Twitter To Add Un-Removable Tweets?

Twitter adds in-removable tweets, for some of its users according to some tech sources Twitter is now integrating a new scheme to add new tweets to your timeline which you either didn't post, re-tweet or favorite before. These new "intrusive tweets" will be posts favorited by peeps you follow or even people they follow, worst of all once these tweets have been posted to your timeline there will be no way for a user to remove them.

It seems Twitter has decided to become a lot more pushy, as yet no one seems to know why, after all twitter has (had) a simple formula tweet short little posts, image upload support, follow the people you want and so on, now you will have a time line of unrelated and unnecessary content you may not even be interested in, the new feature hasn't been rolled out to the public as of yet, but it has a strong possibility of surfacing.

The problem becomes progressively worse if this were to happen on everyone's timelines, it will be like a big mash up of already generated data thrown at hundreds of other random users. So far only the more predominant of twitters user base have been targeted to test this new feature, the feedback hasn't been the most positive it could be said.

As previously stated apparently there won't be a way for a user to remove these intrusive posts themselves, aside from un-following all but the most essential people. It all seems unnecessary as you already see this pre-existing info form the people you follow in your timeline feed, effectively your timeline is now not your own. Then there is the whole side of you may not actually like, disagree with, or condone the tweets being posted. It could be said that changing to a more algorithm based feed like "Facebook" implements would potentially alienate Twitters users and prevent it from being Twitter instead of a copy-cat site.

Weather twitter will get a backlash from this new found wisdom if they roll it out publicly or actually make it useful and of value to its users remains to be seen, it all comes down to the sites ability to move forward, update it's algorithms and help advertisers position there targeted advertising . 

Star Wars theme park a go!

As far as this blog goes new technology and Star Wars stories are always a welcome read, and it appears fans of Star Wars have more than just new films to look forward to next year.

It seems that Disney taking the reins of the Star Wars franchise is turning out to be a really good thing indeed, with the news that Disney have seen the large demand for Star Wars experiences. As a result Disney is massively expanding the Star Wars presence within their theme parks. The word expanding it is believed to be creating parks and attractions which will be a large focal attraction for fans and not simply a few new rides.

Star Wars has always been a favourite for floats in annual parades.

Apparently chairman and CEO Bob Lger has revealed to investors that the company is also planning ideas and dealings for a far greater Star Wars presence and expects to unveil details about this sometime next year. Mr Lger also confirmed when asked "if it were to be as big as Universals Harry Potter franchise parks" Lger states that it "is going to be just that" 

Some concept artwork has already been floating around and may well be used as a concept from the artist "Tom Hodges" who sketched out an entire park based around the franchise which of course will probably include the new films, and being a vast franchise there are no doubt lots of ideas to explore.

Some artwork from "Tom Hodges" which would make an amazing theme park

The news of Lgers intentions have been widely reported form multiple news sources, Jay Rasulo chief of finance and senior executive Vice President for Disney said attractions which were based on major franchisees draw guests, which means it will be a worthwhile investment for the company. "They pull people from, 'Gee, 'I’m gonna go someday,'" to 'I'm gonna go this year,'" Rasulo said, according to the Los Angeles Times. Speaking for myself I'm more among the 'I’m gonna go someday" category but no doubt business will be booming once the parks and attractions open.

Disney's popular Star Tours Attraction ride.

Let's also not forget the current presence that Star Wars currently has in its various Disney parks around the world. This includes the "Star Tours" simulator ride in Disney’s Hollywood studios based in Florida, Disneyland in California, Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris. Interestingly the Florida and California parks include an interactive show titled "Jedi Training Academy" The "Star Tours" have proven very popular among fans which is an interstellar flight simulator which was first developed around the late 1980's in cooperation with George Lucas himself.

 Disney’s Hollywood studios also play host to what they call "Star Wars Weekends" which is a hosted annual event which incorporates parades, shows and to top it off a massive store simply titled "Darth's Mall" no doubt sporting a host of sigh and of course Jedi merchandise!

Some of the merchandise found at "Darth's Mal"

A major expansion or the ultimate fan dream of a dedicated "Star Wars" land have been many a talk among the fan community's for years now, which increased when Disney subsequently acquired Lucas film back in 2012 and announced new movies were to be added to the franchise.

As for the  next instalment of Star Wars "Episode VII" is in schedule for its planned 18 Dec 2015 release date to cinemas Lger stated.

It really feels that the larger Theme parks in general are stepping up to meet the demands of fans everywhere and offer new experiences with parks that are dedicated or Toy Story in Hong Kong and Paris, to Disney’s Cars both of which have been very successful, you can bet it won't be long before the likes of Marvel and Pirates of the Caribbean will step up to offer newer attractions.

Sum Sung cashes in at Apple.

Sumsung and Apple have a lot in common aside from their bitter rivalry that is, Sum Sung once worked for Apple. Before you begin to question this statement I am of course referring to the former Apple employee "Sum Sung" probably the guy at the reciting end of many a pun or joke.

Sum sung who worked at an Apple store based in Canada and is by no means has any association with Apples biggest South Korean competitor, this however hasn't prevented people from bidding large amounts to own Sam Sung's old business card from when he worked at Apple. http://bit.ly/ssng201

Former Apple employee "Sam Sung"

Mr Sung is auctioning his former Apple business card which also holds the name of the company's main competitor, as well as his Apple in-store shirt and lanyard presumably also with similar hallmarks. Mr Sung is selling the items in question on eBay to raise funds for the British Columbia and Yukon chapter of the Children's Wish, which acts as a non-profit organization to help and aid sick children.

Mr Sung's former Apple badge.

 The last known actual bid placed was at over $80,000 http://bit.ly/ssng201 (maybe a Samsung employee wishes to remove quite these form the market) Mr Sung had also asked in the auction for people not to place fake bids especially considering the viral nature of this particular item since the story breaking.

If you want to own such a weird yet very humorous peace of tech nostalgia for years to come and you have some ready cash, then you still have eight days to ace your bids

I guess it echoes what myself and other technology savvy users have been saying for years, if you want to sell something for a lot of money make sure it has an Apple logo on it!

General Blog Update:

Blog updates coming soon, now that I have installed the Blogger App for Ipad, I hope to streamline some new posts on the go.