Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Twitxr.com
Twitxr.com (it's pronounced "twitcher") is adding features about as fast as I can twitch! Now we've added Flickr support and the ability to search you e-mail address book for friends on Twitxr.com. If you haven't tried the "local" public timeline feature give it a try. It's a great way to see who's on Twitxr near you!
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Twitxr Adds Post By E-Mail Feature
It's been a fantastic 24 hours for Twitxr! We've got lots of people joining and sending us suggestions. We've already implemented one of them. Post by e-mail!
Post by e-mail
Post an update just sending an e-mail to your private address
1. Enter your location as the SUBJECT of the e-mail
Twitxr likes the google maps format, like "Carrer del Carme, 19, Girona" or just "New York, US"
2. Type the update text as the BODY
Remember, 140 characters or less
3. Attach the picture
Use a standard e-mail attachment. Most mobile phones can send pictures taken from the camera by e-mail.
4. Send it to your private twitxr e-mail address
The address should be kept private, and it can be regenerated at any time if you think that someone knows it.
How it works?
Each user is assigned a unique and easy-to-remember email address. It's displayed on the settings page. A new one may be generated at any time if you think that someone knows your address.
You can post text-only updates, picture-only updates or both. Be sure you send it as plain-text.
The post errors are replied to via the user e-mail provided to twitxr, not the e-mail box where the mail was sent (This is done for security reasons).
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Monday, February 18, 2008
Twitxr.com
Fresh from the FON Labs is Twitxr! Twitxr is like Twitter but with photos and geotagging. The idea is simple and it's easy to use with a computer or camera phone. Take picture, add some text, and upload it to your Twitxr account where you friends can follow the action. I created my account in under a minute! Now my friends can see what I'm doing as I do it. If you're uploading from a phone your pictures will be geotagged so they can see where you are too.
We're still very beta and as proof of concept we've released iTwitxr for the iPhone. So if you've jailbroken your iPhone you can install iTwitxr and quickly upload your tagged photos! You also have the option to automatically upload to Facebook and Twitter.
We're interested in your input and ideas so please let me know what you think!
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Tuesday, February 5, 2008
FON Users Can Access All Livedoor Wireless Access Points for Free
FON Japan teams up with Livedoor to extend WiFi coverage throughout Tokyo
FON Japan and Livedoor Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese Internet Service Provider, have joined forces and announce today that Livedoor’s Wireless access points will become FON-enabled, allowing FON users to connect for free to the Internet through these Wireless Access Points (APs).
In Japan, FON offers more than 31,000 FON APs (known as FON Spots) primarily in residential areas of Tokyo, the largest WiFi offer compared with domestic public wireless access service providers. Additionally, Livedoor Wireless has around 2,200 APs within Tokyo’s 23 wards, covering 80% of the area inside the Yamanote Line, one of Tokyo's busiest and most important commuter lines Tokyo. Through this partnership, FON users will be able to connect to a “FON_livedoor”signal that will be added to Livedoor Wireless’ APs, and they will benefit from a great increase in FON Spots within central Tokyo inside the Yamanote Line area and in commercial areas.
Usage of FON_livedoor will be free for FON members until August 4, 2008, and both companies plan to continue this service for free thereafter. About 100 FON_livedoor APs will be accessible from the start, and all 2200 APs will become FON-enabled by February 11th. Moreover, with this partnership, all “Livedoor” contents can be viewed from all FON Spots, including FON_livedoor, even before login.
For FON Japan, this partnership with Livedoor leads to an increase in the number of WiFi access points and an enhanced user experience. For Livedoor, this means greater traffic to their portal site “livedoor”. In the future, both companies will consider other partnership possibilities, such as two way roaming where Livedoor Wireless users can also access FON Spots.With the rapid increase in pocket size WiFi devices, the demand for WiFi on the go is definitely increasing significantly. By joining together, FON and Livedoor aim to build a WiFi environment whereby users can connect everywhere and build a new WiFi culture together.
This type of partnership where FON users can access APs operated by public wireless access service providers is the first of its kind by FON globally. FON Japan will continue to proactively seek similar ventures that enhance its users’ WiFi experience.
To celebrate this partnership, FON will launch an additional “Free Access Campaign” from February 4 to April 4th, whereby all FON Spots including FON_livedoor Spots will be accessible for free by all FON members, even those who have registered with FON but still do not yet share WiFi at home with a FON Router.
HOW TO USE THE SERVICE
1. Access to SSID called FON_livedoor with a WiFi device and open up your web browser. FON_livedoor’s original login page will be displayed.
2. Enter FON ID and Password from the login page and access the internet
3. FON_livedoor Spots will be displayed on FON MAPs with other FON Spots
4. Non-FON members can register from FON Spots including FON_livedoor AP and immediately access the Internet
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