. we'll see next week about iOS 5 i guess

 

[carmenodie]

Tell me, where the hell is the money following your a@@ around?

 

[SockRolid]

Great idea

I imagine other popular social networking sites could have been integrated too, if they hadn't been so stubborn.
(Lookin' right atcha, FaceBook...)

 

[M-O]

Once iOS integration comes, we can expect to see boatloads of grainy iPad/iPad touch pics.

 

[jimi78]

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It seems that twitter has adopted this a little late. I personally didnt care for always having to click on a link or picture to see someones pic. I think instagram will give this some stiff competition because I have been hooked on ig'ing for a minute. long live #instagram!!

 

[Full of Win]

Yes.
The irony, of course, is that it will be self-inflicted.
George Orwell must be spinning in his grave.

George Orwell does not have a grave, however, Eric Arthur Blair does.

 

[Full of Win]

If Apple is partnering with Twitter, it's not going to die anytime soon. Twitter is the present and the future of social communication whether you like it or not.

Just like ICQ, friendster and MySpace?

 

[koruki]

I too didn't understand the whole twitter thing. I gave it a go anyway and I'm slowly seeing the power it has. Everything is updated so constantly, we recently had a freak tornado and it was through twitter that we got reports on how many hurt, where damage was, pictures, links to 360 panoramic views of damaged areas all within a few minutes of the incident. The news agencies could only dream of being that quick to break a story.

 

[caspersoong]

They should have more integration with Facebook. Twitter is virtually non-existent here.

 

[iRobby]

 

[SvP]

This is cool. Clicking on links to images on 3rd party sites is kind of annoying so hopefully this will replace some of those seemingly ubiquitous instagram pics.

For those people saying they don't like twitter, try using it to replace your RSS feeds i.e. instead of subscribing to the macrumors RSS feed, just follow them on twitter. It has replaced most of my RSS feeds and the live-updating desktop app is great.

i read 400-500 feeds daily, in twitter that would be a nightmare, horribly time consuming!

 

[ADR]

Concerning the usefulness of Twitter:

I too tried and didn't like Twitter several years ago, and I thought it was mostly useless. However, once I found myself in the midst of a terrible natural disaster (Japanese earthquake), an expat with rudimentary knowledge of the language, I followed several foreign journalists (living in Japan) on Twitter and was receiving news 4-6 hours before I would see it on TV. More skeptical than the Japanese media but not as frantic as foreign media. The information stream was so useful I decided to give Twitter another go, and I'm glad I did.

In the last year there has been plenty of evidence of Twitter's usefulness during hot situations, and I find myself using it more during mundane times in order to keep those twitter skills sharp for the more hectic events (god forbid).

 

[skidog1111]

Weiner

 

[3goldens]

yawn!

 

[LordTyroxx]

The song sucks. There's also nothing "elitist" about that comment.

The song is great. It's catchy, melodic and inspires a positive attitude. (at least in everyone i've shown it to) But you probably know much better upbeat modern songs. Obviously.

 

[macnisse]

Looking fwd to steve's keynote on Monday, perhaps I can follow it on twitpic

 

[LizKat]

Weiner

Yes... integrated photo-sharing via Twitter will only make it easier than ever to create mischief for oneself or another person, and turn it into a newsflash to the universe.

For all the times this new feature may result in happiness or great public utility (disaster info relay, in particular), there is huge potential for abuse or careless use with negative consequences.

But the naysayers have said that about every innovation, no? -- probably going back as far as humans intentionally using fire to cook dinner, or the invention of the wheel.

Might as well celebrate the upside and hope we learn new ways to minimize the consequence of the downside as it emerges.

 

[silentnite]

Out of the frying pan & into the oven. Somehow I see a lot of apple ads to come.

 

[SBlue1]

Anything Twitter related will never be a sell for me. I cannot get on that bandwagon, as much as I feel like I should.

I never missed FB and Twitter myself, because I hate the useless information people are sharing just cause they think someone cares.

But now that I have a smartphone I started using Twitter for getting live information. I follow my local newspaper and my local sports clubs. I follow technical sites and I follow MR. I do not follow single persons and I do not follow celebrities. And I do not tweet. If I want to tell a friend something I will email him, phone him or send him a text message.

Twitter is what you do with it. This is why such a broad mix of people like it. Dumb people do dumb stuff with it, smart people do smart things with it.