Cape Town (CapeTown) Cape Town sur Twitter : "testing the new integrated video feature of #Twitter from The Business Cafe @NeedOffices #TBCCapeTown -d. While you were away... Today we’re introducing something new to your home timeline: a recap of some of the top Tweets you might have missed from accounts you follow. A lot can happen while you’re on the go. To fill in some of those gaps, we will surface a few of the best Tweets you probably wouldn’t have seen otherwise, determined by engagement and other factors. If you check in on Twitter now and then for a quick snapshot of what’s happening, you’ll see this recap more often; if you spend a lot of time on Twitter already, you’ll see it less. Our goal is to help you keep up – or catch up – with your world, no matter how much time you spend on Twitter. Recaps, marked with a “While you were away” heading, will begin to appear for all Twitter for iOS users today, and on our Android app and twitter.com soon.
Update (Feb. 23): this feature is now available for Android users. Update (May 11): this feature is now available on web. Cape Town sur Twitter : "#Twitter lesson via @Martelizebrink - so entertaining!! @BelugaCapeTown... CapeTown : thank you @jack @ev @biz - ... Photos just got more social. We’re rolling out two new mobile features that make photos on Twitter more social. One is photo tagging, which lets you tag the people in your photo; the other is the ability to include up to four photos in a Tweet. Tag up to 10 people in a photoTagging people in a picture makes conversations around photos fun and easy. And tagging doesn’t affect character count in the Tweet — you can tag up to 10 people in a photo and still have all 140 characters at your disposal, making it easier to connect with your friends. If you’re the one being tagged, you’ll get a notification.
You can adjust notifications, as well as who can tag you, in your Settings. Share up to 4 photos in a single TweetAnd now, you can also share a series of photos that automatically create a collage. Additionally, both photo-tagging and Tweets with multiple photos will display in embedded Tweets. To get these new features, download the latest iPhone and Android app. How to Turn Off Twitter's New Photo Preview Feature. Twitter streams across America are now full of pictures, but yours doesn't have to be. An update to the microblogging site Tuesday automatically displays images and Vine videos meaning users don't need to click on a tweet in order to see its visual content. The change has already been implemented on the web, and is available to iOS and Android mobile users who update their app.
But not everyone wants to see tweeted pictures automatically, and there are ways to turn off Tuesday's new feature on mobile. Simply go to settings within the app, and deselect the "Image Previews" tab. Simple as that. It does not appear that you can turn off picture and video previews on Twitter's desktop version, but there may be another setting you wish to visit. Open the settings tab on Twitter.com and you can find a way to set up warnings for content that might be sensitive. Users are already finding interesting ways to utilize the new image preview feature: Have something to add to this story? CapeTown : thinking: who are the influencers ... 11 Twitter "Tips" and "Tricks" That Don't Actually Work. One of the hardest parts about learning something new is that you have little ability to distinguish fact from fluff. You want to soak up as much information as possible without having to fact check every blog post you read on something new.
Unfortunately, in the social media marketing space, you'll find lots "get rich quick" type schemes -- but some of those "tips" and "tricks" people peddle won't actually work. We've already debunked some of the biggest "tips" and "tricks" folks will tell you about Facebook, so we figured we'd move onto another social network and do some more. If you're looking to get the inside scoop on what works on Twitter -- and what really, really doesn't -- keep on reading. Here are the most egregiously inaccurate suggestions for building your business on Twitter. 1) Try the follow, pause, unfollow trick. One easy way to get new followers? I kid ... but that's essentially what this "tip" is. Talk about a terrible way to grow your business. 2) Buy followers. Twitter freshens up its user profile pages. CapeTown : celebrate #Twitter's 8th birthday...
Discover your first Tweet. What to Do When You Spam Twitter. Spam — it's annoying, it's potentially dangerous and it's everywhere. Lately, there's been a surge of it on Twitter, clogging up direct message inboxes and feeds. Receiving spam is bad enough, but when you're the one doling it out, it feels even worse. It can cause you to lose followers, infect your friends' accounts or computers and put your own account in danger. It's important to understand how Twitter spam is generated and what it looks like. The only way your account can generate spam is if it's been hacked.
The most common type of Twitter spam is via tweet. Here's an example of what a spam tweet could look like: Image: Flickr, minjungkim Spam can arrive in the form of a direct message to your Twitter inbox, likely from a follower or someone you know, with a short message and a link. Image: Flickr, IsaacMao There's no need to panic. If you suspect your account is compromised and you're not sure what to do, take these very simple steps to regain control and stop the spread of spam. 1. CapeTown : know your limits #Twitter... A Guide To Twitter Slang, Lingo, Abbreviations And Acronyms. iAmnotMany : #Twitter makes reporting abuse... Twitter hands down new rules to beat abusive talk. Twitter is handing down new rules to control abusive language, the company said Saturday, a move which follows a barrage of nasty, harassing, and threatening messages directed at high-profile female users of the microblogging site.
In a message posted to its website, Twitter says it is introducing a one-click button to report abuse and updating its rules to clarify that it will not tolerate abusive behavior. The one-click button means that users will not have to navigate to Twitter's help center in order to fill out an abuse form - a process some said was too cumbersome to deal with a mass of angry messages - while the new rules includes a stricture against "targeted abuse," something which could include slamming a single user with messages from multiple accounts, creating an account purely to harass someone, or making threats. The company also promised to devote more staff to weed out offending messages. "The abuse they've received is simply not acceptable," he said. Newswires have edge on Twitter | News | News and events. News agencies continue to have an edge over Twitter in being first with the news, a University study has found. Research into reporting of news events by Twitter and newswire services has found that while Twitter can sometimes break news before newswires, for major events there is little evidence that it can replace traditional news outlets.
Twitter’s main benefits for news are bringing additional coverage of events, and for sharing news items of interest to niche audiences or with a short lifespan, such as local sports results. Millions of tweets Twitter and traditional news outlets each have their strengths in terms of delivering news. Dr Miles Osborne School of Informatics Scientists at the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow developed a software algorithm to track Twitter activity. They used it to study 51 million tweets over 11 weeks in summer 2011 and compared these with output from news outlets for the same period. Major news events. Twitter Celebrates 7th Birthday With Greatest-Hits Video. Twitter South Africa (Mzantsi Afrika) - Hot Twitterers. 5 Tips To Pass Twitter 101. It would make sense to assume that by now that the need for daily Twitter Tips is unnecessary; however that’s not the case.
There are tons of people entering into the Twitterworld daily and even more who are failing Twitter 101. That’s part of the reason why my friends over at Twitter Tips, actress Alyssa Milano, my buddy Blair aka @Flipbooks and many others are so popular. You can check out this weeks article from The Huffington Post about Flipbooks here. Bit.ly Pro goes free, custom short domains and analytics for all.
After a year and a half in testing, domain shortening service Bitly has moved its Bitly Pro service out of beta and straight into its core offering, now providing domain shortening and link analytics completely free of charge. The service notes in an official blog post that it now powers over 10,000 custom short domains but will allow any new user to register their own URL for free and without a waiting period. All that a user needs to do is change the DNS settings to point to Bit.ly’s servers and then sign up for the service in account settings.
Not only will users get a short domain, they will be able to register for tracking statistics, allowing users to check how their content is performing on social networks including Twitter and Facebook. Any Bitly link that points to the same domain will also be tracked in the dashboard. Twitter is in the Twitter hot seat. Twitter: add 'Cape Town' as a South Africa TREND location #CapeLove. First, Twitter – thank for adding our country to your locations map – finally the continent is on board. In South Africa, there may very well be more Twitter users in Cape Town than any other city in the country. Cape Town is the Mother City and we nurture technology through the #SiliconCape initiative and play host to many international conferences @CTICC and other venues. The many Twitter users following @CapeTown are engaged and intriguing, diverse and noteworthy. Our @CapeTownTourism account is actively involved in tweeting, our Table Mountain has been voted on 11/11/11 by the world as one of the new 7 Wonders of the World.
As much as we love our brother city Johannesburg @JoziZA (and it is indeed an economic hub), we find it disturbing that this is the only location listed and NONE of the capital cities of our country appears: List us as location please. #TwitterTip: it helps to be consistent. TweetPo.st v2 | Tweet in your face! Twitter to Devs: Don't Make Twitter Clients ... Or Else. Pure play Twitter clients — apps like Echofon, Twidroyd and UberTwitter — got a sharp slap on the wrist today from Twitter platform chief Ryan Sarver.
In an API announcement post, Sarver finally made clear what third-party developers have known for months: The company does not want developers to make Twitter clients any longer. Sure, you can make a Twitter analytics tool like Klout or a Twitter-integrated CRM platform like HootSuite. And the company loves it when startups like Instagram and Foursquare let their users plug in their Twitter accounts. But if you're thinking about making an app that displays and sends tweets, Sarver and company suggest you think again. Especially if that app has a different look and feel or uses different terms than Twitter uses itself. In other words, Twitter wants devs to build apps that use Twitter, not Twitter apps. So why is Twitter cracking down — at least verbally, for now — on apps that look like and function like but aren't Twitter?
"The answer is no. " Free Twitter Backgrounds - Custom Twitter Backgrounds. Twitter applications for efficient micro-blogging courtesy #atCapeTown. CapeTown thinks #plurk cld be used much more, and offers some features that #twitter does not - join for some inside - #agai7u. Fun and Freebies from the Cape Town Tweeple.
CapeTown Tweeple: #MadibaAlive 15 January 20... Home | Mute noisy Twitter friends (for a while) - Muuter.com. Help Center. Pluggio - The Helpful Twitter Client. Share my events on twitter. True Twitter Conversation. Tweepi :: a geekier, faster way to bulk add quality followers.
CapeTown's first tweet. From bad to worse #Twitter #fail @support | Plixi. Not good - really strange. | Plixi. New Web 2.0 Applications. First Five Followers. The Top 7 Twitter clients for Blackberry. In an age of juggernaut smartphones such as Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android-powered devices, Research In Motion’s (RIM) relatively fledgling foray into the mainstream consumer market sees them still battling for consumer mindshare as a general purpose smartphone maker. With that said, RIM’s long-time darling smartphone of the business world, the Blackberry, has come a long way since its conservative suit-and-tie beginnings. With consumer-oriented advertising, user interface improvements, touch screen – and budget devices, RIM are clearly making a push for the mainstream consumer market. The yet-to-be released OS6, is poised to be Blackberry’s most consumer-oriented operating system yet.
A great mainstream consumer smartphone has excellent social media integration and applications. Here then, are seven top Twitter clients for BlackBerry: 1. The Good: Socialscope has an excellent mix of form and function. The Bad: Socialscope is currently in closed beta status. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The Good. Power of Positive Tweeting: Beyond Quotes & Smiley Faces. By Lori Deschene I reluctantly joined Twitter a year ago. Perhaps you can relate to some of my initial excuses for holding out: I thought Twitter was about telling people what I was doing —and it felt like a better idea to save those details for time we spent together in person. I didn’t like the idea of narrating my life via technology.
What if I started talking about it more than experiencing it? I was protective of my anonymity. Then something inside me clicked: Twitter is about sharing small pieces of information with large amounts of people. I was one of those people. In the past year, I’ve made many meaningful connections on Twitter, and introduced quite a few people to my writing, both on my blog and other sites. See Twitter as both a path to a destination and a destination itself. Your online presence isn’t just what you write on your blog. The more the time you put into actually being the person you want to be, the better your chances of getting there. Believe in Twitter karma. Twitglry - Twitter Tools and Applications Gallery. OneForty Twitter Apps. Group Tweet. MegsCakes Megan's Cake Shop I'm taking the truck out tonight, first stop Washington Park at 7pm.
Follow this feed for updates! Via @meg Come in tonight for 2 for 1 cupcakes. I'll be working, say hi! What's your favorite dessert at MegsCakes? Megan's Cake Shop Keeping It Personal Megan's Cake Shop loves how GroupTweet allows them to highlight the different voices of their employees. Share The Load MegsCakes' employees love how GroupTweet allows them to share the responsibility of updating the company account. Seamlessly Add Contributors Employees love how easy it is to update the company account from whichever Twitter client they are already using. VolunteerChi Volunteer in Chicago via @JoshC283: Packet pickup is next to Pole 1A, Hospitality Tent next to Pole 2B via @Relay4life: Race for the Cure starts Saturday at 9am. We are always looking for more volunteers and to spread the word about great opportunities! Volunteer in Chicago Leverage the Power of Contributors Chicago Cubs Scoreboard. MicroChats. Twitter Anniversary | By Twt140.com. How to stay safe on Twitter | Technology.
The Twitter "crimewave" reached a preliminary peak in October 2009, according to Barracuda Networks, which estimated that 12% of accounts created were eventually suspended as either malicious, suspicious or otherwise misused. In 2008, the equivalent "Twitter crime rate" averaged around 2%. Last week, sensibly, Twitter launched a new automatic link-screening service aimed at preventing phishing and other malicious attacks. It also has advice for users on how to stay safe on Twitter: • Use a strong password. • Watch out for suspicious links. • Make sure you're at the real Twitter login page before entering data.
Twitter is also increasingly deleting mis-used accounts, a spokesperson of Barracuda Network says. "We fight phishing scams by detecting affected accounts and resetting passwords," said Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter in a post. According to the report of Barracuda Network, Twitter experienced a number of attacks in 2009 including the following: Twitter Buttons by twt140.com offers unique and free buttons for your blogs, websites, and online profiles.