The Dev Shack » Blackberry http://www.thedevshack.com Technology and Programming Blog Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:13:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 How Much Do I Depend on Twitter? http://www.thedevshack.com/how-much-do-i-depend-on-twitter/ http://www.thedevshack.com/how-much-do-i-depend-on-twitter/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:09:00 +0000 mfleming http://www.thedevshack.com/?p=256 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 how much my collecting of the latest news has changed since I have been using Twitter. I rarely visit the front page of websites I browsed frequently in the past (CNN, FoxNews, etc…). Now I just check my Twitter stream and I am immediately informed by many different news sources. Most all the major news networks have various Twitter accounts these days.

Sports information is another area that I find myself using Twitter for instead of browsing various sites as well. I know way too much information about the New York Mets now, from what happens before, during and after the games, by following the Mets beat writer for the NY post. Same thing for other sports and teams I follow as well.

It’s just amazing how 140 characters at a time keeps me more up to date with my news and interests than ever before.

]]> http://www.thedevshack.com/how-much-do-i-depend-on-twitter/feed/ 0 UberTwitter, A New Twitter App for the Blackberry http://www.thedevshack.com/ubertwitter-a-new-twitter-app-for-the-blackberry/ http://www.thedevshack.com/ubertwitter-a-new-twitter-app-for-the-blackberry/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:14:26 +0000 mfleming http://www.thedevshack.com/?p=179 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 a few things I really didn’t like about it, with the biggest pain being the speed of the application in general. I have been very pleased with the speed of UberTwitter so far, especially considering this is the first beta release of the application. It also includes integration with GTalk, the Blackberry’s GPS functionality (it can geo tag the location of your Tweets), and also integrates it’s own picture functionality. The developers are already working on an update. You can read more about UberTwitter from their official site.

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