Apple iOS 5 Takes Twitter over Facebook

Steve Jobs spoke at some nerdfest yesterday bashing Microsoft and talking about how Apple is trying to make a $3000 computer worthwhile. Also they anounced the new OS for iPhones.

From Huffington Post:
Apple has revamped the software that powers its iPhone, iPad and iPod touch to include, for the first time ever, a major integration with a social network -- but not the one you might think.

For the social media features in the new version of its iOS operating system, Apple, the world's most valuable technology company, did not partner with Facebook, the world's largest social networking site.
Instead, the Cupertino company opted to team up with Twitter, a micro-blogging service that has around half as many members as Facebook and remains far from attaining its mainstream status.

Twitter will be built in to iOS 5 and integrated across multiple Apple applications. By signing into Twitter just once, users will be able to instantly send tweets containing photos, videos, links and more.

Does Apple have some cancer-curing App?

Typical Steve Jobs power move. Don't like Facebook? Try to use your market share to lift their competition, Twitter, above and beyond them. Plus he knows that Facebook loves selling their customers information, and Mac customers only sell their information to one company, Apple. What will Apple do when Steve Jobs croaks and some other shmuck has to go up their and try to sell you the iPad 3, lighter than the iPad 2! And with a tongue scanner!