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Yet Another Social Media Icon Pack, but the first by Keys That Click

Posted in Design, Freebies, on April 28th, 2010 by Carlos.

I know the web is quite saturated with social media icons already, but given I still had to wind up making my own for this site because I couldn’t sift through the thousands to find a style I liked, I thought I’d share the ones I made, plus a handful of others I decided to add. My other motivation is that it still frustrates me when I find a set of icons that look good but are for personal use only. So, I am making this set available free for both personal and commercial use. You don’t have to email me for permission. If you do have it in your heart to let me know where you are using them, that would be great, as I’d just like to see them in action! If there’s interest in these, I’ll look to add more icons, as well as sizes.

I hope you enjoy them! Download the Keys That Click 28×28 Social Media Icon Pack zip file.

Twitter Buys Tweetie – Tweetie becomes “Twitter for iPhone”

Posted in Software, on April 9th, 2010 by Carlos.

On the heels of the Twitter for BlackBerry app being released, Twitter has announced that it has purchased Tweetie – one of the most popular iPhone Twitter apps available. In doing so, it will become THE official Twitter app for the iPhone, becoming “Twitter for iPhone”… best of all, they’re scrapping the $2.99 price tag and making it free. Well, best of all that is if you haven’t already purchased the app like I have. Regardless, that’s a great step forward, and it’s great to see Twitter picking one of the best Twitter apps out there on the market! Here’s an excerpt from Twitter’s official blog:

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve entered into an agreement with Atebits (aka Loren Brichter) to acquire Tweetie, a leading iPhone Twitter client. Tweetie will be renamed Twitter for iPhone and made free (currently $2.99) in the iTunes AppStore in the coming weeks.

So let’s see what Twitter does with the app. I’m sure they’ll be throwing Twitter branding on it and changing the app icon, but the functionality of the app is great, so hopefully there aren’t too many changes.

John Gruber (of Daring Fireball fame) had a hunch something was up when Tweetie developer Atebits did not release a native Tweetie app for the iPad.

I wonder what will be come of the Tweetie desktop app? I suppose since the iPhone app will be renamed, then Tweetie will continue to exist as a desktop app. [Twitter]