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Twitter's API, FaceTime over 3G, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Friday, August 17, 2012

2012-08-17
it's friday august seventeenth 2012 I'm adrianne jeffries wishing compact disc a happy healthy and prosperous 30th birthday this is 90 seconds on the verge as expected Twitter is now laying the groundwork to take back Twitter last night the company unveiled version 1.1 of its API which has much stricter guidelines and ultimately gives Twitter more control over how third-party apps use the service current and future apps will now have a user limit that will require developers to work with Twitter directly the best way to avoid all this of course is to use Twitter as it was intended via SMS 18t is confirmed it will offer facetime over cellular without any extra charges that's the good news now here's the catch the feature only works if you switch to 18 tease new mobile share plan which lets multiple devices use the same data bucket all other AT&T plans including legacy users with unlimited data are out of luck net neutral not really but hey there's always skype HP is returning to the consumer tablet market according to an internal memo the new Mobility unit will be run by Alberto Torres who previously headed up amigo operations at Nokia torrez's team will be focused on consumer in small business tablets but that mysterious slate recently teased in commercials is still coming from hp's notebook group we wouldn't bet on a return to webos or me go but we're really hoping they double down on Tizen that's it for today's top stories tune in tomorrow as Apple and Samsung return to the Supreme Court for the 11th time to fight for your right to text and watch video at the same time
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