Twitter removes key features in third-party apps

San Francisco Aug 17 (IANS) In its bid to deliver better experiences for its users Twitter has removed support for some outdated but key developer tools in third-party apps.
In a blog post on Thursday Twitter said it will remove access to application programme interfaces (APIs) needed to power push notifications and an auto-refreshing timeline. "We ve chosen to stop investing in other products a" including two legacy developer tools used by about 1 per cent of third-party developers. This means that some Twitter-like apps will not be able to function the exact same way as before " said Rob Johnson Director of Product at Twitter. The changes will affect third-party Twitter apps including Tweetbot Twitterrific Talon and Tweetings. Instead of tweets automatically streaming in like they once did in some third-party apps users will now need to pull to refresh like they do in Twitter-owned apps and sites. "We ve removed support for Twitter for Apple Watch and Twitter for Mac wea�ve replaced our previous Twitter for Windows app with our Progressive Web App and now we re removing support for some outdated developer tools " Johnson informed.
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