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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At CES, MySpace chats up the Widget Channel (CNET)
Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter widget
A limited version of the News Corp.-owned social network will come to the new TV product that Yahoo and Intel jointly developed. TwtApps Offers Beautiful Simplicity: Twtcard, Twtpoll, and Twtvite (Mashable) Twitter is simple. Type a message in 140 characters or less and hit submit. That’s all there is too it. So why is it that there are more and more applications that complicate the simplicity of Twitter? Sometimes the added utility makes these types of bloated applications great, but we believe Twitter apps should be simple. That’s why we’re really loving three new offerings from twtapps , a ...
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Truphone adds Skype, Twitter to iPhone client (ZDNet Asia)
Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter client
The internet telephony company has turned its client for the iPhone and iPod Touch into an aggregator for Skype, Twitter, Google Talk, MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. Truphone adds Skype, Twitter to iPhone client (CNET via Yahoo! News) The Internet telephony company Truphone has turned its client for the iPhone and iPod Touch (download) into an aggregator for a range of popular VoIP and instant-messaging applications.
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.... ...
Twitter authority frenzy led to Twitter phishing meltdown (ZDNet)
Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter api
Folks like to know where they stand, and in recent weeks people on Twitter have been, well, all a- about the idea of Twitter Authority. They want to know who is most influential—a repeat of the phenomenon that swept the blogosphere a while back. It's a human thing, but it is also the kind of self-absorbed thinking that attracts scammers and theives who sense people's guard is down. This ... Twitter Warns Users About Phishing Scam (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance) This weekend, Twitter admitted that it is the most recent target of a phishing scam, and warned users to be wary of messages that redirect them to a look-alike sites and ask them to login using their username and password.
Twitter Users Can Now Promote Their Profile with TwitBacks (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Posted on January 08, 2009 in Twitter search
GROVER BEACH, Calif.----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. Follow Action News On Twitter! (KSFY Sioux Falls) You can now keep up to date with Action News by following us on Twitter.com .
Natalie Gulbis is on Twitter. Oh, this could end badly. (Yahoo! Canada Sports)
Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter
Everybody's favorite LPGA golfer-slash-celebrity in waiting, Natalie Gulbis, is now on Twitter , joining The Real Shaq and other big names who are bringing the world in on the minutiae of their lives. So far, she's already replied to several fans, including our pal Ryan over at Waggle Room . She's also invited the entire planet to come party with her at the Wynn in January for her ... Twitter Users Can Now Promote Their Profile with TwitBacks (Centre Daily Times) 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 ...
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 ...
Comment on: Will Twitter Become The Next Friendster In 2009? (Fast Company Magazine)
Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter
I think you've hit the change points right on the head, Allyson. Twitter has the potential to challenge Facebook: It has all the best of FB (updates from your posse) without any of the disadvantages (no ads telling you to lose weight or try our ... Digital Gangster Takes Credit for Twitter Hacks (PC World via Yahoo! News) Members of the online forum Digital Gangster may have been behind yesterday's Twitter hack. On Monday, hackers gained access to, and posted messages from, 33 Twitter accounts including those of Bill O'Reilly, Britney Spear and CNN's Rick Sanchez.
iPhone becomes Twittering hub (Silicon.com)
Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter client
The internet telephony company Truphone has turned its client for the iPhone and iPod Touch into an aggregator for a range of popular VoIP and instant-messaging applications. Truphone announced the new functionality on Tuesday at the MacWorld 2009 expo in San Francisco. From the week starting 12 January, all Truphone subscribers using one of Apple's handhelds will be able to use the free ... Truphone Adds Instant Messaging and Twitter to Its iPhone and iPod Touch Applications (Centre Daily Times) Truphone today introduced full two-way instant messaging over MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and Google Talk on the iPod touch™ and also announced that availability on the iPhone™ would begin the week of Jan. 12.
Twitter Users Can Now Promote Their Profile with TwitBacks (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter search
Following up on the popularity of their free branded Twitter backgrounds, TwitBacks.com has added another tool for members to get the most out of their Twitter profile. The "Promote Your Profile" feature allows Twitter users to gain exposure for their profile via web directories, feeds, and search engines. 6 services that help you find, follow friends on Twitter (CNET) 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.
6 services that help you find, follow friends on Twitter (CNET)
Posted on January 07, 2009 in What is 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. Natalie Gulbis is on Twitter. Oh, this could end badly. (Yahoo! Canada Sports) Everybody's favorite LPGA golfer-slash-celebrity in waiting, Natalie Gulbis, is now on Twitter , joining The Real Shaq and other big names who are bringing the world in on the minutiae of their lives. So far, she's already replied to several fans, including our pal Ryan over at Waggle Room . She's also invited the entire planet to come party with her at the Wynn in January for her ...
Twitter Users Can Now Promote Their Profile with TwitBacks (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter com
Following up on the popularity of their free branded Twitter backgrounds, TwitBacks.com has added another tool for members to get the most out of their Twitter profile. The "Promote Your Profile" feature allows Twitter users to gain exposure for their profile via web directories, feeds, and search engines. Twitter Users Can Now Promote Their Profile with TwitBacks (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) GROVER BEACH, Calif.----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.
Truphone Adds Instant Messaging and Twitter to Its iPhone and iPod Touch Applications (Centre Daily Times)
Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter windows
Truphone today introduced full two-way instant messaging over MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and Google Talk on the iPod touch™ and also announced that availability on the iPhone™ would begin the week of Jan. 12. How to be less stupid in 2009 (ZDNet) The title of this post was going to be 'How to be more smart in 2009' but three things changed my mind. First up several of my Twitter followers 'voted' for the 'less stupid' title, second several posts I saw in catching up on New Year reading had me groaning and lastly, as my Irregular colleague Jason Wood frequently reminds me, enterprise software buyers often make irrational decisions. ...
Twitter Hack: How It Happened and What's Being Done (PC World via Yahoo! News)
Posted on January 07, 2009 in What is twitter
Twitter is tackling a series of security issues, starting with a hack that hit some well-known celebrity accounts. Someone broke into Twitter accounts belonging to President-elect Barack Obama, CNN anchor Rick Sanchez, and Britney Spears over the weekend. At the same time, a phishing scam is trying to trick regular users into handing over their passwords and compromising their profiles. Twitter Mischief Hijacks Reputations (TechNewsWorld.com) The revelation Monday that 33 accounts on the Twitter social networking site had been hacked, while others were compromised by a phishing scam over the weekend, highlights what cyber criminals can do. Accounts belonging to Britney Spears, Barack Obama and CNN's Rick Sanchez were hacked, using tools normally accessible only to Twitter's technical support team.
Truphone adds Skype, Twitter to iPhone client (ZDNet Asia)
Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter client
The internet telephony company has turned its for the iPhone and iPod Touch into an aggregator for Skype, Twitter, Google Talk, MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. Truphone adds Skype, Twitter to iPhone client (CNET via Yahoo! News) The Internet telephony company Truphone has turned its client for the iPhone and iPod Touch into an aggregator for a range of popular VoIP and instant-messaging applications.
Otalo Launches Next-Generation Vacation Rental Search Engine (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter search
Otalo.com lets you search across the many different vacation rental sites on the web with one search. Over 200,000 vacation rental listings around the world can be reached in a single, powerful search. Favorite vacation homes can be saved and shared with friends. At Buncombe commissioners meeting, a Twitter-fest (Mountain Xpress) Mountain Xpress will be covering the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners’ meeting tonight — pre-meeting starting at 4 p.m. and business meeting at 4:30 p.m. at the County Courthouse — and we’re inviting all you citizen journalists to join us. Xpress will be Twittering updates from the meeting. If you’re Twittering about the I-26 Connector discussion in Asheville, insert the following code so ...
Truphone adds Skype, Twitter to iPhone client (CNET)
Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter client
Starting next week, the App Store download will incorporate functionality for Skype, Twitter, Google Talk, MSN Messenger, and Yahoo Messenger communications. Truphone Guns For The All-in-one iPhone App - Adds Skype, Twitter And Other IM (TechCrunch) With the launch of Skype integration, Truphone's mobile VoIP service is fast becoming a unified client for other VOIP and messaging services. As well as the ability to make low-cost calls over Wi-Fi or GSM networks and send cheap SMS, it is now supporting Skype and other messaging services via its application for the iPhone or iTouch. The software comes out on Jan. 12, at which point you'll ...
Truphone adds Skype, Twitter to iPhone client (ZDNet UK)
Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter client
The internet telephony company has turned its for the iPhone and iPod Touch into an aggregator for Skype, Twitter, Google Talk, MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger Truphone adds Skype, Twitter to iPhone client (CNET via Yahoo! News) The Internet telephony company Truphone has turned its client for the iPhone and iPod Touch into an aggregator for a range of popular VoIP and instant-messaging applications.
Celebrity accounts fall prey to Twitter hack (vnunet.com)
Posted on January 07, 2009 in Twitter blog
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Tuesday 6 January 2009 at 01:36:00 Barack Obama and Britney Spears among the victims A new series of attacks on micro-blogging site Twitter has left some celebrities red-faced. The company admitted in a blog posting that the attacks occurred early on Monday morning and... Truphone adds Skype, Twitter to iPhone client (CNET) Starting next week, the App Store download will incorporate functionality for Skype, Twitter, Google Talk, MSN Messenger, and Yahoo Messenger communications.