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15 Top Twitter iPhone Applications ( App)
5 Cool Websites to Play Chess Online !
Top 15 Most useful Google Chrome Plugins and Addons
Top 9 Twitter Clients for Ubuntu Linux

15 Top Twitter iPhone Applications ( App)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:45 AM PDT

Twitter has quickly become one of the most addictive social networks on the Web. People spend hours a day on Twitter and share their stories and knowledge with others. But you don't have to be behind a computer to tweet like a pro when you have an iPhone. Thankfully, there are many Twitter iPhone apps to choose from, so you are never short on options.

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Here is a list of top iPhone Twitter applications currently available on iTunes:

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1. Ziibii: Ziibii is a great little app for folks who want to connect to Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube all from one place. And it's free too!

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2. Twittelator Pro: Twittelator one of the best Twitter apps for the iPhone. It's very convenient and comes with a lot of themes.

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3. Tweetie: Tweetie is another great iPhone client for Twitter. It's very convenient too.

4. Twinkle: a decent iPhone Twitter client that allows you to get in touch with your followers easily.

5. Whrrl 2.0: Whrrl is another cool social networking application that allows you to stay in touch with your friends on Facebook and Twitter.

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6. Loopt: Loopt needs no introduction. And Loopt for iPhone allows you to update your Facebook and Twitter accounts easily.

7. Twitterrific Premium: Twitterrific is still one of the top Twitter clients for the iPhone. It may have slipped a bit but it's still up there with the big boys.

8. Twitterfon: Twitterfon is a lightweight Twitter application for iPhone. It's easy to use and convenient.

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9. Fring: Fring is a cool little social networking app that allows you to manage your MSN, Yahoo, and Twitter accounts.

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10. Summizer – Twitter Search Trend: a cool little Twitter app that allows you to track trends on Twitter.

11. Twittms: Twittms is a great way to send direct messages on Twitter. It's simple to use too!

12. SimplyTweet: SimplyTweet is another Twitter application for the iPhone and iPod touch.

13. LaTwit: LaTwit is a sophisticated Twitter app that allows you to do all kinds of things on your phone.

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14. TwitterTrak: TwitterTrak is another simple Twitter iPhone client. It's very easy to use.

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15. TwitterVision: TwitterVision is a cool Twitter application for iPhone that allows you to see where in the world people are tweeting from. Very fun to use.

Honorable mention: Twitkitteh: Twitter for Cats

There you have it. There are just so many Twitter clients available for your iPhone or iPod Touch. Just don't spend too much time choosing among them at the expense of your Twitter account.

5 Cool Websites to Play Chess Online !

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 01:31 AM PDT

Chess is one of ancient game that is played since ages by intellectuals and common people alike. Playing chess requires skills and acquit concentration. It also helps in improving once strategies and decision making power. Chess is played between two players so if you do not have an opponent to play with you can always find one on Internet. Internet is one large community with millions of users online at any time. There are some dedicated sites for playing chess online where you can find players to play with. If there are no players then you can always play the game against computer.

Here are 5 cool sites where you can play chess with people around the world or with some of the smartest computers. Challenge opponents, know new tricks, and get tips, play chess tournaments and more on these sites for free.

Chess Here

Chess Here is one of the coolest sites to play chess online. There are hundreds of users online from all over the world in this site. You need to register with the site to play chess, it complete in few seconds and it is completely free. After you have registered you can play real time chess or correspondence chess which gives a way new experience of playing chess. In real time chess you can play chess quickly with real people. Whereas correspondence chess is slow version which does not have time limit so it may take hours or days to finish a game.

You can interact with other players while you play on this site, take advises and suggest moves to others. For free membership you can play up to 5 games per day if you wish to play more then you can upgrade your account according to your choice.

Gameknot

Gameknot is one another special place to play chess online. You can create an account for free to access limited features or have a premium membership to have premium access. You can challenge real people from around the world or play with computer. In the monthly tournaments you can compete with many people to improve your chess skills. You can have teams and clubs in Gameknot this gives you an opportunity to make friends and also interact with them online.

Chess Hounds

Chess Hounds is a completely free online chess community where you can join and play for free. All that you have to do is register with the site and start playing chess with real people from all over the world. If there are now people available then you can always compete with computer to improve your skills. In this site you can also watch live game of others and export games as PNG format.

Yahoo Games

Yahoo offers various services for free and Yahoo games are one of those free service. In Yahoo games you can find chess section where hundreds of users from all around the world play chess with one another online. Best thing is you can play chess even from Yahoo messenger while chatting with your friends. You can invite your friends to play chess instantly or play with a new player to make friends. As it is completely free and you can play has many games as you would like to play.

Chess.com

Chess.com is completely dedicated for chess so you can sign in for free. There will be hundreds of players from various countries playing chess in this site. You can play online and live chess with real people from various countries. When you click on play live chess you can see invitations from number of people online. Accept invitation to play with that player it will be so real and interesting, with chat, play one to one.

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Top 15 Most useful Google Chrome Plugins and Addons

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 11:08 PM PDT

As we know Google Chrome is becoming Popular day by day, Here I am presenting 10 Most useful Google chrome Plugins & Addons to make your chrome more reliable.

1.) Google Chrome Backup
This plugin helps to Create Profile, Add Existing, Delete Profile, Backup, Restore, Create Shortcut, Show Details .

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2.) Portable Chrome
Small version of Google chrome for your thumb drive. Just unzip the download to your thumb drive and run ChromeLoader.exe. All your Chrome settings and profile information now save to your thumb drive.

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3.) XChrome – A Google Chrome Theme Manager
XChrome is a theme manager for Googles Chrome browser, it allows users to install a skin in seconds without having to move default.dll around and it allows you to view the author and various other details before installing.

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4.) Chrome Pass
ChromePass is a small password recovery tool that allows you to view the user names and passwords stored by Google Chrome Web browser. For each password entry, the following information is displayed: Origin URL, Action URL, User Name Field, Password Field, User Name, Password, and Created Time.

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5.) Google Chrome Channel Chooser
Google Chrome publishes new releases to the Dev channel frequently. The Dev channel gives the community access to upcoming features, features in development, and the latest bug fixes. We can use feedback from Dev channel users to improve and iterate on feature ideas, and make sure that the latest features work properly before we release them to a wider audience.

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6.) Google Chrome Dual View Plugin
This plugin splits the viewing pane into two halves and lets you browse two sites simultaneously.

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7.) AdSweep (AdBlock)
AdSweep is a small addon that aims to hide advertising from the web pages you visit. In technical terms, AdSweep is a user javascript that defines CSS rules based on the web site you are visiting to hide elements of the page that show advertisements.

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8.) Google Page Rank / Alexa Rank Checker
This plugin allows Google Chrome user to check the PageRank of the page you are browsing. It's a bookmarklet(a bookmark containing JavaScript) in practice, you can also use it in FireFox, Safari or Inetnet Explorer.

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9.) Googlepedia Extension For Chrome
Once the plugin is installed, it shows you a relevant Wikipedia article along with your google search results and clicking on the links in the article triggers new google searches.

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10.) Customize Your New Tab Page
Users don't have much power over what is shown in the new tab page. Custom New Tab is a Chrome extension fully compatible with Chrome 2.0.180.0 that allows you to change how it looks.

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11.) Mcafee Site Advisor Bookmarklet
When you are surfing on a site and want to know what Mcafee Siteadvisor has to say about the site you are surfing, just click on that bookmarklet once, and a new tab will open which will give you all the details and ratings of that site.

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12.) Create Chrome Themes with Chromium Theme Creator
With this tool, to build the themes\default.dll file is far from a click.

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13.) AdBlock for Google Chrome
Its not an addons or Plugins, it is just a tutorial from which you can block ads on any sites.

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14.) Greasemetal – Greasemonkey for Chrome
Greasemetal is a userscript runtime for Google Chrome. The runtime hosts userscripts (tiny javascript files that modify the webpages being displayed) to be executed on Google Chrome, similar to what Greasemonkey does for Mozilla Firefox, or Greasekit does for Safari.

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15.) Google Chrome Theme Starter Kit
Google Chrome Theme Starter Kit contains 276 images from original 'default.dll' (which is a image library for default Chrome theme).

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That's All for now. If you do have more Addons & plugins then Reply below, we will add your plugin manually.

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Top 9 Twitter Clients for Ubuntu Linux

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 08:26 AM PDT

Believe it or not but the first thing I did after installing Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron on my laptop was finding a compatible Twitter client for Linux that works on Ubuntu. I could have used Twitter IM to post updates through Pidgin or Google Chat but that kills the fun of it.

I rushed to the Synaptic Package Manager hoping to find a Twitter client app right away but very unfortunately none were listed there. Then I did a little research and found some good Twitter clients for Linux that work on Ubuntu.

1. Twitux (download)

Twitux is a Twitter client for the Gnome desktop. The program features include view public, friends and mine timeline, send message, automatic login, add friend and system tray icon.

2. gTwitter (download)

gTwitter a simple GTK+ based application for Linux, designed to interact with Twitter web service. Its written using Mono/C# and some of GNOME dependant libraries. GUI is inspired by Mac client Twitterrific.

3. Spaz (download)

Spaz is a Twitter client for users who value free, open-source software, attractive design, and customizability. It is built entirely in XHTML and Javascript and can be styled using a custom CSS styling file. It is built on the Adobe AIR framework so to install it all you need to have is Adobe AIR on Ubuntu (See the end of the post for this tutorial)

4. Twhirl (download)

Twhirl is a desktop twitter client, based on the Adobe AIR platform. It is one of my favorite Twitter clients as it really very easy to use. Scroll down to see how to get this app working using Adobe AIR on Ubuntu.

5. TwitterFox (download)

TwitterFox is a Firefox Extension that displays updates from your friends and lets you update your status. This extension adds a tiny icon on the status bar that notifies you when your friends update their tweets. Also it has a small text input field to update your tweets. As Ubuntu already comes preinstalled with Firefox so installing this Twitter app is as easy as a pie.

6. Twitter Deskbar (download)

Twitter Deskbar is a Twitter app that integrates with the Gnome Deskbar and lets you post status updates right from your desktop. The installation requires you to have Deskbar widget for Gnome. For detailed instructions please use the download link provided.

7. Twitter Terminal

This is basically a hack for posting to Twitter using the Linux Terminal. You will need cURL ( a client for getting files from servers) to post to Twitter through the Terminal which can be installed using the following command:
sudo apt-get install curl

With cURL installed, you can post to Twitter from the terminal window by using the following syntax:
curl -u yourusername:yourpassword -d status="Your Message Here" http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml

You will receive a response containing the XML coding for your post which acts as a confirmation that your post was submitted.

8. Alert Thingy (download)

Alert Thingy is basically an Adobe AIR app for FriendFeed but also works for Twitter as well. You can get status updates from your friends and can also post live status updates yourself.