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Is Twitter Still Interesting?

July 13, 2010
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Is Twitter still interesting?  I think that is a legitimate question.  I’m not asking if people are still using the service (because they are), what I am asking is if Twitter is up to anything interesting and what they are planning to do for the web.  Twitter was always expected to blow our minds with [...]

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The Best Realtime Search Engines

June 13, 2010
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It’s no secret that in the past I’ve been disappointed with realtime search, however, recently my feelings have changed as I discovered two great realtime search engines.  The first is OneRiot and the second is Wowd.  While both of them are considered realtime search services, their approaches to solve the same problem are different.  OneRiot [...]

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Twitter: The Great Link Juicer With A Horrible Aftertaste

June 10, 2010
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In the past, I have both praised and criticized Twitter with regard to its ability to drive traffic to a website.  There is no question that Twitter is one of the all-time great link juicing tools out there.  It may be the best, most legitimate, and most effective link juicing tool ever created, especially if you [...]

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Review: Twitter for BlackBerry

June 6, 2010
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Almost two months ago, Twitter released an official BlackBerry application.  While I wasn’t much of a Twitter user at the time, my use of the service has been gradually increasing, and recently I decided to look into mobile solutions for the popular micro-blogging service.  At first, I was inclined to simply enable SMS (text messaging) [...]

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iPad App Review: Twittelator

May 2, 2010
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I know for sure that many of you that read this blog are on Twitter. At this time, there is always a way you can send out a tweet whether it be from the web, a desktop application, a mobile app, etc. If you are looking for an absolutely fantastic app for the Apple iPad, [...]

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Twitter Acquires Atebits, Twitter for iPhone Is Here

April 9, 2010
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Twitter has been busy lately it seems. Less than 12 hours after announcing the release of the official Twitter for BlackBerry app, they have announced the acquisition of Atebits, the company behind Tweetie for iPhone and Mac.  In the post I made earlier covering Twitter for BlackBerry, I questioned whether the next logical move would [...]

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Twitter Releases Official BlackBerry App

April 9, 2010
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Twitter just announced that they have released an official BlackBerry Twitter app.  The app, which of course, is a free download can be found here.  This is interesting news coming from Twitter.  Mainly because to date, Twitter hasn’t had any official apps either on the desktop or mobile side of things.  Its just been a [...]

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5 Things I Hate About Twitter

March 12, 2010
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There are many lists and reviews out there praising Twitter and how great it is, listing the numerous reasons you should be on it.  While I think Twitter is a great service and has its many uses, there are five things I absolutely hate about Twitter.  These five things need to be improved and/or fixed [...]

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Could Twitter’s New Features Kill 3rd Party Clients?

February 28, 2010
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Twitter is bringing some big changes to their website according to a Tweet from Alex Payne, a Twitter engineer. As a matter of fact, the features may be so good that people may want to consider using the website again and ditch their 3rd party (mostly Adobe Air) Twitter clients. This could mean an array [...]

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Twitter Defaced, Nexus One Specs Revealed, and Apple Is Victorious

December 18, 2009
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Tech News from 12-14-09 through 12-18-09. This week includes Twitter’s DNS servers being temporarily compromised which lead to the defacement of the website, the Nexus One (aka the Google Phone) specs and more have been revealed, Apple was granted an early Christmas present when the judge ruled for a permanent injunction against Psystar (they can [...]

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Twitter Starts Taking Security Seriously. About Time.

December 6, 2009
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It’s about time Twitter started to ramp up their security features.  Spam and malicious software has been spreading through Twitter like wild fire the past several months.  It has gotten to a point where it is really out of control.  Fear not.  It appears Twitter is starting to take some precautionary measures.  I was forwarded [...]

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