Twitter Apps

Since its beginning in 2006, within four years, Twitter has grown exponentially with more than 175 million users worldwide. People are addicted to Twitter and some even tweet as they think. Twitter's popularity lies in the fact that it is satisfies one of the basic needs of every person, which is to be heard! Scores of people are using Twitter now to freely express themselves. If you have just joined in, you must take note of the various Twitter apps, that enhance its usability and make it easy for you to access the website and receive tweets.

I am sure that you already know how Twitter works. It is a social networking site with a difference. You get only a short box in which you must express yourself within 140 letters. This is what makes Twitter different from blogging. This inherent brevity demanded by Twitter makes it a lot more interesting. Some call this a micro-blogging feature. The interesting thing that I found about Twitter is its capacity to reflect a true democracy. If everyone would tweet on the planet, listening to the voice and pulse of public opinion would be a lot simpler.

Politicians, businessmen and every one of us can benefit from knowing what people want, if they only follow tweets.

Top Twitter Apps

The Twitter phenomenon and the platform that it offers has prompted many developers to develop applications which can ease access and enhance usability of Twitter. All these applications have been made possible due to the Twitter API which has been made available to developers. Here are the best 5 apps presented for your perusal.

Twitpic
One of the best apps to be launched in recent times, is Twitpic. It is actually a separate website through which you can access your Twitter account and post pictures directly. If you are an iPhone user, some of the Twitpic apps which you could use are Twitterrific and TweetDeck. If you are a Blackberry person, you could use ÜberTwitter and penBeak. Android users can use apps like Seesmic to post photos through Twitpic.

Twitterholic
This is an interesting Twitter application, which tracks the number of followers of any Twitter user and ranks them accordingly! It is like a barometer for Twitter popularity, which can give you an idea about whose are the most popular tweets on the Internet.

Twitterfeed
If you are a regular blogger and you would like to use Twitter to increase traffic to your blog, Twitterfeed is the application which can let you do that. It posts RSS feeds of your blogs, directly to your Twitter account.

Twitter Atlas
One of the most innovative apps, Twitter Atlas provides a map with live tweets displayed every 6 seconds. It is fun to see what people world over are tweeting through this map based application. Check it out!

Tweetshare
With this Twitter application you can share more than just tweets. Tweet share provides capability of sharing files and discuss topics on Twitter. You should definitely check this one out.

These apps add to the phenomenon that is Twitter, and make it easier to access the millions of tweets generated every day all around the world. Reading Twitter messages is like listening to millions of voices around the world. Twitter is something like the sms of the cell phone platform but with the capability of reaching thousands of followers in a split second. May you attain 'Tweetwana' using any of the apps listed above!