Submitted by Michaelfidler:
Today I received some disturbing news on the Twitter Developers mailing list. In a post on the list, Alex Payne, the API Lead for Twitter, informed developers they would be placing new limits on the API which will take place at the end of this week. In the note, he said:. (Read More)
Submitted by Solacetech:
Soon, anyone with a Facebook account will soon be able to use it as login for micro-blogging service Twitter, we've learned.That's because Twitter is at this very moment working on an integration with Facebook Connect -- the service that allows Facebook members to login to third-party Web sites using their Facebook account. (Read More)
: Serious? Ok, so combine that with the fact that Google just announced Twitter is coming to Google Connect. Does that mean you can use that as a workaround to login to Google Connect using your Facebook account??? :)
All Things Digital
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 (Read More)
: Excellent simple summary of Twitter. I can't count the number of times I've been asked what it is and how to use it; this will help answer that question.
Mashable!
Is there anything Twitter can’t do? Apparently, you can even use it to guesstimate the result of US presidential elections in certain states. This little chart below, although not graphically beautiful, is the result of some algorithms put together by Setfive Consulting. They’re parsing tweets to see if users ha (Read More)
: This reminds me of "Dewey defeats Truman". The US twitter community is significantly left-leaning, which automatically leads to bad polling data. I love twitter, but using it to predict political issues is silly, the majority of the twitter community are almost guaranteed to be democrats or at least left-leaning independents.
Lifehacker
When every character counts, the right URL compacting service can mean the difference between saying what you want and desperately trying to fit a coherent thought into a few insufficient words. Earlier this week we asked you to share your favorite URL shrinking tools, and now we're back with the five most popular answers. (Read More)
Mashable!
Addictions expert David Smallwood claims that Facebook can fuel insecurity in users, can cause something he calls “friendship addiction,” and should generally be avoided by people with addiction issues. “Acquisition of friends is like any other fix but it’s competitive you judge yourself by how many (Read More)
Submitted by Robdiana
from Google Reader:
Unfortunately we’ve entered a phase of dead pools and layoffs. We all know that things are going to be in the range of not-that-great to something less than that for the next while. I’ve been trying to stay positive over the last few weeks, absorbing as much as I can about how the proverbial fundamentals of the Internet (re (Read More)
: @jasongoldberg sounds like they hit a nerve :) I do agree though that announcing layoffs and failed companies is generally ok as news, but the dead pool and layoff tracker go a bit too far.
USAElectionPolls.com
Here are the polls that have been added since Wednesday morning. The one poll that has had the most play in the media was the one we entered in wrong! We had Obama's lead in PA to be 6% but it really is 15% according to Quinnipiac University. A major oopsy doopsy on our part. I was impressed with the 6% lead (which was Obam (Read More)