Cody Taylor

Just another Internet time drain, or better than e-mail and phone calls combined?

We got our hands on the new version of popular Twitter desktop app Tweetdeck that will be delivered to all users tomorrow and we’re pretty excited about what’s been added.If you’ve never used Tweetdeck, it’s the most powerful application available for sending and receiving Twitter messages. It’s about to become even more awesome.

In just a few days time, the largest court case in file-sharing history will start in Stockholm, Sweden. The Pirate Bay will try to keep the public updated every day, with help from the community and through Twitter.

Twitter’s ongoing search for ways to monetise the service and generate an income may include charging corporate users for the privilege of sending out their tweets. That’s according to co-founder Biz Stone, speaking recently to Marketing magazine. “We are noticing more companies using Twitter and individuals following them. We can identify ways to

Meet the 19-year-old creator of Cursebird, a way of looking at Twitter that George Carlin would have loved. It’s a real-time stream of only those tweets that contain swearing, which are a riot when read sequentially and out of context. Richard Henry’s potty-mouthed baby has already landed him real grownup work with a gaming company. No shit.

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, in an email to AFP, said “the account was suspended because it violated our Terms of Use regarding impersonation.”

Do you want to engage your users and create a community around your website? In the next few weeks Triggit will be launching Twitter Forums on the SiteBar and we are looking for Alpha Testers!

No one knows just where Facebook is heading with its platform or whether it’s serious about crushing novel new social networking services like Twitter or FriendFeed.