How to Revoke Access to Twitter Applications

twitter-logo-birdieThere are like hundreds and thousands of Twitter applications right now, and new ones are popping up daily. There are many interesting ones, but not all are clean and legit.

Many Twitter apps which claim to get you followers quickly, actually spam using your accounts with links and to market their own products.

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Emoticons for Twitter

by Haris on February 6, 2009
in Social Networks, Tips and Tricks

I always tell one thing that I miss the most on Twitter is the support of emoticons. Every IM has emoticons, and I think Twitter is incomplete without them.

Since you can’t use graphics on Twitter, my friend Imran has found TwitterKeys, a website that has a compiled list of UTF-compatible characters that you can use as emoticons on Twitter.

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DestroyTwitter: Desktop Twitter Client

by Haris on January 30, 2009
in Freewares, Social Networks, Softwares

destroy-twitter-iconI think, right now, Adobe AIR is all dominated by Twitter clients, because every new Twitter app or client you download is powered by Adobe AIR.

In between hundreds of Twitter clients, a new client has popped up which is rather addictive and provides one of the most simple, light and easy-to-use interface.

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MyTweetSpace: Twitter Background Generator

by Muzzammil Waheed on January 14, 2009
in Internet, Web 2.0

mytweetspace-logoAll the twittering twitters out there must be wondering how can they customize background of their twitter profile and apply their very own theme.

I’m sure you all must have seen profiles with a nice, custom background with their name, blog URL and contact details. Now you can also have them without using any designing application like Adobe Photoshop or The Gimp.

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Update Twitter Status from Yahoo Messenger

by Haris on November 9, 2008
in Freewares, Tools, Yahoo

Calling all Twitter and Yahoo IM fans out there! Guess what? Now you don’t need a separate Twitter desktop client for status updates when you use Yahoo! Messenger.

A New Zealand-based development team at WackyB, has created a plugin for Yahoo Messenger that syncs your status messages between Yahoo Messenger and Twitter.

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Witty, Yet Another Windows-only Twitter Client

by Hammad Memon on November 9, 2008
in Freewares, Internet, Tools

Well, I know this is not the first Twitter client you are hearing of. There are many others like TwitterFox for Firefox, Twhirl for Windows, which is Adobe AIR-based and many others that have been developed for Twitter.

I have another Twitter client called Witty, an open-source app, which uses the Twitter API to bring you the Twitter experience on your desktop.

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How To Use Twitter on Nokia S60 Phones

by Haris on November 3, 2008
in Freewares, Gadgets

Ever since I got my hands on the Nokia N96, I’ve been trying to find and use a nice, decent Twitter client for Nokia S60 devices. It’s sad to see that there are very few Twitter apps for Nokia, but still I was able to find some nice free apps.

Below is a list I’ve compiled which can help you in running Twitter on an S60 device.

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Share Digg Articles on Twitter with TwiggIt

by Haris on September 7, 2008
in General, Internet, Web 2.0

Twitter is no doubt the most popular micro-blogging site. There are hundreds of Twitter-related services available online (few reviewed here), but this time what I have found is going to be liked by all the Digg users who are on Twitter.

TwiggIt is an automated service that mashes up two of the most popular sites on the Internet, Digg and Twitter, and lets your friends on Twitter know what articles you Digg.

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How to Make Money with your Twitter Profile

by Haris on September 4, 2008
in General, Internet, Tips and Tricks

Everyone loves making money online, right? Making money through blogs is quite old now and is one of the easiest ways to earn something. Micro-blogging sites i.e Twitter never had any monetizing networks where people can also make money.

This is where TwittAd comes in. TwittAd is an ad network for twitter that allows people to put ads on their Twitter profiles and earn money out of it.

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