In the Race to Succeed Weiner, a Surprising Anger at Obama

But it was there that Dale Weiss, a 64-year-old Democrat, approached the Republican running for Congress in a special election and, without provocation, blasted the president for failing to tame runaway federal spending. ?We need to cut Medicaid,? she declared, ?but he won?t do that.? She shook her head in disgust. ?He is a moron.?

After nodding approvingly for a time, the Republican candidate, Bob Turner, signaled for an assistant to cut off Ms. Weiss. Frustration with Mr. Obama is so widespread, he explained later, that he tries to limit such rants to about 30 seconds, or else they will consume most of his day.

?It?s endemic in the district,? Mr. Turner said. ?You can?t stop them once they get started.?

The Sept. 13 election for the Ninth Congressional District seat became vacant this summer when Mr. Weiner quit over an online sex scandal. The race was widely viewed as a sleepy sideshow ? a mere formality that would put David I. Weprin, a Democratic state assemblyman and heir to a Queens political dynasty, into a seat known for its deep blue hue.

Instead, the race has become something far more unsettling to Democrats: a referendum on the president and his party that is highlighting the surprisingly raw emotions of the electorate.

National Democrats, alarmed by a poll that showed the contest far closer than anticipated, are privately fretting that even a close outcome in a working-class swath of Brooklyn and Queens may foreshadow broader troubles for the party in 2012.

The Siena College poll, conducted early this month, showed Mr. Weprin with an advantage of 6 percentage points, within the margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 points. 

Suddenly Mr. Weprin?s aides have ramped up fund-raising, enlisting big-name figures like Senator Joseph I. Lieberman to headline events. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has dispatched operatives to advise the candidate. And the campaign, aided by big city unions, is drawing up an extensive field operation to turn out the vote.

Few predict a Republican upset: registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by three to one in the district. But it is not uniformly liberal ? many Orthodox Jews live there, for example ? and even those closest to Mr. Weprin grudgingly describe the contest as uncomfortably competitive.

On paper, Mr. Weprin seems like a sturdy candidate; he is the former chairman of the City Council?s Finance Committee and the son of an Assembly speaker. His message seems tailor-made for the district: he promises to protect Medicare and raise taxes only on the super-rich.

But the election, waged with little news media attention, offers scant time to remind voters of his biography. And after a long summer of stock market gyrations and battles over the federal debt, voters seem determined to register their frustrations with Washington.

?The issue defining this race,? said Robert Zimmerman, a member of the Democratic National Committee from New York, ?is the confidence that the electorate has in this district about the national Democratic agenda.?

Mr. Turner, a retired cable television executive running as a business-minded opponent of deficit spending, acknowledges that uneasiness over Mr. Obama could prove decisive. Asked about his strength in the poll, he smiled mischievously.

?Suddenly,? Mr. Turner said of voters, ?they are faced with the most brilliant, dynamic, charismatic, Scott Brownesque candidate,? referring to the Massachusetts senator. Or, he added, people are so angry with the president ?that they can put up some tired old guy with no political experience and he could actually win.?

?You can pick your poison,? he said. ?I suspect that behind it is a great deal of discontent in the district.?

That suspicion was confirmed by interviews with voters like Theodore Feimer, 66, a retired teacher who lives in the Breezy Point section of Queens. He said he was upset with the president and Democrats over the rising national debt. ?I have never spent more money than I made,? he said. ?The president is way off base in his spending.?

Mr. Feimer, an independent, views Mr. Weprin as an extension of Mr. Obama, and wants to restore balance to Congress. ?We live in a tremendously blue city in a blue state,? he said. ?Weprin to me is part of the party regime.?

Mr. Weprin, 55, said the unhappiness was understandable. ?People are frustrated, they are worried,? he said. ?The top guy is the easy guy to take it out on.?

But he said voters were just as likely to be irritated with Washington Republicans for their brinkmanship over the debt ceiling and threats of tipping the country into default.

In much the way that Mr. Turner tries to link Mr. Weprin with the White House, Mr. Weprin seems determined to identify Mr. Turner with the Tea Party. He refers to Mr. Turner, 70, as ?my Republican, Tea Party conservative opponent,? even though Mr. Turner avoids the Tea Party label.

The race has already produced flashes of elbows-out campaign tactics. Mr. Turner has produced a television commercial skewering Mr. Weprin for supporting the right of Muslims to build a community center and mosque near ground zero. Assemblyman Michael G. DenDekker, a Weprin ally, called the advertisement ?emotional manipulation that just isn?t appropriate.?

And Mr. Turner blames Mr. Weprin for automated telephone calls to voters claiming the Republican would gut Medicare and Social Security. ?It?s a deplorable political ploy,? Mr. Turner said.

In an unusual tactic, Mr. Turner, a Roman Catholic, is directly appealing to Jewish voters by criticizing Mr. Obama?s policies on Israel, despite the fact that Mr. Weprin is an Orthodox Jew.

But in the end, the race is likely to turn on the district?s die-hard Democrats. Special elections generally draw little attention or enthusiasm: advisers to both candidates predict that in a district with more than 300,000 registered voters, as few as 50,000 will vote.

On Friday morning, Mr. Weprin worked a small crowd inside a senior center in the Howard Beach section of Queens, arriving just as aerobics class was coming to an end.

 Some voters assured him that, as the Democrat, Mr. Weprin had their vote. Others seemed skeptical.

?I?m not sure,? said Angelo D?Agostino, a retired firefighter, who steered the conversation to Mr. Obama. ?He?s mishandling everything.?

Mr. Weprin urged the crowd to vote, his tone at times pleading.

?Do you know about the election?? he asked a woman sitting in a row of folding chairs.

 Leaning in, he cracked a nervous joke. ?Your vote,? he  told her, ?is going to count twice.?

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Firefox 7 beta now available, final build due next month

A beta version of Mozilla?s Firefox 7 is now available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Despite releasing version 6 of the popular browser earlier this week, it?s the next iteration that many expect to solve persistent memory leak issues that have plagued the software for years.

Firefox 7 will introduce MemShrink, an initiative that began in June to eradicate the browser's memory inconsistencies. Mozilla developer Nicholas Nethercote claims that Firefox 7 uses less memory than the past three versions, between 20 and 50 percent less in some instances.

In addition to MemShrink, the new build also features better Javascript garbage collection. It's said to work more frequently now and should free up more memory when multiple tabs are open. The upcoming browser also implements Azure Direct2D for Canvas which increases canvas-based animations in HTML5.

There are also tools built into Firefox 7 that will help developers measure load times. Synchronization of bookmarks and passwords is said to be faster, too.

Version 7 is part of Mozilla?s recent rapid deployment of browsers. The developer released Firefox 5 in June and earlier this week it quietly launched Firefox 6 a day ahead of the planned release date.

Mozilla?s browser has been criticized for needing large amounts of RAM and then not freeing that memory once windows or tabs have been closed. Nethercote acknowledges these shortcomings, indicating that some versions were more efficient than others. He praised Firefox versions 3, 3.5 and 3.6 but said things deteriorated with version 4 partly because of all its new features, aggressive JavaScript garbage collection and image decoding.

The final version of Firefox 7 should be available by September 27.

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For President at Play, Family Outings, Golf and Lots of Advisers

If that seems a bit like going on vacation with your lawyer and accountant, well, that?s part of being a president at play.

The Obama administration, as much as its predecessors, is acutely sensitive to criticism about the president taking time off ? complaints that are noisier this year because his annual retreat comes at a time of economic pain and market turmoil.

By bringing along Mr. Brennan, who was photographed Friday giving Mr. Obama his daily national security briefing on deck chairs ? before the president took his daughters to a local bookstore; before even, he played his first round of golf ? the White House is sending a message: this vacation is less a chance to kick back than a change of scenery.

?The president understands that he has important responsibilities to fill,? the deputy White House press secretary, Joshua Earnest, said to reporters on the way to Martha?s Vineyard. ?And it?s his job to fill those responsibilities 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.?

The trouble for this White House ? from a public relations point of view, if not a quality-of-life point of view ? is that this is such a delightful place to do the hard work of governing.

The administration flew about 150 people to Martha?s Vineyard: Secret Service agents, military aides and staff members ? from Mr. Brennan down to the handler who walked the Obama family dog, Bo, onto Air Force One. (Neatly trimmed for his Vineyard romp, Bo sneaked in by the rear stairs, ahead of the press contingent.)

Some staff members are housed in bed and breakfasts, with ruffled bedspreads and gaily painted shutters. Others are at a hotel in Edgartown, a stylish port known for its stately homes built by whaling captains. The first family is renting a 28-acre waterfront estate, Blue Heron Farm, which has horse paddocks, a boat house and an apple orchard.

Few locals in this Democrat-friendly terrain begrudge Mr. Obama his time off. A banner at the Mansion House Inn, where reporters are staying, declares, ?Having achieved so much against division and dysfunction, President Obama deserves a Vineyard vacation.? (Full disclosure: the hotel is swell, too, with a rooftop deck that looks out to yachts in the harbor.)

Contrast that to the quarters where staff members were billeted when President George W. Bush vacationed at his ranch in Crawford, Tex.

Because it was so remote, with few hotels nearby, the White House leased 11 acres outside the gates from a neighbor of Mr. Bush, and put in five trailers, said Steve Atkiss, a former special assistant to the president for operations, who helped set up the outpost.

The trailers housed Secret Service agents, military aides, a communications center, helicopter pilots and members of the president?s senior staff.

?They were pretty run-of-the-mill double-wide trailers,? said Mr. Atkiss, who now works for Command Consulting Group, a security and intelligence consultancy. ?They were functional spaces without being in the least bit luxurious. It was not Martha?s Vineyard.?

And Mr. Bush spent a lot of time in Texas: 180 days, at the same point in his administration where Mr. Obama is now, according to the CBS News reporter Mark Knoller, who compiles such statistics. Mr. Obama had spent 61 days on vacation before this holiday began.

As with Mr. Obama, Mr. Bush?s sojourns were not vacations in the normal sense of the word. He played host to world leaders at the ranch, and held national security meetings. Mr. Atkiss argued that presidents can actually get more done on vacation, since they are not interrupted by White House ceremonial duties.

Mr. Obama did play golf in Edgartown, after he took his girls home from Bunch of Grapes, a Vineyard Haven bookstore. But his aides say he will devote time next week to honing proposals to revive the economy, to be announced in September. Fast-moving events in Syria and Libya guarantee that Mr. Brennan will be kept busy, too.

For now, though, the president?s staff members are savoring the sea breezes in a place they insist functions perfectly well as a New England White House. Working out of a B&B, Mr. Earnest said, is ?better than doing my job at my desk in lower press? ? referring to the cramped West Wing space where press aides field calls from reporters.

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Was Skyrim ever going to use Games For Windows Live?

Was Skyrim ever going to use Games For Windows Live?

Posted on 18th Aug 2011 at 14:59 by Clive Webster with 36 comments

The news that Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will definitely use Steamworks rather than Games For Windows Live has shot around the Internet today, but (and with the greatest of respect to those reporting the story) it doesn?t appear as if Skyrim was ever going to use GFWL.

That hasn?t stopped the rumour of GFWL rubbishness afflicting the next Scrolls Elder Scrolls game (that is confusing, isn?t it?), resulting in the Elder Scrolls Twitter stating that ?We can confirm today that we're using Steamworks for Skyrim?

The confusion came from the promotion picture for Skyrim, where the PC version was placed behind the Xbox 360 and PS3 boxes. The Games For Windows logo was showing and many people worried that the word ?Live? might be on the end. However, the Games For Windows logo features on a lot of game boxes and merely means? actually, I?m not sure what it means, or guarantees and implies. That the game doesn?t run on Linux and Mac?


Anyway, the point is, this logo is harmless and does not mean you have to use GFWL. Moreover, the Games for Windows Live logo is larger, with the Live bit underneath the word Games. It?s easy to spot, and therefore avoid when possible, as these images show:


Quite why Microsoft insists on such stringent online authentication and activation procedures on the PC and is so much more relaxed on the Xbox 360 is beyond me ? piracy is as much of a problem on console as on PC and yet it?s PC gamers that have to suffer the counter-measures. Anyhoo, hope the above helps when you?re out shopping, or looking at future cross-platform release photography!

Check our GamesCom 2011 news hub for all the information from Cologne this year.

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Bright new ideas from Seedcamp

The Guardian brought SeedCamp to my attention the other day, which is like a European KickStarter for entrepreneurs. Lord Sir Alan Sugar would be proud.

The idea is that small startup companies with big ideas can pitch to SeedCamp and get the funding they need to develop or launch their product or service. Or, In SeedCamp?s own words, ?Seedcamp is an early-stage micro seed investment fund and mentoring programme? For the winning companies of any event where we choose to make an investment, Seedcamp?s standard investment is: ?50,000 for 8-10% per cent of the company.?

What caught my eye the most were some of the Guardian?s top 20 picks, which look genuinely fun, useful or some combination thereof. Here are my picks of their picks:

Crowd is in private beta, but is a photo sharing service where users can share images in real-time, allowing people to experience other locations via geo-tagged image taken there.

EnergyBob is just a placeholder URL for the company that aims to make energy metering smarter. The EnergyBob server ?talks to Google's Latitude's API to determine when you're on your way home, and when the heating needs to come on? for example. The appliance is set to cost ?99 for installation and ?9 a month thereafter.

CityMapper is a service that connects the various and many ways to travel around London into one map-driven interface. CityMapper integrates everything from the Tube and buses to the Boris bikes and just walking into one application; it also tells you how much you?ll pay for your journey, or how many calories you?ll burn off. You can use the service now.

Myows stands for ?My Original Works? and is a way to share and distribute your creative work while maintaining control over it. Users store their copyrighted material (which can be images, video, music, artwork or whatever) with Myows, which allows the copyright holder to prove ownership, manage their rights and chase copyright infringements. ?[i] Myows is already storing 18,000 registered works and has solved 72 infringement cases.[i]?

opensignalmaps is a simple idea: overlay the strength of mobile reception on a map. You can select your operator and what level of network you?re looking for (ie, just 3G reception). You can use the service now, and it might come in handy for holidays in remote locations.

Travelstormer might come in handy if you?re arranging a trip with friends, as it helps organise a bunch of people?s travel needs. Once you?ve ?brainstormed? the best plan, you crowdsource travel tips from other Travelstormer users before finalising your plans.

There are more interesting ideas in the Guardian's SeedCamp story and on the SeedCamp site itself.

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The TV That Watches You

Many people surf the Web while they watch television. Soon­­­ the websites they visit could adapt in real time to the shows being watched?automatically presenting information relevant to the show, or even tuning their ads in response to what's on screen.

A new type of Internet-connected television, due out before the end of the year, has built-in software and hardware that send data about what is on-screen to an Internet server that can identify the content. Web pages being viewed using the same Internet connection as the TV set can then tap into that information. The system can identify any content onscreen, whatever the source, whether live TV, DVDs or movie files playing from a computer.

Flingo, the San Francisco-based startup that developed the technology, known as Sync Apps, says the new set is already being mass-produced by one of the top five television brands in the U.S. and will retail for less than $500.

"Any mobile app or Web page being used in front of your TV can ask our servers what is on right now," says David Harrison, cofounder and CTO of Flingo. "For example, you could go to Google or IMDB and the page would already know what's on the screen. Retailers like Amazon or Walmart might want to show you things to buy related to a show, like DVDs, or what people are wearing in it." Social sites such as Facebook or Twitter can use the service to connect viewers to a TV show's official page or stream. When a user flips channels, or a show ends, the Webpage being viewed knows about it and can instantly update to the new viewing.

Flingo has made available a public API (application programming interface), so developers can build mobile and Web apps that use the television's inside knowledge. The TV will also display pop-ups on-screen, offering further Web-retrieved information about a show, or links to apps on the set itself.

All of this occurs with the permission of the television's owner, says Harrison. The first time the TV is switched on, it asks users if they would like to opt in to the data-sharing service. If they say yes, it prompts them to accept a terms-of-service agreement. Individual sites and apps must ask for, and be granted, permission to access the data the TV makes available.

Ashwin Navin, Flingo's CEO and other cofounder, says he expects people to opt in because the service offers an automatic way to do what people are already doing manually. "People are doing the work to search for information to go with their viewing," he says. "We'll have all that information right there."

The data generated by a television with Sync Apps is also valuable to advertisers. Already, online ads can be targeted based on the content of a Web page and the viewer's browsing history. Navin says that his company will enable sites to match ads to a person's TV-viewing history too, at least on sites that have received permission to use the television's data.

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The TV That Watches You

Many people surf the Web while they watch television. Soon­­­ the websites they visit could adapt in real time to the shows being watched?automatically presenting information relevant to the show, or even tuning their ads in response to what's on screen.

A new type of Internet-connected television, due out before the end of the year, has built-in software and hardware that send data about what is on-screen to an Internet server that can identify the content. Web pages being viewed using the same Internet connection as the TV set can then tap into that information. The system can identify any content onscreen, whatever the source, whether live TV, DVDs or movie files playing from a computer.

Flingo, the San Francisco-based startup that developed the technology, known as Sync Apps, says the new set is already being mass-produced by one of the top five television brands in the U.S. and will retail for less than $500.

"Any mobile app or Web page being used in front of your TV can ask our servers what is on right now," says David Harrison, cofounder and CTO of Flingo. "For example, you could go to Google or IMDB and the page would already know what's on the screen. Retailers like Amazon or Walmart might want to show you things to buy related to a show, like DVDs, or what people are wearing in it." Social sites such as Facebook or Twitter can use the service to connect viewers to a TV show's official page or stream. When a user flips channels, or a show ends, the Webpage being viewed knows about it and can instantly update to the new viewing.

Flingo has made available a public API (application programming interface), so developers can build mobile and Web apps that use the television's inside knowledge. The TV will also display pop-ups on-screen, offering further Web-retrieved information about a show, or links to apps on the set itself.

All of this occurs with the permission of the television's owner, says Harrison. The first time the TV is switched on, it asks users if they would like to opt in to the data-sharing service. If they say yes, it prompts them to accept a terms-of-service agreement. Individual sites and apps must ask for, and be granted, permission to access the data the TV makes available.

Ashwin Navin, Flingo's CEO and other cofounder, says he expects people to opt in because the service offers an automatic way to do what people are already doing manually. "People are doing the work to search for information to go with their viewing," he says. "We'll have all that information right there."

The data generated by a television with Sync Apps is also valuable to advertisers. Already, online ads can be targeted based on the content of a Web page and the viewer's browsing history. Navin says that his company will enable sites to match ads to a person's TV-viewing history too, at least on sites that have received permission to use the television's data.

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The TV That Watches You

Many people surf the Web while they watch television. Soon­­­ the websites they visit could adapt in real time to the shows being watched?automatically presenting information relevant to the show, or even tuning their ads in response to what's on screen.

A new type of Internet-connected television, due out before the end of the year, has built-in software and hardware that send data about what is on-screen to an Internet server that can identify the content. Web pages being viewed using the same Internet connection as the TV set can then tap into that information. The system can identify any content onscreen, whatever the source, whether live TV, DVDs or movie files playing from a computer.

Flingo, the San Francisco-based startup that developed the technology, known as Sync Apps, says the new set is already being mass-produced by one of the top five television brands in the U.S. and will retail for less than $500.

"Any mobile app or Web page being used in front of your TV can ask our servers what is on right now," says David Harrison, cofounder and CTO of Flingo. "For example, you could go to Google or IMDB and the page would already know what's on the screen. Retailers like Amazon or Walmart might want to show you things to buy related to a show, like DVDs, or what people are wearing in it." Social sites such as Facebook or Twitter can use the service to connect viewers to a TV show's official page or stream. When a user flips channels, or a show ends, the Webpage being viewed knows about it and can instantly update to the new viewing.

Flingo has made available a public API (application programming interface), so developers can build mobile and Web apps that use the television's inside knowledge. The TV will also display pop-ups on-screen, offering further Web-retrieved information about a show, or links to apps on the set itself.

All of this occurs with the permission of the television's owner, says Harrison. The first time the TV is switched on, it asks users if they would like to opt in to the data-sharing service. If they say yes, it prompts them to accept a terms-of-service agreement. Individual sites and apps must ask for, and be granted, permission to access the data the TV makes available.

Ashwin Navin, Flingo's CEO and other cofounder, says he expects people to opt in because the service offers an automatic way to do what people are already doing manually. "People are doing the work to search for information to go with their viewing," he says. "We'll have all that information right there."

The data generated by a television with Sync Apps is also valuable to advertisers. Already, online ads can be targeted based on the content of a Web page and the viewer's browsing history. Navin says that his company will enable sites to match ads to a person's TV-viewing history too, at least on sites that have received permission to use the television's data.

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Was Skyrim ever going to use Games For Windows Live?

Was Skyrim ever going to use Games For Windows Live?

Posted on 18th Aug 2011 at 14:59 by Clive Webster with 36 comments

The news that Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will definitely use Steamworks rather than Games For Windows Live has shot around the Internet today, but (and with the greatest of respect to those reporting the story) it doesn?t appear as if Skyrim was ever going to use GFWL.

That hasn?t stopped the rumour of GFWL rubbishness afflicting the next Scrolls Elder Scrolls game (that is confusing, isn?t it?), resulting in the Elder Scrolls Twitter stating that ?We can confirm today that we're using Steamworks for Skyrim?

The confusion came from the promotion picture for Skyrim, where the PC version was placed behind the Xbox 360 and PS3 boxes. The Games For Windows logo was showing and many people worried that the word ?Live? might be on the end. However, the Games For Windows logo features on a lot of game boxes and merely means? actually, I?m not sure what it means, or guarantees and implies. That the game doesn?t run on Linux and Mac?


Anyway, the point is, this logo is harmless and does not mean you have to use GFWL. Moreover, the Games for Windows Live logo is larger, with the Live bit underneath the word Games. It?s easy to spot, and therefore avoid when possible, as these images show:


Quite why Microsoft insists on such stringent online authentication and activation procedures on the PC and is so much more relaxed on the Xbox 360 is beyond me ? piracy is as much of a problem on console as on PC and yet it?s PC gamers that have to suffer the counter-measures. Anyhoo, hope the above helps when you?re out shopping, or looking at future cross-platform release photography!

Check our GamesCom 2011 news hub for all the information from Cologne this year.

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Meet Twylah, Brand Pages for Twitter.

Twylah is a service, which also offers an automated summary, but only of things that you tweet, and it has a very different purpose. Described as giving you the means to create your own ?brand page,? Twylah is a great way for websites, products, venues, and even individuals to create one page, which sums up what they?re about. It gives potential followers an instant summary of the topics you tweet the most about, or in other words, your personal trending tweets.

While Twylah automatically selects about 20 of your most popular tweeted topics, you can choose to exclude any of them if you prefer, as well as choosing to pin three specific topics to the top of your page. Each topic can be expanded, to display even more of your tweets on any given subject. Your fans and followers can reply to updates, and retweet them, directly from Twylah, as well as +1, tweet or like your entire page, or just a specific topic.

How does Twylah work?

Your topics on Twylah are determined by how your followers react to them, or in other words, by your influence on any given subject. The tweets, and by extensions topics, which receive the most retweets, replies and reactions from your followers are the ones that make into your list. With time, the service becomes even more refined, alerting you which topics are creating more of a buzz. In this sense, Twylah becomes an even more useful marketing tool because it gives you a overview of what works and what doesn?t with your followers, so you?re more likely to give them the exact kind of content they are waiting for.

Why use Twylah?

The most obvious use for Twylah is for brands to market their product and Twitter account at the same time. The sleek grid which features about 10 of your most trending topics, with images taken either from your posts, or from related tweets from other users, is an attractive and extremely easy way to let people know exactly what you?re about. It?s also an easy way for people who aren?t on Twitter to keep up with your latest tweets.

Whether it?s a brand or a personal Twitter account, what you tweet says a lot about you. Twylah provides with far more information than your actual Twitter profile.

When deciding whether or not to follow someone, you probably glance at their bio, links and their 20 last tweets. Using the same amount of time on Twylah, you can tell you far more about that user, and for some brands it could make all the difference in gaining more followers. And of course there?s a convenient follow button built right into the page.

How do you drive people to your Twylah page?

There are several ways to ensure that people actually see your Twylah page. The first and most obvious is to place a link on your website or blog. Twylah provides some varied and attractive buttons if you want to make sure that people take notice of the link. The buttons are available in the Resources section.

Another way you can drive traffic to your Twylah page is to tweet directly from Twylah. To do this, you can either send a ?power tweet? from the site itself, or you can use a handy bookmarklet, which will let you tweet from whatever page you happen to be visiting in your browser.

What happens when you tweet a link from Twylah, is that rather than take you straight to that page, it displays an excerpt, alongside other related tweets you?ve sent out in the past, putting the update in context of your own Twitter history.

This feature should probably be used with a bit of caution, rather than every tweet you share. Some of your followers might prefer to be sent straight to the post, and tend to get annoyed by these kinds of features when over-used.

TNW Verdict

Twylah is a great addition in the arsenal of tools you can use to publicize and market your brand, your Twitter account or, even, yourself. The final product is a sleek, premium-like offering which any brand should be happy to use alongside their other utilities or even as a Twitter profile replacement itself. It couldn?t be easier to use ? simply connect your account and let Twylah work its magic.

The added bonus of knowing which of your tweets do best via Twylah, along with improving your SEO on Google and Bing, make it an invaluable tool in the long run. We only have two concerns about the service as a whole. First, be sure not to abuse the Power Tweets feature, otherwise you could wind up losing more followers than you gain. Second, and more importantly, while we appreciate Twylah?s ease of use, having a little bit more control over how topics are named and arranged, as well as having more control over the tweets that appear, would make the service even better. A great place to start would be the ability to exclude replies and retweets from the lists.

To get a sense of how Twylah?s brand pages look and feel, check out The Next Web?s own, personalized page. To find out more about Twylah, watch Robert Scoble?s interview with founder, Eric Kim.

Want to try out Twylah for yourself? Head over to the site and register to get in on the private beta. Once you?ve done that, come back here and let us know by leaving a comment, including the email address you used to sign up.

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