Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Twitter to update smartphone app to make links quicker to open

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Twitter plans to release an update for its Apple and Android apps Wednesday that will make it easier for users to open links from the apps' Timeline.

The update would fix an annoying feature of the app that required users to go through two separate pages to open up a link. Currently, when users tap on a link, the tweet containing that link expands and displays a new page. Users then have to tap the link a second time before they are taken to the link's web page.

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It might seem trivial, but heavy Twitter mobile app users will no doubt appreciate the faster process.

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