Twitter Apps for iPad

Each day, we see many people asking for Twitter apps for the iPad. This list is merely a sampling of what’s on oneforty, so be sure to check out the iPad offerings on our site.

Tweetdeck for iPad

An anticipated encore to their desktop and iPhone offerings, Tweetdeck for iPad features a two-column design and browser display. Shows you everything you want to see at once; read the news in the browser and monitor your Tweets in the columns below.

Twitterrific for iPad

Recalling the elegant design and usability of the Mac desktop and iPhone apps, Twitterific for iPad makes Twitter more terrific in many ways, namely, by letting you shorten urls, save searches, and even translate Tweets into different languages.

Twitterlator Pad

If you prefer a chat-style interface, this is for you. The app also features customizable wallpapers and photo and audio Tweets.

Instapaper

Instapaper allows you to save web pages to read later, also sharing function for Twitter.

Arkovi - Social Media for Business

For those of you looking for a social media business app, Arkovi features integration with Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter and a powerful RSS integrator. It also works on the iPad in Safari.

Sociable

Integrate all of your social networks with one easy iPad application. Apple’s split-view allows you to switch between services with no time wasted. The app features a built-in web browser that allows you to view links your friends send you without having to quit anything to launch Safari.

Do you have an iPad? Have you tried any of these apps? Feel free to sign into oneforty with your Twitter account and review some of these apps. Create your own Toolkit and let us know which apps you find work the best for you.

Why platforms like Twitter actually (scientifically) trigger empathy

An interesting report on some findings around how tweeting may physically enable audiences to be more empathetic. Neuroeconomist Paul Zak has discovered, for the first time, that social networking triggers the release of the generosity-trust chemical in our brains. And that should be a wake-up call for every company.

5 Awesome Twitter Searches

Twitter’s search engine is really one of it’s great features, and in this article I’m going to demonstrate some really cool searches you can do with it.

This is kind of a follow up to Thomas Baekdal’s excellent article here on Twitip “7 Secret Ways To Use Twitter Search” which you should check out as well.

1. Who’s saying stuff about me outside of Twitter?
This search will show you Tweets that people write about you or your company that link out to an external page. This is useful for finding what people are writing about you, or indeed when people link to your site without using your Twitter name
[your name|company] filter:links
Live example: mailchimp filter:links

2. Free Stuff
If you’re on the hunt for freebies, create variants of this search and save them to monitor when companies or bloggers are giving away freebies or offers across Twitter. This will work best if you monitor it over time. Use the “near” search operator to try limiting this to your local area (e.g. near:Sydney).
free code|coupon + keyword
Live example: free code|coupon iphone

3. Who’s showing me love/hate?
The one is a bit sporadic in terms of how effective it is, but if you add a smiley or frown to your search, Twitter (in theory) will show tweets that mention your search term in a positive or negative light. As mentioned, results are not always accurate but this is useful to setup as a monitor if you’re running a marketing campaign and want to keep an eye on the haters …..
@yourname|your real name|company name :) :( -filter:links
Live example: ipad :(

4. Create customers out of thin air
[variants of questions you can answer] ? -filter:links
This one needs a bit of thought and tweaking, but it’s potentially powerful. Essentially, this search finds people asking questions that your product/service/blog post can answer. So if you’ve written a great article on how to use solar power, you might search for:
“solar power” ? -filter:links

That search should show people asking questions related to Solar power due to the ? search operator Twitter supports. Adding the -filter:links will strip links from the results, which are unlikely to be people asking questions of their followers. To further target people asking for advice, just add a “How” or similar at the front.

This creates a constant stream of users you can approach with a recommendation to check out your offering.