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Kiwi Joins the Desktop Twitter Client Craze

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Tired of your current Twitter desktop client? Maybe because it doesn’t let you style the main client interface? Well, here’s another entrant to the gradually getting crowded Twitter desktop client market – Kiwi.

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Kiwi is a Twitter desktop client for Mac OS X that among

other things lets you use various colorful themes.  Kiwi’s standard features include:

  • supports multiple accounts
  • supports account combinations
  • supports various rules
  • multiple account grouping
  • mentions, hashtags and links
  • notifications
  • tweet badges

Kiwi supports Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard and Webkit. So if your Mac supports all of these, you can use Kiwi as your Twitter desktop client. You can try downloading a free “incomplete” copy which allows you to do pretty much some of the good stuff that you can do with other Twitter desktop client.

But if you feel like you need more features, you can also get the paid software which will cost you $15.

I’m currently checking out Kiwi and so far so good. The theme selection and theme API is definitely Kiwi’s stongest point. Other features are practically the same as other Twitter desktop client.

So, if you don’t mind buying a desktop client to do all your Twitter chores, you might want to consider getting Kiwi.

I’m going to test it some more and see if it is good enough to make me spend my precious $15.

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iPhone, iPod Market Distribution – Japan is Catching Up Fast!

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With 78 million units reportedly shipped by Apple, have you ever wondered where those iPhones and iPods are located right now? Mobile advertising company knows their geographic distribution and they just released a report showing this.

According to the report, obviously most of the iPhones and iPods shipped by Apple are with U.S. consumers, 50% of the 78 million in fact. Now for the rest of the other 50% of the 78 million units shipped, majority of those are Japan, France, Australia and Canada.  These countries are showing tremendous growth in terms of iPhone and iPod units being shipped and sold to consumers.

Interestingly, according to the AdMob data from Jan-Nov 2009, iPhone and iPod userbase growth in Japan surged to more than 300%.  It looks like our friends in Japan are starting to love the iPhone and iPod music players this year.

Other highlights of the AdMob study are the following:

  • 23 countries got more than 100,000 unique Apple visitors
  • unique Apple users  located outside of the U.S. increased to 50% from 39% in January
  • 71% of unique Apple users in November were for iPhone while 29% were for iPod

With reports that the Motorola Droid is catching up with iPhone sales, AdMob’s data just prove one thing – the Droid is still has a long way to go before it reaches the iPhone’s status.

Study Reveals Most Active People Online are Educated

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I don’t know if this report by Eurostat is rather comforting or not. But according to the report people who spend most time online are the most educated member of the society.

The study was conducted on European households with at least one person aged 16-74.  And the study found out that 90% of those who used the Internet on a regular basic  have high formal education. Age-wise though, the numbers are insignificant but it is also worth noting that most of these people belong to the 16-24 age range.

But of course the study was European-based and we could probably assume that Europe probably has one of the highest literacy rate among the developed countries. So, it is rather  no disturbing if majority of those who spend time online are educated because their difference with the not-so-educated Europeans may not be that huge.

But what if this study is to be carried out in the developing countries where literacy is inferior with that of the European countries. Of course, the result might be the same. But what is not so comforting is the fact that if education plays a vital role into IT literacy and usage, what happens now with the majority of uneducated people in the developing countries? Will they be given a chance to learn about technology and how it can change one’s daily life?

And how could the developing countries cope up with the technological revolution if majority of  their population remains uneducated and technologically deprived?

Five Most Anticipated Gadgets of 2010

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With 2009 coming to a close, several manufacturers are already prepping up their latest gadgets for a 2010 launch. We’ve seen some of these gadgets as early as now and they have been generating  buzz already.

We’ve gathered up 5 of these gadgets which are starting to catch fire as early as now despite the fact that they are still being planned for release in 2010. So, here goes our top five most anticipated gadgets of 2010.

1. Apple Tablet

Not the JooJoo, not the CrunchPad or any of those tablet magazine demoed by  Time Inc. but the real Apple Tablet which has been rumored to be already in the works and which Apple remains mum about.  This makes us want the Apple Tablet even more. Will Apple finally release it in 2010? Or is there really an Apple Tablet?  We”ll soon find out about that. [Read more…] about Five Most Anticipated Gadgets of 2010

Best of 2000s in Marketing, Media and Agency

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As the first decade of the 21st century comes to a close, expect more “top list” kind of postings to come up in the next couple of weeks. This is the best time to release those lists as this is the time to look back and analyze what has happened in our lives during the past 10 years.

In Marketing, Media and Agency World, the decade has been a pretty exciting one. And Adweek Media got it fully covered with its best and brightest in the branding, marketing, media and agency world covering 33 categories.

Among those who made it to Adweek Media’s Best of 2000s are the likes of Google, Rupert Murdoch, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Disney Channel, Wired and other Internet famous people, organizations, companies and websites which all graced our lives this past decade.

So, here’s Adweek Media’s Best of the 2000s: [Read more…] about Best of 2000s in Marketing, Media and Agency

Great! Kindle for iPhone Goes International, Now Give Us Kindle for Mac

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kindleforiphoneIn case you haven’t figured out yet how to download Kindle for iPhone even though it was only available at the U.S. iTunes Store, well don’t bother doing the trick anymore. Kindle for iPhone is now available internationally.

Meaning, no matter where you are, for as long as you are covered by the 60 countries as mentioned bv the official  announcement,  you can now download the free app on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

Kindle for iPhone features Amazon’s Whispersync which allows you to save and synchronize your bookmarks across all your Kindle devices – Kindle ereader, Kindle for PC or Kindle for iPhone and iPod Touch.  I’m telling you, this is one reason alone to download this app. The synchonization features is definitely one of the high end of this iPhone app.

Of course, Amazon is promoting this iPhone app as a companion to  its Kindle and Kindle DX ereaders. But many who don’t own the Kindle yet can do away with it and use Kindle for iPhone as a primary ebook reader.

Features of the app include:

  • Purchase, download and read hundreds of thousands of books available in the Kindle Store.
  • Read the beginning of books for free before they buy.
  • Add and automatically synchronize bookmarks and last page read.
  • Access their library of previously purchased Kindle books stored on Amazon’s servers for free.
  • Choose from six different font sizes and adjust words per line.
  • Add and view notes and highlights marked on Kindle and Kindle DX.
  • Read books in full color including children’s books, cookbooks, travel books, textbooks and graphic novels.

Ok now Amazon, please give us Kindle for Mac, next.

Ready to download the app? Here’s the iTunes Link.

Via Business Wire