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Monthly Archives: January 2009
A Cool Twitter Plug-In
A recurring theme on this blog is how the ecosystem is doing such an amazing job filling in gaps that Twitter can’t or won’t do themselves. Another great example is Power Twitter (hat tip to Brian Solis for highlighting it), which is a Firefox plug-in that gives Twitter some additional bells and whistles. This includes [...]
Celebrities Should be Banned from Twitter
Everyone’s climbing on the Twitter bandwagon, including celebrities. But maybe there should be a rule that prohibits celebrities from using Twitter. Why? Mostly because the danger of Twitter is it can reveal the mundaneness of everyday life. When you peel back the onion, the lives of celebrities, for the most part, are just as dull [...]
One-Stop Shopping for Twitter Apps
While Twitter continues to mull over its plans to eventually make money, the community is busy filling holes in the ecosystem. Case in point is Twitdom, which has launched with the goal “to provide a consolidated view of all the applications developed for the Twitter ecosystem”. Before anyone becomes too excited, Twitdom has only 63 [...]
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Phishing Slamming into Twitter
Phishing has long been the bane of the e-mail world. Sadly, phishing has also made its way onto Twitter. One of the biggest problems seems to be the flurry of Twitter-related services in which you have to provide your username and password to gain access. Unfortunately, many phishers are reeling in big catches as people [...]
Blackberry Users Need Some Love
According to TwitStat, which provides real-time Twitter analytics, Blackberry users are among the most enthusiastic in terms of the number of messages they post/day. That’s impressive, particularly given the dearth of high-quality Twitter services for the Blackberry. Right now, Twitterberry is probably the most popular but it’s far being universally loved. Another interesting players is [...]
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Hack Attack