Twitter Takes the Axe to TweetDeck Apps for iPhone, Android And AIR
Twitter gave word today that in order to devote its energies towards developing the "modern, web-based versions of TweetDeck," the company is chucking support for older apps plus discontinuing Facebook integration.
Via TechRadar.com - Twitter gave word today that in order to devote its energies towards developing the "modern, web-based versions of [**TweetDeck**](http://www.plimbi.com/news/44341/twitter-takes-the-axe-to-tweetdeck-apps-for-iphone-android-and-air "Twitter Takes the Axe to TweetDeck Apps for iPhone, Android And AIR")," the company is chucking support for older apps plus discontinuing Facebook integration.
The news may rattle users who've grown accustomed to sending and reading tweets from the various applications, but it's not such a surprise to those who've noticed it's been years since they've been updated - which is probably everybody.
The apps will say sayonara to their respective app stores in early May and will slip silently into the abyss of non-functionality shortly after. TweetDeck will continue on as a "fast and feature-rich" web app for various [browsers](http://www.plimbi.com/review/23111/internet-explorer "Internet Explorer: The Fast Microsoft’s Web Browser that Means Business") as well as a Chrome app. The app for Chrome features notifications, the tweet team pointed out.
"In many ways, doubling down on the TweetDeck web experience and discontinuing our app support is a reflection of where our TweetDeck power-users are going," the announcement concerning the change read.
"Over the past few years, we've seen a steady trend towards people using TweetDeck on their computers and Twitter on their mobile devices. This trend coincides with an increased investment in Twitter for iPhone and [Twitter for Android](http://www.plimbi.com/review/18361/pantech-element-the-waterproof-android-tablet-with-swift-online-connection "Pantech Element - The Waterproof Android Tablet with Swift Online Connection")..."
While Twitter is going where the trends are taking it, the discontinuation of the apps won't be without hitches: the apps rely on v1.0 of Twitter's API, which is retiring starting in April.
As the retirement draws near and tests take place, all three TweetDeck [apps](http://www.plimbi.com/news/11345/microsoft-announces-updates-for-virtually-all-of-its-builtin-windows-8-apps "Microsoft Announces Updates for Virtually All of Its Built-In Windows 8 Apps") may experiences outages before they're finally shuttered. [IS]
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