Hashtags in Twitter is a convention by Twitter user to tag topics to tweets. Hashtags is widely used in Twittersphere and is never official until now. Twitter has started giving hashtags the same treatment as @follows by hyperlinking hashtags. The link will bring you to Twitter’s search page for the hashtag. This feature has been available for quite sometime in many third party Twitter clients.
Microsoft starts to embrace Twitter by integrating Twitter data into Bing search. For starter, Bing will only include tweets from more prominent and prolific Twitter users.
When you enter those famous people and do a Bing search for example “Kara Swisher Twitter” or “Kara Swisher Tweets” or even “@karaswisher”, the result will include the latest tweet from the user, together with a link to more tweets from the user.
We did a trial using the search examples “Kara Swisher Twitter”,“Kara Swisher Tweets” and “@karaswisher” provided in Bing’s blog post, but none returns the above result format. Maybe Bing is fine-tuning this feature at the moment.
And now you can follow Microsoft on Twitter. This Twitter account is run by four members of Microsoft’s corporate communications team. There is no verified account logo on the page but it should be the real thing.
So far there are only 3 tweets, with the first tweet being a Xbox promo: “Anyone can make games now, Kodu is available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace http://bit.ly/3wlWKo #microsoft #xboxlive #kodu”.
Compare this first tweet with the stylish first tweet by Google back in February. Do you see a winner already?
Flickr has added support to allow you to tweet your Flickr photos using its Flickr2Twitter feature. The Flickr photo’s address will appear in your tweets with a “flic.kr” shortening URL.
Here’s How-To:
Select the option “Set up your blog”.
When you visit Oprah Winfrey’s Twitter page, there is a “Verified Account” badge appear at top-right portion of the profile page. Twitter just launched this “Verified Account” feature to tell us that the Oprah Twitter account is the real thing.
Adium, the much beloved open source chat software on the Mac, released the first beta for version 1.4 on Monday. Major additions include the integration of Twitter and IRC. These are good news indeed for Adium users as these features are much sought after.
Adium 1.4 works under Mac OS X 10.5 only, so no luck if you are still running Tiger. And the beta page includes an impressive long list of changes and new features.
As with all beta software, please expect bugs.
There are over a hundred Twitter clients, apps and tools you can choose to improve your twittering lifestyle. We narrow down the list to what we considered are the essential ones that is worth spending your time exploring.
The number one Twitter client is off course the Twitter website. To many, this is still the one and only Twitter client. You have to look elsewhere if you need more than what it offers, such as the ability to easily manage multiple Twitter accounts, ability to post a shorthand url etc.
If you like working on the web and need to easily post a link to pictures, then visit TwitPic.
For desktop client on the Mac, we recommend TweetDeck, Twhirl, Tweetie or Nambu. Both TweetDeck and Twhirl runs on Adobe AIR which is a separate download. Choose native Mac apps Tweetie or Nambu if you do not like Adobe AIR eating up additional resources on your Mac. As of this writing, Nambu is still beta software but is available for download.
For iPhone apps, the better ones are Tweetie which costs $2.99, or you can download the free TwitterFon.
Many also choose to update their Twitter status via Facebook using Facebook Twitter application. Service such as Ping fm helps you to simultaneously update not just Twitter status, but also to over 40 other social networking sites.
If you do not have a Twitter account, visit http://twitter.com to create one.
Twitter is simple, as simple as SMS texting on your mobile phone. You type a message of less than 140 characters and click send.
Twitter message is called a tweet. When you send out your text message, it is send out to all your followers.
The tweets that you see on your Twitter timeline are from people on your following list.
Each Twitter user has a profile page with an URL of http://twitter.com/username. For example, Oprah Winfrey’s Twitter profile is at http://twitter.com/Oprah.
When you visit other’s profile page, click the follow button beneath the photo to add the person to your following list. Once added, tweets from the person would appear on your timeline.
The more people you follow, the more interesting is your tweet flow. Typically only about 50% will return to follow you. But 100% should.
Twitter has 2,000 and 10%-of-followers limits. If you allow 200 of your following to NOT return the favor, you are BOXED under 2,000 friends. Celebrities like Ashton Kutcher and Britney Spears unknowingly box their fans.
