Hellotxt is a social network application that enables users to update status on Twitter, FaceBook, FriendFeed, Plurk, Friendster and other services simultaneously. This is a good service if you are using several social networks or services. Video and Photo uploading right through your status is possible. You may also use your website, email or mobile phone through Hellotxt. A registration is necessary and eureka, it works great with Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and IE.
Vlingo, is an iPhone and BlackBerry smartphones application that enables you to speak out your tweets instead of tabbing them on your phone.
Vlingo is a voice-powered user interface that unlocks access to mobile phone wireless data services. Vlingo for iPhone™ and Vlingo for BlackBerry smartphones allows users to speak into their device and have many popular applications carry out their respective functions. This includes dialing your phone, sending an email or SMS, creating and saving a memo or task, opening a web browser and performing a web search, composing a social-networking status message and more.
Vlingo translates your voiced tweets into words, then it lets you view your record, and post your updates either on Facebook or Twitter.
vlingo for iPhone
Vlingo for iPhone is a free application that allows you to search the web, use Google Maps, update your FaceBook and Twitter accounts, and dial phone numbers, all by speaking into the device.vlingo for BlackBerry
Vlingo is a free application for BlackBerry smartphones that lets you search the web, compose an email or SMS, make a call, send a note to yourself, create a task or memo and more, all by using your voice. No tapping, no thumbs, just good old speaking. Results are returned almost instantaneously.
Twitual is a Twitter app that helps you analyze tweeps who follow you, tweeps followed by you, tweeps who are both friends and followers of you, tweeps who follow, but you don't follow back, and tweeps who you follow, but who don't follow back. Just enter your Twitter username (password not required), and let Twitual analyze.
Here is my analysis: @jeelchristine
However, there's a downside to this since Twitual does not let you unfollow Twitter users who doesn't follow your tweets but Twitter Karma does.
Friend Or Follow is similar to Twitual that it lets you view who are your followers in Fans category, tweeps who you are not following you back in Following category and, tweeps who are following you back in Friends category. And you can see all these tweeps' profile pictures. It does not require a password for your username. Just like Twitual, Friend Or Follow does not let you unfollow tweeps who are not following you or follow those who you are not following but are following you.
And here is my result for Friends, or tweeps who I am following back.
Twitter as we all know has become a fast growing micro-blogging social network that even Facebook is making their own platform similar to Twitter's after a failed bid.
Twitter Inc. is at a critical juncture now that the popular Facebook Inc. has redesigned its services to, well, be a lot more like Twitter, according to analysts.
Facebook announced late yesterday that its public profiles have been updated to allow users to share their information with an unlimited number of friends. The updates, according to Facebook, can "be brief messages" similar to Tweets or longer ones that include photos and videos. The new Facebook setup will also enable businesses, organizations or even celebrities to blast out information to customers, members or fans. Read More
But I don't really find the reason why Facebook has to compete with Twitter because both are different and are similar in ways. Well, its not a question of competition, its to attract users and make online social networking better. Both are status updaters, wherein members get to update their status as often as they can. Members may also use Twitter application in order for them to update their Twitter status just within his or her Facebook Box. See how my Twitter app looks like in my Facebook Box
And this is how the new Facebook Homepage looks like.
See original view here.
Updates will be able to be filtered by groups, specific friends, family, or by applications. A new publishing box for sharing updates will incorporate the ability to add not just status notes, but also links, photos, and videos. A new widget will highlight items from friends and other connections members interact with the most. Read More.
Generally, I have nothing against Facebook designing a new homepage, however I enjoy Facebook because of its originality in fetaures and this new Twitter-like homapage project omits this value of originality. Regardless of my biases, this new homepage will allow users to filter their feeds, and thus making life easier for that matter! A thumbs up for Facebook.
