TechnesstivityTwitter Launches Photo-Sharing Service And Other New Features
Starting today, Twitter will roll out a completely new version of Twitter search. When you search for anything or click a trending topic, Twitter will show you related photos and videos in the sidebar of the results page. Also for users of Firefox with Twitter, all you have to do is type a hashtag or a username into the address bar to go to the search results page. YouTube videos can be watched on the page and the pictures can be enlarged.
Twitter confirmed in a blog post that they’ll make it easier to share photos on the site, allowing users attach photos to tweets. They’ll also add the feature to all their official mobile apps. Photos will be hosted by Photobucket as they work with mobile carriers around the world so users can upload photos via MMS.
Twitter shows how photosharing and search will work in this video:
Reports have also surfaced that while Twitter was preparing to launch the new photosharing service, they talked to people at YFrog, Plixi and even Photobucket but they didn’t approach Twitpic – a leader in Twitter photo-sharing. The guys at Twitpic are pissed! They’re entire business is based on Twitter and they’re angry Twitter didn’t approach them because it’s bad for their business.
It seems Twitter is trying to block out third party apps and websites, especially with their recent acquisition of TweetDeck.
What do you think about the new search features? Is Twitter backstabbing Twitpic by not letting them in on the photo sharing features?
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