App of the week for journalists: TweetCaster, a Twitter app with souped-up search
App of the week: TweetCaster
Devices: Android, iPhone/iPad, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Bada
Cost: Free (or £2.99 to go ad free)
What is it? TweetCaster has several features not available in Twitter’s own app.
How is it of use to journalists? The Android version of TweetCaster was nominated for app of the week by Richard Kendall, web editor at PeterboroughToday.co.uk, who said:
I have found it faster than Twitter native app and smoother than Tweetdeck with plenty of options for sharing/managing found links and information.
TweetCaster has several functions you won’t find in Twitter’s own app, including a much more powerful search and filter that allows you to search your own timeline, all friends’ tweets or one person’s tweets.
You can also search for a keyword in nearby (geo-located) tweets, something that has obvious possibilities for journalists out on a breaking news story.
It also comes with Facebook integration, allows you to see who has re-tweeted a tweet and has a “zip it” function to allow you to mute a keyword, Twitter user or a trending hashtag.
Have you got a favourite app that you use as a journalist? Fill in this form to nominate an app for Journalism.co.uk’s app of the week for journalists.
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