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Falcon Pro, arguably one of the best Twitter clients available for the Android operating system, has just reached its 100,000 token limit set by Twitter. The limit was set by Twitter back in August of last year, and it limits 3rd party apps, who utilize Twitter’s main features, to only 100,000 users. Falcon Pro has hit this limit only 3 months after it launched its app, catching them by surprise.

As of right now, Falcon Pro has created a petition. The creators hope that the petition will get enough signatures to convince Twitter to extend Falcon Pro’s amount of tokens. As of 8 hours ago, the petition has accumulated over 600+ signatures. Whether this helps or not is completely up to Twitter. Falcon Pro is also working on the issue of pirates. According to its stats, only 40,000 people have actually purchased its app, meaning there are 60,000 who either aren’t using the client anymore, or have pirated the app.

Guys, bad new, the Token limit has been reached sooner than expected. Getting reports that new users can’t login… Thanks @twitter.

— Falcon for Android (@falcon_android) February 23, 2013

Falcon Pro is also asking users who don’t use its client anymore to revoke access to the app via their Twitter settings. This way there can be additional tokens freed up for other users. Falcon Pro has included a disclaimer in its app description warning users of the 100k limit. Hopefully it will stop users from giving the app a 1-star rating. However, it still has to deal with the refunds for people who bought the app, but can’t access it.

Falcon Pro is currently finding other ways to get an extension on its tokens, and it’s trying to avoid any methods that may breach Twitter’s terms of service. While it’s important to get more users access to its app, Falcon Pro doesn’t want to jeopardize anything for its current users. So as of right now, all its users can do is sign its petition and hope that Twitter’s lenient.

[via Falcon Pro]

Falcon Pro reaches Twitter’s 100k token limit is written by Brian Sin & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Twitter has just launched its new advertising API. The new ads API is designed to help marketers get their ad campaigns out to the right type of audience. This way, Twitter can help create more relevant advertisements for both marketers and users alike. Twitter states that “our focus has been on delivering better ads for users, not more ads”, because more ads would mean a lot of angry Tweeters.

There are 5 initial partners who have implemented Twitter’s Ads API into their marketing program. This list includes Adobe, HootSuite, Salesforce, SHIFT, and TBG Digital. By advertising using the marketing campaigns from these companies, marketers will not only be able to get their ads out through the company’s existing marketing program, but also to Twitter’s 200 million users as well.

The new API system will also be more targeted, providing Twitter users with ads that are most relevant to them. This new system was tested with the five partners back in January, and over several weeks, the companies were seeing very positive results. Adobe’s media optimizer was able to increase Adobe’s number of followers from 2 dozen new followers a day to about 400 new followers a day. By the end of the test, there was a steady rate of 115 new followers per day for Adobe.

Twitter is looking for new partners to add onto the list, and have placed an application on their blog. In the near future, you should see more promoted tweets, and more promoted accounts, but they should appear based on your interests. Twitter is also looking to launch a “promoted products” feature in its advertisement API soon.

[via Twitter]

Twitter launches Advertisement API is written by Brian Sin & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Facebook has had a pirate language option for some time now, allowing users to view their profile with ample quantities of arrr! and plunderin’. Now Twitter can add itself to the list of social networks with a novelty language option – in this case, Lolcat. Users can check out their profile in Lolcat language here, and make it permanent in the settings.

The language change doesn’t affect tweets, but just about everything else flips into LOLCATZ mode when the language is selected. The most prominent changes are on the left side of the screen, where Tweets, Favorites, Lists and Followers are changed to all caps, and Following is changed to all-caps FOLLOWIN. Lolcats language is similar to English, you see.

There are a few more notable differences elsewhere, however. On tweets, you’ll see “VIEW FOTO” for photographs, and “my” becomes the slightly more endearing “mah”. There are a handful of kthnx tossed around as well. If, after previewing the language, you want to make it your permanent Twitter environment, head into “Settings” and choose “LOLCATZ” from the Language menu.

Essentially, the Lolcatz language is composed of a lot of all-caps words, but those willing to look past the particularity will find the subtle differences endearing. Unlike Facebook’s pirate language, which is overwhelming due to the vast amount of pirate speak splattered across yer home port, the Lolcatz language change is diminutive in scope, and reminds you of cats, which is never a bad thing.

[via The Next Web]

Twitter unveils Lolcatz language, makes it available naow is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Twitter has announced that it acquired Bluefin Labs, a social TV analytics company, a move taking it further into the world of television. Twitter has shown interest in television for years, with people using it as a way to interact with televised events using hashtags. According to the social network, the acquisition will aid in both ad product innovation and the creation of social TV consumer experiences.

One example of a social TV experience with Twitter was provided on the company’s blog back in May of 2011, when it discussed coverage of the royal wedding on Twitter using hashtags. Using the hashtags #CNNTV, individuals watching CNN could share their thoughts in a social environment using social media.

The Bluefin Labs acquisition follows the social network’s partnership with Nielsen, which was made public in December 2012. This partnership is for the development of the Nielsen Twitter TV Rating, which is slated to roll out this fall, complementing Nielsen’s regular ratings. Adding Bluefin’s data science and expertise into the mix, Twitter is looking to really ramp up its television presence.

According to the announcement, Twitter will still honor Bluefin contracts that already exist, but will not sell Bluefin products to any new customers. Using its partnership with Nielsen and SocialGuide, the social network will work on research and develop for networks, agencies and such to show them the benefits of combining TV and Twitter.

[via Twitter]

Twitter announces Bluefin Labs acquisition is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Media companies have been alight with hacking attempts and security breaches, including two recent statements from the New York Times and Wall Street Journal stating that they were the target of Chinese hackers. Now Twitter has come forward, stating that it recently noticed unusual access patterns that got its hackles up, resulting in the discovery of unauthorized attempts to access users’ information. As many as 250,000 accounts could be compromised.

While looking into the issue, Twitter found one attack as it was happening and put the kibosh on it. Still, when looking into the issue, the social network has found that information for about 250,000 compromised, including usernames and emails, encrypted/salted versions of passwords, and session tokens. To keep users safe, Twitter took several actions for those accounts.

All passwords and session tokens for the compromised accounts have been reset and revoked, with notification emails going out to those users informing them about what happened and how to create a new password. The social network likewise is encouraging its users to use safe passwords comprised of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols totaling a minimum of ten characters.

Users are being encouraged to disable Java in their browsers, which is notorious for the security threat it poses. Twitter said in the announcement that this was not an isolated attack, and that it was performed by “extremely sophisticated” hackers who knew what they were doing. The social network is cooperating with government and law enforcement agencies to identify who is responsible.

[via Twitter]

Twitter says it was targeted by hackers, 250,000 accounts compromised is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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