Tech Week in Review 8-13-2010
Google Launches Chrome to Phone and Voice Actions At their mobile event yesterday, Google launched two features for mobile that aim to make life easier and illustrate the changing landscape of the web. Chrome to Phone and Voice Actions both enhance and extend your mobile device. Chrome to Phone makes it easy to shift things [...]
Read MoreTwitter Targets Tweetmeme with Official Tweet Buttons
Twitter is set to release a set of buttons for web publishers that will make it easy for visitors to share content on Twitter. The buttons are simple to install, just copy/paste a single line of code. You can choose a Javascript version, an iFrame, or a custom setup. They come in 3 different sizes: [...]
Read MoreSeesmic Web Adds Drag-n-Drop List Management
The latest updates for the popular Seesmic Web Twitter client are very interesting and add some much needed functionality. Updates include viewing threads and retweets, geolocation, drag-n-drop list management, tweetmeme integration, and an enhanced contact manager. Retweets and Threads Being able to keep up with a conversation on Twitter is always difficult. If it draws [...]
Read MoreThings Aren’t Looking Good For Retweet.com
was actually pretty interested to see what Retweet.com had to offer when I heard that they finally went public. They’re a direct competitor to the popular retweet service Tweetmeme and a little competition is always a good thing. I also expected good things since they probably have the best possible domain for a service that’s all about retweets. I was a little surprised by what I learned later.
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