Watch Out, Apple

11Aug09

The anti-trust community is all over Google, these days, says an article in the August 2009 issue of Wired Magazine. Fred Vogelstein tells readers that the search giant is the new Microsoft – remember that huge antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft for packaging their browser with Windows? Now they’re interested in the advertising and business ideas [...]

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The Twitpocalypse Returns

02Aug09

 In my last post, I explained what truly went on in the Twitpocalypse, which dealt with tweet IDs passing the limits of the 32-bit signed integer (from -2,147,483,647 to +2,147,483,647), which is the most common datatype in use in computer applications today. Yet, whilst computer science has limits embedded into its structure, Twitter does not [...]

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Tags: 32-bit, 32-bit integer, 32-bit signed integer, 32-bit unsigned integer, 64-bit, 64-bit datatype, 64-bit integer, API, computer science, computer science datatype, computers, integer, microblogging, Programming, signed integer, signed integer limit, social media, social networking, social programming, Technology, twitpocalypse, twitpocalypse problem, twitter, Twitter API, twitter client, unsigned integer, unsigned integer limit

Twitterrific 2.0 Lightning Review!

06Jun09

In recent times, as Twitter has become increasingly popular, the demand for rich media applications that post to Twitter from the iPhone and iPod Touch platform has also risen. Many such applications have been created, such as TwitterFon, Tweetie, and Twinkle. Twitterrific is just another example, developed by Iconfactory (a version for Mac is also [...]

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Tags: app review, Feature, iphone, iphone app, ipod touch, itouch, lightning review, mobile twitter client, program review, review, twitter, twitter app, twitter client, twitter client review

WordPress.com: Adding a Digg Button (Simpler than in FAQ)

08May09

Remember the inefficiencies of this FAQ post? After a few days of suffering, I figured it out with the help of customer service! So, here goes…

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Tags: addme, blog buttons, digg, simple, social media, social networking, wordpress.com tools, wordpress.com widgets

Creating “Add To” Buttons With Ease on a WordPress.com Blog

03May09

WordPress.com blogs don’t allow you to use plugins and javascript, so it’s difficult to let your users easily submit your post to a social network or link directory. Yet, GetSocial (download here) comes to the rescue! It’s a small .NET Framework (Windows only, sorry!) app that gives you HTML code for a cool looking toolbar [...]

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Tags: add to, adding widget, awesome, link collection, maximz2005, Media, media tools, social media, social networking, widget, wordpress.com widget

Adding a Simple Retweet Widget to Your Site

03May09

While Twitter is speedily rising in popularity, companion or helper sites are springing up all over the place, and there are already a few that collect the most retweeted updates, with options to retweet them yourself. One of them is Tweetmeme. Tweetmeme offers a very simple and elegant retweet badge, similar to the “Digg this!” [...]

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Post to Twitter from work without anyone noticing with SpreadTweet

26Apr09

Elliott Kember, whom you can follow on Twitter at @elliottkember, has released a new Twitter client running on the Adobe AIR framework perfectly suited for allowing you to escape detection while posting updates to Twitter from your work. The client has different UIs, including Excel 2007, 2003, and OSX, so you can simulate the look [...]

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Tags: Adobe AIR, app, deception, tool, twitter, twitter client