Twitter candidly accepts that the support tools were hacked

This is a follow-up post about the recently published article on Twitter Account Hacks. The latest post on Twitter Blog addresses the issue of the havoc caused on high-profile (hacked) Twitter accounts. The post candidly accepts that their own support tools were hacked because of which 33 Twitter-ers lost control [...]


Twitter Account Hacks: Britney, Obama, FOXNews, Rick Sanchez.. Fall Victims

Twitter accounts are in serious trouble as I have seen at least 4 high-profile twitter accounts being hacked in the last 1 hour. Could this be a coincidence that these accounts are hacked at the same time or did someone find a loophole in the Twitter security system, it remains to be [...]


TweetYourEats: Tweet Your Way to Healthy Diet by Tracking What You Eat!

I started pretty late on Twitter (couple of months ago,) however followers have been coming on to the list on regular basis.
For those of you who have not signed up with Twitter yet.. it’s not too late.. join now. Twitter is based on a simple concept but people are [...]


Shorty Awards 2008: Nominate Your Favourite Twitterer for the Award!

Twitter is becoming the center of our activities on the internet. In such a scenario it would be interesting to see who are the world’s top twitterers. I am not talking about who tweets the most, quantity often does not translate to quality. So, I am not talking about the people who [...]


Twistori: WeFeelFine for Twitter! I Love it!

Twistori is a twitter based applications which is inspired by wefeelfine.org. WeFeelFine tracks “feelings” articulated on weblogs and sites on the internet, however, Twistori is just limited to “feelings” expressed on twitter.
These feelings include Love, Hate, Think, Believe, Feel and Wish. Once in a while when nothing spicy [...]


Track Quitters on Twitter using Qwitter, Know What Went Wrong!

Social Media is witnessing explosive growth and a site, blog, product, business, etc.. popularity and authority is measured by the number of followers they have on these social sites. That’s not something you’ve heard for the first time right?
Here is a twitter based service called Qwitter (http://useqwitter.com) which tracks your [...]


Twitroid: Twitter Application for Android based Phones. G1 for now!

Here is the first of many Android based applications we will cover in the time to come. This application is called Twitroid.
Application is currently running in sunrise testing phase for the closed user group. In case you are interested in testing this application out as a sunrise tester, shoot an [...]


TwitterCounter: Add Feedburner like counter to show Twitter followers on Blogs!

With growing number of avenues to share and spread your content online it’s also important to show how strongly you are placed on social media networks and how much readers like your site and its content.
That’s exactly what widgets from services like Feedburner and Feedblitz are for. It’s a way [...]


How to Post Long Messages on Twitter? Twitzer has the Answer!

Did you ever log on to Twitter to post “the” most important update ever only to know that Twitter does not think all of it is important but only first 140 characters?  I usually have a tussle with Twitter as to what’s important to me and what’s not. Guess what you and [...]


TwitStamp: Flaunt your Twitts with TwitStamp.

TwitStamp is a service which makes it real easy for users to show their own or someone they follow, latest tweets on their site.
All it takes is, the ID. For example: in http://twitter.com/tnerd “tnerd” is the Twitter ID. Just feed this ID in TwitStamp and generate the code which lets you [...]