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Twitter "Twitpocalypse" Snags Mac, iPhone Apps

Posted by kdawson on from the y2k-all-over-again dept.

awarrenfells notes coverage in Macworld of what is being called "the Twitpocalypse" — Twitter applications breaking as the number of tweets exceeds 32 bits. "The first apparent victim of the Twitpocalypse was The Iconfactory's Twitterrific for iPhone, which stopped working immediately following the event. ... Atebits Software's Tweetie has also been affected by the Twitpocalypse. The program continues to function for browsing and posting tweets, but searches no longer work in the Mac version and results appear one at a time in the iPhone version."

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  1. Re:Why is twitter hate so cool around /. by jo42 · · Score: 0, Troll

    IQ's have plummeted

    As more and more people have gotten on the Internet, the median IQ has come way down. Thus the explosive growth of MySpace, FaceBook, Digg, and especially now, Twitter. After all, just what sort of knowledge, wisdom, experience and depth can be uttered 140 characters (or less) at a time?

    For example, the Twitter version of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace would go like this: "Some sh*t happened to a bunch of people in a foreign land."

  2. Wondering if by metachimp · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is 'twat' the past tense of tweet?

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