Twitter Tools: 11 Apps and Services You Need Now
Twitter is all about keeping things brief. After all, the micro-blogging service limits you to 140 characters per post. But the market for twitter apps and services is huge. Everywhere you turn, there's a desktop app aimed at organizing your social media life or a search engine claiming to be the next best way of culling the tweets you want to read. Of course, not all of these apps are equal, but we've found 11 that manage to (mostly) improve upon your Twitter experience.
Rated: Feb 21, 2012 8:25 AM
A longtime favorite of Twitter power users, TweetDeck provides a comprehensive set of management tools.
Rated: Feb 8, 2012 6:36 AM
SocialOomph is a cloud-based application that offers tools for using Twitter and Facebook more productively.
Rated: Mar 7, 2012 1:10 PM
Mash together Twitter and Facebook updates into a single app, without a lot of clicking.
Rated: Feb 21, 2012 9:32 AM
Ashton Kutcher is the name behind--and plastered all over--this free, third-party Twitter app.
Rated: Feb 10, 2012 9:08 AM
Manage your Twitter, Facebook, and other social media accounts with this Web-based application.
Choose when to update your Facebook status from Twitter by ending your tweet with #fb
Selective Tweets lets you update your Facebook status from Twitter
BUT you can choose which tweets you want - just end a tweet with #fb when
Twellow is a directory of public Twitter accounts, with hundreds of categories and search features to help you find people who matter to you.
Rated: Feb 21, 2012 9:04 AM
Sobees Desktop is still in beta, and it shows, but this social media manager shows plenty of promise, too.
Rated: Mar 30, 2012 11:54 AM
PostPost cuts through the clutter on Twitter, bringing you topics, links, photos, and videos that are personally relevant to you.
Rated: Mar 1, 2012 11:25 AM
Blu is a small but slick desktop client for managing your Twitter account.
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