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We duly contacted twitter before publishing the hacked documents, claims TechCrunch

 We duly contacted twitter before publishing the hacked documents, claims TechCrunchIn the midst of claims and counterclaims, TechCrunch today claimed that they contacted twitter before publishing the controversial documents. Reportedly TechCrunch published excerpts from “leaked”  confidential documents which claimed to be of a twitter employee. The document is said to be hacked to Google doc account and sent to TechCrunch is a zip file. The report which was said to be more than 300 pages has many document for twitter “internal” consumption  as it include twitter expansion plans, interview schedules, financial forecast and  many other sensitive documents.

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Twitterfeed server down

Sorry Twitterfeed server downToday twitterfeed server went down for a while, coincidentally just after i posted my post about twitterfeed’s new “robust” and “reliable” system. And before the speculation starts, i just want to clarify that, it not because of this post. But it actually reminds the need for twitterfeed to ramp up its infrastructure quickly to meet the growing usage of its services.

Infact till i checked last time, it was still not accessible. We have been trying to contact twitterfeed but till now no official reason has been given by them … Continue Reading

Twitterfeed revamped after invester’s renewed interest

twitterfeed Twitterfeed revamped after investers renewed interest Twitterfeed was one of the twitter application which has caught investor’s attention in recent weeks. After new round of funding by Betaworks and TAG, twitterfeed has improved on its backend making it faster and reliable. It has gone beyond just a project to a full fledged company of itself. And as per compete, in last three month the number of pageviews has gone up by 10%.

Besides improving on the reliability, twitterfeed has worked to create simpler login process for the users. Initially it

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Malware delivered in 140 character or less- Twitter caught in malware web

Twitter 256x256 Malware delivered in 140 character or less  Twitter caught in malware webTwitter is now  increasingly targeted by the cyber criminals than ever, thanks its crisp messages and tinyurls. Over last one week, many of the web observers and anti-virus companies has reported hosts of security issues linked with Twitter. It ranges from hacking key accounts at Twitter, malwares and spywares, email worms among others.

Panda security- a Spain based anti-virus maker was quoted on CNN that the company has witnessed “an onslaught of links with malicious software, or “malware,” on Twitter” using hot and trendy “topics like NBA final, Air France … Continue Reading

Top 5 Twitter applications

twitter bird Top 5 Twitter applicationsWe wondered how many of the twitter applications from twitter labs are doing good in the market and we finally came out with data which gave some clarity about the bigger ones. During the process we were surprised to see the number of clones available in the market. As per honeytechblog there exists more than 250 twitter clones in the market. I wonder how are they doing in the market. Anyway we listed whole list of twitter application that has been out of beta stage and try to analyse … Continue Reading