Posts Tagged with ‘Brightkite’

JigTweets is a new little tool launching today that allows a Twitter user to update his or her Twitter feed with just about anything - be it a picture, a URL, an RSS feed, a location or a YouTube video.
To start using the service you will need to go to its website where you will see your regular Twitter home page with updates from your friends. There will also be an additional toolbar above the standard page - this toolbar [...]

Is not it funny to see some coincidences in development of various online services? Only yesterday we spoke about Twitter cancelling SMS notifications to all the countries but the US, Canana, and India. And today when browsing news from the blogs of various startups I’m subscribed to, I was surprised to bump into an announcement on the Brightkite blog about the newly introduced international text messaging support.
In fact, this announcement is pretty straightforward and nothing really groundbreaking to talk about [...]

One thing I quickly noticed when browsing the App Store, both in iTunes and on the iPhone, was that there seemed to be some bizarre method of listing the apps. I like finding things in neat categories and alphabetical order within the categories, but there seemed some anomalies in the sorting that placed apps out of order.
Apparently, some of the developers feel the same way that I do about success or failure being presence in the App Store, and also [...]

I've been trying out Mixin for a few days now in hopes that it would be a bit easier and more social to use than other calendar options. It's promises of social event planning and schedule sharing had me intrigued. My reaction to actual use of the site is a mixed bag.
Mixin certainly has the social media site look and feel. Unfortunately it went in more the Plurk or MySpace visual direction instead of the more pleasant Twitter, BrightKite [...]

Brightkite has just announced that they are ready to start working with developers willing to beta test their now available API. Judging by ReadWriteWeb's coverage of Brightkite, they planned to have the API available in May but apparently it took them longer. The API is still not completely open for now, the interested developers will need to request access to the API but given the growing popularity of the location-based mobile social networking that Brightkite offers, I [...]

One of the people on my must-read Twitter follow list posted a link to a site called GlobMe earlier today in response to the deluge of tweeted complaints that followed a day spent looking at the Fail Whale as well as the lack of a reply tab in recent days. Heck, even the Twitter powers-that-be were recommending users try to interface with Twitter through Summize for a while - hardly trust inspiring behavior from a company.
I was skeptical when I [...]

I'm back in New York now after my week in San Francisco last week and am still adjusting to the cultural shift. Not only am I back in the suburbs where I have to drive everywhere, but how I use Web 2.0 apps is in stark contrast to how I used them last week, and it isn't just the difference between being at a conference and being back home and my regular work schedule.
The first thing I noticed in San [...]

Returning back home after Web 2.0 Expo, I felt bereft. No longer could I turn quickly to my trusty RAZR, send a Twitter message to @fireball, and find out where people were. It's a silly thing to want, but if you are making plans to go out, it's helpful to have, especially if you are trying to meet up somewhere.
When @smbeebe asked if anyone wanted an invite to Brightkite, a location-based social network currently in private beta, I jumped at [...]

We all know what notification systems are, right? Most web users come across and use notification systems constantly, whether they are entering their email address into a short form to be updated on the latest happenings at a website or trying to be notified when a new web service opens for beta testing or public use. There is one small problem here, that can be a setback for many people. The only way of receiving those handy notifications is to [...]