Mionews is a new FriendFeed service that delivers FriendFeed through a tabbed, nearly Google Reader or even Outlook type view. Discovered by Louis Gray, the service from Patrick Lightbody offers a different take on FriendFeed data, one, dare I say, that might be an easier gateway into the service from a broader consumer market that [...]

Utterz, best known as an audio messaging platform has been thrust back on the microblogging radar today with news that the site now supports Twitter like direct messaging features.
Kristen Nicole at Mashable headlines the changes as “New Utterz Features to take on Twitter?” and notes new features such as “Utterz messages directly to friends using [...]

Housekeeping: For those interested I’m the guest on this week’s Readburner Podcast. We won’t just be talking about The Inquisitr, Google Trends, Copyright and ReadBurner news is also on the agenda so it will make for an interesting discussion. The podcast starts at 10pm EDT Wednesday (7pm Pacific) and you can tune in live on [...]

This special post comes to us from new occasional contributor Fake Steve Gillmor
As the space program tries to recapture the spirit of the 60’s by digging for Martians, a tiny speck messages earth through the psychedelic goodness of the Twitter. I recall during one Star Trek episode shown in repeat in 1973 that the line [...]

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 search traffic, anonymous Google Analytics figures and other third party marketing data.
The emphasis is mine, but the Google [...]

“Then I watched while the EV broke open the first of the seven API’s, and I heard one of the four living developers cry out in a voice like thunder, “No More.”
Twitter developers are feed up and jumping ship, according to a report from Jess Stay.
Stay points to Twitter developer forums where unhappy developers are [...]

Twitter has had its fair share of ups and mostly downs lately, but if you think Twitter had its problems now, wait until every second person on Twitter is trying to sell you an ebook, because the internet marketers have discovered Twitter.
This email from well known ebook salesman John Reese:
If you haven’t yet created a [...]

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 about Plurk) a lot has happened.

Plurk API
The unofficial but supported to the point of not physically offering support [...]

Seesmic CEO Loic Lemeur has announced that Seesmic is now available in a beta version of Twhirl (download here). Loic is quick to point out in the video above that this is a trial and the new version may have bugs.
Having downloaded it my initial thoughts: this liberates Seesmic. I’ve never been a huge [...]

Twitter is spending it’s latest round of $15 million on hiring outside help to fix the mess it has created, according to a report from Eric at VentureBeat.
Startup builders and fixers Pivotal Labs have gotten the nod, and the company comes with scalability experience, having worked with companies including Salesforce and Lumosity. According to the [...]

Spotted by Mashable is a new site called Tweet2Win that offers regular prizes for users who spam Twitter with requested links.
The concept is simple enough, users sign up on the site then must tweet a link to a given site, with the first request being a tweet with link to Tweet2Win. Every person who tweets [...]

Twitter and FriendFeed client Twhirl has release an updated version (0.8.2) that finally tackles the applications biggest flaw: looks.
The biggest change is how Twhirl renders FriendFeed entries. Gone are the days of Twhirl generating hard to read text and difficult to follow threads, replaced instead by a cleaner look, clearer fonts (at least the headlines [...]

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 microblogging platform, however the service presents user entries on a reverse chronological timeline that has quickly devided opinions [...]