Tag Archives: twitter

Twitter can censor tweets by Country

Posted on January 27, 2012 by vrreddy

Twitter announced today that it can now block tweets on a country-by-country basis, that means Twitter can now block content which violates local laws without blocking the content for the entire world. Twitter already censors some content based on DMCA … Continue reading →

Twitter to acquire TweetDeck for $50 Million

Posted on May 3, 2011 by vrreddy

Twitter has acquired TweetDeck, the popular multi-platform twitter client according to Techcrunch sources. Neither twitter nor tweetdeck announced the deal, but Techcrunch says it will be announced in the next couple of days.

Best Web Sites to Make the Most Out of Twitter

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Srikanth AD

There are thousands of intriguing Twitter based web sites and applications which enable Twitter users to keep track of latest trends on Twitter, share files, check updates from followers, celebrity tweets and more. It’s hard to identify the best of … Continue reading →

Send RSS feed updates to Twitter via Feedburner

Posted on December 14, 2009 by vrreddy

Feedburner which stopped to innovate after Google acquisition added an useful feature which might of interest to bloggers. Now it is easier to publish your RSS feed headlines to twitter directly from Feedburner.

TweetDeck gets lists, retweets, Linkedin, Geolocation

Posted on November 30, 2009 by vrreddy

TweetDeck, the popular desktop twitter client released a new version today. The new version 0.32 of the client comes with twitter lists support, LinkedIn, new retweets and geolocation features.

Breaking: Google Announces Search Deal with Twitter

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Srikanth AD

Google recently made an official announcement that it would include Twitter updates in its search results.  Following is an excerpt from a blog post on the official Google blog written by Marissa Mayer, Google Vice President of Search Products and … Continue reading →

Twitter launches SMS in India with Bharti Airtel

Posted on October 14, 2009 by vrreddy

Earlier twitter SMS updates were available in India but later twitter discontinued the SMA updates because of the cost associated with them. Now they have reached a sort of exclusive deal with Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile operator. Bharti Airtel … Continue reading →

Now Report Spam on Twitter with a Single Click

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Srikanth AD

Is Twitter spam annoying? Here is a breather. Today Twitter added new options that enable users to flag bad accounts on Twitter. Clicking on the “report for spam” link will alert Twitter that the account is possibly a spam account. … Continue reading →

How To: Search for People on Twitter

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Srikanth AD

Twitter is all about making conversations happen. Its now being surrounded by a plethora of applications, clients and web services mashing the data on Twitter. There are sites to available to check out the latest and trending topics on Twitter.  … Continue reading →

Web Services to Get The Most Out of Twitter #Hashtags

Posted on October 3, 2009 by Srikanth AD

One of the interesting features on Twitter is #hashtags. Hashtags are used to identify conversations and tweets based on a topic. For instance, a hashtag #Google on Twitter which return all the latest tweets which contained the hashtag #Google. Hashtags … Continue reading →