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The New Twhirl-Seesmic: Preview Release Invite
Twhirl is a desktop client for social software such as Twitter and Friendfeed. Just this weekend, Loic Le Meur introduced a new preview version of Twhirl which includes Ping.fm and Seesmic video integration.It’s very cool. To get your beta invitation to this special preview, click here.The following are a few of the new features of this new preview release:
Catch more tweets from people talking about you and then engage them: your @username timeline displays all of the tweets that mention your username.
Post your messages from Twhirl to Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, WordPress and a other services: this is all done with Ping.fm integration; in addition you can now also send a video via Seesmic to all the social media nets you setup.
Record a video and reply to your friends straight from Twhirl: reply to any of your friends straight from Twhirl and follow the conversation–in real time.
Follow in near-real time any topic, brand or username with the new saved searches showing up in your main timeline: your friends tweets and saved searches appear in the same stream to make it all easy to follow.
Check out Robert Scoble’s interview with Loic — it’s an informative walk-through of Twhirl’s new features:
Sources: Loic Le Meur, Robert Scoble
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Joe the Plumber Goes to Gaza as a TV Reporter
Samuel “Joe” Wurzelbacher , the Ohio man who became famous during the U.S. presidential campaign after asking Barack Obama about his tax plan, is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for Pajamas TV Gaza Update.
“Joe” was held up by the McCain campaign as an example of an American worker who would be hurt economically by Obama’s election.
Wurzelbacher will spend 10 days covering the fighting and explaining why Israeli forces are mounting attacks against Hamas. He tells WNWO-TV in Toledo that he wants “go over there and let their ‘Average Joes’ share their story.”
Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin
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New Wifi “Nanny Cam” Spy Cam from D-Link
D-Link today introduced the DCS-1130, a wifi video camera that enables remote monitoring of live streaming video from a web browser. With this new gadget, you can easily monitor your babysitter, employees, dogwalker, etc. from anywhere in the world.
According to Steven Joe, president and CEO, D-Link Systems, Inc. in Fountain Valley, Calif:
Our new network camera offers an ideal solution for the home or small business, providing many features found in more costly surveillance systems, with powerful 802.11n Wi-Fi capability so customers have greater range and flexibility for installing cameras where coverage is needed,” said “The cameras also offer a user experience unmatched in the industry, enabling customers to quickly view and manage their cameras from a standard web browser with Internet connectivity.
You can watch the live streams from your PC or even from your 3G phone!
Source: Company press release
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Top Tech Predictions for 2009: Wall Street Speaks
J.P. Morgan and Barclays Capital both released top tech predictions lists for 2009. Here’s a look:
Imran Khan’s 2009 Tech Predictions (J.P. Morgan)
- Potential search deal likely between Yahoo! and Microsoft
- Net Neutrality should become an important mainstream issue
- Challenges in monetizing video advertising should persist
- Mobile usage should continue its strong growth momentum, but mobile
advertising will likely be challenging this year - Possible bankruptcies in brick-and-mortar retail should create opportunities
for eCommerce companies - M&A consolidation activities could potentially resume during 2H’09 (IPO market is dead until 2010)
Doug Anmuth’s 2009 Tech Predictions (Barclays Capital)
- Yahoo and eBay will make major strategic decisions
- Performance-based advertising will be more important than ever
- Increased Competition For Search Distribution Via Toolbars, OEM Deals, and Partnerships
- Proliferation of Smart Phones Will Drive The Mobile Internet
- Small Strategic Acquisitions Will Re-Emerge
- Ad Networks To Consolidate
Hat Tip: Erik Schoenfeld, TechCrunch
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links for 2009-01-05
- louisgray.com: 40 Key Elements to Getting Started In Social Media(tags: blogging)
- Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: My New Year’s Resolution: Use Social Media Efficiently – 52 Tips (tags: socialmedia philanthropy)
- New Gaza War Reports Combine Tweets, Maps, SMS | Danger Room from Wired.com (tags: socialmedia Israel)
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links for 2009-01-04
- Samurai archery, an ancient sport, still thrives – Yahoo! News (tags: samurai)
- Tips and How-To’s: iPhone Music Management | The iPhone Blog(tags: iPhone)
- HOW TO: Track Gaza Using Social Media(tags: socialmedia Israel twitter)
- 10 Ways Twitter Will Change Blog Design in 2009 (tags: web2.0 socialmedia twitter trends)
- Exclusive: New Palm phone to have slide-down keyboard, large touchscreen (tags: mobile)
- 10 Mobile Social Networks to Check Out – ReadWriteWeb (tags: web2.0 socialmedia)
- Scientists discover true love – Times Online (tags: neuroscience)
- Nine ways to think yourself thin – Times Online (tags: health)
- Michelle Malkin » Who says conservative bloggers don’t do reporting?(tags: media)
- UCSF researcher Elizabeth Blackburn’s search for longer quality of life (tags: ucsf genomics aging mindfulness)
- CD: Messiaen, ‘Fêtes des belles eaux’(tags: music)
- Samuel Huntington and the Positivity of Power Thinking – NYTimes.com (tags: neuroesthetics neuroscience neuropsychology)
- Self-Taught Chef’s Hong Kong Eatery Earns Two Michelin Stars – WSJ.com (tags: moleculargastronomy)
- Why We Keep Falling for Financial Scams – WSJ.com (tags: neurofinance neuropsychology)
- Gadget of the Week: Rovio Mobile Camera(tags: gadgets video photography)
- Ten Business Predictions for 2009 – BusinessWeek (tags: predictions)
- Tech Trader Daily – Barron’s Online : Apple: Jobs Isn’t Sick, Says Argus Research (tags: apple gossip)
- The top 10 tech things that won’t happen in 2009 – MarketWatch(tags: technology predictions)
- Orwell, blinding tribalism, selective Terrorism, and Israel/Gaza – Glenn Greenwald – Salon.com (tags: Israel terrorism)
- Sarkozy: Hamas to blame for Gaza suffering – Haaretz – Israel News (tags: Israel Sarkozy)
- Can the IDF break Hamas’ fighting motivation? (tags: terrorism Israel)
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