8 posts and columns on Tweetie

Mac App Store Lacks Social Apps, Save for Twitter

in Social on January 6, 2011 at 11:43 am PT

Social apps are few and far between for the grand opening today of Apple’s Mac App Store, meant to be a desktop app marketplace equivalent to the highly successful app stores for Apple devices.

Is the Facebook "Like" Button Like a Twitter RT? Loic Le Meur Talks About the Impact of the Giant Moves on Start-Ups

in News on April 27, 2010 at 10:12 am PT

Here’s an interesting interview BoomTown did with Seesmic Founder and CEO Loic Le Meur, whose status update client is one of the more popular ones, at the Facebook f8 developers conference last week. In it, he talked about the various new features of Facebook that make it “very, very close to Twitter.” While it is true that Seesmic is more than just a Twitter client, Le Meur has to hope that competition between the microblogging service and the social networking giant is a good thing for smaller start-ups in their ecosystem, such as Seesmic.

Twitter to Rival Ad Players: Tread Carefully

in Media on April 13, 2010 at 3:12 pm PT

Twitter has started showing ads to its users. But there’s a host of start-ups trying to do the same thing. They can all play together, says COO Dick Costolo, as long as they don’t cause “user confusion.” Careful…

Paid Search Inventor Bill Gross Moves to Monetize Tweets With TweetUp–And Without Twitter (Plus Screenshots)

in News on April 11, 2010 at 9:00 pm PT

Just as Twitter finally prepares to announce its plans to make money–after what has seemed an eternity–the man responsible for the invention of paid search is beating the microblogging site to the potentially profitable punch, and without its involvement. Armed with $3.5 million in venture funding from a group of leading investors, well-known entrepreneur Bill Gross is launching a public beta of TweetUp, a bidding marketplace akin to Overture/Goto.com, the first paid search system he created a decade ago.

Twitter Goes Shopping, Comes Home With Tweetie. Next?

in Media on April 9, 2010 at 6:57 pm PT

Twitter has purchased Tweetie, a one-man company that makes a popular iPhone client for the messaging service. Given the rumblings that have been coming from the company in recent days, it’s likely to be followed by more deals down the line.

Some Favorite Apps That Make iPhone Worth the Price

in Personal Technology on March 25, 2009 at 6:02 pm PT

Walt presents minireviews of iPhone apps, or small software programs that connect to the Internet, that make the gadget worth the price.

Birds of a Feather Twitter Together

in The Digital Solution on December 2, 2008 at 5:20 pm PT

If you’ve heard of Twitter but don’t exactly know what it is or how it works, you’re in good company. In the past two months a bunch of my friends, ranging in age from early 20s to late 30s, have asked me about Twitter–or Tweeter, as one person accidentally called it. To clear things up, I’ve put together a basic Twitter guide that explains how to use it, Twitter lingo, privacy options, mobile applications that can be used with the service and problems that it has.