Twitter begins testing a tool to facilitate the start to new users

Many current Twitter users will agree that a lot of new users can be quite difficult to adjust the operation of Twitter, a social network with a slightly different operation to which users are accustomed. Therefore, and with the idea of facilitating the process of adaptation, Twitter would be testing a tool to provide a full Timeline relevant content to new users .

Now, from The New York Times asserts that Twitter would have begun testing Instant Timeline -name receiving this new tool- with a small number of new users of Twitter for Android. In general, the operation seems to be pretty good, is that thanks to Instant Timeline new Twitter users can access a wealth of relevant content without stopping to find out how the network works , as at present. To do this, Instant Timeline analyze the user's phone book in order to determine how many of your contacts already have an account on the social network. Thus, in case some of them already on Twitter, Instant Timeline would check the accounts followed by these users in order to make a selection and show them to the new user . Later, as the user start following accounts of interest, recommended by Twitter content would disappear.

Working properly it would not be surprising that Twitter extendiese Instant Timeline to other platforms.

Source: The New York Times .

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Twitter will improve the courier and provide pre-established timelines new users

Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter, said to investors of the company, a number of improvements that will take place within the microblogging platform, as we know thanks to the tweets of a journalist Wall Street Journalwho attended the event, but later information was published on the company blog .

Among these improvements is the possibility that new users have a timeline as access for the first time, allowing them to read tweets that match their interests without first having to find and track a number of users. With this, users who come for the first time Twitter, will not see a line of empty time tweets, but may start and read tweets from a number of users according to their interests. It remains to unveil how they will realize this new possibility.

Other enhancements points to the private messaging feature, which will be improved during the quarter , although so far not know what those improvements, so that at present, many users have had to pull third party applications if wanted get over that role so far not offered us Twitter natively.

Costolo also plans to create a small ecosystem of discrete, so we will be vigilant.

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Making efficient searches in Twitter

The messaging service Twitter offers outstanding advantage over Facebook, is that the publications that we are made ​​in real time . On Facebook it is sometimes really frustrating to see publications from previous days and find out what is really new.

This invaluable feature allows Twitter we know about the latest or the most relevant with respect to some topic and it is also a useful search engine content .But on Twitter there are some tricks to improve search results and make them more efficient, then we tell you what they are.

Search on Twitter

The option to search Twitter displayed on the homepage in the upper right and searchable on the word mentioned in a tweet , a hashtag or a user name.

Sometimes we can not find the content they need because Twitter makes an automatic filter search results to only show the content of the tweets or accounts quality , thus eliminating Twitter search results in hazardous or inappropriate for users .

For your tweets to be included in search results (and prevent your account being suspended ), Twitter also recommends:

• Do not publish duplicate content (links or tweets).
• Do not overuse hashtags in one tweet.
• Do not send automated responses.
• Do not use "robots" or applications to post similar messages based on keywords.
• No posting similar messages in multiple accounts.
• Do not use follow and unfollow aggressively.

To search on Twitter you can enter the word or query in the search box and press Enter. The search results will be a combination of people, photos, videos, news and timelines .

Although results to display a particular user can use "usuario" followed by the keyword you want to search.

Operators

Twitter also offers the possibility of using operators in search queries you make. Here are some examples:

Operator	Find tweets ...
twitter search	containing "twitter" and "search". This is the default operator.
"Happy hour"	containing the exact phrase "happy hour".
love OR hate	containing the word "love" or the word "hate" (or both).
Beer Rooter	containing "beer" but not "root".
#haiku	hashtag containing the word "haiku".
from: writenjoy	containing it shipped by "writenjoy" user.
to: writenjoy	containing it sent to the user "writenjoy".
writenjoy	that refer to the user "writenjoy".
"Happy hour" near: "san francisco"	containing the exact phrase "happy hour" sent near "san francisco".
near: NYC within: 15mi	they were sent within 15 miles near "NYC".
superhero since: 2010-12-27	containing the word "superhero" sent from the date "2010-12-27" (year, month, day).
ftw Until: 2010-12-27	containing the word "ftw" sent date "2010-12-27"
:)-horror movie	that contain the word "movie" than "horror" and show positive attitude.
flight :(	containing the word "fly" with a negative attitude.
traffic?	containing the word "traffic" and ask a question.
funny filter: links	containing the word "fun" and linking to a URL.
News source: twitterfeed	containing the word "news" that were entered via TwitterFeed.

Advanced searches

What you did not know Twitter has a search engine specifically where you also have the ability to perform advanced searches.

The option of advanced search is just a form that prevents you learn all the operators described above, because very simply, you enter words and the form is responsible for placing the operators. Thus, the advanced Twitter search allows you to query for more efficient search and find better results.

Now that you know the search options that gives you Twitter, begins to search for relevant content near your current location , filter words or users or to know the things you like best to your followers.

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Twitter buys content Twitpic

Shortly before the old Twitpic photo service, allowing up and find photos on Twitter, closed its doors permanently, Twitter has emerged to save the contents.

Thanks to a last minute agreement, the millions of pictures that can be kept Twitpic still available on the Internet, since Twitter will be responsible for them, preventing their disappearance.

Importantly Twitpic Twitter does not save as a service (no sense, because you can upload photos from Twitter itself, does not need technology Twitpic for nothing), but saves what users have been saving for years .

From the Blog twitpic explain that it will not possible to upload new pictures, and that the data is read-only mode. It will not be possible to download the mobile apps and can log to delete photos or even the entire bill.

No details have commented on the price of the agreement, but all suspicions that Twitter, the trademark owner twit * tweet * or other derivatives, has pressured enough that this is the end result.

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