Software : Official: Draw Something app to become TV show

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Official: Draw Something app to become TV show Posted: The hit mobile app of 2012, Draw Something is set to transcend the smartphone and tablet medium and become a fully-fledged television show. US outlet CBS has won a network bidding war to purchase rights and will now make a pilot episode based on the Pictionary-esque game, which has also been hugely popular on Facebook. In the show, celebrities will compete against each other with the viewers at home playing for prizes, presumably using their phones and tablets as a second screen to guess drawings. The game's creator OMGPOP, now owned by Zynga, has been in talks with producers for months and it seems the quiz show format will be now realised if the pilot episode impresses network bosses. More potential for crossover Interviewed by the Independent, T3 deputy editor Matt Hill says the announcement represents the impact apps are now having on wider culture. "This shows how important apps are now – and they're only going to get bigger," he said. "Angry Birds was always the example used for making a successful transition. I think there will be more television and films coming from apps as they become more and more high profile. "I think there's a lot of potential for crossover. With a game like Whale Trail, for example, you can imagine that being made as a kids' cartoon because it has created a world and characters." If all goes well, we can probably expect to see the show hit screens in the early part of 2013. Hopefully with a Noel Edmunds-free UK version too.

'Mark as Error' strikethrough concept pitched to Twitter Posted: Whether they're littered with spelling errors, ill considered or packed with incorrect information, most of us have frantically reached for that merciful Delete Tweet button. An independent design company is attempting to remove that angst by asking the social network to allow incorrect tweets to be struck out rather than completely removed from the space-time continuum. Tokyo-based company Architects says that a "Mark as Error" option would inform followers that a mistake has been made and that a follow up or correction is on the way. Company chief Oliver Reichtenstein says this would ensure that, unlike when a tweet is deleted, all of the replies and retweets remain in tact. Acknowledging your mistake Reichenstein explains, on the company blog: "A missing tweet doesn't explain why it's missing. Excuses might be posted after the mistake happened — but they might also never be seen. "The only format that clearly states a mistake is a fat strike through. It is a strong answer to any interpretations and accusations that follow. "It clearly says: "Don't read this. This is all wrong. I take it back. I'm sorry." "Deleted tweets don't say that — they smell like a cover-up and often make you look suspicious. And apologetic follow-up tweets don't have the power to neutralize that screenshot of you screwing up." Twitter is said to be cool on the idea as its risks complicating a pretty simple system with "pro options" according to a report by The Verge. Covering your tracks? Not so much However, there will still be times when "Delete Tweet" would still be the safest and wisest option. If you've said something controversial/terrible/distasteful (delete as appropriate) in the heat of the moment, a strikethrough won't save your blushes and all of those indicting retweets would remain in tact. If you've drunkenly spouted something Frankie Boyle-esque about a work colleague, is he/she really going to be less upset if there's a "fat strike through" across that otherwise perfectly legible text? Aside from that, it's a neat idea, but you can see why Twitter isn't champing at the bit to adopt this policy. Imagine how untidy feeds would look with all of those strikethroughs?

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