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Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send "updates" (or "tweets"; text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) to the Twitter web site, via the Twitter web site, short message service (SMS), instant messaging,…

Category: Microblogging

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Data Journalism: the View from Europe This guest post comes from Eric Ulken, an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and the former editor for interactive technology at the Los Angeles Times. He blogs infrequently at Ulken.com. The fusion of technology and journalism continues apace. On a Manhattan rooftop next ... Web2Review 30 Aug 10   Was this helpful?

Twitter Fills Tiniest Hole Yet With An Official Bookmarklet Twitter continues to round out its collection of official widgets, buttons, and apps with a new addition today: an official Share Bookmarklet, which lets you share a webpage using Twitter’s official t.co link shortening service. You can grab the bookmarklet right here. It works as you’d expect: you install the ... Web2Review 20 Aug 10   Was this helpful?

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Chad Hallberg

How do I connect easier? I think Twitter should make it easier to find those offshoot websites that give Twitter the power to really use it effectively. Chad Hallberg 13 Nov 08 @ 11:38 pm   Reply   1    3

Jeff

Limiting the API was a bad idea A lot of twitter's success is due to the fact that others use twitter as a communication platform. They have over 140 other apps that tie into them. This has helped build Twitter to its success. Limiting API access could backfire on your success led by the API and the partnerships. Jeff 23 Jan 09 @ 7:03 pm   Reply     2

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