- Viewers can now vote on X Factor USA using Twitter In an official blog post today Twitter has announced that it has partnered with X Factor USA to allow its users vote for contestants on the show using its service - a recognition of how people are already using Twitter to connect with their favourite shows, celebrities or news presenters as the simultaneous use of media grows.
- Twitter’s latest DM scam; How to protect yourself and followers Another scam has become rampant on Twitter over the past few days, with a spat of direct messages being unlawfully sent via hi-jacked Twitter accounts. The majority of messages read "guaranteed. make $3,000 to $8,000 a month from home" or similar, and it's well advised that follow-through links within not be clicked.