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An Overview of Twitter Clients for Linux (Linux Journal)
Daniel Bartholomew reviews a number of Linux twitter clients on Linux Journal."Micro-blogging sites are everywhere these days. There's Jaiku, FriendFeed, Pownce, Tumblr, and Identi.ca, to name a few. For many, though, the original micro-blogging site is the best: Twitter. It certainly has the biggest userbase, if nothing else. If you don't know what micro-blogging is and how it is different from regular blogging, check out one of the many online Twitter introductions.One thing that has helped Twitter become as popular as it has is the Twitter API. For users of Twitter, this ability for nearly any developer to create applications that work with the service means that in addition to posting via a browser or my cell phone, I can post from a score of different Desktop applications."
Twitter Applying To Have ‘Tweet’ Trademarked
Twitter is attempting to gain some kind of control of the use of "Twitter" and "Tweet" in a way that reminds me of Google’s attempt back in 2006.
TechCrunch got its hand on an email that was sent out to one Twitter app developer:Hi,Twitter, Inc is uncomfortable with the use of the word Tweet (our trademark) and the similarity in your UI and our own. How can we go about having you change your UI to better differentiate your offering from our own?Thanks,That prompted an official response from Twitter’s chief of damage control Biz Stone. The use of "Twitter" appears to be pretty much off limits, but his comments about using "Tweet" have me puzzled:We have applied to trademark Tweet because it is clearly attached to Twitter from a brand perspective but we have no intention of "going after" the wonderful applications and services that use the word in their name when associated with Twitter. In fact, we encourage the use of the word Tweet. However, if we come across a confusing or damaging project, the recourse to act responsibly to protect both users and our brand is important.I’m not a trademark attorney–if you are, correct me if I am wrong–but if you register a trademark, aren’t you obliged to police it? I was under the impression that if you didn’t prevent others from using your trademark, you risked losing the protections granted by its registration.If that is the case, maybe third-party application developers should be worried after all.In addition, the above sentiment is how Twitter feels about the situation today, but what about in five years from now? What if it’s acquired by Google or News Corp–and they have a more stringent policy on the use of their trademarks?One blog post does not make a legal exemption. I’d be careful of your use of Twitter or Tweet if your product can in any way be confused as an official company offering.Comments
Flickr Just Now Allowing Connectivity With Twitter
VentureBeat reports that Flickr is finally enabling its users to tweet their photos on the service.What took them so long? Flickr now has a built-in feature that lets members tweet their photos. “You can upload directly to Flickr and Twitter simultaneously, or tweet a photo already on Flickr, using a special short Flic.kr URL,” says the company’s FAQ. It also explains how to post photos from your phone, and how to tweet from Flickr.Flickr spelled out the “how to’s” in the following from their PR firmTo use Flickr 2 Twitter, members need to first authorize Flickr to post to their Twitter accounts. Once authorized, members will be able to tweet photos from the “Blog This” button on their photo page or from their mobile devices.Mobile uploading is possible once members enable their Upload by Email settings (unique Flickr email upload address + “2twitter”). After you’ve successfully tweeted your Flickr photo, it will look something like this.
Is there anything else out there that hasn’t joined the Twitter trend?Comments
Apps Bring Web 2.0 to Your Old-Fashioned E-Mail
Email is truly the elder statesman of the Internet, and Twitter is undoubtedly the golden child. Email has been there since the beginning, while Twitter hasn't been with us for a full 2 years yet. But there has been a lot of talk lately about the death of email (rumors that may turn out to have been greatly exaggerated), thanks to messaging on social networking sites. Yet, Twitter's popularity continues to climb in spite of a few recent stability issues (to put it politely). Basically, Twitter is a Web 2.0 darling, while email is about as Web 1.0 as you can get. This month, we'll look at a plug-in for Microsoft Outlook that brings a little bit of Web 2.0 (and some analytics) to your email and an AIR (Adobe integrated runtime) app that could very well be "Outlook for Twitter."Xobni (www.xobni.com)What is it? A plug-in for Microsoft Outlook that automatically provides contact information and easy access to emails and attachmentsWho cares? Overwhelmed Outlook users and the forgetfulHow does it work? Xobni adds a sidebar to the right side of the Outlook window that provides a search field and contact information. Xobni indexes your email and searches across all folders. Unlike Outlook's default "Look for" function, Xobni actually displays a snippet of text with the query term highlighted.But Xobni really focuses on the contact information. Whenever an email is selected in Outlook's reading pane, Xobni displays the name of the sender and his or her phone number, which it extracts from email text. If you've never received an email with the person's phone number, a link to send a preformatted email requesting the sender's phone number is provided. There's also a link to send an email scheduling a meeting with that contact.Xobni also graphs all email interaction with that contact,...
Cyberspace Shapes Up To Be Next Battleground
Congressional computers have been penetrated, probably by the Chinese. The avionics system of the F-22 fighter may be compromised. Computers of our presidential candidates were hacked into --- and probably not by teenagers on a lark.Last year's advance of Russian tanks into Georgia was accompanied by the disruption of Georgian government computer systems.These are only public manifestations of a new reality: Attacks on computer systems will be an integral element of future conflict, and the United States is more dependent on computer networks than any other nation.Both policy-makers and the military are in the early stages of coming to grips with this threat. We need to take some important first steps to strengthen our national capability to defend ourselves in cyberspace.First, we must abandon the notion that static defenses will help us against sophisticated threats.One bipartisan Senate bill proposes to establish a government committee to set standards for all computer systems and software.This is the electronic equivalent of building a Maginot Line of concrete fortifications against a mobile enemy.It may keep common criminals at bay, but it will be no defense against a mobile and adaptable top-tier adversary.American government and private computer systems operate on an interconnected global network that is constantly changing like a biological organism.It operates at light speed, and both friends and adversaries are connected to the same network.We must anticipate that the most dangerous players will stay quiet until a time of national tension.Our cyber-defense capabilities must be inherently dynamic, with a close connection between system operators, intelligence analysts, and the researchers who can rapidly build and deploy tools to protect or restore vital capabilities.Second, our intelligence on other countries' cyber capabilities must be strengthened.We have scores of trained experts who know the ins and outs of foreign radars and missile systems and almost none who...
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