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The Multimap twitter bot helps you to access the same maps, directions and local information that you find on multimap.com by simply sending direct messages via twitter. You can send a message to fetch local information such as the closest ATM, tourist attraction, park, cinema, theatre or even find entries on wikipedia about what is nearby.

Direct messages on twitter showed up in public timeline - very scary!

I read about this today, and wow! Read the comments to this story. I think it's important reminders to be careful about what we write about it in general.

JungleBot is a 'Twitter Bot' that allows users to query Amazon.com without leaving the comfort of the Twitter command line. Right now, JungleBot allows users to search for books, DVDs, and music by sending a direct message to JungleBot.

A 2010 study reveals Twitter's new direction.

A new 3rd party service that will charge for helping manage access to celebrities and vice-versa through the direct messaging system.

Auto ReTweet Events, Control Frequency of updates on your Twitter page. You can stop it at any time. Basically it is an event management tool. Text message and Direct messages sent to any users that confirm on guestlist or rsvp prior to event. FREE

"What are you going to get done with just a standalone Twitter? You're going to have a lot of conversations around something -- have conversations about content, collaboration, and people," says Ross Mayfield, CEO of Socialtext. "That's why I think something that is a conversational tool like this really benefits from a direct tie-in to the way you're otherwise working."

Tweet Tweet is a plugin for WordPress that will archive your tweets, and the tweets of everyone you follow, plus replies you receive from strangers, and direct messages too. All these tweets will be stored safely in your database.

[Notules, Chroniques vagabondes] Comment expliquer le succès phénoménal de Twitter ? "La semaine dernière, en évoquant Europeana, nous avons parlé des portails à très grande échelle. Aujourd'hui, je voudrais discuter l'évolution actuelle des Microformats, surtout celle représentée par le service Twitter. Twitter, c'est l'équivalent d'un SMS sur le web. Les attentats de Bombay ont démontré encore une fois l'utilité et l'importance de la plateforme (des blogueurs ont été les premiers à reporter les attentats et à les suivre en direct): Twitter une communication quasi-instantannée, une multiplicité de voix et de perspectives et une large diversité de contenu. Tel qu'il semble évoluer en ce moment, le service est en train de modifier la culture du réseau en légitimant une pratique ancrée dans la liberté de la contrainte: bavardage et superflu sont éliminés au profit de l'exactitude et de la promptitude" (...)

Those who have panicked that their Twitter followers have dropped - don't be paranoid! The twitter spammers have again taken the axe. Twitter self corrects about every 90 days and you'll get used to it. The fact is that Twitter is for meaningful, authentic communication - albeit short and if you do that, it can be a fun, and useful part of your personal learning network. It is unique to you and how you want to do it! Remember that it is not about the followers although you'll have people direct message you that you can somehow buy 200 or even 500 followers a day -- like that will enrich your life! Come on -- twitter is great and it is not about how many people follow YOU anyway - if you get tied up in that too much then you're probably really there for just selfish reasons anyway. Enjoy and have fun!

Topify, a simple but powerful tool, saves a lot of time and energy when replying to direct messages and responding to new followers. Topify also has an added value in detecting spam followers.

Interesting piece at Techcrunch commenting on CNN using Twitter but with broken link directing.

If your not using this tool, your missing the boat. Since reversing the company's strategy away from short video clips and more toward the world of status updates, Loic Le Meur and the Seesmic team have forged ahead in working to deliver a strong alternative to TweetDeck, letting Twitter and Facebook users update their status, view friends' updates and manage their social networking accounts from their desktop - complete with multiple account support, multiple columns, and all the standard features you would expect, from profile viewing to direct messages and search. Yesterday, at the TechCrunch CrunchUp event, Loic demonstrated not just a new version of Seesmic Desktop, but also a Web version that operates completely in the browser. And guess what? It's good - easily the best Web interface I've seen for Twitter yet.

Après plusieurs mois en bêta privée, c'est aujourd'hui que sort Socialomate, nouvel outil pour Twitter développé par Jean-François Ruiz (que vous connaitrez certainement pour la Startup Academy ou le Webdeux Connect) et son équipe. Socialomate se définit comme votre "Assistant social media" et va vous permettre d'automatiser une relation par message privé avec vos followers Twitter. Un peu à l'image des outils d'emailing qui permettent de réaliser des scenariis avec une base d'utilisateurs, l'outil permet de créer des campagnes sur différents critères, et ensuite d'automatiser l'envoi d'un message. Oui, vous avez bien lu, c'est un outil pour envoyer du dm en masse et/ou en automatique.