-38 Points

Back in the early days of Twitter, it was exciting and fresh to see a major company with a Twitter presence. Back then a company like Comcast could make a big splash in the world of social networking simply by providing users with an alternative platform through which to contact the company. These days, though, it seems like you can throw a rock in any direction and hit a company with a Twitter presence, often run by a so-called "social media expert."

-35 Points

With the announcement this week that Twitter is going to start integrating photo sharing into their website, a lot of users seemed to realize all of a sudden that they didn't actually realize that you could post images on Twitter. To make matters worse, after making the announcement that Twitter photo sharing was in development, Twitter removed the old instructions about how to post pictures on Twitter from their website in preparation for the eventual launch of their own Twitter image sharing features.

-35 Points

Twitter launched their new Twitter follow button this week, and web developers are already scrambling to figure out how to implement it on their websites. Luckily, getting the new Twitter follow button on your website is a lot easier than you might think - in most cases, it's as simple as copy/paste.

-50 Points

For years now Twitter has been widely considered to be one of the most open platforms in the world in terms of third-party applications, but from all appearances, that seems to be changing as Twitter is taking an increasingly hard line against developers who step on the microblogging platform's toes.

-3 Points

A rare bit of good news for owners of HTC Android phones: the mobile phone manufacturer has officially announced the abolishment of its previous policy of locking down the phone's bootloaders, meaning that future Android phones will be "rootable" without requiring too much effort on the part of the user.

0 Points

There's good news this week for owners of the HTC Incredible S and HTC Desire HD Android phones - HTC announced this week that it has begun rolling out OTA (Over The Air) upgrades to the Android operating system. Incredible S and Desire HD owners will soon be, if they haven't already, receiving an update from Android 2.2 (Froyo) to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread).

0 Points

We've been waiting for Android's music streaming service since it was first previewed at last year's I/O conference, and the scenario Android fans heard back then sounded pretty awesome: purchase music from your phone or desktop, and they'll be streamed to your phone on-demand for your listening pleasure. And then a few months went by. And then a few more months went by.

-1 Points

With last week's introduction of the new Facebook "Send" button, the number of options available for website designers who want to integrate Facebook with their blog, website or webapp has risen even higher. There are more ways to integrate Facebook with Wordpress and other popular blogging platforms than ever before, and sometimes the options can become a bit overwhelming.

0 Points

Android devices are under attack from hackers, viruses, and other malicious attacks, says security software company AVG, and your Android phone might be their next target.

0 Points

Although one-click roots are available for many Android Phones, some of them (the HTC Incredible S, for example) require a more complex rooting process. Rooting Android Phones like the Incredible S requires the use of the ADB (Android Debug Bridge), a critical component of the Android SDK (Software Development Kit). Essentially the ADB allows you to interact with the phone's file system using a terminal interface, critical for many rooting and customization operations.

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