We’ve seen quite a bit of resignation notes in the IT world over the years, but this one takes the cake when it comes to originality. Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems, has tweeted his resignation, explaining it with a haiku poem: “Today’s my last day at Sun. I’ll miss it. Seems only fitting to [...]

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Twitter has just introduced a new feature for its users: Hovercards, a new way to access profile information without actually visiting someone’s profile.
In an announcement, Twitter Spokesperson Jenna Sampson discussed how the new feature works:
“Hovercards are cards which appear when you hover over a username or avatar. The cards display additional information about the person [...]

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Twitter mobile users and developers, rejoice: the microblogging company has finally fixed mobile OAuth.
In an announcement earlier today, Twitter’s Director of Platform Ryan Sarver revealed that the team has finally fixed the rendering issue that made OAuth nearly unusable in mobile interfaces. It’s an issue I’ve discussed with Ryan all the way back to [...]

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