A couple of days ago Techcrunch was the first to partner with Tweetdeck (the Adobe Air Twitter application) and launch their own version of the very popular twitter application. However, now they arent the only ones to do so in the technolgy news space, Mashable has entered into a new Tweetdeck partnership.
Techcrunch Tweetdeck
Mashable Tweetdeck
So which technology based Tweetdeck will you be using? More importantly im wondering why we dont have a Crenk tweetdeck version available yet! Well maybe one day.
For a long time now I have been a Tweetdeck user since it was first released. However, in the last few months I have been using Seesmic Desktop because it seems to integrate multiple accounts in a more streamless way. Seesmic just released their 0.3 software and I upgaded to give it a try, but I think it was a step backwards for Seesmic, so now Tweetdeck has announced a new release which might be worth my time.
Tweetdeck has upgraded their service and also released a new iPhone application. The iPhone application includes:
- Column based friend groups (like TweetDeck desktop)
- TweetDeck desktop syncing (make a change on the iphone and it’s reflected back on the PC)
- Facebook toolbar like status updates
- Multiple account support
- Flicking to move between columns
- Shake to refresh
Twitter: you all know it and you all love it and sometimes even hate it. Sure, regular blog hosting is one way of getting your thoughts and points across but if you want a quick and easy way of making sure that your friends are up to date on your latest activities, then Twitter is the thing for you.
In honor of Crenk’s 1000 followers, here are five popular and great applications for Twitter.
1) TwitPic
Perfect for all of us wanting share photos on Twitter and it’s immensely popular with over a million visitors in January. Pictures can be posted to TwitPic from your API, phone or when logged in to the site itself. We love this tool and it’s as easy as it gets!
2) TweetDeck
TweetDeck is still in a public BETA version but it’s still very functional. What the app does is taking abundant information and breaks it down to more manageable pieces. Notifications and tweets are also streamlined through this app. Great app if you want total control and wish to stay up to date at all time.
3) Digsby (not a twitty related name!)
Tired of many IM programs and FB all open. Digsby is a great little application that centralizes instant messaging (AIM, MSN, Gtalk, FB), e-mailing (Gmail, Hotmail, MSN) and social networking accounts into one single program. Based on Pidgin, this is cuter, lighter, and better. This is a top tool for staying on top of everything and keeping it organized.
4) Twitterfeed
With Twitterfeed you’ll be able to feed your blog or any other RSS or Atom feed directly to Twitter. Great application if you want to synchronize your Twitter account with your WordPress hosting account.
5) TwtPoll
Applications do not have to be all that complicated to be good and useful. TwtPoll is simple as can be; enter a question at the TwtPoll site and write down a couple of different answers. Your poll is now ready to be used in Twitter. Great app if you wish to understand people’s different opinions.
I have a current poll testing right now. Check it out here and see what you think. Thought I have to admit, I screwed up the URLs twice because I was not sure which was the right one.
So don’t forget to follow @Crenk on Twitter! And say hi to Web Hosting Search, that’s me, over @hostingsearch with your thoughts about Twitter applications.
TwitStat’s current top 10 list is below, showing ranking and % of users posting from each service today. Note that where users made use of multiple methods, all were counted. The list is constantly changing, and the Top 100 can be found here.
1 Web – 29.57%
2 TweetDeck – 10.58%
3 Twitterfeed – 5.54%
4 Twhirl – 4.92 %
5 Twitterrific – 3.79 %
6 Tweetie – 3.65%
7 Text – 3.40 %
8 Mobile web 3.00 %
9 TwitterFon – 2.96 %
10 TwitPic – 2.94 %
