Twhirl

Are Social Network Aggregators The New Cheese?

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/horses-215x150.jpg" width="215" height="150" />Here's a question that's been running through my head ever since Michael posted about <a href="

Sobees Latest Horse To Enter The Twitter / Facebook Desktop Client Race

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bdule-logo.png" width="122" height="73" />For a while now, we've been tracking a number of companies who are hard at work trying to build th

TweetDeck Counters Seesmic Desktop Release With Major New Features

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/tweetdeck-screen-214x143.jpg" width="214" height="143" /> Yesterday, Loïc Le Meur <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2009/04/07/seesmic-unveils

Seesmic Unveils A Formidable New Twitter Client To Rival Tweetdeck: Seesmic Desktop

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/seesmic-desktop4-215x108.jpg" width="215" height="108" /> I'm live blogging from video conversation platform Seesmic's headquarters, where Se

The Top 21 Twitter Clients (According To TwitStat)

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/twitter.jpg" /> Some readers took issue with our list of <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2009/02/19/the-top-20-twitter-applications/#commen

Twhirl Gets An Upgrade, Too; And Now Seesmic Has A Desktop Client

<a href="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/twhirl_screenshot.png"><img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/twhirl_screenshot_thumb.png" /></a> Not to be overshadowe

Yammer Hammers Forward With API Launch; See It Soon In Twhirl

<img alt="" /><a href="http://www.yammer.com">Yammer</a>, a Twitter-like messaging system for businesses, has seen solid growth since<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2008/09/08/techcrunch50-session-3-e

Hello Goodbye

Something just happened and I think it may be important. While not everything has been put in place, it appears the necessary ingredients for a conversational platform – correction, open convers

Seesmic Raises Another $6 Million Round

Video conversation startup Seesmic raised another $6 million in a series B financing. The round was co-led by Omidyar Network and Wellington Partners. The series A financing last February, which was a

Twhirl Supports FriendFeed Rooms, But Not Seesmic – Quite Yet

I’m in Erick’s camp. While delighted to receive the occasional YouTube video in my inbox from friends, I largely sit things out when it comes to personal broadcasting services like Twitter

MySocial 24×7 Launches FriendFeed/ Twitter AIR App

MySocial 24×7, a Friend Feed/ Twitter Firefox sidebar Michael wrote about in April has launched an Adobe AIR application. Like the Firefox sidebar, the AIR app allows users to filter the view by

Alert Thingy 1.3 Released: Single User Interface For Twitter And FriendFeed

Note: Unless you are a Twitter and/or FriendFeed addict, this post isn’t for you. Twitter/FriendFeed desktop client Alert Thingy just released version 1.3 of the software. It is now a fully func

Web 3.0 Will Be About Reducing the Noise—And Twhirl Isn't Helping

It’s my own damn fault. I should have never listened to Mike. This morning I installed Twhirl on my desktop in a failed attempt to keep up better with Twitter and Friendfeed. I was hoping it wou

The Twitter/FriendFeed Desktop Client Arms Race Continues

A lot of people are addicted to Twitter (microblogging), and a lot of people are addicted to FriendFeed (friends’ activity streams). While both are web services, each offers an API that lets thi

Look Out Twhirl, Alert Thingy Adds Twitter Support

Alert Thingy, the FriendFeed desktop application that launched just three days ago, just launched v 1.2 of the service, with Twitter support. In addition to viewing FriendFeed data streams and posting

Seesmic Acquires Popular Twitter AIR Client Twhirl

San Francisco video/chat startup Seesmic has acquired Twhirl, a popular application created by German developer Marco Kaiser that allows users to access the Twitter service directly from their desktop