The micro blogging service Twitter will no longer deliver updates to UK users over the mobile network.

You can still update twitter from your mobile (as are paying the sms fee) but the real time updates will  now stop.

It seems it comes down to cost and Twitter can no longer afford the fee’s the UK based mobile companies want.

The service in America is unaffected.

I have actually started using Twitter not to publish but to keep tabs on people in tech and have found it pretty useful.

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The FT this morning reports that a businessman has been awarded £22k in damages from a former school friend who created a fake profile of him on Facebook.

This is a judgement that could have some far reaching consequences in the social networking world.

Link: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c12423a8-59e3-11dd-90f8-000077b07658.html

A Tweet is 140 character message on the twitter.com service.

Twitter is like sms blogging, short and sweet.

Dell have reportedly sold over $500,000 worth of equipment via twitter vouchers. They are now actively publishing voucher codes for discounts on Dell equipment via tweets.

Tip: You don’t have to have a free twitter account to see the discount vouchers, but it would make it easier to keep up to date.

Link: http://twitter.com/DellSmBizOffers

I could have titled this post “What your I.T staff do when your not looking“. Only kidding here is the latest research about how I.T Professionals use Social Networking.

The research study was carried out in November 2007 with 393 respondents.

This should be of interest to anyone interested in how people use social media.

Some of the topics covered:-

Which networks,  behaviour, identity, negative impact, managing communities, impact and effect.

Link: view the full results here

Mix07 is the name of an event run by Microsoft showcasing all the latest in web technology.

It starts today and runs for 72 hours.

This is the second year the event has run.

Check out this link to find out more. You can view the keynotes and demo’s.

http://visitmix.com/

If you’re a North West based business looking help and advice with technology then get in touch I can help you. Tel: 01606-841587.

Groove 2007 allows you to create ad-hoc virtual teams to work on projects.

It uses p2p type technology to keep everyone in the team in sync and does other things like instant messaging, push to talk (to the virtual team) and lots, lots more.

I am going to do a demo Screencast about it, its going to be easier to demo than write about.

What is Twitter?

Twitter is for staying in touch and keeping up with friends no matter where you are or what you’re doing. For some friends you might want instant mobile updates—for others, you can just check the web. Invite your friends to Twitter and decide how connected you want you to be.

Twitter(mania) seems to be continuing in the blog-o-sphere, Twitter reminds me a lot about MoBlogging and Instant messaging combined. It’s like instant messaging but in public.

I’m not sure I need this kind of blow by blow minutiae and likewise I would not want to inflict my boring schedule on the world.

It’s getting a lot of traction, perhaps you need to “use it” to “get it” properly.

Link: http://www.twitter.com

Link: http://www.techcrunch.com/

I am a big fan of Bloglines.com. See my Video overview of Bloglines
video-episode-11-how-to-use-bloglines/

Have a read at the Techcrunch article for a look at the alternatives.

A quick round up of some of the best web based applications out now.

Check it out.

Link: http://reviews.designtechnica.com/print_guide46.html

Web 2.0 is the term for cutting edge webservices.

In amongst this 2005 list you will see some of the stars of tomorrow.

http://web2.wsj2.com/the_best_web_20_software_of_2005.htm