The Realtime Report

JUNE 16, 2014

Twitter’s mobile apps now let you embed tweets inside tweets - Twitter mobile users on iOS and Android can now embed tweets that are linked to a tweet; it’s a much cleaner look (embedded tweet vs. ugly link), but it’s unclear whether the feature has been rolled out to all users or is simply being tested (The Next Web).

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The Realtime Report

AUGUST 27, 2012

As a mobile-friendly platform, Twitter has been used by farmers to share information, check realtime conditions, and connect with customers from its earliest days – CNN reported on this as early as 2009. A group called Open Food is collaborating on an open source API to share data about food.

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The Realtime Report

AUGUST 4, 2014

Facebook forces users worldwide to download Messenger for mobile chat – Facebook is no longer allowing messaging in its main iPhone and Android apps; now users worldwide must download its standalone Messenger app.

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The Realtime Report

MARCH 24, 2014

Facebook unveils Hack, a new programming language for writing code faster – in an attempt to speed up writing and testing code, Facebook built a new programming language called Hack; it’s been in use for a year at Facebook, but was released last Thursday as open source (GigaOM).

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