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Ways That Twitter Can Make Your Life Better 5

by Terrence O'Brien on June 2, 2009 at 12:30 PM



4. Track packages

As with any other Twitter bot, you interact with TrackThis by adding it as a friend and sending it messages. Provide a tracking number followed by a nickname for the package, and TrackThis will send you updates, via direct message, every time your delivery hits a new waypoint. Now you'll know when a shipment leaves the warehouse, crosses the state line, and arrives at your local post to languish for a week before someone bothers to deliver it. TrackThis works with all of the major shippers, including the US Post Office, UPS and FedEx.

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