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Twitter Rumored to be Testing New Breaking News Notifications

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <a href="http://www.sitepronews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/twitter-bird-white-on-blue.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="twitter-bird-white-on-blue" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-28963" height="300" src="http://www.sitepronews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/twitter-bird-white-on-blue.png" width="300" /></a><a class="zem_slink" href="http://twitter.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> is rumored to be testing a new breaking service under the extension @eventparrot, but is staying quiet on the topic. The account currently has about 7,000 followers, and, according to its description, is meant to help Twitter users "keep up with what's happening in the world." Its followers including Twitter's CEO and co-founders, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://twitter.com/dickc" rel="twitter" target="_blank" title="Dick Costolo">Dick Costolo</a>, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://twitter.com/jack" rel="twitter" target="_blank" title="Jack Dorsey">Jack Dorsey</a> and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://evhead.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Evan Williams">Evan Williams</a>. According to a report by <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.cnet.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="CNET">CNet</a>, Twitter <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57606873-93/twitter-experiment-sends-out-breaking-news-direct-messages/">won't confirm</a> if @eventparrot is an official company test. The profile, however, resembles other test accounts of the past. <a name="more"></a> Twitter has also hinted at the account, stating last month in a blog post that it sometimes makes "under-the-hood changes that help suggest relevant content in real time and make Twitter more engaging" for its audience. This isn't Twitter's first test account. It's had other accounts, like @magicrecs, in the past. The difference, however, was those accounts were always indentified as Twitter experimental accounts. As CNet points out, Twitter has yet to turn a profit. Accounts like @eventparrot may be a stab at generating revenue and attracting as well as keeping users active on the site. "Big stories have started to break on Twitter, and having a direct notification system could be a way to expand that capability. Presumably, Twitter could find some way to charge news outlets to distribute their information through the account," says CNet. This article courtesy of <a href="http://www.sitepronews.com/">SiteProNews.com</a> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"> </div> </div>

Twitter Rumored to be Testing New Breaking News Notifications

Twitter is rumored to be testing a new breaking service under the extension @eventparrot, but is staying quiet on the topic. The account cu...

Facebook Finally Adds HTTPS Support

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> <img alt="" class="alignright size-full wp-image-512205" height="" src="http://7.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/facebook_360.jpg" title="facebook_360" width="225" /></div> <div> <div style="float: right; margin-bottom: 10px;"> </div> </div> Facebook has finally added the ability to access the site via a <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/https" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Secure" rel="wikipedia nofollow" title="HTTP Secure">HTTP Secure</a> (HTTPS) connection, which should drastically increase security for users. HTTPS provides a combination of the <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/http" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol" rel="wikipedia nofollow" title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol">HTTP</a> and <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/transport_layer_security" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security" rel="wikipedia nofollow" title="Transport Layer Security">SSL</a> protocols, enabling <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/encryption" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encryption" rel="wikipedia nofollow" title="Encryption">encrypted</a> communication between your computer and a <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/web_server" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_server" rel="wikipedia nofollow" title="Web server">web server</a>. Without it you’re exposed to sniffing attacks on the network; for example, if you’re using a public <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/wi-fi" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi" rel="wikipedia nofollow" title="Wi-Fi">Wi-Fi</a> to access Facebook via plain HTTP, someone using the <a href="http://mashable.com/tag/firesheep/">Firesheep</a> add-on for Firefox can easily retrieve your data. HTTPS makes it a lot harder to do that. The feature is available as an option on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/editaccount.php">Account Settings</a> page. If you don’t see it yet, don’t worry; Facebook will be gradually rolling it out over the next couple of weeks. <center><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-512207" height="351" src="http://4.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/facebook_support1.jpg" title="facebook_support" width="640" /><a name="more"></a> </center> Those who are concerned about online security probably know that it was possible to access Facebook via HTTPS for quite some time now, for example using the <a href="http://mashable.com/2010/06/18/https-everywhere/">HTTPS Everywhere</a> <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/add_on" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Add-on_%28Mozilla%29" rel="wikipedia nofollow" title="Add-on (Mozilla)">Firefox add-on</a>, but some of Facebook’s features, for example chat and photo uploads, did not work properly over HTTPS. Unfortunately, even Facebook’s implementation of the protocol will not be perfect. “Some Facebook features, including many third-party applications, are not currently supported in HTTPS,” writes Facebook’s <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/alex_rice" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0723339/" rel="imdb nofollow" title="Alex Rice">Alex Rice</a> in a <a href="http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=486790652130">blog post</a> , promising that Facebook is working hard to resolve these issues. Furthermore, if you choose to enable HTTPS, you should know that it will slow down your Facebook experience, as encrypted pages take longer to load. </div> <div class="zemanta-pixie"> <img alt="" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=aefc9085-8f50-4171-a4d1-8ca61df6f7c8" /><script defer="defer" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div>

Facebook Finally Adds HTTPS Support

Facebook has finally added the ability to access the site via a HTTP Secure (HTTPS) connection, which should drastically increase security...