GOOGLE Play tries Twitter

https://twitter.com/GooglePlay

With the new Twitter account, Google plans Twitter Play exclusive content, updates and specials on content as applications, games, movies, TV shows and books. They also mention the "awesomeness" as something you are planning to offer a new Twitter account.

Now it has more than 6,500 followers of this writing, and that number just keeps growing. But what is perhaps even more interesting are some of the users who are after Google Play as Carly Rae Jepsen, fake Justin Bieber, and Amazon Kindle team.

It is also too early to say whether his Twitter offer something other than what they offer e-mail, but in any case, for those who want to make really sure that you will be updated with all things Google Play, make sure giving up.

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Twitter Web Finally Introduces Native Photo Sharing – Coming Soon To Mobile Apps

If there has been once glaring omission to the micro-blogging site, Twitter, it has always been the absence of native photo uploading. This is where hundreds of 3rd party photo uploading sites jumped in to pick up the slack, allowing users to share food pics quickly and easily. Well, after 5 years Twitter web has finally made available native photo uploading.
Jumping onto Twitter.com you’ll notice a handy little camera icon when you go to compose a tweet. Pics are limited to 3MB file sizes and if you uploaded the wrong pic (I’m looking at you, Hailey Williams) you can simply delete a mischosen pic by clicking the little “x” next to it. All your uploaded photos are currently being hosted by Photobucket (remember them?) and will appear as a pic.twitter link next to your tweet.
In typical Twitter fashion, uploaded pics will be made public and for the Twitter elite made searchable using hashtags included in your tweets. If this makes you nervous, don’t worry. Users who have their accounts protected will also have their uploaded pics protected as well.
But what good are all these pics if they’re lost in the Twitter abyss? Well, Twitter plans on launching user Galleries in the near future that will attach all of your uploaded pics to your profile and even aggregate them from other photo uploading services like Yfrog and Twitpic. This will borderline turn Twitter into a full-blown social networking site and prove some stiff competition for sites like Google+ and Facebook.
Twitter will soon extend this native photo uploading functionality to their mobile apps as well, so be on the look out for that. Of course, as soon as they do, we will let you guys know. Happy tweeting! Oh- and feel 

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Twitter GOWidget – Android Widget to Access Twitter for GO Launcher EX

Twitter GOWidget is one of the new widgets available for GO Launcher EX, one of the most popular launchers on the Android platform and available in the market for free. Twitter GOWidget is a 4×4 homescreen widget that shows your twitter feed. Despite being a mere add-on for the main launcher, the app has a quite a few features and will surely be worth a consideration for anyone running GO Launcher EX.
Price: Free
Tested on: HTC Desire HD
Content Rating: Everyone
Pros
Lets you post, reply, retweet, favourite and message.Switch between Timeline, Mentions and Messages views.Post pictures from your phone.Quick and responsive.Scrollable.
Cons
No customizations.Does not support multiple accounts.Unable to view follower profiles.Unable to view lists.Posting pictures is a bit of a lottery.
Despite Twitter GOWidget being simply another add-on for the popular GO Launcher EX home replacement application, the app has a good number of features. The first thing you notice is how quick it is; it certainly felt quicker than using the official Twitter app. The timeline updates promptly and scrolling down to previous tweets is very zippy, even the pictures of those you follow.
Aside from the speediness, you can do most of the things you would expect; reply to posts, retweet them, add them to your favourites and send/recieve private messages. You can switch between timeline, mentions and messages fluidly and easily using the tab on the top right of the widget and everything feels quite intuitive and easy to use. You can post photos, although I found this a bit hit and miss. Some would post, others wouldn’t.
Unfortunately, perhaps due to the fact this isn’t a fully featured app, rather a widget add-on, there is limited funtionality overall. You cannot view lists or follower profiles. Like I have argued in other reviews of GO widgets, there is no customization- the widgets have a blue border and there is no way to alter this if your GO Launcher EX theme doesn’t suit it. The font size in Twitter GOWidget didn’t bother me, but for some it might be a bit on the small size for some and there is no means to increase this.
I’m certain the widget will be popular with fans of GO Launcher EX and it’s another in a growing list of widgets specifically for the launcher. It does a job, is fast, fluid, smooth and responsive. While it lacks the features and interface of fuller apps, see for example Plume or Tweetdeck for Android, it performs well and is very stable.
For GO Launcher EX users who use Twitter, this app will be a great addition to the widgets available. Posting is simple and great for tweeting on the go. For more serious and regular users of Twitter however, it might be a little on the basic side; forget having multiple accounts or viewing full profiles for example. It’s a nice little add-on but lacks the usefulness of more dedicated Twitter apps.
The speed and ease of use are the highlights of the app. I did find posting pictures a bit tricky- it was easy to do, but sometimes the pics did not post, meaning I had to find other ways of posting.
I think if you are an occasional tweeter this app will suit your fine. If say you post once or twice a day then perhaps this would be ideal. However, if you use Twitter more than that, you might find the widget a little restrictive and perhaps not your go-to Twitter client of choice.
The interface is quite simple and very much in flavour of the other GO Widgets. Functional, quick and simple to get your head around. The font size might be an issue for some people and the lack of customizations is a real drag for those of us who like our homescreens to look right.

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