We at Lifehacker know better than that, thoughhere are our favourite ways to turn Twitter into a useful tool, without becoming one yourself.We’ve shared some of our non-breakfast related Twitter uses before, but over the past few years Twitter has evolved, grown more popular, and we’ve just discovered more clever and productive uses for it. Since Twitter’s inception, it’s been looked down upon as a place for self-centered technophiles to share the mundane details of their lives. Some of these you may recognise, but even the ones we’ve discussed before may have been updated, so be sure to check them all out if you’re looking to upgrade your Twitter usage.

As hard as news sites and blogs try to be up-to-the-second sources for news, the fact of the matter is that Twitter is just the best place to find out what just happened. Whether you want to keep up with this year’s Oscar winners without sitting through the show or find out who got voted off American Idol, all you need to do is hit up search.twitter.com. Within seconds you’ll have all the information you need, even if it isn’t up yet anywhere else on the internet.

We already know the internet is a great tool for the unemployed (or just unhappy at their current job), but you can actually find a good number of listings on Twitter. You’d be surprised at what you can find. Again, it certainly won’t be your only resource, but its another good one to add to your arsenal. Furthermore, reader AlphaGeek notes that you can just search Twitter for the hashtag #jobs, and perhaps a hashtag for your industry or city. We’ve talked about how to do this with free service TweetMyJobs, which lets you pick the field your interested in and get real-time Twitter updates of job listings you might be interested in. Photo remixed from an original by Janet McKnight.

Whether it’s big programs like Firefox and XBMC or smaller ventures like Adium for the Mac, I’ve never gotten a faster notification than on Twitter. One of my favourite Twitter uses is following my favourite software developers and finding out immediately when they update. Not only will you find out as soon as a new update is ready, but you’ll find out about the cool stuff coming up in future versions, nightly builds, and sometimes even handy tips you didn’t know about.

Just protect your tweets, disallow discovery of your account by email address, and use it as your own personal notebook. If you aren’t using something like Evernote, that doesn’t mean you can’t still use Twitter’s quick-post nature as a notebookreader Epell says it’s a great place to jot down ideas as soon as you think of them. If you’re the more introspective type, you can use it as a short-post journal, toowhether public or private.

What I find especially cool about Twitter is that I find news and articles I otherwise wouldn’t have discovered. Using Twitter for news is hardly a new ideafollowing accounts like @cnnbrk are Twitter 101 (plus, if any news starts breaking, the other folks you follow will probably be quick to talk about it). Since you can follow anyone with just a click, you probably end up following more people (and a more diverse group of people) than you would on, say, Google Reader. Sure, at a certain point this can get more “noisy” than helpful, but this is why you should routinely unfollow people to keep your feeds clutter-free. As they tweet out interesting links (or retweet others you don’t follow), you might find articles or blog posts that weren’t hugely popular, but still useful or interesting.

There are a ton of Twitter accounts out there that send out useful alerts or inspiration for things in your daily life. Aren’t sure what you want to make for dinner tonight? @cookbook can give you a bit of inspiration with her 140-character recipes. Your local businesses might also have some cool accounts, tooa few of the local bars where I’m from will tweet out special drafts that aren’t publicised anywhere else, so only their followers know to come in and ask for it specifically.

With the Twitter API and an Arduino, there are pretty much no limits to what you can control. You can do something simple like control your PC from afar with TweetMyPC, or do a more complicated project like tell your coffee pot to start brewing. Whether you need to send a quick command or get alerts for something happening at home, Twitter has become a very popular tool for home automation projects.

One of the things I love about twitter is the ability, through a search, to create a kind of instant and dynamic community of people with whom you share an interest. I often set up a search for a band I like, and when people tweet about that band I follow them for a while or interact with them to find out what other music preferences they have and thus discover new music – in the process you also find out a lot of interesting things about the bands as well.

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And congratulations to Reddit understand how to monetize an April Fool If someone gives you pictures of mold in your profile, you can show only 490 comments in one go instead of the usual maximum of 500, and each time more model feedback occurs in less than ten. They also lose the ability to write the letter "e" in images, and another card is lost every time someone gives you more mold. The bad news is that the fungus is a virtual hard to find, such as mold spores growing pictures were delivered a few days ago and only for a limited number of people. But if you buy the gifts at the virtual currency of Images, Images of Gold, you can buy mold spores and throw your friends for today only. I have not seen any pictures of mold in nature, but if you've been affected please let us know in the comments.

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"Whether search results, text ads, email and documents, our research has clearly shown that the most effective way to achieve happiness of the users and conversion rates to use the font Comic without," said Google in your ad. After rigorous testing, Google has announced that starting Monday, "April 4, 2011, all Google products will use the Comic Sans font.

Point your thumb behind you to respond to a message, send an e-mail licks her fingers and stamping the message and the ease of use is the kind of common phrases. Gmail has announced a new way to view your Gmail account with the new Gmail feature motion. This function uses the webcam to track your movements and turn them into actions that correspond to your Gmail account. Standing in a "T" for example, corresponds to the strike: "I love you ..

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"For suppliers who have made the cornerstone of its strategy Android smartphone, the 2010 was the launch party. This year will see a coronation party vendors to broaden and deepen their portfolios to more customers, especially users of smartphones for the first time .. "" Android is ready to take over the leading smartphone operating system in 2011 after running into the number two position in 2010, "Ramon Llamas, IDC senior analyst, mobile device technology and equipment trends, said in a statement.

In early February, Nokia said it would continue a long-term relationship with Microsoft, and Windows 7 operating system foundation for the Nokia phone. Nokia chief Stephen Elop, said recently that Windows-based devices Phone Nokia is currently underway and will be available next year.

IOS, but still held the lead market for mobile operating system with 28.6 percent, while 25.8 percent had been on Android and BlackBerry 26.1 percent. In January, Nielsen has found that about 40 percent of those who bought a smartphone in the last six months has chosen Android-based devices.

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The wording of this article (and many others) say they invented a touch screen. And before you burn me, I'm not saying it's a bad thing at all. However, they were the first to adopt this type of phone (as far as I know). But without doubt, is a must with the ability, because it lacks the precision to resist. Chester @ Kartik: Apple did not invent the capacitive touch screen. They have their no. Give support to your application, including the design of an interface that works with your fingers. They did not invent multi-touch. And yes, I have been very successful in popularizing. A request for all? What about the integration of information from multiple "applications" in a useful and informative interface? Now that's smart. Sorry, but this is not just for me. This is a different condition, and of course the feeling that people want these devices to move the calls useful for non-iPhone smartphone users with both its simplicity and talk a while.

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The confrontation between competing software has warmed over the past year, with the increase of devices based on Google Inc. (GOOG) Android Symbian investment management first and Nokia Corp. (NOK) to bind Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Windows platform and take the phone.

If the U.S. were to legalize the use and sale of recreational drugs is known, there should be no restrictions of any kind? There may, without scruples?.

We do not need religion to be ethical? It is possible that in a world without religion can be, in general a better place to live?.

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Big Blue 5,896 patents last year, according to IFI Claims Patent Services. Samsung Electronics was the most prolific winner of the second patent, with 4,551 patents in 2010. Microsoft in third place with 3,094 patents, followed by Canon (2552), Panasonic (2482), Toshiba (2246), Sony (2150), Intel (1653), LG Electronics (1490) and HP (1480).

IBM, which currently spends about $ 6 billion in R & D every year, said that the inventors of IBM has more than 50 years to receive his first patent after 5000 the company was founded in 1911. In 2009, the IBM patent number was 4914. IBM is the first company to allow more than 5,000 patents a year, according to international financial institutions, a research division of Fairview.

Apple entered the top 50 for the first time. 46 digits in the position of international financial institutions. Other technology providers to gain points in the top 50 list includes Cisco, the No. 17 with 1,115 patents, and SAP in 42 th place with 649 patents. With 563 patents, Apple won the No.

In short: there is a backlog of patent applications, but the number of scholarships continues to grow after a period of economic recession ".." The significant increase in patent issues so far in 2010 suggests that the economy seems to have seriously hindered the movement of U.S. patents "Said Darlene Slaughter, general manager of international financial institutions, in a statement." Another important factor is the strengthening of the USPTO's efforts to improve response times and five-year strategic plan to increase efficiency and reduce the slope.

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Or the risk is in the protoplasm of date. But it was also a year when many of us realize that the world is beyond our control, information leaks, viruses and other weapons by the government sponsored piracy are the things we've seen first hand this year that will shape the future of life on this planet. Google will tell you that 2010 was a year of oil spills, collisions of particles and Justin Bieber. So when deciding on New Year's resolutions, consider the following.

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Being out of the article in question was confirmed by the office of general craigslist Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, yesterday, the Associated Press. four months ago. The elimination of dozens of countries section follows a similar action that saw the United States filed

Last year, the company changed to "erotic services" to "adult services." With the name change, Craigslist said then that it would consider advertising, rather than relying on users to identify are doubtful. increased E 'the initial price of an ad for $ 5 to $ 10. In an attempt to maintain the operation of the site, Craigslist has tried to take a few laps of his hat.

But this year, intensified surveillance, prosecutors across the country united in an effort to convince the company to close the American brand in the adult section of his adult ads last September and has pledged to maintain section closed forever. Bowing to pressure, the U.S. company finally closed

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