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Webwag launches mobile Twitter widget

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Webwag TwitterWebwag now offers a versatile access to Twitter, both on mobile and on the web. The mobile widget is powered by Webwag Mobile, a real widgets engine for mobile phone, and the web widget uses the strong Webwag backend. User can now easiliy stay in touch and keep up with friends no matter where they are.

On Webwag mobile Twitter widget, users can easily see if there are updates among their friends, read them, with pictures, and send twitter messages in a snap. On the web version, the Twitter widget makes it easy to see and answer your friends’ twitts in a nice configurable interface.

“We are very excited to launch Twitter widgets on Webwag simultanously on mobile and on the web. Twitter is one of the fastest-growing phenomena on the Internet. Working with the Twitter team was a pleasure and we are very excited to offer the Twitter power to our users,” According to Franck Poisson, Webwag CEO.

Twitter on Webwag Mobile is available on Java mobile handsets and on Webwag.com, enter a phone number and that’s it. The user then receives an SMS to install Webwag Mobile on his device. Webwag Mobile works with up to 10 times less data compared to WAP applications.

Originally posted on July 11, 2007 @ 8:11 am

Google Gets Popularity Crown, Beating Apple, Facebook and Twitter

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There are times when you take survey results with a grain of salt – and for some, this new survey may be one instance you need to do it.

According to a survey conducted by ABC/Washington Post, Google is the most popular company compared to such heavyweights like Apple, Facebook, and Twitter. To make it more eyebrow raising, the poll was conducted during the period when people expressed outrage over Google’s new unified privacy policy (from Mar 28 to April 1). [Read more…]

Originally posted on April 11, 2012 @ 11:00 am

InstaBG Spruces Up Your Twitter Background

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One sign of a service’s popularity is the proliferation apps related to that service. Take for example Twitter. The microblogging social service is so hugely popular that many companies have developed their own apps that will allow users to access their own Twitter accounts and read others.

But even if Twitter apps for mobile devices are very convenient to use, the whole user experience is still quite different from using Twitter in its original environment – your browser. One of the best reasons to use Twitter using your browser is the personalization you can apply to your Twitter page. If mobile devices have apps for accessing Twitter. The desktop PC also has online services that allow the user to personalize his Twitter page. [Read more…]

Originally posted on January 31, 2012 @ 7:15 pm

InstaBG your Twitter feed

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Twitter is arguably one of the biggest and most successful social networking services on the planet. The ability to microblog, be heard by potentially millions of people and find out what other people are doing, thinking or sharing – whether they’re famous or not – is a winning combination.

If you’ve been a Twitter user chances are you don’t use any of the Twitter applications for the desktop PC, mobile devices or tablets. Majority of Twitter users still use the Twitter web site to access their accounts. Anyone who’s used Twitter online knows how drab the Twitter site is. It’s a very Spartan affair. It may reflect the Twitter philosophy of “less is more” but it would be cool to actually personalize your personal Twitter page. [Read more…]

Originally posted on December 14, 2011 @ 12:59 pm

5 Twitter Etiquettes You Should Care About

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For businesses that maintain twitter presence, there is an unspoken list of etiquettes that one must adhere to. These etiquettes arise out of a need to acknowledge your target audience and give respect to all those who interact with you using the medium of twitter. Some of these etiquettes are pretty simple and do not consume much time. Let us discuss these over the following points:

1. Acknowledge those followers who send a message to you. While there may be automated bots that could have been used to follow your account, there is a chance that many genuine followers will use a manual effort to follow your tweets. And these visitors and followers need to be acknowledged to offer them the respect they deserve.

2. If you run a business, then your twitter language must adhere to professional levels of excellence. You must try to avoid language that is mostly abbreviated.  The language being used must be clear, concise and crisp.  [Read more…]

Originally posted on October 10, 2011 @ 7:00 am