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This excerpt is from Twitter API: Up and Running. This groundbreaking book provides you with the skills and resources you need to build web applications for Twitter. Perfect for new and casual programmers intrigued by the microblogging, Twitter API:...

This excerpt is from Twitter API: Up and Running. This groundbreaking book provides you with the skills and resources you need to build web applications for Twitter. Perfect for new and casual programmers intrigued by the microblogging, Twitter API:...

Well, although Twitter is certainly hugely popular, it appears that developers don't care as much about the Twitter APIs as they did with Facebook. The Twitter poll had less than half as many responses as Facebook, which means that there...

Last week, we asked Do you or will you develop for Facebook? So, this week we would like to know about your development status with Twitter. Please let us know when and if you plan to developer for Twitter and...

Excerpted from Chapter 18 of the Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook. Mashup applications are based on the possibility of consuming remote data sources, and to create one, you need a good understanding of the APIs available. AIR offers even greater possibilities for creating mashup applications and widgets. With AIR, you can go beyond all the sandbox security of the browser and add advanced features to the application to interact with the file system or local storage with SQLite. This chapter demonstrates how to integrate the Flickr, Yahoo Maps, and Twitter web services to create desktop mashup applications with AIR.

Since I discovered Twitterfall.com, I've become addicted to the site's constant stream of Twitter updates. The site works on a basic premise. Enter few search terms, and a 'waterfall' of matching tweets will slowly scroll down the screen. It is...

We're ready to extend the reach of the InsideRIA community beyond its home site, and can use your input. We're on Twitter--@InsideRIA--and will soon be adding a widget to the site that enables you to track InsideRIA-generated Tweets. Here are a few other things we're considering:

You may have noticed that we recently added a new icon in the header of InsideRIA.com (top right). Yes, in addition to RSS and iTunes, you can now also follow InsideRIA on Twitter at http://twitter.com/insideria/. Also, if you wish you can also follow me personally at http://twitter.com/richtretola

Twitter is growing and evolving at a rapid pace. In this entry I'll look at some of the new ways people and businesses are using Twitter and discuss some new developments in the industry around Twitter that web application developers should consider.

At the London stop of the OnAIR Tour Europe we got to see a presentation about Alert Thingy which has now launched. AlertThingy is a client for the new social feed aggregation service FriendFeed and it's build in AIR.