Twingly launches microblog search — Twitter search with a sprinkle of Jaiku and a dash of Identi.ca

Twingly launches microblog search — Twitter search with a sprinkle of Jaiku and a dash of Identi.ca

Blog search tool Twingly’s new microblog search, as a concept, makes a lot of sense. You enter a keyword in one search box and get results from services like Twitter, Jaiku and Identi.ca. But in practice there’s a problem — and it’s not Twingly’s problem… Continue Reading

Identi.ca gets fresh aid in quest to out-message Twitter

Identi.ca gets fresh aid in quest to out-message Twitter

How many ways can you send 140-character messages to the people you care about? Tiny Twitter rival Identi.ca is trying to find out, and it’s raised a small angel round from Montreal Start Up to help it in that pursuit. While Twitter has been gaining… Continue Reading

FriendFeed says ‘SUP to some new services

FriendFeed says ‘SUP to some new services

We first wrote about FriendFeed working a new Really Simple Syndication (RSS) supplement that it was calling Simple Update Protocol (SUP) earlier this year. The idea was to speed up the way new content is pulled into the social aggregator. Today, FriendFeed has announced several… Continue Reading

Twitter gets its sexy back. And by “sexy” I mean users.

Twitter gets its sexy back. And by “sexy” I mean users.

The third party site traffic analytic tools were unanimous: usage of Twitter went down fairly substantially during the middle of June. That tends to happen when you service simply doesn’t work. This lead many to proclaim that other services such as Plurk, Identi.ca and FriendFeed… Continue Reading

Twitter refugees find a new home (at least for this week): Identi.ca

Twitter refugees find a new home (at least for this week): Identi.ca

First everyone was going to leave Twitter for Jaiku. Then everyone was going to leave Twitter for Pownce. Then everyone was going to leave Twitter for Plurk. Then everyone was going to leave Twitter for FriendFeed. There’s just one problem. Everyone is still on Twitter.

A… Continue Reading