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Filed under: Photo, Video, Web services, Microblogging

Yfrog now supports photo and video tweets from your webcam

Yfrog, one of the most popular photo-posting services for Twitter, is making a move into video and offering webcam support. You can record and tweet, right from the Yfrog site. To get started, check the space where you'd normally see the option to upload an image or enter a URL: the new webcam option has been added right next to those. When the video window pops up, you can record a video, take a still shot, or take a still shot on a 5 second delay.

As always with Yfrog, the photos and videos you take are only a click away from being posted to Twitter. Because Yfrog is already one of the top players in the Twitter photo uploading game, and supported in several major Twitter apps, there's a good chance it could start to dominate the Twitter video arena, too. Currently, Twitvid and Twiddeo are two of the most popular options.

[via CNET]

Filed under: Microblogging

Twitter continues quest for global domination, adds media sharing to Bit.ly


Bit.ly has added a handy new feature this morning. While it's being reported elsewhere as "file uploading," a more accurate description is media sharing.

The added kung fu is provided by yFrog -- which will no doubt get the rumor mill buzzing about Twitter taking their new funding and snatching up Imageshack, who own yFrog.

Submit a supported file - jpg, png, gif, bmp, tiff, swf, flv, pdf, mp4, mov, or avi - and bit.ly automatically creates a shortened URL and provides the un-altered yFrog link. As with all bit.ly links, realtime stat tracking is provided on your media uploads.

So why upload to yFrog this way instead of using the direct route? As Digital Inspiration's Amit Agarwal points out this is a way to sidestep yFrog's requirement that you log in via Twitter. Files submitted via bit.ly just get hosted and receive a link, no sign-in required.

Update : Yah, so, the title of this post would tend to indicate Twitter is in control of Bit.ly. While they're totally BFFs, and we see them hanging out together after school and bit.ly totally has Twitter's letter jacket and stuff, Twitter doesn't actually own bit.ly, uh, yet. That's probably more their mistake than ours. Anyway, if you were misled by this title, we apologize. Carry on.

Filed under: Windows, Open Source, Microblogging

Open source MahTweets is a solid, extensible Twitter client for Windows


Want a good Twitter client for your Windows system that doesn't necessitate installing Adobe Air? Check out MahTweets.

If you're willing to overlook the...er...interesting interface, MahTweets is loaded with features. It's built on .Net 3.5 and the Windows Presentation Foundation and is available as a ClickOnce installer. CPU and memory usage are very respectable, and updates are sent and received rapidly.

Twitter power users won't like the fact that MahTweets doesn't support search columns. More casual, conversational users probably won't notice the omission. The app does provide a good way to view the big three - everything, direct messages, and @ mentions.

[via Doug Finke]

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Filed under: Photo, Social Software, web 2.0

Flickr2Twitter: Twitpic killer?


Flickr has launched its own service - Flickr2Twitter - for sending images to Twitter, and at first glance, it looks like it could compete head-on with existing Twitter photo services like Twitpic and Yfrog. Flickr's system is a bit different than the others, though, and doesn't yet have application support from a major Twitter client. Taking that into consideration, I think there's a good case that these apps will be able to coexist, with Flickr2Twitter dominating amongst existing Flickr users, and Twitpic or Yfrog favored by more casual photographers.

Everyone knows Flickr is a big player in the online photo game, but not everyone has a Flickr account or wants to sign up for one. While existing Flickr users will probably adopt Flickr2Twitter, folks who don't want to sign up can use Twitpic with their existing Twitter logins. Flickr2Twitter also handles uploads via email, so you need to send your photos to your account's email address to post them (the text of the tweet goes in the subject line). For mobile users, this works, but it's not as easy as Twitpic-ing or Yfrogging from your Twitter client, and some of the most popular clients support those services. From the desktop, Flickr2Twitter has the advantage: you can Twitter a Flickr photo very quickly by clicking the "blog this" button that you've probably already noticed on your photo pages.

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