TwitChat, a new application for iOS devices allows Twitter users to make instant and long conversations than just letting them post tweets. Currently, the only possible way to communicate privately on twitter is via the Direct Message (DM) feature, which unfortunately is limited to 140 characters per tweet thus preventing users from having easy and effective conversations. With TwitChat for Twitter, iPhone users can now easily Chat privately and instantly with their twitter followers and friends, just as they do in any IM client like gtalk or Yahoo Messenger!

TwitChat is a 3rd party instant messaging app, Free for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. It’s a fun and easy way to interact with your Twitter followers privately, or have group conversations with your friends! To start a conversation, simply login with your Twitter account to instantly view all your Twitter friends and connect privately. Moreover, you can View profiles, Compose Tweets, Mention friends, Block users. etc.

Major Features include:

• Automatic Friends List
• Private Instant Messaging
• Group Chat
• Public Hashtag Chat
• Send Files, Audio, Video
• Login using your Twitter Credentials
• Manage alert and sound settings

The chat feature is certainly a prominent one that Twitter should integrate to their web interface and mobile app, so users can have spontaneous conversations. The TwitChat team is working hard to add new features and support for other platforms.

Download TwitChat for iPhone [App Store]

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Twitter just rolled out a whole lot of redesign updates by introducing a major design overhaul to its web interface and Twitter mobile app for iOS and Android. The entirely new interface makes it more faster and simpler to connect with your friends, followers, discover latest stories, suggestions on who to follow and see trending topics, etc. The Tweetdeck web version has also got a whole new design, along with native Tweetdeck application for Windows and Mac that doesn’t requires Adobe Air anymore. Besides this, Twitter share and follow buttons have also got a slight color gradient update.

The latest twitter update makes it easier for everyone to view and interact with tweets on the web in the same ways as you do from any twitter client. Twitter has now added the functionality to embed tweets or any conversation to a site or blog in a few clicks without needing any extra skills. You just need to copy and paste a few lines of code.

Preview of an embedded tweet -

Hope Instagram for Android doesn’t rolls out just now. I’m unable to cope all these updates.

— Mayur Agarwal (@mayurjango) December8, 2011

Embeddable tweets lets the users catch up the shared tweets directly without leaving your site. Visitors can follow the author with a single-click, reply, retweet, or favorite the Tweet instantly from the page itself. You can try it now in the newly launched Twitter. Steps to simply embed a tweet to a website:

1. Visit your or anyone else twitter profile. Then tap on the desired tweet or click Open to see the Details option.

2. Click on ‘Details’, so the permalink page of that particular tweet opens up.

3. Tap on ‘Embed this Tweet’ and a pop-up will appear. Choose the preferred alignment, copy the HTML code and paste it to the HTML section of your site or blog post.

It’s even more easier to embed Tweets on WordPress or Posterous Spaces.

WordPress bloggers can embed Tweets directly into their posts by simply copying the Tweet URL or using a familiar shortcode. Once published, WordPress instantly turns that URL or shortcode into an embedded Tweet.

Posterous Spaces has also enabled embedded Tweets. People can easily add Tweets using their existing workflows: Posterous’ browser bookmarklet, email, the Posterous Web Editor, or their iPhone or Android Apps. For more information, read Posterous Spaces’ announcement on their blog.

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Back in April, we were the first one to report that Echofon for Windows is coming soon. Well that wasn’t really soon but the wait is finally over as the beta of the popular and amazing twitter client ‘Echofon’ is now released as a desktop app for Windows. Besides, Firefox, Mac OS X and iPhone (iOS) users, Windows users can now enjoy Echofon’s simple and clean desktop Twitter experience. The Echofon desktop app is fast with a cool design and interface similar to their layout for other platforms.

Echofon Windows Twitter client lets you tweet and follow your twitter timeline, mentions, messages, lists, etc. directly from the Windows desktop. One can simply read tweets, post replies, mark as favorite, retweet or retweet with comment. There is an option to set the font size of tweets and the update interval of tweets. Clicking on the user’s twitter handle pops-out a window, using which you can Mute or block a person and disable retweets from them. If you use Echofon on iPhone, then it’s easy to get back from where you left off as it syncs your activity and settings too.

Unlike TweetDeck Windows app, it doesn’t requires Adobe Air. Just download and install it. Then authorize with twitter to let Echofon access your twitter data.

Supports: Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7

- Download Echofon for Windows

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Guy Kawasaki just posted a nice infographic on Google+, which I found pretty interesting and thought to share it with our lovable readers. The infographic titled ‘Social Media Top-Trumps’ is an amazing creation from guys over at Freestyle Blog. Now if you’re a great fan of comic heroes and social networks then you’ll find it really cool.

The chart highlights the popularity of popular social sites based on their most accurate statistics and compares them with your favourite comic book heroes. The major ones include Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, MySpace, YouTube, and a few more.

Social Media Top-Trumps [Infographic]

(Click on the image to view in full size)

Source: Freestyle blog

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Better late than never – This implies to Twitter who has finally introduced the much needed ‘Follow’ button for websites and blogs that lets interested people follow up your twitter account instantly directly from your site’s webpage. Previously, twitter launched the Tweet button which was highly significant and now Follow button which is equally important to gain following. Until now, the only way to follow any twitter account was by visiting their twitter profile page and click the Follow button. But it’s much easier now!

From Twitter’s official blog post:

When you follow interesting accounts on Twitter, it’s easy to stay connected with what’s most meaningful to you. Today we’re excited to launch the Follow Button, a new way to discover and instantly follow Twitter accounts directly from the websites you visit everyday.

Using the Follow Button is as simple as a single click. You can also see the profile and latest Tweets of the account you want to follow by clicking the username next to the Button.

The Follow Button is a small widget which allows users to easily follow a Twitter account from any webpage. The Follow Button uses the same implementation model as the Tweet Button, and its integration is just as simple.

Twitter’s New Follow button is quick and easy to add, just visit the page: http://twitter.com/followbutton. Configure the button, preview it, and add the javascript based HTML code to your website. You can chose a background color, show follower count and select from the several languages listed there.

via [Twitter Blog]

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Recently, Twitter made some changes to its email notifications, which by default now sends email to notify you when someone sends you a reply or mentions you in a tweet. Users also receive an email if someone retweets or favorites one of their Tweets. This is a good measure to keep users updated as most don’t know who retweeted their tweets. However, if you’re a power twitter user who gets several replies/mentions in a day then you many find the incoming emails pretty annoying and they’ll clutter up your inbox.

You can easily overcome this by changing your email preferences in the notifications section of twitter settings page. To Turnoff or Block emails for replies and @mentions from twitter, just go to Settings > Notifications. Uncheck the option “I’m sent a reply or mentioned” and any other you desire to disable. Click the Save button, that’s it!

According to twitter:

You will not necessarily receive an email for every retweet, reply, or favorite; for now we will only email you when we think it is most relevant. Note that every email contains a link to unsubscribe from that particular type of notification.

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We’ve an exclusive news – Echofon, one of the most popular twitter client for Firefox, Mac OS X and iPhone (iOS) will be soon coming as a native twitter client for Windows. There’s no information on the features and availability of Echofon client for Windows yet, but we’re sure it would be an amazing one! The design of Echofon for Windows seems pretty similar to the interface of its recently released Firefox extension.

Echofon Official App will be available for Windows 7, Vista, and probably for XP too.

Link: www.echofon.com/twitter/windows

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Echofon for Firefox, a popular Firefox extension that lets you easily access Twitter while browsing the web, has now released a beta of the next major version of Echofon for Firefox. The update includes a redesigned interface, full Firefox 4 support, user streams support (coming soon, pending approval from Twitter) and many other features.

The New design offers 2 formats: Sidebar mode & Window mode, see the preview below:

Window mode

Sidebar mode

New Design

This version has a newly design interface that can be used as a sidebar integrated into your browser window or in window mode which puts the app in a standalone window. In addition there are countless UI enhancements including inline photo preview and subtle unread tweet indicators.

New Features

We’ve added many of the great features present in Echofon for Mac and iOS to this version of Echofon for Firefox. You can mute clients, users and hashtags (mute settings sync between devices). Photo previews and photo popups make browsing media a joy. This version includes tabs for search (with trends, and saved search support) as well as lists. There is also a new conversation view and user view. View a user’s tweets, lists, favorites, followers etc.

User Streams

We’ve built in support for user streams which allows you to view tweets immediately when they are posted without reloading. (Note: This feature is disabled for now, pending approval from Twitter)

Try it now – Install Echofon for Firefox Public Beta    via  [Echofon Blog]

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