All Posts Tagged With: "microblogging"

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Tumblr Makes Some Changes

Looks like someone at Tumblr was home after all. Today is November 1st which is the date Tumblr promised would show off some new goodies while also making a few announcements. They have delivered on this promise in more than one way.
Tumblr now sports a brand new Dashboard design. Looky there! Tumblr now supports audio. [...]

November 1st, 2007 | Jeffro | 6 comments | Continued
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Tumblr Awakes From Its Slumbr

Back in August, I wrote an article that speculated the fact that Tumblr may have been on its way out (Is Tumblr Dead?) but apparently, November 1st will be a big day for both Tumblr, and its users. According to Mark Rizzn on Mashable,  Tumblepedia has been updated to describe new features, optimizations and bug [...]

October 18th, 2007 | Jeffro | 3 comments | Continued
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Is Ticketapp The Twitter Yappd Killer

TicketApp compares themselves to Twitter but I’d say they are a lot more than Twitter. TicketApps is a Tumblelog, todo list, note taker, image publisher, bug tracker and so much more. While Twitter may lay claim to the word “Tweets“, Ticketapp messages or postings are simply called “Tickets” Because this new service is like so [...]

September 27th, 2007 | Jeffro | 8 comments | Continued
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TwitterAdder 20 Random Friends

For those of you having trouble finding so called ‘friends‘ on twitter, your in luck. Using TwitterAdder, you can now have 20 random people added as friends to your account.
TwitterAdder is the newest guy in the bunch to use the Twitter API. After you login to their site using your username and password, TwitterAdder then [...]

September 11th, 2007 | Jeffro | 3 comments | Continued
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Yappd Finally Getting Somewhere

Yappd, the service that was awarded my first negative review which can be read here, has released a few updates which finally make the service worth using. These updates include uploading photos, public API and TinyURL Support.
Yappd members can now upload photos via their web site. Yappd has also added in support so that you’ll [...]

August 30th, 2007 | Jeffro | 0 comments | Continued
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Is Tumblr Dead?

Tumblr, the service that makes publishing to your blog a breeze seems to be showing signs that the service is dead. Granted, there have been no official announcements and the following is only my opinion based on observations that anyone can make. Upon visiting the official blog for Tumblr, the last post to be published [...]

August 28th, 2007 | Jeffro | 16 comments | Continued
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SHOULDdoTHIS - The Internet Suggestion Box

Here is an interesting site I came across the other day. It’s quickly being referred to as the internet suggestion box. SHOULDdoTHIS resembles Twitter with unique spin on the micro-blogging idea.
This is one of the few services I have come across that supports logging in by using my OpenID user account, which made creating a [...]

August 27th, 2007 | Jeffro | 0 comments | Continued
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Yappd Support Question Answered

Yappd, the non Twitter Killer has responded to my support email. In my email, I asked them how to add images to Yappd postings. Here is what they replied to me with.
The way you add pictures right now is only by cell phone through picture message. Early next week we will add photos upload [...]

August 18th, 2007 | Jeffro | 2 comments | Continued
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Yappd Reviewed - Non Twitter Killer

As mentioned on AppScout and TechCrunch, Yappd is a Twitter like service which gives users the additional privilege of posting an image along with their Yappd message. Lets take a tour of this service to see if it’s the new Twitter.
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Yappd is a brand new company founded by three individuals, Brendan Lim, Brent Collier, and [...]

August 15th, 2007 | Jeffro | 2 comments | Continued
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Jaiku Launches Channels Feature

As reported by Mashable Jaiku has finally added the ability for users to create their own channels. Users are limited to creating only three channels, with each channel being publicly viewable upon creation.
 
Channel administrators will be able to give their channel a unique avatar, short description, add feeds to the channel, and will also be [...]

June 21st, 2007 | Jeffro | 0 comments | Continued
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