Twitter Users Can Now Promote Their Profile with TwitBacks (Centre Daily Times)
Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter search
With the release of the “Promote Your Profile” feature, TwitBacks.com enables Twitter members to increase the exposure to their profile. After creating a free branded Twitter background on www.Twitbacks.com , users are given the option to promote their Twitter profile throughout the web by filling in some basic information. The information, which includes links to the user’s Twitter profile ... Power Twitter: Inline Media, Integrated Search And A Lot More (TechCrunch) Version 1.0 of Power Twitter , an add-on for Firefox created by Narendra Rocherolle at 83 Degrees , was just released. If you use Twitter and were excited about services like Tweetree , this is something you'll want to add immediately. Power Twitter moves Twitter Search , inconveniently located on a different subdomain, right into the Twitter site itself. You can also just search a single ...
TECHNOLOGY: Twitter falls prey to phishing scam, hackers (The Daily Times)
Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter blog
The popular Twitter social messaging service has fallen prey to hackers, who took over accounts of well-known users including President-elect Barack Obama. Twitter hack details revealed (ZDNet UK) A brute-force attack on an admin's account was behind the hacking of Twitter feeds belonging to celebrities such as Barack Obama and Britney Spears
Twitter Plugins for WordPress
Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter plugin
Interested in knowing some of the great Twitter Plugins for WordPress that I’ve tried? Here’s a pretty extensive list of some of the ones that I would commend if you’re interested in combining the two worlds: ... Bit.ly Plug-in Extends Tiny URLs, Shows Clickthrough Numbers ... For any of the commenters that have a URL service they either run or use, if the is not currently showing previews for URLs for a domain, hit @bitly with a message on twitter requesting us to add support for it and we'll make it ...
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Follow ComingSoon.net on Twitter! (Coming Soon)
Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter sms
You can now follow ComingSoon.net movie and TV updates on Twitter, the micro-blogging service. Users can receive updates via the Twitter website , SMS, RSS, or email, or through an application such as Tweetie, TwitterFon, Twitterific, Feedalizr, Facebook, and TwitterBerry. A roadmap for the Twitter CSO (ZDNet) The folks at Twitter had to deal with an attack from both phishers and hackers over the past few days. As someone who has been in their shoes many times before, I deeply sympathize with their team and I understand the amount of work that they need to do. For those of you who never had rapidly triage security for a service, I have created a sample task list so you have some idea what needs to be ...
Main Menu (DVD-Recordable)
Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter widget
Samsung and Yahoo will team up to bring the "Internet@TV" Yahoo-powered widget interface to select models of Samsung TVs. The widget appears in Samsung's latest line of HDTVs, which will be unveiled during CES later this week. Yahoo!® Brings the Cinematic Internet™ to Life and Revolutionizes Internet-Connected Television (Finanzen.net) Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ:YHOO) Connected TV group today unveiled the next generation of technology and services ...
6 services that help you find, follow friends on Twitter (CNET)
Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter wiki
Want to find and follow friends on Twitter, but you don't know where to go to do it? Check out this list of six services that will help you do just that. Semantic Web Wish List 2009 (ReadWriteWeb) At the end of last year we presented our list of the top 10 Semantic Web Apps of 2008 . ReadWriteWeb reader Zoltán Andrejkovics wrote in to us afterwards, suggesting that we do a post looking at what Semantic Web apps we'd like to see emerge in 2009. Zoltán gave us 5 apps he wants to see this year, and we also asked our Twitter friends for their views (you can follow ReadWriteWeb on Twitter ...
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Two tools to add cool people on Twitter | Webware - CNET
Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter wiki
The first is AutoPack, an offshoot of wiki -based Twitter directory called Twitter Pack. AutoPack is a long list of Twitter user accounts broken into categories (such as Quotations, Lawyers, and Green Building). ... Bhamdining.com, restaurant info for Birmingham, Alabama ... In case you're not familiar with Twitter , Wikipedia describes it as "a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts ...
Creativity Consultant to Brainstorm on Twitter for Twelve Hours (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter
Josh Schroeder, a creativity consultant, will allow anyone on the Internet to pick his brain for twelve hours straight this Saturday. He is doing this as a free service and wants to find solutions for as many people as possible. This event will take place on Twitter, a popular micro-blogging website. Gandhi, Jesus, and Lennon now features in Twitter spoof site (New Kerala) London, January 8 : Mahatma Gandhi, Jesus, and The Beatles' John Lennon have now featured on a spoof website created by Twitter fans, which compares bloggers' real-life experiences with the thoughts of such famous historical figures.
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Updated: Twitter Security Collapses; Obama, Fox and Britney Accounts Hacked (ReadWriteWeb)
Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter api
Days after a wave of phishing attacks fooled thousands of Twitter users, it appears that another security hole has been found by...someone. Obama's account, unused since election day, sent out an affiliate link to a survey with a gas card prize, Fox News said that "Bill O'Reily is gay" (not that there's anything wrong with that) and Britney Spears' made a lewd post about her anatomy. Rick ... Oops! Twitter hack snares CNN anchor (CNET) Rick Sanchez is one of the microblogging service's most popular users, so a whole lot of people saw when his account displayed a message about being high on illicit substances.
Verizon Wireless Announces Microsoft Search Deal (Phone Scoop)
Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter search
Verizon Wireless said it has reached an agreement to use Microsoft's mobile search services and will pre-load Microsoft's Live Search on all phones for the next five years. Verizon has been in talks with Microsoft for months to finalize ... (follow link to read) Gateway International Raceway is all a-Twitter (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Yep, you can follow updates from Gateway International Raceway on Twitter and Facebook. MADISON, Ill. - Gateway International Raceway is announcing it is moving into new arenas of mass communication by establishing a presence on two popular Web sites: Facebook and Twitter.
Tags: microsoft, international, raceway, twitter, verizon
Apps – Laconica - Twitter , Facebook, Firefox , Online
Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter sms
Updates on the status of the Twitter service. Status per Feature web features SMS user delete/ restore person search pagination badges Facebook app API Related Links Pingdom Uptime Report Official Company Blog Official Help Documents ... No Twitter SMS for You, Canada! | Mark Evans Twitter's troubles with SMS - otherwise known as its a huge expense that it can't really afford - have now seen it eliminate outbound SMS message for users in.
6 services that help you find, follow friends on Twitter (CNET)
Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter
Want to find and follow friends on Twitter, but you don't know where to go to do it? Check out this list of six services that will help you do just that. TECHNOLOGY: Twitter falls prey to phishing scam, hackers (The Daily Times) The popular Twitter social messaging service has fallen prey to hackers, who took over accounts of well-known users including President-elect Barack Obama.
AVWorkz Software Announces its Industry First Integration of Twitter with Office and Residential AV Control Systems. (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter com
AVWorkz Software announced today its plans to release their latest software upgrade integrating with TWITTER.com. This integration massively enhances the ability of Board Rooms, Meeting Spaces and even Homes to communicate to the world its current status. Salesforce.com outage provokes angry response (vnunet.com) Phil Muncaster, vnunet.com , Wednesday 7 January 2009 at 14:19:00 Users turn to Twitter to vent their anger and get more information after yesterday's downtime An outage at software-as-a-service pioneer Salesforce.com yesterday has provoked an angry reaction from some customers, and raised further questions about the reliability of the on-demand application delivery model.... ...
Indian Police Adopt SMS to Fight Against Terror | Piyada's World ...
Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter sms
The number to send the SMS message is - 9010100100. Though this type of experiment already done by Kolkata Police during Puja, hope all metro cities in India adopt this type of service soon to fight against terror. via: techtree ... Top 5 Reasons Twitter Beats SMS (and Vice Versa) Twitter Doesn't Always Push. This one is tough, too. People in the United States can use Twitter over SMS (ironic, no?), but outside the US it only works over data. Most mobile clients require that they manually refresh twitter every so ...
Follow ComingSoon.net on Twitter! (Coming Soon)
Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter rss
You can now follow ComingSoon.net movie and TV updates on Twitter, the micro-blogging service. Users can receive updates via the Twitter website , SMS, RSS, or email, or through an application such as Tweetie, TwitterFon, Twitterific, Feedalizr, Facebook, and TwitterBerry. Do you ? (SD Times) Social Media! You can love it or hate it, but it's revolutionizing communications. People don't send e-mails, they text. Oh, sorry, that's so two-weeks-ago. Now, instead of texting, they twitter. Visit website for full story...
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Bhamdining.com, restaurant info for Birmingham, Alabama ...
Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter wiki
In case you're not familiar with Twitter , Wikipedia describes it as "a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts ... Two tools to add cool people on Twitter | Internet Business The first is AutoPack, an offshoot of wiki -based Twitter directory called Twitter Pack. AutoPack is a long list of Twitter user accounts broken into categories (such as Quotations, Lawyers, and Green Building). ...
The Twitter Ecosystem is Being Neutered | Twitterrati
Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter plugin
The biggest problem is there’s a growing lack of trust among the Twiterrati about Twitter -related services. It used to be that providing your username and password would happen would even thinking about it. That’s quickly changing due ... Please click the link to test this ‘Wordpress To Twitter ’ plug-in ... in Uncategorized . I am testing a Wordpress plug-in that sends links to new posts to Twitter . The plug-in is located HERE. Using it in combination with an API key from cli.gs enables stats for clicks on the link. Testing it out. ...
Britney Spears and the Boys Get Formal (E! Online)
Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter rss
Britney Spears went home to Louisiana over Christmas break, where one of her designated (read: nonhacker) Twitter minions reports that "it was super chill, with lots of working out and... Britney Spears and the Boys Get Formal (Richmond Times-Dispatch) http://images.eonline.com/resize/66/66/eol_images/Entire_Site/20090107/300.spears.britney.010709.jpgBritney Spears went home to Louisiana over Christmas break, where one of her designated (read: nonhacker) Twitter minions reports that “it was super chill, with lots of working out and… http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/fF6hnSVALyKNRC_OjnVxzJjWKRI/i ...
Yahoo!® Brings the Cinematic Internet to Life and Revolutionizes Internet-Connected Television (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter widget
LAS VEGAS----Yahoo!’s Connected TV group today unveiled the next generation of technology and services for Internet-connected televisions. The company has forged partnerships with top CE manufacturers to launch a widget-based user experience for TV that brings the best of the Web to a broad range of living room devices. 10 Ways Twitter Will Change Blog Design in 2009 (Mashable) digg_url = 'http://mashable.com/2009/01/04/twitter-blog-design/'; digg_title = '10 Ways Twitter Will Change Blog Design in 2009'; digg_bodytext = 'Rachel Cunliffe runs blog design company cre8d design and is co-founder of TV community network Throng.nnIn 2008, Twitter really started to hit the mainstream and bloggers began adding widgets to their sidebars to display their latest ...
HTC Brings S740 to US (Phone Scoop)
Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter windows
HTC today announced the S743, a version of the S740 with support for US 3G networks. The phone is a non-touch Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard device with a bar form factor and numeric keypad, plus a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. ... (follow link to read) Pandora 2.0 for iPhone released (CNET) Internet radio service launches version 2.0 of its immensely popular iPhone application.