This year, Twitter has become the online social network of more rapid growth and technological theme that everyone talks about. However, there are still many who do not know what it is and how much albotoro. If you're one of them, here we give a brief introduction to "twittosfera.
Twitter is basically a site microblogs. By registering, the user purchases a home page where you can post short messages - 140 characters maximum, only text and links to other websites.
Sounds too simple to be so popular. It is the simplicity which emphasizes a social network. The site promotes itself as a service easy to use.
The first thing a user sees upon entering is a common question as simple as: What are you doing? The user posts a response and its contacts can learn in real time.
Twitter recently announced that prepares versions of its site in German, French and Spanish. Perhaps when that happens, there is an "explosion" of Twitter in Latin America, as with Facebook. Meanwhile, Here's the main steps for using the service.
How to use?
Signing up is easy. Enter Twitter.com, click "sing up now". After filling the registration form and create the account, you can immediately begin to "twitter". Just simply type a message of 140 characters or less in the space that says "What are you doing" (What are you doing?).
But that does not end the process. To have someone read a post you must enter your microblog either through the address of your microblog (Example: http://twitter.com/usuario) or when one of his followers.
For fans, the first thing to do is start to follow other people. Just enter your microblogs and click on the "follow". If you want to stop following someone, simply look for the button that has a nut icon and click "unfollowed".
If among his followers there someone you do not want to read your messages, find the button on the nut and click "block". Now, if what you want is that their messages are read only by followers authorized by you, go to "Settings" (Settings), check "Protect my tweets" and ready.
To find your friends on Twitter, click on "Find People". There you can find "twittered" for user name, searching through your contacts from Gmail, Yahoo and AOL e-mail to invite others to join and find suggested by Twitter users.
Over time, your network of supporters and grow straight and you will be heard by more people. In the dynamics of Twitter there are several actions that will be useful to mention another "twittered" (@), citing a "tweet" from another user (RT), add a label (#), include a short link to another page, photo or video, and follow the most Tweeting the moment.
- Mention: If in your message you mention another Twitter user and want their fans to access the microblog of that person, just put an at sign "@" after the username. The tweet will show that name published as a link, a click on it will open your microblog. Facebook implemented this tool in September, clearly modeled on Twitter.
- Quote: When a user of Twitter and want to publish on your microblog a "tweet" without stealing someone else's credit, there is a convention usuada frequently by users. RT Write letters, meaning Re tweet (forward) at the beginning of the message, followed by the name of the user (Example: RT @ user) is used for their fans see this message and know who is its author.
- Tags: pound sign "#" is used to create Twitter "hashtags" tags that allow users to see all the "tweets" on a specific topic in real time. For example, if you post a message about cancer, writing # cancer the term appears as a link. By clicking on it, their fans can see all the messages of Twitter users who have included that tag.
- Short Links: Twitter allows you to include links to other websites. The problem is that there are many directions that are too long to fit in the 140-character limit. For this there are several sites that "shrink" the url (tinyurl.com, bit.ly, etc.). In fact, the same box of "What are you doing" addresses automatically shortened if the entire message does not exceed the character limit.
- Photos / videos: You can also post pictures and videos via external applications of Twitter. For example, the site lets twitpic.com sign in with your username and password for Twitter, you upload a photo, adds a comment and the service is responsible for issuing that message on Twitter with a link to the photo.
- Trending Topics: On the right side of the Twitter home page is a list of "Trending topics, which are the terms most used by twittered. It is a kind of barometer of the issues of most interest to users. By clicking on them, you can view all messages containing those terms.
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U.S.: Woman cheated on Facebook sends overseas $ 4,000
A Missouri woman was tricked into submitting a wire transfer to someone in England after receiving bogus messages from a friend on Facebook, asking for help, police said Wednesday.Cape Girardeau Scherrman Jayne sent the money through Western Union after receiving what she believed were several requests for help from his friend, Jason Selzer said Sgt.
The police were informed of the scam on August 26, said Selzer. Authorities believe someone took the Facebook account of the Cape County resident Girardeu, Grace Parry, changed the password so that she could not enter and sent messages saying she and her husband had been arrested in London and needed money.
Scherrman said he received a message Tuesday Parry saying he needed help. Scherrman, a pediatric dentist, said that Parry and her husband pastor voyages as missionaries, so it seemed unusual that might be in England.
The victim actually imagined that his friends needed help if they could only contact us through email and expected to be paid once the loan. Initially he said they needed $ 600 for hotel and taxi, but then said it was not enough for the exchange rate. Finally, someone called to say that the couple had been arrested and needed more money to help them fly back home.
Scherrman asked to speak to her friend, but was told that was not available. He also received the name of who called and tried to get an address when he realized that he might have been a scam. By then, she had sent nearly $ 4,000 through three transfers by Western Union, said.
Parry said that another friend from Mississippi also sent $ 600.
Parry, who has not ridden in years to England, tried to log into your account to warn other friends, but could not. Facebook asked to suspend your account and your husband notices issued several warnings about the scam, including one that Scherrman received after he had sent the money.
Facebook, based in Palo Alto, California, said such scams are not uncommon on the internet. Facebook has systems to detect suspicious behavior related to certain accounts and block when possible, said company spokesman Simon Axten in an email."We are also working with authorities and Western Union (a wire transfer company frequently used by scammers) to investigate specific cases and improve education," he wrote.
Writting Twitter on TV
One company has patented a system that allows access to social networks, including facebook, without leaving the comfort of the couch. It may do for TV and remote control
The idea was patented earlier this year, but only released this week. Describes a platform that will use networks like Twitter and Facebook through a remote control that sends the content to the network without the user having direct interaction with the screen.
The novelty is that this remote control is designed for IBM to be used while watching television. "This device allows viewers to talk with the networks about programming they are watching. One of the things we most enjoy is to discuss and debate as we watch our favorite shows and this option will allow us to do immediately with people around the world "company sources said, according to U.S. media published.
In addition, they clarify that viewers receive responses to their comments, as happens in any existing network. Even, they add, as the viewer changes the channel.
The goal of IBM is to provide a more active role in the revolution that represent social networks.
However, the document lists the project and the patent gives no indication of when the release or if IBM plans to market it.
The idea was patented earlier this year, but only released this week. Describes a platform that will use networks like Twitter and Facebook through a remote control that sends the content to the network without the user having direct interaction with the screen.
The novelty is that this remote control is designed for IBM to be used while watching television. "This device allows viewers to talk with the networks about programming they are watching. One of the things we most enjoy is to discuss and debate as we watch our favorite shows and this option will allow us to do immediately with people around the world "company sources said, according to U.S. media published.
In addition, they clarify that viewers receive responses to their comments, as happens in any existing network. Even, they add, as the viewer changes the channel.
The goal of IBM is to provide a more active role in the revolution that represent social networks.
However, the document lists the project and the patent gives no indication of when the release or if IBM plans to market it.
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