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A New and Improved Twitter.com?

By Mark Evans | Published: February 28, 2010
Is Twitter.com about to get a major makeover? TechCrunch’s MG Siegler ran hard with a tweet from Twitter engineer Alex Payne about that Twitter was working on some “nifty” new features that would deter people from using a desktop client. Surprisingly, Siegler mostly uses Twitter.com so his excitement is understandable given Twitter.com’s low-frills UI, compared with Tweetdeck, [...]
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The World is Flat..and so is Twitter.com

By Mark Evans | Published: January 12, 2010
A quick look at unique visitors to Twitter.com over the past six months is interesting – despite the hype, traffic if flat as the Prairies. In December, there were 22.8 million visitors with growth non-existent since June. One theory: The rise of desktop, online and mobile publishing tools such as Tweetdeck, Seesmic, Tweetie, et al is [...]
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What’s In Your Twitter Toolbox?

By Mark Evans | Published: December 28, 2009
For many of us, Twitter has become an integral part of our professional and personal lives. And for most people in this group, there’s a lot more to Twitter than Twitter.com, which only features a few bells and whistles. Here’s what’s in my Twitter toolbox: 1. Tweetdeck: For my personal use of Twitter, Tweetdeck is a no-brainer [...]
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Twitter.com Still Rules the Roost

By Mark Evans | Published: November 16, 2009
So, how do you use Twitter? Still sticking with Twitter.com, or have you moved on to Tweetdeck, Seesmic, CoTweet, HootSuite or Brizzly? According to new research by Sysomos (a client), Twitter.com continues to rules the roost, attracting 46.7% of all activity. Tweetdeck is a distant second with 8.48%, while Tweetie has 2.83% and Twitterric 1.63%. The complete [...]
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The Evolution of Tweetdeck

By Mark Evans | Published: July 29, 2009
If you’re an enthusiastic Twitter user – and who isn’t these days! – then there’s a good chance that you’re using Tweetdeck to read and post updates. Created by Iain Dodsworth, Tweetdeck has become the world’s leading publishing tool with about 20% market share. Armed with $2-million in recently raised venture capital, Tweetdeck is starting [...]
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Tweetie: Promising But Needs Some UI Love

By Mark Evans | Published: July 20, 2009
For the past week or so, I’ve been using Tweetie to use Twitter. Tweetie is a desktop application for Mac, as well as a popular Twitter application on the iPhone. Tweetie’s strengths are simplicity, a clean look and feel, and the ability to easy manage multiple Twitter accounts. For all of Tweetie’s user-friendliness, it has a [...]
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