#summify

[niwa-takashi-blog]

What is Summify? このサービス自体に驚きはなかったけどどんなサービスか、っていうのが超わかりやすい。英語わかんなくてもわかるレベルだと思う。資料とかとかの参考にしたい。

[prakharprasad]

Twitter Whitehat Vulnerability for 2013: Flash-based XSS in Summify

On 6 May, I discovered a Flash-based XSS on Summify, a Twitter acquisition. This Flash-based XSS has its root to popular yet notoriously vulnerable ZeroClipboard plugin. The XSS bug inside ZeroClipboard is due to the following piece of ActionScript code: If you observe closely on line number 2-3, id variable is build up using external (flash) variable id which is user controllable. Now in lines 16-25 there are multiple calls made to ExternalInterface.call, which executes Javascript with origin of the page or website loading it and id variable is passed as the second parameter to it without any encoding or sanitisation. Exploitation of similar scenario has been explained very well by Soroush Dalili on his blog. Luckily enough I found this plugin on Summify website and successfully managed to execute Javascript using the XSS bug. POC:

Issue was reported to Twitter Security Team on 6th May itself and has been fixed as of 9th May. If you are looking for a ZeroClipboard fix then a patch has already been made to control the behavior to prevent XSS and can be found here Twitter has featured me on their "Security at Twitter" for 2013

P.S: The XSS bug in original ZeroClipboard project was not discovered by me. Only write-up of the issue has been written here by me for clarity. 

[shaman-tito]

What are Top 10 #Tools For Managing Your #Social #Media Accounts @albertcostill Attempting to juggle each and every one of your social media accounts can be tricky, scary, and time-consuming. Thankfully, we live in a world and time where developers are rectifying that problem! Now, there are plenty of tools that can easily sync with all of our social media accounts so that we can update and monitor all of accounts in convenient location. The only downside is that some great tools have been disabled or acquired by some of the major brands – #TweetDeck belongs to Twitter, #Summify was acquired and will be shut down by #Twitter, for example. But, that doesn’t mean that you still can’t find #software to manage all of your social media accounts. To make your life easier, are here the top 10 tools for managing your social media accounts. 10. Crowdbooster.com 9. SocialFlow.com 8. Bitly.com 7. Everypost 6. SproutSocial.com 5. Buffer - bufferapp.com 4. Spredfast.com 3. Tweepi.com 2. SocialOomph.com 1. HootSuite.com  #SocialMedia #internet #network #networking #Crowdbooster #SocialFlow #Bitly #Everypost #SproutSocial #Buffer #Spredfast #Tweepi #SocialOomph #HootSuite http://www.searchenginejournal.com/top-10-tools-managing-social-media-accounts/87843/ http://click-to-read-mo.re/p/5njM

[ethanyc]

@Twitter and @Summify revisited

A little while ago I posted some thoughts on Twitter's rationale for buying Summify, and what Summify could do to bring back disengaged users on Twitter.

Recently I've noticed that I haven't been using Twitter as much. For example, the last time I checked my feed was 4 days ago on my phone, and I rarely use the web interface. I think this decline in usage directly correlated to me spending more time with aggregation services, like Zite and Prismatic. Yes, Twitter is still my go-to place to look for breaking news stories; but daily readings are usually not urgent and it is easier to miss important stories when browsing through the Twitter feed. Zite takes care of that problem and brings stories that I would've missed or not even come across otherwise right to me.

I think this is another opportunity where Summify's algorithms could shine. The logged out user phenomenon is well known, and if a user could get all the important stuff they want to see, minus the noise on Twitter, the user may not come back to Twitter again (especially as aggregation algorithms get better at learning the interest graph). 

I am already receiving emails like below for my dormant accounts, which I think is huge for them:

I think the next step for Twitter should be creating a Twitter-independent aggregation service that keeps the user's minutes being spent in the Twitter family. This will be cannibalizing to their existing business metrics. But it's a lot better to keep the user, than seeing him fleeing to another service right under your eyes.

[borismann]

That thing that everyone worries about? Where your favourite service is acquired and shut down? Well, it looks like Summify has bedded down nicely at Twitter. Congrats, guys!

[elibel-blog-blog]

Ansia da acquisizione o puro e semplice business? La notizia dell’acquisto di Posterous da parte di Twitter lascia gli esperti del settore con qualche interrogativo più che legittimo. Se, infatti, l’acquisto di Summify convinceva la community 2.0 del tentativo di Twitter di creare un vero e proprio mainstream di informazione costante, con Posterous le cose si complicano un po’.

[colemanfoley]

Discovery Engine Roundup

Discovery engines help users discover content, as opposed to searching for it. Searching is looking for a particular thing, like Mexican food in San Francisco. Discovery is learning about something that is interesting to you that you weren't looking for at that exact moment.

Discovery is hot right now, making hard to choose a discovery tool.  This is my attempt to highlight the most important discovery tools for consumers.  

This roundup is based on Robin Good's excellent map of news discovery tools.  My list is focused on apps aimed at consumer, so it is shorter than his, but also more in-depth.

http://www.mindmeister.com/134760952/news-discovery-tools-2012-by-robin-good

Lightweight

These apps only deliver content daily.  The best known example is Summify, which will soon be discontinued.  Taking its place is the very similar Percolate (http://percolate.com/).  It looks for content throughout the day, and sends you the best in a digest every morning.

Heavyweight

These apps can send daily digests, but they also allow you to check out your stream any time.  They are better for delving deep into topics.

Trapit

Trapit is a virtual personal assistant that continually searches the web for relevant content on the topics you choose.  You can follow any topic you think of.  Like Pandora, Trapit learns from your feedback on the items it recommends.  Trapit is available only as a web app.

Zite

As beautiful as Flipboard, but with more brains,  Zite learns from your feedback on its recommended articles, and quickly becomes an excellent news source.  Unlike Trapit, only allows following certain pre-defined topics.  Available only on iOS.

Evri

Evri, like Zite, is only available as an iOS app.  It is similar to Zite, only it doesn't allow you to thumb articles up and down.  All you can do is follow topics, then pivot into related topics.  So if you are reading an article about Obama, it will suggest Mitt Romney articles in a sidebar.

More discovery engines:

KnowAboutIt

My6Sense

Geneio (requires a download)

[eldritchfire-blog]

Twitter Tools

Some of you may have noticed that I have a few new tools going on. Some of the tools are right here on my site, while the rest are on my twitter feed! Heck, two of them are "hidden" tools that you never see me interact with! Today, I'm going to talk a bit about my cool new tools.

The first tool is Buffer. You may have noticed the button up top, next to the tweet button. Buffer is a, well, buffer of your tweets. You put tweets in the buffer, and it posts them to either Facebook or Twitter at a set time.

During the set-up, you choose what times you want it to tweet, and as long as you have posts in your buffer, it'll shoot 'em out at the right time. There are tons of goodies available, like the Buffer button up top. But you can also install a plug-in for Chrome, Safari, Firefox, & Twitter! Heck, there's a generic bookmarklet, if that's more your style. Don't forget to get the iPhone or Android app, too!

If you're interested, here's a link to get started! The basic, free, account only has 10 slots. If you sign up with my referral link, we both get one more, free!

Ok, so buffering is pretty cool. But how do you know when to have it blast your tweets?

SocialBro does so many things. To be honest, I'm still learning it. The main thing I use it for is scheduling my Buffer tweets. It analyzes your Twitter stream, and lets you know when most of your followers are on, and helps you set up the most opportune Buffer times!

It also keeps track of your followers, friends, who you follow, your new followers, and a whole host of other things! I can't possibly name them all! Heck, why would I? Just go to their website, and find out for yourself!

Another new addition to my site is m Tywlah-powered page. It's in the menu bar, labeled My Tweets. It's my "brand page" that shows what I've been talking about, and lays it out very nicely.

One of the best things about it is that my tweets don't just disappear in the onslaught of other tweets in your stream. It's organized by category - not just a long list. It shows pictures and embeds videos. It's seriously sweet!

One thing to keep in mind is that it's still a start-up company, so they don't have many employees. I'm only mentioning this because it took me about 3 or 4 days to get my Twylah page up and running, and a few more days to host it on my site..

This isn't a jab at them, it's so you know to be patient. Kelly, the voice of Twylah, was very helpful and willing to talk to me when I was going through the setup process.

  The last tool is Summify. I hesitate to bring this up, because they're currently not open to new users since they got bought out by Twitter. However, it's still an awesome service that I hope opens up to the general public soon.

In a nutshell, it aggregates my Twitter feed over a span of time - I chose every 4 hours. So what does it do? It summarizes the most popular tweets in my feed, judging by retweets, favorites, etc. So the more something gets retweeted, the more likely it is to show up on my summery.

It's really nice for days like today where I'm not at work, so I don't have a Twitter client open most of the day. Summify makes sure I don't miss a beat!

Closing Remarks

So those are the tools I use to keep my Twitter life in check. What about all y'all? What Twitter tools do you use?