Tag: TINYURL

Bookmarklets are an interesting and lightweight alternative to full-fledged browser extensions. Unlike regular bookmarks, bookmarklets don't take you to a website, but perform an action on the page you're currently viewing. They use bits of code, usually Javascript, to do things like send links, translate a page or mark a site for future reference. While they can't offer the deep functionality ...

The URL shortener market, which is undeniably overcrowded, is about to get a lot smaller. Yesterday, Evan Williams mentioned Twitter would be launching a dedicated URL-shortening service during a Q&A at the Chrip developer conference, effectively murdering an entire industry in cold blood. While URL shorteners have found some use outside of the popular micro-blogging service, it's clear that ...

Twitter is no stranger to spam, so it shouldn't be of any great surprise that spammers are hitting one of tweeters' favorite utilities. According to the New York Times' Bits blog, URL-shortening services like TinyURL and Bit.ly have unintentionally provided spammers with a veil to cover the ugly face of their shady activities. By copy-and-pasting a Web address (a.k.a. URL) into one of these ...