Sorry, TiPb lovers in the UK. Actually, sorry TiPb lovers everywhere except the US, Canada, and India: you can’t really follow us on Twitter anymore — at least via SMS. See, Twitter can’t pay those international SMS fees anymore:
In a statement, the company said that when you send one message to Twitter and they send it to ten followers, the users haven’t been charged ten times - and Twitter picked up the costs.
The good news is that Twitter does intend on restoring service with new, country-specific short codes that don’t cost quite as much. In the meantime, best head on over to the App Store and download your favorite Twitter App. Oh, and stick to using it over WiFi, we can’t be held responsible for your data charges for the 2000 (but not 2001) people you’re following. Yeah, as much as we love to complain about AT&T, unlimited data is nice.
Twitter, Twitter, Twitter, oh how I love thee. Now I can really love thee with Twitterrific for the iPhone! If you are a fan of the very popular microblogging service Twitter, you are in for a rare treat with Twitterrific for iPhone from The Icon Factory! This application comes in two flavors: a free version with a very unobtrusive banner at the top or a paid version for $10 with no banner advertising and an extra theme.
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Do you microblog, A.K.A. Twitter? Tired of using SMS for sending your tweets? Are you looking for another way to interact with Twitter on the go? Look no further than Hahlo. Hahlo is Dean J. Robinson’s latest creation; Hahlo is an optimized interface for Twitter using Twitter’s own API’s. This free web app has just reached version 3. So what does Hahlo do for you that SMS doesn’t? Read on to find out!
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