Any tips from Google April Fool’s for 2008?
Any tips from a poker April Fool’s for 2008?
Any tips from an offline April Fool’s for 2008?
Any tips from a European April Fool’s for 2008?
Any tips from Google.JP Japan April fools?
Yes, here it goes in their listings:

Last year when we helped RyanAir.com for the Flights to moon:

Here goes a collection of Twitter apps (applications) that I thought it might be usefull for you and if I have forgotten any, please let me know.

www.twitter.com

Twitter in Plain English from leelefever on Vimeo.

Twitter Stars from Marloes Veldhuizen on Vimeo.

Search Twitter

Tweetscan – search Tweets from anyone or limit to a particular user.

TwitterWho – “batch people search”, find people more efficiently.

TwitDir – a Twitter directory, search for fellow Twitterers.

Quotably – track discussions on Twitter by username.

Tweet from your desktop / browser

Twitterfox – Firefox add-on for Twitter. You get a little icon on your status bar that when clicked lets you read new Tweets and send them. Less obtrusive than other Twitter clients.

Twitbin – Firefox extension that puts a Twitter sidebar in your browser.

Twitterbar – Firefox extension which allows you to post to Twitter directly from your Firefox address bar.

Twhirl and Snitter – desktop clients for Windows and Mac.

Twitterific – Twitter client for Mac from Iconfactory.

gTwitter – Twitter client for Linux, pretty basic, but it’s better than nothing.

Witty – Twitter client for Vista.

Spaz – opensource Twitter client for Mac, Windows and Linux (Hat trick!).

Twitku – read and post to Twitter, Jaiku and Pownce from the same page. There are lots of other services that let you post to multiple microblogging sites e.g. HelloTxt and Ping.fm (private beta), plus some of the desktop clients like Twhirl let you do this too.

Tweeting links

Tweetburner – shorten links and track what happens to them.

Tweetl – shorten URLs

Tweet your pics

SnapTweet – post your latest Flickr pics to Twitter.

Twitxr – share photos on Twixtr and automatically update your Twitter, Facebook and Flickr.

TwitPic – upload your pictures to TwitPic, add your comment and send to Twitter.

Share files / media

Twittershare – cutting in on Pownce’s territory, Twittershare allows you to share files over Twitter (maximum 10MB). Available as a download for Mac and Windows, but there is also a no download web interface option.

Tweetr – Twitter client that lets your send files (up to 10 MB)

Twit+ – share pictures, videos and files over Twitter.

Twiddeo – Twitter with video. “Don’t just tell people what you are doing, show them!”

TwitterGram – create audio Tweets.

Other ways to Tweet

Twitter IM – Twitter via Windows Live Messenger or ICQ.

TwitterBerry – Twitter for your Blackberry.

OutTwit – download that lets you update your Twitter from Outlook.

EmailTwitter – post updates to Twitter via email enabled mobile phones, without SMS charges.

jTwitter – Java app for your phone that lets your update Twitter without using SMS.

Twitter Mail – update Twitter via email.

Monitor Twitter

Twitter Digest – another way to follow your favourite users, select who you want to follow and recieve a daily update via RSS or visit your unique web page.

Twitter Stats – generate graphs showing your Twitter usage patterns.

Visual Twitter – send your camera phone pics to Visual Twitter.

Twitter Buzz – view the most popular Twitter links for the last day.

Twitter Poster – “a visual representation of the degree of influence of the Twitter users”.

Tweetmeme – “put simply it watches what is going on within twitter and picks up anyone posting links to content. We then track how many other mentions of the same content are made (and how influential they are.) and present them in a simple format.”

Twemes – “Twemes.com follows public Twitter.com tweets (messages) that have embedded tags that start with a # character. These are sometimes called hashtags but we like to use the term twemes.”

Twitter Linkr – monitor links on Twitter.

Twittermeter – monitor word frequency on Twitter.

Twitter100 – view up to 100 of your followers all on one page.

Twitter Karma – nice way to display friends and followers all on one page.

Twittertale – republishes all those Tweets where you have used bad words. Shame on you.

Play on Twitter

Twittories – collaborative story-telling 140 characters at a time, an interesting experiment (not sure if it’s still going).

Tweetgift – give gifts to your fellow Twitterers.

Twaction – “turn Tweets into actions”.

Twitter Comic Book – Twitter and Flickr mashup.

Wordy Birdie – Twitter based word frequency quessing game. Sounds like fun (?)

Useful twitter stuff

Google Reader to Twitter – greasemonkey script allowing you to Tweet posts from your GReader.

Twitsig – convert Tweets into images and use as signatures.

TwitterNotes – create and manage your notes using Twitter.

Twitter Timer – send Twitter Timer a direct message and it will Tweet you back a reminder.

TwitThis – add a button to you blog posts that lets people Tweet them.

Twitterlights – highlight and Tweet.

Twitzer – cheat the 140 character limit with this Firefox extension.

And probably one of the most useful …

Twitterfeed – Tweet RSS feed.

And a few more things I didn’t know where to put …

Twimbler – Tumblelog you update via Twitter.

Inner Twitter – achieve enlightenment.

TweetWhatYouEat – mmmm… set up a Twitter food diary (or do something more interesting).

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Who will be the finalist for the next web conference 2008 in Amsterdam?

Selected startups until now:
eBuddy
Wakoopa
Lookery
andUNITE
Twingly
Webnode
Backbase
CoComment
Netlog
BembaBemba
Radionomy
Goojet
BeezBox
Symbaloo
Wauw.fm
Empressr
Fleck
Fav.or.it
Hoera
uberVU
ConfNetwork
Introniche
Zilok ? you?

Last.fm expanded in Germany and plans to “scrobble” video/TV as well as music.

• XING, the European business social network competing with LinkedIn hit revenues of $30.98 million and the member base increased to nearly 5 million .

• 100 Euro Tech startups were picked out for the Red Herring’s annual European competition.

• The Guardian newspaper hired Matt McAlister, currently the director of Yahoo’s developer network to begin building a development platform.

• Zemanta launched its alpha for blogging on acid.

• Facebook’s UK figures bounced back after the holiday period.

• 3i re-terated that it was exiting from early stage in Europe.

• IBM started a Cloud Computing Centre in Dublin.

• We reviewed Intruders.TV, Europe’s answer to FastCompany.tv.

• Video startup BlinkBox inked a deal with FreemantleMedia.

• France’s Wikio RSS news aggregator launched in the UK.

• EU startups competed at the Plugg conference.

• Myrl launched a Web-based virtual world.

• Spinvox raised $100m (as story we broke) .

• Isango raised $8 million for its ‘travel experiences’.

• WAYN.com looked like it was on the block again.

• CloudMade raised €2.4m to supercharge open source maps.

• WeLoveLocal sold a majority stake to a local radio group.

• Pointlessly, EU taxpayers were forced to fund a $306m Google rival.

• We reviewed Forkd – a social network for recipes.

• 20 UK startups are to visit Silicon Valley in April – come meet them.

• The Russian government to buy YouTube clone for $15m.

• Scott Rafer joined Polldaddy.

• Google had strong European growth.

More European Startup news:

• Online video viewing stats tripled in the UK.

• UK real estate startup Zoopla! got off to a cracking start.

• European mobile Internet users will triple, reaching 125 million by 2013.

• Russiona search player Yandex questioned Google’s claim to dominance in Russia.

• UK startup Reevoo received funding from a French VC firm.

• The EU officially endorsed DVB-H for handset TV video.

• Apple appears to be waiting for 3G iPhones before launching in Spain and Italy.

• Behavioural targeting firm Phorm has been branded ‘illegal’ by a policy group amid further criticism of the company’s plans to track users via their ISP.

I took five minutes reading and answering these listed 8 questions before starting to launch a new www.eliaskai.com fully branded international blog site.

Question 1 before I create a blog or ask for a blogging customization request:
Name and Market for my blog. Of course brainstorm and benchmark yourself as much as you can using Google adwords keyword tool.

Question 2 before I create a free blog using xider.co.uk or ask for a blogging customization request:

What are my ultimate branding needs?
What elements are you looking to feature prominently on your blog?

RSS subscription, newsletter signup, popular articles, or a product you sell?
RSS Subscription, Popular Articles, Advertising Spots
Newsletter Signup,Product/Service, Other

Please list the elements that you want to highlight that are not listed above.
International with 10 languages.

Question 3 before I create a blog or ask for a blogging customization request: What elements would you like placed in the sidebar?

The sidebar is a column generally placed on the right or left side of the blog that contains elements such as plugins, advertising banners, and links to other bloggers.
Top Commentators
Sponsor Buttons
Post Categories
Recent Comments
Recent Posts
Recent Readers
Featured Links
Popular Posts
Tag Cloud
Blogroll
Poll
Other

Question 4 before I create a blog or ask for a blogging customization request:
What elements would you like placed in the footer?

The footer is the bottom section of the blog layout which has traditionally featured a few links and copyright information. We now design our footers to be more functional in order to enhance the experience of the reader.

Top Commentators
Sponsored Buttons
Post Categories
Recent Comments
Recent Posts
Recent Readers
Featured Links
Popular Posts
Tag Cloud
Blogroll
Poll
Other

Question 5 before I create a blog or ask for a blogging customization request:
What websites do you like for their styling?

In order for you to articulate your styling preference, please list a few websites which you like for their style and design.
Example:
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Question 6 before I create a blog or ask for a blogging customization request:Would you like a custom logo?

We recommend every blog have its own custom logo design. We have the capability to create 3D logos or hand drawn sketches by professional artists.

I’m providing my own logo
Design a logo for me
I will not be using a logo
What kind of logo were you envisioning? Please include details such
as colors, shapes, icons, and keywords used to describe the feeling
you want your logo to communicate.
Light Blue and Orange EliasKai.com

Question 7 before I create a blog or ask for a blogging customization request:
Are there any additional notes we can use to help us design your blog?
No Yes

Question 8 before I create a blog or ask for a blogging customization request:Where should I host my blog? What are the best blog hosting companies? Should I host a free blog? Which blog or publishing blog platform is the best? WP WordPress, TypePad or Blogger?

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Blog brands:
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In search of great songs and the thrilling time where your ears are at top.

Music search sites such as SearchListen.com, last.fm, ListenArabic.com, Deezer.com, Seeqpod.com, Skreemr, Mixwit.com, Songza.com are a hype but yet the most exciting work mission where you sit, work and listen to your best music albums without a single download of any kind of software.

Would these events and behavior move to the mobile world with a free economy for mp3 files?

Always remember when music turns social you can always inflict your musical tastes on others around the world from Arabic, Indie, tektonik to tock and techno..

Bearing Witness 5 Years of Reporting War in Iraq

A unique multimedia essay from Reuters
Visit www.reuters.com/iraq

Through five years of war, a team of 100 Reuters correspondents, photographers, cameramen and support staff have strived to deliver news to the world from Iraq – the most dangerous country for the press. These are their personal stories, bearing witness through half a decade of conflict which has taken the lives of 127 journalists, including seven Reuters staff.

- Testimony from journalists who have witnessed each phase of the conflict
- Rich visual timeline charting the major events and turning points
- Interactive maps and graphs following the key trends
- Live news from Iraq and links to related resources online
Visit www.reuters.com/iraq

BEARING WITNESS: multimedia essay on reporting the Iraq war

Now, it is possible to check your videos on youtube.com and see where did visitors and audience came from to watch your remarkable video content. You can go and find these online video stats and metrics by clicking under the “About this Video” button under My account > Videos, Favorites, Playlists > Manage my Videos.

But wait, this does not show when someone paused or stopped watching the online video or if he was playing the video by browsing some other pages. All real time data are very important to any social or marketing guru to get. Spy on your Youtube.com Audience and know when your movie became popular.

Time will come probably and Youtube.com + Google Analytics will move things much further to attract more advertisers that can check where each dollar is spend.