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iOS 5 tips - How to activate Twitter and tweet photos, websites, and locations in iOS 5

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iOS 5 tips - How to activate Twitter and tweet photos, websites, and locations in iOS 5
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iOS 5 - the operating system feature bump for up-to-date iPhones, iPod touchs, and iPads - is now available to download, and it comes with about 200 or so nifty new features to enjoy.

Social jibber jabber client Twitter comes baked in to iOS 5, so you can Tweet from all manner of Apple apps. To get started, hit Settings> Twitter and then log in with your credentials. You can have multiple accounts, if you're that socially savvy.

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Once you're done, you'll find Twitter buttons in the following apps. In Safari hit the send button and then 'Tweet' to fire a URL at your 17 followers.

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Under Photos hit send then Tweet to upload a holiday snap. In Maps, find a location or drop a pin and hit the blue "i" button. Choose "Share Location" and then Tweet to send those map co-ordinates out into the ether.

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Mark Brown
Mark Brown
Mark Brown spent several years slaving away at the Steel Media furnace, finally serving as editor at large of Pocket Gamer before moving on to doing some sort of youtube thing.