Remember when Twitter bought We Are Hunted, whose creators then built Twitter’s #music app, which was initially super popular in part due to its cool design and the fact that everybody uses Twitter, but then it ran into a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem?
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Twitter, fresh off word that they are lining up an IPO, has unveiled a new exclusive feature for verified users (basically those who have a blue check mark) that will assist them in filtering their Twitter mentions in the “Connect” tab which is located right above their feed. These verified users are now able to check out their mentions via a trio of different categories; namely all, filtered, and verified. The reason behind this move is to enable users to easily identify the conversations which might prove to be most important, while sifting out the rest of the riff raff and spam that comes with the territory.
Whenever you want to check out connections in the “Verified” category, it will only feature mentions by other verified users. Those who prefer to view mentions under the “Filtered” category will see posts that are, in Twitter’s words, “based on an algorithm we use to filter out spam.” This is a move which could be seen to encourage the more popular Twitter users to remain active on the micro-blogging platform, but as to whether it will achieve that goal in the long run remains to be seen. What about you, what do you think about this new feature for Twitter conversation management?
Twitter Has A New Feature To Manage Twitter Conversations Better original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Twitter #Music launched with Spotify streaming as a core feature. It’s only fair that Spotify #Music get an app of its own, then, and one has just launched today. The new client very closely mimics its web counterpart, letting members find and play trending music on Twitter from big-name artists, fast-rising newcomers and everyone in given genres. As you’d imagine, the difference rests in how you play music — it’s much faster to start a track or add it to a playlist, and you don’t need to be a Spotify Premium subscriber to tune in. If you’re interested in learning what the world is listening to, you’ll find the free #Music app at the source link.
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Source: Spotify
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
Twitter is making it easier for the truly famous to chat with each other in public, now that it’s added a couple of new filters for users with Verified accounts. While the general public continue to have their mentions open to one and all, verified users can see their @ stream either “Filtered” to take out likely spam or “Verified” to pick out tweets from other blue checkmarked accounts. While this should make it easier for the famous to spot messages from each other (we’ll keep reading every tweet mentioning @Engadget — we’re for the people) among those begging for RTs, or just trolling, we hope that at least the filtered option pops up for everyone soon. We have enough offers for weight loss secrets to last us a lifetime as-is, now it’s time to see if Facebook and Google+ change how they cater to the high-profile.
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Source: Twitter Blog
There has been a lot of speculation in the market regarding Twitter’s IPO or initial public offering. Speculation increased after Facebook went public last year, its IPO turned out to be the biggest internet company IPO ever, Facebook raised $105 billion. It was rumored that somewhere down the line, the microblogging service would decide to go public as well. A little while ago Twitter announced via, you guessed it, its Twitter account, that it has confidentially submitted a S-1 to the SEC for a planned IPO.
The S-1 form isn’t an offer of sale of any securities, Twitter also clarifies this in its announcement. Its a form that’s filed with the SEC by public companies to register their securities with it. The form contains basic financial and business information with respect to a securities offering. Investors can use it to make an educated investment decision and to consider the merits of investment in that particular public company. There’s no way of speculating right now how much Twitter will be able to raise through its IPO, no date has been revealed as yet. Twitter is the world’s largest microblogging network with over 200 million active users every month, after Facebook, its the next biggest social network that’s seeking to go public.
Twitter IPO Nears As S-1 Form Is Filed With The SEC original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Today Twitter has confidentially submitted an S-1 o the SEC in order to begin the process of their first (and only, of course) IPO. They’ve made this offering known in as plain a use of English as possible, adding that “this Tweet does not constitute an offer of any securities for sale.” As you can […]
Honestly, it shouldn’t come as any shock: the microblogging service that made it perfectly acceptable to deliver huge, huge news in 140 characters or less has just done precisely that. Twitter has announced that it has “confidentially submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a planned IPO,” but details beyond that are being kept under wraps. What’s it mean? Those with equity in the company are about to become mind-numbingly rich; Wall Street is about to lose its gourd about getting in early; and end-users like yourself should start worrying about ads, ads everywhere.
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Source: Twitter
Only less than two weeks have gone by since Twitter debuted its app experiment on Android, but the little blue bird isn’t letting any time go to waste. Available now to those willing to deal with some rough edges, the Twitter 5.0 beta for Android features a completely new look, the ability to view in-line images / videos and a redesigned bar for menu items (notifications, messages, etc.). Looks-wise, it’s certainly slightly different than the current version. But does it perform better? We’ll let you, the beta testers, be the judge of that.
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Via: RootzWiki
Source: Twitter for Android Experiment
Speaking at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference Mark Zuckerberg has made his feelings known about the recent NSA scandal, pointing out that the government "blew it".
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