Tag: twitter
Is Twittering at a funeral going too far?
We’re big fans of Twitter here at Tech Digest, especially as they seem to have sorted out most of the reliability issues now. We’re big fans of live-blogging too – we recently liveblogged the Apple iTunes 8 press conference and Sharp at IFA. We’re also big fans of funerals… no. Just kidding.
Facebook unveils Live Feed
Facebook have been tweaking the news feed a lot lately, and their latest experiment is called the Live Feed. It’s a river of news that dynamically updates as new stuff happens. You can watch in real-time as your friends poke each other, confirm that they’re attending events, and all sorts of other stuff. It’s very slickly implemented…
SPOILER ALERT: Twitter upsets American Olympics fans
Michael Phelps is officially the greatest Olympian ever, scoring eight gold medals in one Olympic Games – something which has never before been achieved. Unfortunately, a tonne of Americans were pissed off over the weekend due to “spoilers” released by CNN Breaking News, and its unofficial Twitter feed (cnnbrk)…
Top 10 alternative Twitter clients
Yesterday Twitter annoyed thousands of its UK users by dropping the SMS text message notification feature for UK users, citing money woe as the reason behind it. But don’t despair, Twitterati! There are many other ways to feed your Twitter addiction, rather than just via the web or SMS, so here’s our Top 10 alternative Twitter clients…
COMPETITION: 12seconds – the Twitter of the video world
12seconds is to YouTube what Twitter is to Facebook. That’s where I’m starting with the explanation of this one. It’s the microblogging of video.
As you may have guessed by its name, you get 12 seconds to make a tiny little video blog about, well, about whatever you like…
Snowl: Firefox messaging hub for those too lazy to use other applications
If you live in Firefox then one of Mozilla Labs’ latest add-ons could be for you.
It turns the web browser into a “messaging hub”, allowing you to view a “River of Messages” which displays email, Twitter, and RSS feed updates on a single web page. If the concept is popular, Mozilla will develop the application further.
At present there’s no integration of true instant messaging clients, but Mozilla says that it’s “particularly interested in feedback on how messaging might fit into the browsing experience and if there are other interfaces (or refinements to the two interfaces built into the prototype) that would make it easier for users to have online conversations.”
Twitter ramblers targeted by all-new data-mining trojan
Users of Twitter, the minutiae-documenting waffling programme with no discernible purpose whatsoever, have been coming under attack recently thanks to a fake profile offering, predictably enough, free porn.
Some poor people have, while in the process of telling precisely zero readers what they had for breakfast, been sent messages from this fake account and then – here’s the stupid bit – clicked on the links supplied. Then they also clicked on “YES” to install…
Horrific animatronic teddy bear hacked to 'speak' your Twitter friends' updates
The micro-blogging service Twitter has been at the centre of many recent mods, including an awesome home automation system, however I doubt the previous hacks have been as dramatic as this.
You might know of Nabaztags, the Wi-Fi rabbits which translate your data (emails, RSS etc) into visual and audio alerts – taking inspiration from this product, the My Home 2.0 team outfitted an animatronic teddy bear with various chips and circuit boards, plus a Bluetooth audio adapter. The results…
Send your tweets even when Twitter is down, with Twiddict
Ever feel like your blood pressure is through the roof on those frequent occasions when Twitter is down and you just have to update about something important? Like ‘I just had a cup of tea and am reading my RSS Feeds now’. Personally, I feel like I’m going to have a cardiac arrest if I don’t update that very second.
Thankfully a new Twitter client has launched today, just in time for Apple’s WWDC event where Twitter will undoubtedly go down. Twiddict is an easy way to update, but sadly doesn’t display your friends’ tweets – for that, you may need FriendFeed. It pings the Twitter API to check whether it’s up, and if it’s one of those days where the IT guys are taking a holiday, it puts your update…
