With the acquisition of Whisper Systems, Twitter has also acquired security related IP on Android. This will help Twitter create a secure system for its users by integrating security in the Android system itself and minimizing intervention from the user.

Microsoft is apparently working on a new social network – Socl.com, which will compete with Facebook, Twitter and Google+.

Twitter sees 40% of photos from iOS

After Google, which redesigned most of its services, the next on the list is the micro-blogging site Twitter, which has been quietly testing some new changes to its timeline. The new timeline brings contextual information right into your stream. This allows users to see in-line tweets, expand other tweets in conversation and view embedded media.

Twitter CEO’s points to Apple as a ‘corporate mentor’

MetroTwit, one of the most popular Twitter clients for Windows, released version 0.9.0.0 today. Along with features and performance updates, MetroTwit also announced a Plus edition – a paid edition that removes the recently added in-stream ads and provides the upcoming multiple Twitter accounts support.

I have been bewitched by Apple products ever since I got my hands on my first iPod in college (a generous gift). My old friend, the iPod, has since been retired from my service, but still continues to bring music and entertainment to my dear ones. The time was ripe and on cue, I was bewitched by another Apple product. Enter the iPad. I moved from my initial skepticism (“Oh, why do I even need something like that?”) to pure delight when I got my iPad 2.

The social site will soon let you auto-publish all your Facebook updates on Twitter, which includes status updates, photos, videos, events, notes and links that you have shared publicly on your Facebook profile.

The good news for website owners is that Twitter is debuting Twitter Analytics – a new set of tools which will help you measure the traffic received from Twitter.com and measure the effectiveness of your Tweet Button integration.

Two days before the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the NBC News Twitter account (@NBCNews) was hacked and false information has been spread about Ground Zero being attacked by Flight 5736.

The Twitter Blog announced today there are now 100 million active users of its service around the globe.

Bing and Twitter did a Twitter conversation that hints at a renewed search deal between the two, or at least some announcement around the same.

Twitter has just rolled out a new feature which lets users post tweets to their Facebook profile. All you have to do is login to your Twitter account, go to Settings > profile and connect your Facebook account.

What’s going to prevent the next London riots? It looks like the impulse to protect people from the Internet (for their own good) is now showing its ugly face in Britain.

Remember that Twitter powered hedge fund we told you about? In its first month of trading, it beat the market and offered higher returns than the average hedge fund.