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Twitter unveils automatic link shortening
TWITTER has overhauled its service, offering automatic link shortening, direct uploading, and a new search engine for photos and videos.
Having trouble fitting a link into just 140 characters?
- With Twitter’s new auto link-shortening feature, you can now paste a link of any length into the Tweet box on Twitter.com, after you’ve composed your Tweet and you hit the “Tweet” button it will be shortened to 19 characters. You no longer have to worry about fitting a long link into the 140 character limit.
- As part of the rollout process, this will initially be available to a small percentage of users. It will eventually be available for everyone. You should see it soon.
- Of course, if you want to keep using your favourite link shortening service, you can continue to do so.
An ability to directly upload photos to the Twittersphere is likely also to influence the way professional and serious Twitter users seek to attract followers. Twitter is likely to become a more visual platform. Read more here.
If you want to know more about Twitter, ask those who already use it at one of two Twitter training sessions next week at slq. Do you want to know how to use Twitter effectively for conferences, workshops, work and as a personal learning network? Some staff already use Twitter and are happy to share their knowledge with you. The sessions will cover effective marketing, how to develop a personal learning network and what’s out there to make Twitter more effective. Sessions will be held in the training room on level 1 on Monday 20 June from 9am to 10am and Tuesday 21 June from 1pm to 2pm. Bring your mobile device, phone or tablet, or you can use a PC or just follow along with someone else.
Feel like getting away from it all?
The OSTRICH provides a refuge for a mid-afternoon power nap. Lying somewhere between a travel cushion and a soft bag to put over your head, the OSTRICH is a design concept that aims to provide a portable retreat from any waking daytime environment where the stresses and strains of the day can melt away. See more images here.
Sendoid
Sendoid is an on-demand peer to peer (P2P) transfer system. It makes transferring any size file between two people as simple as clicking a link! This is done by generating a unique URL where all files are sent P2P rather than stored on the cloud/internet. A desktop app can be downloaded to eliminate size restrictions when sending/downloading files.
A simple explanation about the cloud
You may have heard about cloud computing. People in your work unit may make reference to utilizing The Cloud for an upcoming presentation. Have you ever sent yourself something via email just so you could access the document or file later at another computer? Do you use Google Products like Google Docs, Google Reader, or Google Calendar? Have you uploaded photos to a photo storing site like Flickr to be able to share with friends and family, as well as to be able to access anytime? If so, you’ve used cloud computing.
Cloud computing is simply the act of using a network, usually the Internet, to store information that you want to access from multiple network devices. No longer do you have to worry that the file you need can only be opened from the hard drive of a single computer. By utilizing “The Cloud,” you can get to any of your uploaded information anywhere you have access to the Internet.
Through network devices like laptops, desktops, tablets and smartphones, you can utilize cloud computing to access blogs, documents, chat, email, photos, presentations, calendars, to-do lists, spreadsheets, address books, music, games, bookmarks, and much more.
OverDrive Brings Free Books to Windows Phone
OverDrive today released its eBook and audiobook app for Window Phone. Readers at 15,000 public, school, and corporate libraries can now download eBooks and audiobooks directly to their Windows Phone with the free OverDrive Media Console app. This new app enables users to find a library that offers digital books, and then download and enjoy EPUB eBooks, as well as MP3 audiobooks, on their device.
Here is more:
OverDrive’s Windows Phone app provides untethered access to EPUB eBooks and MP3 audiobooks from the library. The app’s “Get Books” feature makes it easy to find a local library, and then browse for titles, check them out with a library card, and download directly to Windows Phone devices. Digital books from the library will automatically expire in the app, so there are never late fees. Users will also benefit from enhancements, such as an orientation lock and custom bookmarks.
The OverDrive app for Windows Phone is now available for download from Windows Phone Marketplace. To see if your local library is a member of the OverDrive network, visit http://search.OverDrive.com .
OverDrive provides digital distribution services for more than 15,000 libraries, retailers, and schools worldwide with support for Windows, Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, Sony Reader, NOOK, Android, BlackBerry, and now Windows Phone.
The OverDrive app for Windows Phone is now available for download from Windows Phone Marketplace. To see if your local library is a member of the OverDrive network, visit http://search.OverDrive.com .
OverDrive provides digital distribution services for more than 15,000 libraries, retailers, and schools worldwide with support for Windows, Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, Sony Reader, NOOK, Android, BlackBerry, and now Windows Phone.
PDF books free to download
American publishing collective National Academies Press now offers downloads of all of their PDF books free of charge to users. The free PDFs are available exclusively from www.nap.edu, and remain subject to copyright laws which means they must only be shared via approved methods. The National Academies Press, which publishes for the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council, states its mission is to “disseminate the institutions' content as widely as possible while maintaining financial sustainability”. The organisation has offered free content online since 1994 with all PDFs free to download in developing countries and 65 percent available for free to any user.
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Mary
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