I was playing around with the twitter API and I found a way to find the exact number of Twitter users.

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Twitter is so striking and hot now a days in internet community that I am not sure whether i will call a micro blogging site or social networking site. But it doesn't matter what you call it. The important part is that you can take your business to Twitter to connect with your customers, clients, and fans in a way that you couldn’t do before. Twitter -for business is really different than plain Tweeting. I try to compile some useful tips that all kind of business can benefit by using Twitter. Full article (566 words) »

Talk of technology being cool and progressive. Here you have an amazing example now being carried out at Twitter. Did you ever imagine that you can actually read through the feeds of a a live Transplant surgery! yes, it is true and we are watching it right now as its being share with the whole world.

let me put up their tweet

courtesy: Pediatricians @ Twitter

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For those who think microblogging is no business and just a fan-following vogue, let me tell its one of the most powerful media today. Twitter reigns the microblogging world with an exponentially growing membership. It's real value lies in instantaneous communication with people. Real time interaction with instantaneous feedback to updates is what makes Twitter a popular social network. With increasing popularity, Twitter now has several software have come up. The Linux users would be glad to know that there are a number Twitter software for Linux.  I would like to list the top 10 Twitter software for Linux running Ubuntu.

1. gTwitter (easy-to-use Twitter software for Linux that provides automatic updates)
2. Twhirl(real-time tweet updates)
3. Pwytter(standout multi-platform Twitter client)
4. Twitux ( check out friends updates and public timeline optionally)
5. Mitter(multiple interfaces, display avatar pictures )
6. Spaz(intuitive design, customizable and directory listing of users)
7. Twitterfox(context menu with copy, re-tweet, open this tweet in new tab, delete tweet)
8. Twitbin(Firefox extension the allows )
9. Genome Do
10. BTL

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Webby awards from IDG are out and there are some really popular names this year. Names that are going to make you happy coz it may be a case that you are attached to them someway. Without much ado let me put the list of winners.

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With any exciting updates comes a note of precaution. Take Twitter for an example. Kevin Fleisch, chairman of the London Repetitive Strain Injury Support Group, said anything that encouraged high use of keyboards should be carefully policed. And we know that twitter, besides being so addictive and informative, has that real time interactive system that asks you for a lot of activities compared to Facebook and MySpace. The sufferers from Physiotherapists and Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) have also posted a red flag about Twitter and one shouldn't count it too lightly. It may just be yet another ignorable medical advice that doesn't hold significance for now coz its just started. But you know, when there are so many researchers agreeing on this adversity, you should better be safe than to be …

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When I see bloggers desperate to build up Twitter following, it reminds me of the Pied Piper of Hamelin who would have the children follow his flute's tune. Well, the modern Pied Pipers, pop star Britney Spears, actor Ashton Kutcher  and the TV network in the battle for most popular Twitterati are striving to touch the million followers mark. Certainly, for any blogger, building upon the followers is one of the straightest ways to generate traffic to their blog. As blogger are getting more seasoned with Twitter, there has been an increase in the tools and apps for a better Twitter experience.  There are a whole lot of apps for the bloggers to enhance their Tweeting experience. I picked up the top 10 + Twitter apps for bloggers.

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Twitterers, here is another news you will just love to know. Twitshirt brings you a service that lets you have your favorite twitter imprinted on a tee for $20. 'You can print your snarkiest, sappiest, most favoritest tweets onto an incredibly comfy American Apparel tee' - is what they say. And there is even more. You can get paid for the Twitshirts they sell. Each time they sell a t-shirt with one of your tweets on it, it will set aside $0.50 from our profits for you. And they will track your royalties even if you don’t have an account there. You simply need to sign up for an account to claim your payments via PayPal. Isn't it cool? Full article (240 words) »

With the advent of twitter nothing less than a storm in the professional and enterprise field, bloggers and web marketeers are becoming increasingly aware of its crowd and what it can do to you. Twitter crowd doesn't only bring your traffic but the quality of it is quite tempting. If you are re-tweeted (twitterers can come and refer your article for others to see), you get much value from the network as well as their individual profiles. So, keeping that in mind, its high time to track and monitor and help the twitterers to help retweet just like you have other social bookmarking buttons like Stumbleupon or Digg. How do you do it? I will take 30 seconds from you.

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Washingtonpost today has just brought in a heck of a rumor that Google may be in the last stage of acquiring Twitter. No one knows the price or exact transactional details yet, nor there is any official source to that, but its said that the deal may be well over $250 Million. If you remember, Facebook tried buying Twitter for half a billion dollars, although that was based partially on overvalued Facebook stock and so Twitter promptly ignored that. But, if this deal gets finalized, then Google may pay in cash or public valued stocks which is almost synonymous to that. The question is, is it on the cards? Is there a reason why Google will want Twitter? Yes. an emphatic Yes. Full article (227 words) »