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Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

It feels like every day there’s a new post about Plurk, Twitter, or some new micro-blogging platform. Twitter has major problems with uptimes, Plurk is missing some major features, and Brightkite is having issues with Verizon. Twitter: API – an open API is so important. The truth is, they’re not.

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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

There have also been doctors that have used social networking tools, like Twitter, during surgery. He used Twitter to raise money for charity if people tweeted and blamed his cancer. Here are ten social media tools that can aid you with crowdsourcing: Twitter It is already being used for many crowdsourcing efforts.

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5 of the Best Twitter Apps I Can't Live Without

Koka Sexton

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS 5 of the Best Twitter Apps I Can’t Live Without After my initial addiction to Twitter, I started becoming fascinated by the growing amount of Twitter applications that were being developed. TwitterFon is my primary iPhone Twitter application.

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5 of the Best Twitter Apps I Can - Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS 5 of the Best Twitter Apps I Can’t Live Without After my initial addiction to Twitter, I started becoming fascinated by the growing amount of Twitter applications that were being developed. TwitterFon is my primary iPhone Twitter application.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

Tumblr and the age of the microblog (2007) In 2007, the social network described as “Twitter meets YouTube and WordPress” came a-tumblin’ along when 17-year-old David Karp launched Tumblr from his bedroom. The hashtag arrives (2007) The strict 140-character limit for tweets set Twitter apart from rivals, including Facebook and Tumblr.

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Confessions and Reflections of a [Former] Digg Addict

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I also have doubts that blocking the submitter data would even work, because of the API. Did I even Twitter the link? Sites like [link] use the Digg API to pull in the information and display it and Chris’s site does the same. all this information can be assimilated without an API or publicly available stats.

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50 (of the) Best Twitter Guides, Stats, Tips and Tools of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

While a dwindling number of business executives still dismiss Twitter as a waste of time, recent research suggests it is one of the most valuable social networks for business. Awareness of Twitter has exploded; 87% of Americans said they were “familiar with” Twitter in a poll taken earlier this year, versus just 5% in 2008 and 26% in 2009.

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