You can choose the frequency of the notifications between instantly to daily updates, you will only get one update for each Wave so at least you won't get drowned in notifications.

Sadly it appears that the 10 billionth tweet was by a protected user so it can't be importalised for all time and looked back on by future generations as the defining words of a generation.

Maybe not....

This will also improve location security as well you could set Home as just the street you live on rather than the exact location of your house, likewise when trying to arrange a meet up a place is a much easier target than a set of coordinate on a map.

This is good news for Twitter users and better location data and improved security will make it a more widely used aspect of Twitter on the move.

We will be getting practical to show you how to get the best from Twitter and not just why to do things.

To mark my first webinar I will be giving away £20 of Twitter Advertising and a campaign assisted by me, a great opportunity to reach out to Twitter users and let them know about your services or organisation.

You can register here and if you can't make the March session I will be running it again in April.

Now Apple says you must include content from multiple sources in your iPhone apps, so that means any advice charity will have to include information from other sources not just their own websites RSS if your using sites like APPMakr, all though this new policy seems to be across the board even if your having a bespoke app built.

More as we get it....

"Twitter's location feature known as GEO Location, is OFF by default and we would suggest you keep it that way!"

A Guide to Your Twitter Privacy and Location Safety

It seems Facebook made a significant change to the number of updates you can see at anyone time it used to be 5000 now its 250 this means the system has to filter the updates to only show you what is most relevant.

Thanks to Skippy we can now put it back the way it was and restore the feed to its preredesign behaviour:

It also means I don't need to hire rooms or buy nibbles (bring your own if you get peckish) so I can keep the cost low and the price to you is just as low.

The first Webinar will focus on Twitter and is priced at just £16.02p you can learn more over at my consultancy site Social Media Charity

Howard Lake notable speaker and founder of UK Fundraising commented in 140 characters "John Carnell understands how charities can and should use social media. He does it himself and then shares clearly what he has learned." - Thanks Howard for your kind words about my work.

Twitter - Tuesday March the 9th 2010

Covers:

• Finding people to follow
• Sending effective Tweets / Retweets
• Building your community
• Twitter Etiquette
• Time for your questions

Time as they say can bring perspective and I know many people support the campaign but also think Apple won't change it's policy, maybe they are right but if you don't ask you don't get problem is with big companies you tend to need a big voice or lots of little voices all shouting as one to get noticed.

It was then that my wife in a sudden moment of techclarity said:

Twitter Code Swarm from Ben Sandofsky on Vimeo.

From the "You couldn't make this up if you tried" pile Vodafone have had to issue multiple apologies after what appears to be a rogue employee tweeted out the following on Vodafone's Twitter account.

"is fed up with dirty homo's and is going after beaver"

This is a massive backfire for Vodafone on just about every level you could imagine, they tweeted the following apology:

"A severe breach of rules by staff in our building, dealing with that internally" "We're very sorry"

It remains to be seen what further fall out there may be from this, here are my theories on what exactly happend:

Twitter have let everyone know of another attempt to compromised accounts of Twitter users, this one however was an attack of a different nature. If you got a warning yesterday to change your password you should do so and it's always wise to change your passwords every few months.

Here is what Twitter had to say it's long:

I submitted the app and waited, some time later the app was rejected by AppMakr and I have just been told why. Apparently Apple won't allow you to include a donation button in applications.

I have created a #AppleDonateFail Poll so please take the time to read this article and vote on the poll.

Yes we all love to hate Facebook, but especially annoying of late is how sloooow Facebook is getting. It reminds me of the Great Myspace Crawl of 2005 all over again, the good news is I think I have found a way to give your account a little bit of a speed boost.

Now first off you could check out Facebook Lite, which is generally a lot quicker and less bug ridden that the main Facebook site. Ok so that's an option but what about normal Facebook.com what can we do to speed that up?

The data is useful because it will allow you to fine tune your first 10 share options on your addthis button or addthis bar, not much point in offering a share service up front that users in your country have little interest in.