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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Vincent Guilbeau wrote to The Inquisitr to tell us about his new service Twitscoop. We don't often get such thorough, well written pitches, so here's the pitch in full:
"We know there's already been a lot of buzz ...
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Via Valleywag, Twitter developer Alex Payne explains what the real problem with Twitter's team maybe be drugs:
I guess that latest $15 million buys some serious weed. An explanation of "smoking a bowl" here, and remember, the next ...
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Adocu is a new microblogging service that takes the concept of micro to a new extreme: nano-blogging, or one word blogging. Think Twitter, but brief.
The system imposes that posts must be one word long. Users can ...
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The business of blogging is changing. A movement that arguably spawned social media and widespread user generated content is no longer ignoring the web 2.0 changes that have followed its rise. Open and sharing have replaced closed ...
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