Hasta La Gadget!

Heads up Windows Phone users, if you’re using Twitter heavily on your Windows Phone device, you might want to delete the app or turn it off ASAP because according to reports, it seems that Twitter for Windows Phone is eating up way more data than expected. This is not a bug or a flaw on Microsoft’s part, but rather a change to Twitter’s backend which basically causes the app to frequently re-download profile images. In fact during tests performed to see just how much data is actually consumed, it was found that it was possible for users to hit up to 3GB of data in a week which may very well exceed the data caps of most users.

In order to fix this problem, or at least do their part to prevent Windows Phone users from going over their data cap, Microsoft has made a change to Twitter accounts where they will sync only once a day. This is hardly a permanent solution and we’re guessing that this will be up to Twitter to fix it on their side of things which Microsoft thinks should take a couple of weeks. In the meantime like we said, if you use Twitter on your Windows Phone device, you will either have to remove the app, unlike your Twitter account from your device, unless you are on an unlimited data plan which we guess won’t really matter. For those who aren’t, the steps mentioned above are advisable especially if you’re not a fan of bill shock!

Twitter For Windows Phone Consuming Way More Data Than Usual original content from Ubergizmo.

The new Tweetbot 3.0 app is completely revamped for iOS 7 and few apps look as good as the new light freshness of Tweetbot. Little animations like bouncing buttons, little details like blurred backgrounds and so forth make it absolutely delightful for diehard tweeters. $3 [iTunes]

Read more…

Last month we reported that Twitter had filed a S-1 form with the SEC, revealing that it is planning to go public. Twitter’s IPO is one of the biggest tech related initial public offerings of this year. Rumors of the microblogging network going public escalated after Facebook conducted its IPO last year, raising $105 billion in the process. Though up till now, no one knows exactly what Twitter IPO price range is going to be. According to a new WSJ report, Twitter might decide on a price range for its offering in the next couple of days.

As per the report, Twitter may “price the deal” as early as November 6th. It seeks to raise $1 billion. The IPO date is not known as well, though it is believed that Twitter is seeking to go public by next month, presumably before Thanksgiving. Once the deal has been priced, Twitter can then start courting investors to put in their money in its shares. The company itself hasn’t dropped any hints about the price range or when we can expect its shares to be listed for trading in the open market. Twitter is the world’s second biggest social network with more than 200 million monthly active users, the money it ends up raising from the IPO will help it in expanding its operations.

Twitter IPO Price Range Reportedly Being Set Soon original content from Ubergizmo.

The BBC will become the first news agency to create content for Twitter’s Amplify service, reported Ad Age. The content will be in the form of short news clips based on trending topics, each clip preceded by a short ad. The videos will be embedded directly into the BBC’s tweets with the hashtag #BBCTrending. The […]

There’s nothing worse than getting into a really great television series to have to miss an episode due to having to attend a wedding or some other big major moment in your life. What makes the experience even worse is we all have those friends who just can’t keep their yap shut about the latest episode of a show, even though you told them a million times not to publish spoilers on social networks you follow them on. Now that the Spoiler Shield is around, you won’t have to end your friendship over them spoiling the ending to Breaking Bad. (more…)

Spoiler Shield Censors Your Facebook, Twitter Feeds So You Don’t Read Spoilers original content from Ubergizmo.