Software

Android App Twidroid Bought, Renamed To Fend Off Lucas Films

Popular Android Twitter app Twidroid has been bought up – with Idealab’s TweetUp throwing money we didn’t realise it had in its direction. There’s a rather interesting fact behind the app’s sudden name change from Twidroid to Twidroyd, too – it’s to fend off any possible legal action from Lucas Films, which TweetUp says is the trademark owner of the term “droid”. [Twidroyd]


December 1, 2009
Software

The Best Twitter Apps For iPhone And Android Just Got Better

Some of the best of Twitter apps just got a lot better with fresh updates—Tweetie 2.1 and Birdfeed 1.2 on the iPhone, and Twidroid 3.0 on Android. Here’s what new and awesomer: