Tr.im On The Way Out…Again?
According to TNW, Tr.im is no longer accepting URL shortening requests from it’s website. They have posted a message on the site that says so and recommends a few other alternatives for shortening URL’s, including bit.ly and tinyurl. A pretty odd move indeed, unless you take their past into account. You might recall Tr.im actually [...]
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A new 99-cent application from Tiverias Apps called GPush (iTunes link) aims to change that. Calling GPush simple would be an understatement – this app literally has a one-track mind. The only thing it does is provide push notifications for new emails in Gmail. It doesn’t open emails, or send emails, it just lets you know when new ones arrive, as soon as they arrive, and no matter what you’re doing.
Read MoreTr.im Concedes Victory to Bit.ly
The Tr.im URL shortener has discontinued service. Tr.im was actually one of my favorite URL shorteners and I’m sad to see it go. Being an avid user of social media, I have shortened a lot of URL’s in my time. To think that many of those will suddenly go dead in less than a year is pretty disturbing. As I’ve mentioned before, my mother actually introduced me to this service and it was the first time I saw a shortener do statistics. When I just told her they were shutting down, she did the Home Alone face and she has good reason to be upset.
Read More7 URL Shorteners and Why You Might Use Them
There are about a million different was to shrink a URL these days. I asked my friends on Twitter and FriendFeed what service they use. Most of you picked TinyURL or whatever service your software chose for you. Further discussion revealed that many of us have no clue how useful a URL shortener can be, [...]
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