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Posted on May 29, 2010 - by

Poll Results: Twitterrific voted best Twitter app for the iPad before Twitter for the iPad app is released


A few weeks ago I conducted a poll asking readers to vote for the best Twitter app for the iPad out of the top 8 iPad Twitter Apps. The list included the following apps:
Twitterrific
Twittelator
TweetDeck
Tweetings
ShinyTweet
Tweet Flow
TweeetBrowser
Sociable

As you can seen via the poll results above, Twitterrific was the clear winner.

Since the poll, Twitter has released their official iPhone app, Twitter for the iPhone formally known as Tweetie. The app works great and then I decided to install Twitter for the iPhone on my iPad. Note, I have a jailbroken iPad which allows me to install an hack app called Full Force that make some iPhone apps fit the iPad screen space without looking pixelated. I used the Full Force app on Twitter for the iPhone app and it works great. I’m not sure what will change in the app when Twitter releases the official Twitter for the iPad app but I don’t think it should be a lot. Here are a few screenshots.

Since the iPad was released I have been using Twitterrific but I find that my hacked version of Twitter for the iPhone seems to have almost replaced it. It will be interesting to see what happens when Twitter releases the official app as it should work the best being the app is coming from Twitter themselves.

Do you think the official Twitter for the iPad app will replace your current Twitter iPad app?

– Post From My iPad

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Posted on May 29, 2010 - by

Archiving @WayneSutton Twitter conversations from 2010-05-29


Posted on May 28, 2010 - by

Google Wave turns one, then tweets and how to embed a Google Wave blip into any website


Happy birthday Google Wave! A year ago Wave made its debut at I/O — now anyone can try it out. http://bit.ly/dzhj8qFri May 28 16:19:09 via webA Googler
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In case you missed it, Google Wave turned one year old today. I’m not sure what Google or the Google Wave team did to celebrate but the @Google Twitter account tweeted Happy Birthday about the news and soon the @googlewave team retweeted the message as you can see above and below.


RT @google: Happy birthday Google Wave! A year ago Wave made its debut at I/O — now anyone can try it out. http://bit.ly/dzhj8qFri May 28 17:17:51 via webGoogle Wave
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Back in January I wrote a blog post called 9 practical ways to use Google Wave for business and fast forward six months later I’m still using Google Wave for business. Little did I know it was “Wave’s birthday and earlier today I tweeted the following message:

If you’re not using @googlewave for collaboration you’re missing out. It has flaws but it works. The key is have a project/team to use it.Fri May 28 14:47:03 via Twitter for iPhoneWayne Sutton
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At the time I tweeted the message it was after reviewing some of the Google Wave “blips” / conversations that the TriOut team were having and some of the milestones we were reaching. Fast forward a few hours later Google Wave Product Manager Steph Hannon @twephanie tweeted the following:


@waynesutton This is a nice tweet to read on our first birthday – thank you!Fri May 28 23:06:18 via TweetDeckSteph Hannon
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No, Steph Hannon @twephanie thank you and the Google Wave team for continuing making a useful FREE collaborative tool for entrepreneurs like myself to use for team projects.

Since Google Wave launched from closed beta to public access one of the most requested features was to make it easy for people to embed Google Wave blip messages into a blog post or any website. I’m not sure when it was released but you can embed a google wave into any website with a Google Web Element called “Wave Element”. To do so go to: http://www.google.com/webelements/wave/ and just past the wave url you want to embed in the box and the Wave Element will provide you with the code to embed. Here’s an example and closing question below.

How are you using Google Wave?



Posted on May 28, 2010 - by

Blog post from Google Reader RSS shares on the Social Web for May 28th

Today, while reading RSS feeds in my Google Reader, I came across these interesting blog posts. Some of the post topics range from WordPress themes/tips, marketing, design, youtube videos, blogging, social media and social networks. If you found one of them useful or if you have any feedback, let me know in the comments.

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Wayne Sutton shared NPS in B2B?.
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Wayne Sutton shared Social Media Insider: All Mobile Is Social.
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Wayne Sutton shared Location History, “Footstreams” & Aggregated Check-in Data Will Transform LBS.
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Wayne Sutton shared Meet Steve Kirk: The Man Who Wrote The Farmville Song.
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Wayne Sutton shared Is Mobile the Next Newsstand?.
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Wayne Sutton shared Is Someone Trying To Get My Twitter Account Banned?.
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Wayne Sutton shared iBookstore now allows individuals to submit their e-books.
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Wayne Sutton shared World Cup Soccer Players Stopped From Using Social Media.
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Wayne Sutton shared Cool Tool Review: Google Alerts.
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Wayne Sutton shared VOIP – AT Not Ready for Primetime?.
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Wayne Sutton shared Coupon Site TrimBack.com Adds 7000th Online Store.

Posted on May 28, 2010 - by

Location Based Post Round-up: Geo / Location based news from the past week.



Location, Location, Location, that what was said at the end of 2009 of being the next big thing in “social media’ or marketing or just the next big thing. Has it lived up to all the hype? I would say so but I’m a little bias because of TriOut. Regardless as more brands launch location based promotions and location-based startups just “launch” the location-based services/marketing industry is truly one to watch. Starting today I’m going to post a weekly round of location based blog post from around the social web. You know I wanted to call the post “This week in Location” but I’ll let @Jason and @leolaporte hold on to the “This week in” name for now. :) Here are the location based post round-up for the week.

Brand Security Issues With Geo-Listings
by: @smartfinds

The importance of protecting your brand stems from local consumers performing a significant volume of searches for businesses, products and services in their local area. They look up local information through web searches and through mobile searches. As they look up this information, they get to see pictures, videos, consumer reviews about your business, products or services. If this information is not appealing to the local consumer they will avoid your business.

Location History, “Footstreams” & Aggregated Check-in Data Will Transform LBS
by: @gsterling

And while the individual location history is interesting to review, it’s the aggregated information — such as being collected by Skyhook — that will provide fascinating and valuable “real world analytics” to retailers, restaurants and numerous other types of businesses and marketers.

Where Have I Been? Get Your Answer with the Google Location History Dashboard
by: @GoogleMobile

We’re really excited to make Latitude and your location more useful to you, but we definitely understand that your privacy is important. Just as before, Google Location History is entirely opt-in only and your location history is available privately to you and nobody else. Additionally, you may be asked to periodically re-enter your password when opening any Location History page, even if you’re signed in to your Google Account already (just to make sure you’re really you). Of course, you may always delete any or all of your location history in the Manage History tab or disable Location History at any time.

DeHood: A Location-Based Social Network for Your Neighborhood
by: @fredericl

While DeHood definitely has great potential, the app currently suffers from the simple fact that it doesn’t have a lot of users yet. Given that other networks like Gowalla and FourSquare already have a lot of momentum (though not the feature set of DeHood), it will be hard for DeHood (and other companies that want to enter this space) to persuade users to switch networks and build up their social networks from scratch again.

Check-Ins, Geo-Fences, And The Future Of Privacy
by: @erickschonfeld

When it comes to geo-privacy there are two extremes. Foursquare makes you explicitly check into each place where you want to share your location. That is good for privacy—you only have yourself to blame if you broadcast your location from the strip club—but it makes using the application a bit of a chore. You have to remember to pull out your phone every time you enter a new place and look like a dork while you are checking in. It is also rude when you are at a bar or restaurant with friends and everyone (all the guys, usually) are looking down at their cell phones, but I digress.

Foursquare Nearing 1 Million Checkins Per Day
by: @Jbruin

Foursquare Co-Founder Dennis Crowley says that the 10 plus checkins per second figure was on a Wednesday night, and that the company is averaging 700,000 checkins per day. He projects to hit the 1 million mark by mid to late June.

Millions of Incorrect Listings Plague Location-Based Services
by: @fredericl

Currently, there is no single location database with perfectly accurate information that all of the different vendors can access – and that’s probably a good thing, as it allows developers to use the databases that suit their needs best. If Placecast’s data is correct, however, an error rate that ranges from 8% to 40% is simply too high for consumer products that want to guide people to the right location in the real world.

Market for Location-Based Services is Heating Up for Startups
by: @chcameron

As more tools like SimpleGeo make the incorporation of sophisticated technologies and infrastructures faster and more cost-effective for startups, the opportunities to create truly innovative location-based services will continue to grow.

From SocialWayne.com this week:
Podcast #11 – All about Location with @LouisGray on Foursquare, Google, East vs West check-ins & Facebook privacy
The value of the check in using location based services for businesses and customers. Time to measure those check-ins

Are there other posts you have read about the location-based industry the past week? Let me know in the comments.


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