gadgetloop.com » twitter http://gadgetloop.com Latest Gadget News and More! Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:11:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 How Twitter will eventually make money – Twitter Wingman http://gadgetloop.com/2009/04/how-twitter-will-eventually-make-money-twitter-wingman/ http://gadgetloop.com/2009/04/how-twitter-will-eventually-make-money-twitter-wingman/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:42:03 +0000 Arnold Aranez http://gadgetloop.com/?p=344 twitter_logoOver the last 2 years or so, Twitter users all around the world have wondered how will Twitter eventually make money from this rapidly growing social media site. Looks like the guys are Wired.com have found the answer – Twitter will make money through sales of it’s own branded portable Twitter gadget aptly named the Twitter Wingman.

Some of the features of the Twitter Wingman will include:

  • A $30 – 40 price tag with a two-year contract on Boost Mobile
  • 5-megapixel camera with xenon flash and Carl Zeiss lens
  • Integrated GPS with real time maps that allow you to locate other Wingmen in the area.
  • Bluetooth data transfers between Wingmen.
  • Dedicated hot keys for sending direct tweets, picking up new followers, and retweeting.
  • Aggregation for sorting twitters from celebs, direct messaging friends, plus dedicated news and gossip tweet feeds.
  • Some of the biggest twitterati like Shaquille O’Neil, John Mayer, and Ashton Kutcher are already beta testing this device.

Release date will be around June this year.

I wonder what the plans are for release overseas…

Via Wired.com

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skypetwitter

This mashup is not a replacement for your Twitter client by any means, but you if use Skype as a messenger a lot, it may be a convenient way to quickly update or receive Twitter messages, without having to fish through your pile of open windows. So here goes:

  1. Add twitter4skype as a contact in your Skype account
  2. Send this chat message to twitter4skype:
    /account (shift+return)
    yourTwitterName (shift+return)
    yourTwitterPassowrd (shift+return)
  3. Then your should receive a reply saying that your registration is complete

That’s it! The next time you send a tweet from Skype, it should be forwarded to your Twitter account, and you should receive messages.
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