Plurk hates iPlurk, creates its own iPhone app
A few weeks ago, I had some problems with iPlurk, an iPhone app for the micro-messaging service Plurk. My main beef with the app was that the third-party developers who made it failed to capture what makes Plurk unique in its field. Well, I’ve got some good… Continue Reading
iPlurk brings a bland Plurk to the iPhone
In the micro-messaging space there is Twitter and then everyone else. But Plurk is one of those “everyone elses” that is somewhat interesting because it at least attempts to look different than a straight-up Twitter clone. Unfortunately, a new iPhone app for the service fails… Continue Reading
Once again, Twitter’s death is laid out. Once again, users will fail to notice
In a post on its developer blog a couple days ago, Twitter API lead developer Alex Payne outlined what the service is doing with the vast amount of data it’s receiving everyday. Payne discussed the service’s use of application programming interfaces (APIs), feeds and pinging… Continue Reading
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 or FriendFeed? There can be more than one.
I awoke this morning with over 30 friend requests on FriendFeed sitting in my inbox. I’ve been using and raving about the aggregation/conversation site FriendFeed for about eight months now, but have not seen a rapid influx of users quite like we’re seeing today. Why… Continue Reading
Plurk: Twitter meets FriendFeed
(Update: One of the founders, subtly nicknamed “Plurk Overlord,” has contacted me, to correct the misinformation I had posted about Alvin Woon being a sole founder of the service. Plurk is funded, based in Ontario, Canada, and has a team of seven)
While perusing the internet… Continue Reading