Twitter drops text support in UK
The Guardian notes that popular microblogging system Twitter has dropped text message support in the UK.
iSkoot turns cheap mobiles into smarter phones
CNET News reports that iSkoot is offering a software development kit to mobile handset manufacturers so that they can turn their inexpensive feature-phones into Web-enabled devices that can access and get live updates for popular Web services like Facebook, IM, e-mail, Twitter and other social media sites.
Twitter resurrects UK SMS service with Vodafone
Twitter, the micro-blogging phenomenon, has resurrected plans to allow UK users to send and receive notifications via SMS.
Report: Google could acquire Twitter
A TechCrunch report claims that Google is in late stage negotiations to acquire Twitter. No financial details were mentioned in the report.
Twitter looks to mobile for future
A week after announcing operator deals in India and Japan, Twitter’s chief executive Evan Williams has told the Telegraph that Twitter services on mobile will produce the best business model for the service.
INQ Mobile to launch Twitter device
Hutchison Whampoa’s mobile handset subsidiary INQ Mobile plans to follow up its ‘Facebook phone’ with launch of a ‘Twitter phone’ later this year, according to a Reuters report.
Report: Twitter users buy more music
A new NPD Group study finds that active Twitter users buy 77 percent more digital music downloads on average than non-users, Reuters reported. Additionally, 12 percent of those who have bought music in the last three months also report having used Twitter, versus 8 percent of overall web users.
O2 UK to offer free Twitter SMS updates
Cellular News reports that O2 UK has announced it will offer free text message updates for the Twitter service from next month.
Facetwit drives mobile Internet use
CCS Insight claims that the UK’s “obsession” with Facebook and Twitter is helping mobile Internet use to grow at a phenomenal rate.
INQ unveils low-cost Twitter phones
Hutchison Whampoa’s mobile handset subsidiary INQ Mobile today unveiled two new low-cost devices, both of which incorporate Twitter and are aimed at bringing mobile social networking to the mass market. The INQ Chat 3G is the company’s first Qwerty phone and includes free push Gmail.
