Product Reviews You Don't Need Bit.ly, Tr.im & Co.: Just Host Your Own URL Shortener All the recent talk about the future of tr.im and giving up control over our links on Twitter to third parties made us look into alternative solutions for shortening our links over the last few weeks. While there aren't too many alternatives to using hosted services for short links, we did come across two self-hosted solutions that you can… Frederic Lardinois View comments
News Simplify Photo: Get Access to All of Your Photos on the iPhone Simplify Media just launched Simplify Photo, a new iPhone and iPod Touch application that allows you to browse all the photos on your computers at home while on the go. Just like with Simplify Music, the appeal of Simplify Photo (iTunes link) is that you don't have to store all of these files on your iPhone, laptop, or netbook, where storage… Frederic Lardinois View comments
NYT Appsfire: The Must-Have App Sharing App (iPhone) I tell people about the Rachel Maddow iPhone app all the time; almost no one has heard of it, but it's great. From now on I won't just tell them about it - I'll share a link to it by email with just a few clicks in the new iPhone app from Appsfire, just approved by the App Store last night. Appsfire is a handy little service that makes it easy… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Trends The Top Twitter Client Is Still the Web According to a new study from social media solutions provider Rapleaf, the most popular Twitter client is the web. After looking at the 20 most recent tweets from over 4 million Twitter users, it was clear that updating your status online via Twitter.com is still the dominant way that most people use Twitter, with 65% of tweets attributed to this… Social Sarah Perez View comments
NYT Censorship or Copyright Infringement? Flickr Takes Down "Obama as Joker" Photo Los Angeles residents recently began seeing a new sort of Obama poster plastered across their city. Instead of promoting "hope," these posters feature U.S. President Barack Obama wearing the Joker's clown makeup from the Batman movie "The Dark Knight." Even those outside of L.A. have likely seen this image somewhere as it soon took on a viral… Sarah Perez View comments