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We’re not exactly lacking in ways to share a photo on Twitter these days, but one key area that has been left behind is the venerable text message — which is pretty important for the millions of people that don’t have smartphones. While tweets via text have been possible since day one, Twitter has only just now opened up the ability to post a photo via MMS. That service is only available on some carriers initially — AT&T, Verizon and Cellular South in the US, Vodafone, O2 and Orange in the UK, and Rogers in Canada, plus Vodafone Italy, VIVA Bahrain and TIM Brazil — but Twitter says that it’s working to bring the feature to additional carriers. Actually sending a photo via text is as simple as you’d expect (just attach it to your message and send it to the appropriate number for your country), but you’ll of course have to be aware of any additional charges your carrier might impose.

Twitter opens up photo sharing via text message on some carriers originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on June 21, 2010 by CyberNet.

Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about. Don’t forget to send in your own tips, or just leave a comment on this page if you think you’ve got something we should include.

–News–

Lakers Victory Sets Twitter Record
Twitter announced on their blog that the L.A. Lakers winning the NBA championship broke tweeting records. On a typical day they see an average of 750 tweets per second, but the Lakers’ victory generated a whopping 3,085 per second.

Motorola Droid X Revealed by Verizon
The next generation Droid phone will sport a 4.3″ screen, 720p video capture, and HDMI output.

WordPress 3.0 Released
The new version of WordPress includes a completely new theme, even more developer APIs, bulk updating of plugins, the merge of WordPress MU, and over 1200 bug fixes.

Nintendo Announced 3DS Portable Game System
The Nintendo 3DS includes a 3D screen on top that doesn’t require you to wear glasses to get the cool effects. Pricing and release date haven’t been made available yet though.

Kevin Rose Leaving Diggnation
It’s been announced that Kevin Rose will be leaving Diggnation at the end of 2010 to start a new show called FForward. It’s still undecided as to what whether Diggnation will push on without him.

Mac Mini Updated with HDMI and New Design
Apple refreshed the Mac Mini the same day they started iPhone 4 pre-orders last week. The new unibody design also has a slot for SD cards as well as an HDMI port.

–Tips, Tutorials, and Reviews–

Convert Web Pages to PDF
Web2PDF lets you input a URL, select settings like page size or orientation, and then generate a PDF for that site.

Apply Over 100 Single-Click Effects to Your Images
Image Tricks, a Mac application, lets you apply all kinds of effects to your photos in just a few clicks.

Transmission 2.0 BitTorrent Client Available
Transmission is a popular Mac/Linux BitTorrent client that is faster in several areas and smarter when it comes to handling network lag.

QtdSync Backs Up Your Files
This free Windows backup utility does both full and differential backups, supports multiple users, filters, scheduled jobs, and more.

Extension Sync Comes to Chrome
Users of Google Chrome developer builds, if activated through the command line, can play with the new ability to sync extensions.

Flock Moving Base from Firefox to Chrome
Flock 3 Beta, currently available for Windows, uses Chrome as the basis for the browser. A Mac version should be coming later this year.

–Downloads–

• Comodo Firewall 4.0 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Flock 2.6.0 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Google Chrome 6.0.437.3 ^Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Google Earth 5.2.1 ^Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
• iTunes 9.2 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Opera 10.60.3422 ^{Beta 1} [Homepage] [Mirror]
• PeaZip 3.2.0 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Sandboxie 3.45.19 ^Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Thunderbird 3.0.5 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• uTorrent 2.0.3.20193 ^Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
• VirtualBox 3.2.6 ^{Beta 1} [Homepage] [Mirror]

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As any good Boy Scout would know, it is important to always “Be Prepared”, and the Japanese products giant Muji have taken this to heart in their latest campaign “Itsumo, Moshimo” (Whenever, Whatever). With the disasters in Japan 6 months ago the idea of being ready for any event is still very prevalent in society. Muji have taped into this and in the new campaign have come up with a number of different “emergency situation kits” complete with everything you would need should the moment come.

What is really interesting is how Muji have taken into account form just as much as function. They haven’t just thought about what to put in the emergency kits but actually what the kits themselves will look like and if they will be in keeping with the aesthetics placed in. For example the clear plastic briefcase emergency kit designed to be placed on a shelf at work or on a desk should the emergency happen while at the office. The kits are incredibly well thought out, within the plastic case included are the staples such as various food stuffs, batteries, bandages etc, but also polka dot handkerchief and compressed t-shirts so you can look good post emergency too!

There are plastic file box kits to fit on shelves, small nylon bag kits, food draw case kits and even a child’s version backpack which comes complete with crayons and picture book. The thought that has gone into the contents as well as the actual containers here is another example of the attention to detail that goes into design in Japan. Taking into account the small details results in products that are highly functional as well as fitting into the aesthetics they are designed to be in.

Muji have also cleverly used crowd sourcing on Twitter and Facebook asking the public to suggest the items they would find most useful in an emergency situation, and to add what they would use to fill the extra space left purposefully in the emergency kit. The end result is not just a clever marketing campaign but actually provides useful emergency tips from the public and a customized emergency kit. You can browse through other peoples suggestions and their customized kits online and gain inspiration as to just what you may need in your personal emergency kit should the time come.

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If the Amazon Kindle’s passage-sharing Twitter integration wasn’t social enough for you, the outfit just unleashed a new option: @author. The new feature uses Twitter as a springboard to connect writers to their fans, giving users a chance to nitpick their favorite authors line-by-line. If you’ve ever shared a quote using the Kindle, you know the drill: highlight some text and type out your tweet — just make sure you preface it with the @author marker. This limited beta is launching with only a handful of writers, but between Robert “Rich Dad” Kiyosaki and Brad “Identity Crisis” Meltzer, we’re sure you can find something to ask.

Amazon’s @author lets you tweet, pester your favorite writers via Kindle originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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