Posts Tagged ‘Twitter’

Customizing the Twitter profile through backgrounds from Twitter Gallery

Friday, March 19th, 2010

There are millions of people having a Twitter account. In fact, it is one of the fastest growing social networking website in the world. It isn’t just individuals that are taking part in Twitter but businesses as well as corporations use Twitter in their day to day activities.

The default look of Twitter is great but it isn’t unique. Imagine having the same background with thousands if not millions of other people. Changing the background and a few colors inside it is the only way to customize Twitter so it is best to make sure that this is done right.

TwitterGallery.com has a lot to offer. They have a wide range of Twitter backgrounds from categories such as animals, girls, famous brands and many more. One way to put it is that if you are looking for a background of a specific category, they will most probably have it.

A great feature that is available at TwitterGallery is its automatic installation. By submitting the Twitter username and password, users can let the program do the installation of the background for them instead of them doing it manually. It is a painless way to make sure that the themes are installed properly.

Getting Updated on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin

Monday, March 1st, 2010

There are a lot of social networking websites available on the Internet and most of these have millions of users worldwide. Some of the most famous social networking site includes MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin. A lot of people have accounts on at least one or two social networking website and getting updates on them can be quite a nuisance as users will have to go to different websites to check what is currently going on.

There is a solution at hand and this is no other than Sobees. It is a program made for computers operating on Windows and uses the .NET programming language which can be run with most Windows computers.

Sobees integrates MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin all in one program. Depending on the number of accounts the user has, Sobees can show multiple tabs of different social networking site. Once logged in, users can let the program run in the background and if there are any updates on any of these social networking sites, the users will be notified.

The program is currently in Alpha version which means that it isn’t very stable at the moment. However, users will have no problem in using the program. Those that are interested in downloading Sobees can go to sobees.com.

Series of Google Wave Gadgets

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Thus, in order to make each wave more convenient and fun, Google Wave Gadgets were introduced. Here are some of the available Google Wave Gadgets on the net:

  • Twitter

Include tweety-wave@appspot.com in your contact list and comply with the instructions within the wavelet.

  • Wikify for Wikepedia

Wikify provides you with a complete definition of any subject that you feel like inside a wave. Simply include wikifier@appspot.com every time you require knowing any definition of a term.

  • Map Gadget

Allows users to edit a map, include markers and polys with descriptions and titles. The users can also seek for business and addresses and include them.

  • TwilioBot

Include twiliobot@appspot.com and it will automatically modify the phone numbers within the wave to click-to-call links.

  • iWave

This will let you make a profile in your wave using the Facebook connect.

  • Grauniady

This is a guardian Google wave prototype and you would definitely adore this. Just include grauniady@appspot.com in your contact list and key in a phrase that you wish to search using it. This gadget will demonstrate how mainstream media could take advantage of Google Wave.

  • Starify

This will let you bookmark waves. Just add starifybot@appspot.com to your contact list and you can start monitoring all your starred waves.

  • Bloggy

This distributes your wave contents on a blog site.

There are other Google Wave Gadgets that you may find online and all of them will make your waves more exciting.