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Plurk the election, win $5000

Microblogging service Plurk is running an election competition where users can win a share of $5000. Plurk the Vote offers a central election focused page for Plurk users. The Election timeline aggregates all messages from across Plurk ... continue

Plurk latest: photo uploads, improved layouts, new tools

Plurk may not be getting the headlines it was getting post launch, but the microblogging platform with a difference is still going strong, and the team is still adding new features. Top of the list is the ability ... continue

FriendFeed adds support for Plurk and Identi.ca

FriendFeed has added native support for microblogging platforms Plurk and Identi.ca, bringing the two services into the FriendFeed stream. Previously, users could import messages from both services via RSS feed and marked as a blog, where as now ... continue

First look at new microblogging service YouAre: Twitter 2.0?

Spanish microblogging service YouAre has moved into private beta after a year in development. A lot has happened in the microblogging space in the last twelve months, but Blogs Media, the company behind YouAre has maintained a ... continue

Plurk Update: the quiet achiever

Plurk is continuing to grow, even at a time many first adopters have written it off. Regular Plurk users are noticing that the mix on Plurk is very much different to what you see on services such ... continue

Is Kwippy yet another microblogging service?

OK, so the headline is a little sarcastic, but microblogging services are quickly turning into fast food outlets, so many to choose from, so little with any substantial benefits over the others. Kwippy is another microblogging service ... continue

Plurkair: A Basic, Open Source Desktop Client For Plurk

Despite showing a lot of promise, and more recently obtaining unofficial API support, microblogging platform Plurk has lacked desktop tools to compete head on with competing platforms such as Twitter, Pownce and Jaiku. I'm no AIR expert, but ... continue

Interesting Things Learned From Google Trends

Now that Google has entered the Alexa space with Google Trends for Websites, the general public has some access to hidden traffic data from Google's vaults. The service get its numbers from a combination of sources including ... continue

Plurk Keeps On Going Strong

The momentum behind microblogging platform Plurk is still moving forward, with the new service continually adding new users to its vibrant and interesting community. Even in the space of one week (the time since we last wrote ... continue

Game On: Plurk API Available Tomorrow

Fast growing microblogging platform Plurk will have an API available from tomorrow. Plurk first came to prominence at the beginning of June after constant issues with Twitter saw many start looking for alternatives. Like Twitter, Plurk offers a ... continue

Think Plurk Can’t Compete With Twitter? Let Me Show You Plurk/m

Most people would accept that Plurk isn't a Twitter competitor to date, despite Plurk gaining a great community presence overnight. The timeline setup doesn't work people say, they'd rather a Twitter style one after another timeline. Plurk ... continue

Twitter Has Jumped The Shark

Notice something about Twitter lately besides the constant downtime? It's gotten quiet. Not deadly quiet, but when it is up every day there seems to be less and less being said. In my case gone are the ... continue