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On December 12, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI tweeted. The spiritual leader of the Catholic religion sent out this message: Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart. — Benedict XVI (@Pontifex) December 12, 2012 In the Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/121213_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Everyone is doing year-end wraps ups — News, sports, celebrities, but what about you?  What were you’re most popular moments of 2012.  Facebook’s got you covered.  Aside from posting its own Year in Review chronicling 2012’s most popular events, songs, movies and more, the social media giant Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/121212_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Facebook and Twitter each received noticeable updates today. After a three month beta, Facebook Gifts is now available to all users. Accessed at Facebook.com/Gifts, you’re now able to purchase real-life gifts for your Facebook friends, from companies like babyGap or ProFlowers, or digital gifts, like iTunes gift Continue Reading →

Microblogging website Twitter has changed the way people communicate — and in no more than 140 characters per statement. New users flock to Twitter every day. This year, among the notable names who got their own Twitter handles for the very first time are football legend Pele (@pele), music icon Neil Young (@neilyoung) and Pope Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/121211_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Over the past week, you may have noticed Instagram not showing up on Twitter. Well, now they’re gone for good. Twitter disabled the ability to view these photos on its site in hopes that you’d be more likely to use Twitter’s own web interface for photos. But Continue Reading →

Instagram has web profiles? Yeah, well, Twitter’s about to give all of its users a bit more of a face online as well. While select users have had access to revamped profiles for a few months, Twitter confirmed on Monday that all of its users would be allowed into the party starting December 12th. The Continue Reading →

Instagram pictures have been wonky inside of Twitter ever since Instagram disabled Twitter cards in hopes of driving users to its own web interface. Now Instagram pictures aren’t showing at all in Twitter’s native web client, and that change is permanent. From now on, links to Instagram pictures on Twitter will work as links and Continue Reading →

From now on, you may happen to notice Instagram photos appearing oddly on Twitter. Some images may appear cropped or somewhat off. This is not a bug. It’s because Instagram doesn’t want to play nice with Twitter anymore. In a post to Twitter’s status blog on Wednesday morning, the company notified users that Instagram has Continue Reading →

Twitter users who have taken the time to set up Tweeting-by-SMS are putting themselves at risk of attacks where anybody can post to their account, according to a team of security researchers. The security flaw allows attackers to post to a user’s Twitter account with just the knowledge of the mobile number associated with the Continue Reading →

Instagram, Twitter and Facebook were, without a doubt, the most talked about apps of 2012, but they’re not what we consider the top apps of the year. Newcomers like Zeebox and Ad Hawk weren’t part of everyday conversation for most smartphone users, but we feel they should be. Although some were launched before 2012, we Continue Reading →