Software : Twitter expands notifications to include re-retweeted retweets and more

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Twitter expands notifications to include re-retweeted retweets and more Posted: Prepare yourself to receive more Twitter notifications. The social network is delivering more updates to give users greater insight into what's going on around their Twitterverse. The Next Web reports that users will now receive a notification when a tweet they're mentioned in are favourited by another user. Previously, users would only receive a notification if one of their own tweets was granted the distinction of a 'favourite' from another user. Beyond that, and bear with us here, notifications will also occur when another user retweets a tweet that you retweeted! That kind of makes sense as it'll be interesting to see which of your followers also found the retweeted post funny or interesting. Too much? The report suggests Twitter began rolling the new updates over the last few days (or June 17 to be precise). Have you been receiving extra notifications yet? Has it expanded your Twitterverse or is it just straight-up annoying? Let us know in the comments section below.

Google's Waze app acquisition hits heavy FTC traffic Posted: Google's billion dollar acquisition of navigation app Waze could be under threat, after reports this weekend claimed the FTC wants to take a closer look at the legality of the deal. The Wall Street Journal said Google has been contacted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the United States, in order to reveal its intends to probe the agreement on antitrust grounds. Google snapped up the community-sourced app earlier this month to harness its real-time data, which brings up to the minute information on traffic, construction, accidents, petrol prices and police presence. According to the report, the FTC has asked Google to put the breaks on integrating Waze within its own services until the deal has been fully reviewed. Other potential suitors Google's purchase of Waze ended a long period of speculation, which also pegged Apple and Facebook as potential suitors. Google is thought to have paid $1.1 billion for the Israel-based application, which has 47 million users in 163 countries.

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