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Re:Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (January 2012) on Sunday January 01, 2012 @08:30AM (#3413000)
Comufy (http://comufy.com) is looking for talented PHP developers and JavaEE developers in London. If you have a passion for social media and at least 3 years experience in the industry, please give me a shout at seb -at- comufy.com

Ask HN: Instant Messenger Social Plugin for your website

Hi all,We developed an Instant Messenger social plugin that can be integrated to any website in 1 line of code (iframe).This adds a viral component to any website as users can invite all their friends directly over instant messenger.It is trivial to add to any website, and trivial to use.Would you mind giving us feedback on this? Widget available for trial at http://bit.ly/bmqN0dThanks a...

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Ask HN: How would you spread a new Twitter service?

We have a new service called tweetswitch (http://tweetswitch.com) that we launched last week. It allows you to get all your tweets on your favourite instant messenger. We have 35 users and they are all very happy, but how do you spread this wide and fast? We know there is demand, but we struggle to deliver it to the people who need it.

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Re:Tweet from your favourite messenger with TweetSwitch on Sunday November 15, 2009 @04:49PM (#943399)
It's going over SSL (JSONP). Nothing insecure. And you password is encrypted in our DB.
Re:A Price for the Thrill of the Auction on Sunday November 15, 2009 @06:04AM (#942832)
There is a website called http://www.jingobid.com/ which has much more attractive prices than Swoopoo. I've won a camera for $15 with them.

Tweet from your favourite messenger with TweetSwitch

http://tweetswitch.com

A new Comufy powered service called TweetSwitch allows you to receive your tweets via any messenger. The service is still in Alpha version, but 30 new accounts have just been made available for those who wish to try it out.The service currently supports email, MSN and gTalk but the coming days will bring AIM, Yahoo!, and ICQ support, as well as Skype.Feedback welcome.

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