Follow ‘Macsimum News’ on ‘Twitter’ now

Posted by Dennis Sellers Aug 23, 2009 at 7:41am

With the exploding popularity of Twitter, Macsimum News has decided to join the party. We see it as an opportunity to keep our readers better informed by “pushing” important Apple-related news and support information to them, so they don’t have to spend time searching for it. Think of it as an “instant” or “mini” Macsimum MacOSG Newsletter, if you will. Below is a list of the type of “tweets” or “alerts” we plan on sending out.

Besides Apple-related news, we will also be covering Apple support-related information.

• Important Apple news as it’s released or happens. Example: Apple releases new hardware.

• New Apple Software updates as they are releases. Example: Apple just releases an iPhoto update.

• New Apple firmware updates as they are releases. Example: Apple just releases an iMac firmware update.

• Important “Apple Technical Articles” released. Example: Apple just releases a new bulletin on a MacBook issue.

• New Apple OS updates as they are releases. Example: Apple just releases an OS X update.

• New Apple Security updates as they are releases. Example: Apple just releases a system security update.

Anyway, you get the picture; we want to keep our readers informed!

To follow Macsimum News on Twitter, login to your Twitter account, go to any of the URLs below and click on the “Follow” button, as pictured below.

http://twitter.com/macsimumnews

http://twitter.macsimumnews.com

http://macsimumnews.com/twitter

If you don’t have a Twitter account yet, simply go to http://twitter.com and sign up. It only takes a minute.

Following Macsimum News on Twitter using an iPhone/iPod touch

To follow Macsimum News on your iPhone/iPod touch, simply open Safari and type in any of the following URLs:

twitter.com/macsimumnews

twitter.macsimumnews.com

macsimumnews.com/twitter

The following screen will appear.

You can also access Macsimum News on Twitter via our iPhone/iPod touch app. Simply tap on the “Follow MN on Twitter” button pictured below.

You can add a custom Twitter icon to your Home screen if you wish by doing the following:

1. Tap in the ”+” button in the center bottom of your screen, as in the photo above.
2. Tap on the “Add to Home Screen” button.
3. Type in a name. I used “Macsimum,” as you can see in the photo below.

If you ever want to remove the app, simply hold the icon until it wiggles and then tap on the “X.”

There are a bunch of Twitter apps you can get at the App Store for your iPhone/iPod touch. Below are a couple of popular ones that we recommend.

TwitterFon (free)

Twittie ($.99)

One more thing; we plan on randomly giving away some books to our Twitter followers from our friends at O’Reilly Media. So start following Macsimum News and you could be a winner!

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