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Twitter Tuesday - this week's Twitter news, apps and more
Let's jump right in and talk about what's happening on Twitter this week:
There's a new Android Twitter client in town: Handmark's Tweetcaster. It boasts push notifications, support for multiple accounts, lists, and retweets. There's even built-in URL shortening. The customizable UI candy looks pretty decent, too. Could this be the best Twitter client for Android? Check out the free, ad-supported version or the $4.99 pro version and decide for yourself. One caveat, though: Tweetcaster's free version makes you send out an annoying tweet about the app when you first launch it. I think that's poor form on Handmark's part, and I'd recommend testing the app on a dummy account to avoid spamming your followers.
Speaking of followers: Download Squad's own Jason Clarke explained why your twitter followers aren't as valuable as you might think. How much would you pay for each of them? Jason Calacanis tried to buy a million at 25 cents a pop, and you can buy followers on eBay for a penny a piece. Do you think that would be worth the cost?
Can Twitter do your taxes? Probably not, but you can now get free tax advice (and TurboTax tech support) from professionals via @teamturbotax.
If you're tired of reading the same tweets from everyone you follow - and after last week's iPad frenzy, who's not? - you might want to try a new site called Cadmus. Cadmus organizes tweets from your friends into related groups, so you can check out topics at a glance, without reading tweet after disorganized tweet on the same subject.
Twitter's San Francisco headquarters was picketed last week by Reverend Fred Phelps' notorious anti-gay protest group Westboro Baptist Church, because Twitter apparently isn't using its influence to promote the church's values. A swarm of hilarious counter-protesters showed up, countering the Phelps crew's "God Hates Fags" signs with some of their own, including "God Hates Retweets." There's already a gallery of humorous signs from the protest, and it's worth checking out if you need a good laugh.If you're a marketer, someone who talks about "personal brands," or just running a Twitter account for a company, you can pay BrandMyBackground to do a custom design for your Twitter page. Of course, if you don't want to throw away $99, you can do it yourself at freetwitterdesigner.com.
Got a bunch of tweets you need to space out over the course of the day? The creatively-named LaterBro.com is a quick and easy way to schedule Twitter and Facebook posts for publication at the time of your choosing.
There you have it, folks: the inaugural Twitter Tuesday. We even managed to get through it without making up any obnoxious new words that start with "Tw-"!
I'll be back next week with more Twitter news and apps than you can shake a stick at, all in one convenient place.
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Subscribe to commentsinfoFeb 18th 2010 8:48PM
Nice article!
I think the Twitter client landscape has really changed in 2010. New approaches and design strategies have yielded some remarkable new Twitter clients. One in particular is TvvitterBug. It eloquently combines simplicity with great functionality and entertaining animations to give you the most out of your Twitter experience.
TvvitterBug 1.3 is just released and available on the App Store. This release brings together the culmination of all the features, capabilities, and functionality most sought after in an iPhone/iPod Twitter App, including:
1. All of the power you want, without the complexity you don’t.
2. Five (TvvitterBug exclusive) user-customizable Tweet Views.
3. Up to Five user accounts easily accessible from any view through a simple drag-down menu.
4. Persistent Tweets between launchings so you can view your tweets anytime.
5. Double-Tap Instant Update to easily and quickly refresh your tweet views on demand.
6. Built-in Photo capabilities to add photos directly to your tweets.
7. Built-in Translation support using any of the state-of-the-art web translation engines you choose, such as Google Translate, Yahoo Babelfish, or Promt Translator.
8. Built-in Web Access to view tweet embedded pictures and other URLs.
9. Editable User Profile, including setting a new Avatar picture.
10. Support for both “Fixed” and “Editable” Retweets – your choice.
11. Landscape support for both Views and Keyboard.
12. Automatic Language detection and display – great when you’re tweet surfing!
13. Push Notification support for Push services such as Boxcar and other compatible providers.
14. Automatic last-state restore on subsequent launchings.
15. It also supports Lists, Spam reporting, deleting tweets, follow/unfollow, favorite/unfavorite, search of Message, From, and/or To in any timeline, Search and Trends timelines.
16. The same ease-of-use and lightning fast operation as the original version.
You can read more about TvvitterBug at http://www.tvvitterbug.com