Twitter Acquires TweetDeck: What Does This Mean For You?


Updated 05/04/11 4:10 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

What Will Happen to TweetDeck After Twitter Acquisition?

After a very public kerfuffle with TweetDeck earlier this year, Twitter went ahead and acquired the third-party dashboard from UberMedia for $50 million yesterday. TweetDeck currently boasts 40 million users, so what does this acquisition mean for them? There's no word yet on the future of the dashboard — whether it will be more tightly integrated to Twitter itself or scrapped altogether — Read more

After Success With Chrome App, TweetDeck Web Comes to All Browsers


Updated 04/07/11 3:10 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

TweetDeck Web For All Browsers

After launching as an app in the Chrome web store, Twitter client TweetDeck announced a new web app that will work across all of the major browsers: Firefox, Safari, IE, and Opera. TweetDeck Web, which just launched in beta, is a standalone web page that doesn't require an app store or download to work. One caveat: this new web component does not support streaming, which means refreshing the Read more

Download of the Day: Official TweetDeck For Android App


Updated 10/17/10 9:05 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

TweetDeck For Android

Just a few weeks after unleashing the beta version of its Android app, TweetDeck has been officially released to the masses. If you didn't check out the previous version of the uber-popular Twitter client, which supports Facebook, Twitter, Buzz, and Foursquare, you'll be happy to know that it was built "from the ground up" and has a bunch of cool new features (including ones not available on the Read more

New! TweetDeck For Android


Updated 08/12/10 1:49 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 2 comments

TweetDeck Android App

TweetDeck for iPhone launched over a year ago, and now TweetDeck has finally come to Android. The app, which was released today, puts the most popular Twitter client on your Android phone and comes with some sweet updates not yet available on the iPhone, iPad, or desktop applications. According to the official TweetDeck blog post, the new app is "more than just TweetDeck on Android." The app Read more

How Many Updates Are Posted Via TweetDeck Each Day?


Updated 07/13/10 12:20 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

TweetDeck Updates

Yesterday, popular desktop Twitter client TweetDeck announced it had been downloaded 15 million times, making it five times as popular as the next popular Twitter client and the most downloaded client in history. Over 30,000 images are uploaded via TweetDeck daily; TweetDeck also facilitates posting to Facebook and Google Buzz, enabling a serious number of updates each day. Can you guess how many Read more

Daily Tech: iPhone OS 3.0 Available Today


Updated 06/17/09 7:25 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 3 comments

Daily Tech: iPhone OS 3.0 Available Today

It's time to get those iPod Touchs and iPhones updated with the new OS 3.0 update! — The Boy Genius Report Apple has put a temporary hold on iPhone 3G S shipments. — Gizmodo TweetDeck for the iPhone has officially launched. — Mashable There's a new Google Mobile App available for the BlackBerry. — RIMarkable The Pack Windbreaker boasts 17 pockets for all your gadgets and trinkets.— Read more

How to Block Royal Wedding Tweets and Hashtags


Updated 04/29/11 3:21 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Block Twitter Hashtags From Your Twitter Stream

We'll be tweeting, blogging, and live streaming all the royal wedding goodness you can handle here on the Sugar Network, but if you're not interested in getting any royal updates in your Twitter stream, here's a quick solution for you Chrome users. Called Proxlet, this Chrome extension allows you to filter specific hashtags from your stream in Chrome, your iPhone's Twitter app, and even works Read more