On this week’s Bits: Tech Talk show, Bettina Edelstein talks to Claire Cain Miller, a Times technology reporter, about tension between Twitter and its third-party developers. Twitter has been buying companies that produce apps for Twitter or developing the apps on its own, which has raised questions about how the company treats competitors.

If the phone-hacking scandal in Britain has you worried about your own cellphone security, J.D. Biersdorfer has some information that can help you better protect your voice mail. Ask yourself: When did you last change that password?

And Pedro Rafael Rosado, a speed demon when it comes to computing, looks at the Intel 320 Series 160-gigabyte, 2.5-inch solid-state drive. Will he find the zoom he wants?

The news roundup includes a Google + iPhone app, William Shatner shaking up Google+, a Reddit founder charged with data theft, Amazon Kindle textbook rentals and the Toshiba Thrive tablet. Ms. Biersdorfer’s tip of the week is about making shortcuts for Web apps in the Chrome browser.

To find out more about the show and links to topics that were discussed, go to the Tech Talk page.

You can download the show by subscribing from the New York Times podcast page or directly from iTunes.

For help finding specific segments of the Bits: Tech Talk podcast, use these time codes:

News – 33:54
Claire Cain Miller/ Twitter– 21:44
SSD vs. HDD – 14:50
Phone Hacks – 11:17
Tip of the Week – 3:17

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