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URL Shortener News

  • Bit.ly: the rockstar URL shortening tool Friday, November 7, 2008 @ 11:03AM One of my new favourite web tools is called bit.ly , a kickass URL shortener with a difference. Essentially, bit.ly is, backed by the interesting folks at Betaworks , is a next-gen version of TinyURL, replete with some advanced features that you might find useful. And where TinyURL has stood still, bit.ly has innovated...
  • This Could Get Annoying: Auto-Post Your Friendfeed Updates to Twitter Thursday, October 30, 2008 @ 5:31PM Friendfeed has just enabled an option to broadcast your lifestream – in its entirety – to Twitter. This means that whenever you share something in Google Reader, upload a new photo to Flickr, favorite a video on YouTube, or participate in any of the dozens of other activity streams that FriendFeed monitors, it can automatically be tweeted as well. The tweet includes content from the message, ...
  • Google Announces Labs for Google Apps Tuesday, October 28, 2008 @ 4:12PMLately, Google has rolled out a href="http://w
  • Google Announces Labs for Google Apps Tuesday, October 28, 2008 @ 3:46PM Lately, Google has rolled out new features for its experimental Google Labs functionality in Gmail at a rapid pace. Today, Google announced a similar product that will bring experimental features to enterprise and small business customers: Labs for Google Apps . These apps are built on top of the Google App Engine , which launched in April, and include Google Moderator, Google Code ...
  • Five Best URL Shrinkers [Hive Five] Sunday, October 26, 2008 @ 4:35PMWhen every character counts, the right URL compacting service can mean the difference between saying what you want and desperately trying to fit a coherent thought into a few insufficient words....
  • BudURL Provides a URL Shortener With Analytics Monday, September 22, 2008 @ 10:09PM In the quest for URL shortener dominance in this era of the microblog and limited message space, BudURL comes out swinging. Going toe to toe with other URL shrinkers, BudURL combines metrics with URL shortening. I am always wary of tools that try to combine metrics with social media, like Twitter Grader and Twitter Follower Friend Ratio . The main reason for this is the risk that people ...
  • Tweetburner gives your Tweets analytics Monday, September 8, 2008 @ 2:18PMMore than just another URL shortener.
  • Digital pens write the next chapter Monday, September 8, 2008 @ 1:09PMAt DemoFall, Adapx announces products that tie a digital pen to Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Meanwhile, Livescribe is getting a push for its product at Target.