Category: Twitter
6 downfalls of the official Twitter iPhone app
So Twitter has recently launched their own mobile applications for the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android coming soon. However the app may not be all that good, there seem to be a couple areas it doesn’t stack up. 1. The app does not let you do the old style of ReTweet – RT 2. Limited Icon […]
Read More | ShareTweetDeck secures another $3 million VC funding
TweetDeck is a social media tool that can be used on mobile or desktop devices to manager your Twitter account and more recently Foursquare and Google Buzz. Betaworks is the company behind the additional $3 million funding to Tweetdeck. Twitter has recently launched their own application simply called Twitter (used to be called Tweetie). TweetDeck […]
Read More | Share5 best uses for Real time search
With popularity of social media sites like Twitter becoming so great, users are turning to real time search engines to see the latest trending topics and stories. But which areas of current affairs can be most utilised by real time search? 1. Famous People – its always interesting to see what celebrities and media identities […]
Read More | ShareNSW Premier Kristina Keneally denies Twitter lies
This week NSW parliament passed legislation granting same sex couples to officially register their relationships in the state of New South Wales. However some concerned Australians asked NSW Premier Kristina Keneally why she was not present for the vote, via Twitter. Kristina rejected suggesstion she missed the vote because of her strong Christian beliefs/morals in […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media stats courtesy of Smash summit
Smash Summit was on yesterday, 12/5 in San Francisco- USA. The event discussed various social media marketing strategies, tools, campaigns and statistics used by online companies to find and retain customers on social, search, and mobile. While not directly related to Australian Social Media there have been some great stats worth noting. – Twitter has […]
Read More | ShareNew Twitter service converts your stream into newspaper layout
A new 3rd Party Twitter service Paper.li allows you to convert your Twitter steam into a newspaper style layout. The service is similar in a way to Twitters embeddable tweet service – however this is a more visually appealing way to display your whole Twitter steam instead of just an individual tweet. Like a newspaper […]
Read More | ShareAustralian Defence minister & fake Twitter account
John Faulkner, who is the Australian Defence minister has had to explain to parliament about a fake Twitter account created in his name. The account SenJohnFaulkner looks fairly legitimate, however the Minister has said he does not user Twitter or Facebook. Unfortunately with Twitter there is alot of impersonation going on, and when that enters […]
Read More | ShareTwitter Business Centre is coming
Twitter has confirmed that they are currently BETA testing their ‘Twitter Business Centre’. Using this feature as a business allows the following: – create a customer Business Twitter profile page – Add a ‘verified account’ badge to your business profile – Allow multiple users to tweet from your business account. Twitter is also allowing business […]
Read More | ShareTwitter bug lets you control your followers
The is a bug in the Twitter system that lets users decide who is following them. It has been reported that writing ‘(tweet) accept (username)” then the (username) starts following you immediately. This has been confirmed by many Twitter account now following an increase number of users who have not been manually followed. Many people […]
Read More | ShareNapster integrates social media – Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube
Music download program Napster has recently integrated with several social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube so users can share their music with friends across several social channels. Once a cult hit, Napster has been rather quiet over the past years and this seems like a smart move to re-establish themselves with a […]
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