Are you ready to ride the Wave on September 30th – when Google will start sending 100,000 invites for the early test of Google Wave

The real-time communication platform has captured the imagination of countless communication, social media, and tech enthusiasts that want to get their hands on its game-changing features. It can import Twitter, provide real-time chat, play back past conversations, and even allows for drag-and-drop file uploads.

There are a lot of features, but it is unlike any other web product yet and thus takes time to learn. That’s why in July we asked an important question: is the world ready for Google Wave? Will there be widespread adoption, or will the ambitious project fall short of expectations? Will developers jump on the Wave bandwagon and build apps for it like they do for Twitter () and Facebook ()?

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Compared to other mobile phones, iPhone has a lot of amazing features that makes people really like it. It has great advantages because it has many functions and services which is perfectly designed for business purposes. One of the iPhone applications that are highly appreciated by many people is the “Twitter App”.  As we know Twitter has become the perfect social messaging tool for quick communications allowing you to send message to a group of people. It can be used by a family to keep in touch, or a company to coordinate business, or the media to keep people informed.

Today, twitter is growing rapidly and many people are becoming addictive to social network and joining the community each day to send messages, discuss news, ideas and have fun. And because of this high demand of people to social networks, iPhone comprise twitter so that anyone can tweet wherever they are and wherever they go even without facing on their computer. There are multiple iPhone apps to choose from that lets you access and use Twitter.

Here are some Twitter applications for your iPhone:

• Twittelator Pro: one of the best Twitter apps for your iPhone. It offers an incredible amount of features all in one Twitter app.

I have Twittelator Pro on my iPhone 3G. The more I use Twittelator Pro 2 the more I like it. Here are the features <<<<<

• Tweetie: is a fast, full-featured twitter for iPhone and iPod touch. This app has all the features that we’ve come to expect out of a Twitter client.

“Tweetie’s interface is so clean you would think it came straight out of Apple headquarters.” —Wired (magazine)

• Ziibii: a great app that allows you to check your feeds on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and add feeds from the Web.

• Twinkle: allows you to get in touch with your followers easily. Twinkle lets you use the iPhone’s location feature to add location data to your tweets. It has also the ability to add images to your tweets.

• Whrrl 2.0: Whrrl is another cool social networking application that allows you to stay in touch with your friends on Facebook and Twitter.

• Loopt: Loopt is another social networking application which lets you see where your friends are, and allows you to update your Facebook and Twitter accounts easily.

• Twitterrific Premium: is a fun application that lets you read and publish posts (called “tweets”) on the Twitter social network.

• Twitterfon: TwitterFon is an ideal twitter client for advanced twitter users. It has all the twitter features you need wherein you can handle multiple twitter accounts very smoothly.

• Fring: Fring is a cool little social networking app that allows you to manage your MSN, Yahoo, and Twitter accounts.

• Twiltr: Twiltr is the only iPhone and iPod Touch Twitter App that allows you to filter all recent tweets of the people you follow on Twitter. It allows you to add and save word filters and search all Twitter for relevant tweets.

• Summizer: a Twitter app that allows you to track trends on Twitter. Using Summizer, you’re able to watch what people are saying about a topic in real time.

• Twittms: Twittms is a great way to send direct messages on Twitter. It keeps track of your conversations so it’s easy to pick up a conversation where you left off.

• TwitterVision: TwitterVision is a cool Twitter application for iPhone that allows you to see where in the world people are tweeting from. With each tweet the map moves, and it shows you just where that tweet came from.

• Gyazickr: a Twitter application that allows you to tweet photos easily on your iPhone.

• SimplyTweet: is another Twitter application for the iPhone and iPod touch. You can read what your friends are tweeting, search the public timeline and follow the conversations revolving around them.

• LaTwit: allows you to read and send posts on Twitter or any Laconi.ca based social networking site.

• Nambu: is a great Twitter offers different ways to see your messages. You can separate people or services into separate groups so you never miss that key tweet.

• Tweetsville: allows you to send tweets and direct messages with ease. This application will also allow you to see the number of unread direct messages in your inbox right in the tab bar.

• Twitfire: is a simple free application that lets you send multiple types of tweets. Send text, photos, web links, current location (Google Maps), and replies.

• JustUpdate: allows you to update your twitter timeline from your iPhone or iPod Touch.

• LifeCast: LifeCast is one of the easiest iPhone apps to use with blogger. You can use this application to post content on multiple platforms (wordpress, blogger, etc).

• Twitterlink: Twitterlink lets you send links with some text to your Twitter account on your iPhone. This is a great application to use when you are browsing from your iPhone and want to share a URL with your twitter friends.

It is very important that you are well-informed about the positive and negative sides of each application before you choose the most ideal Twitter application for you. Every individual has different needs and I don’t recommend using all of the applications on the list, but rather a guide to help you choose the best that will suite your needs.

Last but not least……..Tweetdeck for iPhone? There’s more to TweetDeck than meets the eye. Watch the demo <<<<<<

Twitter or Facebook? Or Both? In the article by Steve Thornton (follow him at @stevethornton) explores the decision.

“The phenomenon of social networking is still in its infancy and it remains to be seen exactly which network might become the 800-pound gorilla in the space. It is reminiscent of the dotcom 90s, when I worked in the search industry; dozens of venture-backed search firms battled for dominance and search appeared to become a commodity, with limited monetization potential, or so we all thought at the time.”

Full article …………..<<<<<<<<<<

How many of you will switch to TweetDeck when it becomes available for the iPhone? Let me know.

Mashable broke the news that TweetDeck is coming to the iPhone at 9 PM PT, a play to expand its audience. That is not the end of the TweetDeck story, however. On top of the iPhone application, TweetDeck is releasing a new version of its desktop software, and it comes with a lot of new features.

“Block and Report Spam” button: Clicking on this button will not only delete the spam message, but it will block that specific user and report them to Twitter.

“Reply All” feature: You can now tweet to everyone who is mentioned in a specific tweet.

Multiple accounts and unlimited columns: Yes, two of TweetDeck’s most requested features have arrived.

These are just a few of the new features.

Peoplebrowsr offers different layouts of the streams according to the type of user you are. You are given the choice to run the app under Business mode, which is interesting given how Twitter, Facebook and others are now seen as marketing and PR tools.

Companies, restaurants, brands and celebrities all seem to use Twitter as a business platform in some capacity. On first glance, Peoplebrowsr’s bells and whistles seem to support the business community. Business mode lets users manage multiple usernames within one dashboard, conducts conversation threads within the client, and gives you the ability to share a “stack” via RSS or a URL link.

See the video tutorials HERE

Then download PeopleBrowsr AIR

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With TweetFunnel, managing your corporate tweeters becomes much more efficient and empowering! Staff tweeters each receive their own login to TweetFunnel and they can post their tweets to a central staging area for review. The designated Corporate Twitterer or (The Tweet Tech) then edits and releases new tweets to Twitter — either right after editing each tweet or by scheduling a “trickle” of Tweets that will post throughout the day.

In the podcast below, Sean Daily talks to representatives from TweetFunnel about the challenges of managing social media and Twitter within organizations as well as the recent 140 TC and TwitterCon conferences with Andreas Wilkens (CEO) and Nathalee Ghafouri (Marketing Manager) from TweetFunnel.

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The new version also features a new button that will let you post a Tweet to multiple Twitter accounts at the same time.

Watch out for New IPhone News!

Use HootSuite to manage your entire Twitter experience from one easy-to-use interface.

To create an account:

• Enter your Twitter username and password,

• Add a profile for each Twitter account you wish to manage.

Have you got more than one tweeter per profile? Add multiple editors. You may post live or pre-schedule tweets; check stats and analytics right from the dashboard.

Search Twitter for keyword information. Reply @ and Direct Message the folks in your conversation. Do all this and more from one fantastic interface.

• Schedule your tweets for future posts
• Track @ of clicks your links get (indivually, daily, weekly…etc)
• Manage multiple twitter profiles from 1 website (post to multiple profiles simultaneously)
• Add followers / remove followers
• Create multiple users who can login and manage your twitter profiles for you (Ideal for companies who delegate twitter to employee’s or if you want a friend to run a twitter account while you are on vacation.)

But wait!!    Here is HootSuite’s Secret Weapon : The Hootlet

Hootlet is the secret weapon because it has the power to completely change how you use Twitter. Want to share a link? No need to leave the page. Hit the Hootlet button, and your tweet is almost done. Automatically, the URL is shortened and text is grabbed from the site’s <title> tag. It’s that easy!

So what is the Hootlet like in action?

What’s HootSuite if you can’t manage multiple accounts? You can do that from the Hootlet too. Click on the profiles you want to use for tweeting, and a checkmark confirms what accounts will send the message.

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With TweetFunnel, managing your corporate tweeters becomes much more efficient and empowering! Staff tweeterers each receive their own login to TweetFunnel and they can post their tweets to a central staging area for review. The designated corporate Twitterer then edits and releases new tweets to Twitter — either right after editing each tweet or by scheduling a “trickle” of Tweets that will post throughout the day.

Griff Potter 20+ year veteran of local television news was asked, “should the newsroom have one twitter account for everyone to use, or should each news person have their own”?

He says: “perfect world answer is that all your news people should be developing their own group of followers and their tweets should reflect the interests of that group. Certainly all your news-twitters should subscribe to the station breaking news alert system and Re-Tweet any breaking news or weather. But, I want a health slant from your medical reporter, a sports guy who is keeping me in the loop on “inside baseball” during the day, and weather folks whetting my appetite on the enviro-beat.”  So how do you do that?

One way is to sign up for TweetFunnel specifically designed for that purpose.

Check out tweetfunnel. With Tweetfunnel you can have multiple people tweeting for one account. You can also assign members of your company people to follow up with on Twitter.

ChatterBox is a collaboration platform used to track, categorize and respond to Twitter conversations. An intelligent, single point of access, this web-based interface pulls in conversations and creates a collaborative workspace that provides topical views of information – along with tools such as personalized views, assignment, categorization, prioritization, notifications and tagging – creating a more streamlined process to listen, organize and respond to conversations. As a result, social media power users and corporate teams can become far more effective in participating in relevant conversations, providing customer service, and generating stronger business leads.

ChatterBox lets you streamline workflow, prioritize, tag and assign follow up activities to team members ensuring that all tweets are acknowledged in a timely manner. Teams and individuals are more organized and able to engage in more meaningful conversations. To get going on ChatterBox, simply set up some search terms and Twitter handles and you are good to go. You can configure additional features later on.

Have you, or are you using ChatterBox?  Leave a comment.  Rate ChatterBox.