Sunday, December 18, 2011
LSE produces new Twitter guide for academics
How can Twitter, which limits users to 140 characters per tweet, have any relevance to universities and academia, where journal articles are between 3,000-8,000 words long? Can anything of academic value ever be said in just 140 characters? A new Twitter guide published by the LSE Public Policy Group and the LSE Impact of Social Sciences blog seeks to answer this question, and show academics and researchers how to get the most out of the micro-blogging site. The Guide is designed to lead the novice through the basics of Twitter but also provide tips on how it can aid the teaching and research of the more experienced academic tweeter
Friday, December 16, 2011
TweetDeck by Twitter
TweetDeck is a #Twitter client that makes it easy to manage multiple Twitter accounts from a single application interface. You can choose to view your Timeline, Inbox, Mentions, Tweets, Favorites and other Twitter items, and you can also post new Tweets directly from the application. The program also provides update notifications and lets you search across all your Twitter accounts. In addition to your Twitter accounts, you can also add your Facebook news feeds and notifications to TweetDeck. Other features include real-time streaming, scheduled tweets and an option to set global filters for text content, author and source. Unlike previous versions, TweetDeck 1.0 is no longer an Adobe AIR application
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Twitter to launch political advertising
Trying to capitalize its status as a hub of the national political conversation, the social networking giant Twitter is beginning for the first time this week to sell political advertising, executives told POLITICO
Saturday, August 20, 2011
The Complete Guide To Twitter
Even though half the universe is on Twitter these days, beginning out of nothing isn’t always that evident. If you really want your Twitter to fly high, it doesn't end with just creating an account. In 40+ pages, this guide tackles every Twitter feature, tip and trick you can think of. Learn to work the interface, how to tweet from your desktop, as well as cool Twitter bots and funniest people to follow
Saturday, August 13, 2011
TwitterBackup
TwitterBackup is a simple Java application that enables you to backup all the tweets in your Twitter account and save them as .XML file to your computer. You can supply the output file name and configure a proxy server if needed
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
TwitSprout
TwitSprout - "our clear and colorful metrics deliver insight into the performance of your account. Ideal for anyone curious about their social media activity"
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Nurph - chatting in Twitter
Every #Twitter user needs a place to bring their friends & followers together to chat, and that's what Nurph Channels do best. Extend the conversation by chatting in real-time with your Twitter friends whilst your followers can watch
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Tweet Adder
Tweet Adder - professional Twitter marketing tools; automatic Twitter software; automate Twitter posts; auto Twitter follow; automate unfollow; mass tweets; Twitter Search; more...
Friday, July 8, 2011
4 fresh ways to share video on Twitter
If tweets showcase 140 characters and pictures are worth a thousand words, where do videos fit into the grand scheme of visual pleasures? This year - on Twitter at least - videos have taken a backseat due in part to the increasing popularity of photo-sharing services like Instagram and Picplz. Although video-sharing sites and apps are playing second fiddle at the moment, a handful of Twitter users swear by their video-centric tweets - Mashable
Monday, July 4, 2011
Twimagination
Twimagination is a #Twitter application that allows you to share your imagination through Twitter like you used to share your opinions, experiences or media. With Twimagination you can instantly tweet your short writings such as fiction stories, poems, novels, fairy tales, fantasies, dreams or any other products of your imagination
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Twitter for Newsrooms
Twitter for Newsrooms - "...you'll find resources to help you and your organization at every step of the reporting and publishing process. We want to make our tools easier to use so you can focus on your job: finding sources, verifying facts, publishing stories, promoting your work and yourself - and doing all of it faster and faster all the time. We know you come from different generations. Some are native to the pilcrow, others native to the hashtag. You began your careers in different media: radio, print, broadcast, online and mobile. But you share a common bond: the desire to make a difference in the world, bringing reliable information to the communities you serve. While this group is diverse, we think #Twitter and #TfN can be a kind of common ground - and we know Twitter is a tool all journalists can use to find sources faster, tell stories better, and build a bigger audience for their work..."
Monday, June 27, 2011
Tweetolife
On Tweetolife, you can study how people tweet based on two main criteria: gender and time. You are enabled to supply specific keywords and see whether men or women tweet them more, and you can also get to realize at which time people are more partial to tweeting by analyzing the presence of words that give everybody an idea of the time their tweets are sent out (IE, breakfast, lunch, dinner...)
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Automatic link shortening on Twitter.com
Twitter has released automatic link shortening on Twitter.com - "Just paste a link of any length into the Tweet box on Twitter.com. After you’ve composed your Tweet and you hit the "Tweet" button, we’ll shorten the link so that it only takes up 19 characters
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Pay with a Tweet
In today's world the value of people talking about your product is sometimes higher than the money you would get for it. Pay with a Tweet is the first social payment system, where people pay with the value of their social network. It's simple. Every time somebody pays with a tweet, he or she tells all their friends about the product
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Twitter revamps 'following' pages
#Twitter is rolling out a new feature that lets you click on someone's "following" page and see the latest tweets from the folks that individual is following
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
London-based TweetDeck 'bought by Twitter'
London-based application company TweetDeck has reportedly been sold to micro-blogging site #Twitter in a £25m deal. The internet tool, which describes itself as a "personal browser" that allows people to "tweet like a pro", was created by 36-year-old Iain Dodsworth. It is thought he will become a millionaire if his Old Street-based company has been bought up Twitter
Sunday, May 22, 2011
12 Days of Twitter - Free Twitter Training from Reach Further starts 1st June
Learn Twitter in good company, and in just half an hour a day with #12DaysOfTwitter! Reach Further is running a FREE 12-day Twitter training course entirely through Twitter, #12daysoftwitter. Learn how to use Twitter for business in just half an hour a day over 12 days from 1st June. We have helped thousands of businesses use Twitter to grow their client base, find new partnerships and even sell directly to their audience on Twitter. We want to show you how to do it too!
Monday, May 9, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Twitter to buy TweetDeck for $40 million - $50 million
TechCrunch: "Twitter has acquired TweetDeck, we've heard from a source with knowledge of the deal, and the transaction will be announced in the next few days. The $40 million - $50 million purchase price includes both cash and Twitter stock, says our source"
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
Tweeplayer
Tweeplayer - take part in great online conversations synced with videos of your favorite events hours or years later, just like you were chatting live
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
HootBar (formerly TwitterBar) 3.0
The HootBar from HootSuite allows you to post messages to #Twitter and other social networks from the Firefox address bar. (Note: version 4.0, which includes the Hootlet, has been submitted to Mozilla and will be released shortly)
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Slipstream
Slipstream - The best way to deal with too many tweets. Hide what you don't want to see so you can focus on what matters. And it works directly on #Twitter
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
London Twestival 2011
"Since 1969, Centrepoint has been helping homeless young people across London, providing support, information, training and emergency accomodation to 825 young people every day from 33 centres across London. Join us at Twestival London on the evening of Thursday 24th March for an evening of fun, music and comedy. 100% of money raised from ticket sales will go direct to Centrepoint"Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Free Twitter backgrounds from Viuu
"Viuu is a Web agency based in London. The purpose of this site is to gather an original collection of #Twitter backgrounds. You may download and share them as you wish. Do not hesitate to share those you love on Twitter, Facebook and your other favourite social networks"
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Live Tweets v1.1
Live Tweets loads (pulls) the latest Tweets on a given #Twitter Search Operator. It is completely written in JavaScript using the jQuery framework. In other words, NO database or serverside programming language is required. Its lightweight, 8kb and easy to integrate into your website
Saturday, January 29, 2011
PowerPoint Twitter Tools
The PowerPoint Twitter Tools prototypes are now available. Created using SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius (but requiring only PowerPoint for Windows and Adobe Flash to run), the twitter tools allow presenters to see and react to tweets in real-time, embedded directly within their presentations, either as a ticker or refreshable comment page
Sunday, January 16, 2011
RSS Graffiti
RSS Graffiti periodically checks the RSS/Atom feeds that you specify and posts any new entries it finds to the Facebook Walls that you specify. You can get any feed written on any wall (Facebook Profiles, Fan Pages, Groups, Events and Application Profile Pages). In fact, multiple feeds to multiple walls. You choose the combination
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