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How Much Do I Depend on Twitter?
Before I had dinner last night I grabbed my BlackBerry and checked out my Twitter feed. There I saw the breaking news that Michael Jackson was on his way to the hospital and then a few minutes later it was reported he had passed away. On my way to work this morning I realized just [...]
Twitter Changes @reply Options
Twitter rolled out a new “small settings update” that has changed the options for the @reply features. The change has caused an outrage for most users in the Twitter community. Before the update, you could set the @reply features for yourself, choosing from 1 of the 3 options: Show @replies from nobody, show @replies from [...]
Will Twitter Kill RSS Feeds?
I have read numerous articles this week on the subject of Twitter replacing RSS feeds for some people, so I thought I would share my two cents on the subject. I’ll start by saying I was a late adopter to Twitter, having been signed up for only a few months now. Over that time period [...]
UberTwitter, A New Twitter App for the Blackberry
For the past week or so I have been trying out a beta version of a new Twitter application on my Blackberry, called UberTwitter. So far I have liked what I have seen. Previously I had been using TwitterBerry, which is probably the most used Twitter app for the Blackberry out there. There were just [...]
Twitter Worm Is A Reminder to Protect Against XSS Attacks
If you are an avid user of Twitter, then you have probably heard about the worm that spread via the popular social networking site this weekend. Once infected the worm would infect your Twitter profile and then begin to blast out Tweets using your account information. From most accounts this appears to be the largest [...]
Are Your Tweet’s Copyrighted?
When you have a few spare minutes, check out this blog post from Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. He raises a very interesting question, and it generated a bunch of different views in the comments section. His short question was simple: Are Your Tweets Copyrighted? Is it legal for someone to quote one of your [...]
tweetsharp: A .NET Twitter Library
I’ve been diving into the world of .NET development a little more these days and decided to further my leaning some by playing around with the Twitter API. In looking around the net I came across a cool Twitter library for .NET named tweetsharp. It appears to be a fairly new project, so the documentation [...]
TweetDeck Introduces Facebook Integration
TweetDeck has announced a new beta version of their AIR product that introduces Facebook integration. I downloaded it yesterday and have to say that so far it appears promising. You can now view status updates from your friends on Facebook directly in TweetDeck. When posting a new message you can choose to send it to [...]
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