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  • 10.13.08
    4 Twitter applications for Android phones with screenshots gadgets, on the go | (5)
    So you've pre-ordered your T-Mobile G1 and are anxiously awaiting its arrival next week, huh? You lucky dog, you. However, you're frantically scouring the Internet looking for applications to meet your basic needs, like being constantly connected to family, friends and online acquaintances through a bevy of social networks, including Twitter. Luckily there are tons of awesome developers creating full-featured Android applications for anything and everything they want to use and releasing them for the enjoyment of the community. While you may not have your T-Mobile G1 phone in your hands yet, you can start checking out the best applications for ...
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  • 07.08.08
    Fail Whale Merchandise and Why I (Still) Love Twitter on the go | Comments Off
    Someone has made a page selling Fail Whale merchandise parodying the downtime issues that have been plaguing Twitter as of late. There's even a Fail Whale page on Facebook that you can become a fan of. Twitter allows you to post short status messages or microblogs and to follow your friends' status online or via the mobile web. Their trouble with scaling up the Twitter service is a relatively common story similar to that of Myspace or AOL during the advent of the internet. Total monthly users have quadrupled from about 500 thousand at the end of 2007 to almost ...
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  • 04.25.08
    Is there a Twitter Rosetta Stone? on the go | (1)
    The most interesting thing about Twitter is the ability to easily get an idea of hot topics and conversations going on within social media from so many different perspectives. When Twitter went live in Japan this week, it got me thinking more about how sharing perspectives across continents and cultural boundaries. When you look at the Twitter Public Timeline, it's obvious that there are more and more global users sharing their ideas with the Twitterverse. However, when everyone is sharing in their own language, it makes it harder to cross language barriers between social media enthusiasts. It would be so cool ...
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  • 04.21.08
    My Online Status: Torn asides | (1)
    V. Once upon a time, people set their online status using their Instant Messenger away status. Twitter made status public and syndicated it for the world to see. Facebook integrated status messages into our social network profiles. Now everyone has started including the ability to set status on their site from Myspace to Linkedin and all hell is breaking lose. These online status updates help us to share what we're doing with our friends, loved ones and even business associates. We can share our latest news and challenges with everyone we know. Since they're broken down into chunks as small ...
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  • 04.09.08
    DC Area Traffic Updates via Twitter on the go | (1)
    Twitter.com/thebeltway publishes real-time traffic incident updates from around the DC Metro area. It's basically a mashup that pulls feeds from Traffic.com and Yahoo Maps and displays them on Twitter. This is a really cool use for SMS notifications on Twitter as it can help you to dodge traffic in real time. The feed is administered by Andrea Baker, a local Web 2.0 evangelist. I think it's pretty cool, though it would be nice to be able to customize the feed somewhat. The feed includes traffic incidents from both the DC and Baltimore beltways. It might be nice to even get ...
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  • 04.01.08
    7 Twitter Clients for Mobile Phones on the go | (7)
    It's hard to find a way to follow all of your Twitter updates without being interrupted by a constant barrage of noise. While it's easy to update your twitter status via SMS, keeping track of your friends on the go would require near-constant text messages. You can subscribe to @ replies, but sometimes you just want to scan through the latest and greatest from the Twitterverse on your phone. I'm hoping for an integrated IM and Twitter application like what Digsby is for the desktop, which seems to be Yahoo OneConnect's goal. Until then, check out these mobile Twitter tools: ...
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  • 03.31.08
    Digsby Combines IM and Online Status on the go | (3)
    Digsby is a full featured IM client that is currently in beta for Windows that combines support for all the major IM protocols with Facebook and Twitter status updates and email notifications. While it may not replace your primary email client, it can help you to track updates for your entire social schema. Digsby displays Twitter and Facebook feed notifications in a side pane or set them to pup up in the corner of your screen. You can also send IM replies directly from the popup notifications to save time. Check out the full review and screenshots Continue Reading...
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