You can also check out:
http://gnip.com
https://tweethook.com
Both services that do push notifications.
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 20:01, Josh Roesslein wrote:
> You might want to check out the streaming API [1]. It allows you to
> "follow" users and recieve
> their updates.
>
> Josh
>
> [1] http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Streaming-API-Documentation#follow
>
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:29 PM, jazzman121 wrote:
> > hey! Guys
> >
> > Im sorta new to the twitter API,...
> >
> > in the API is there a way to get notified if a users status has been
> > updated? sorta like a push feature? the only way I know right now is
> > to check every 60 seconds if the account has been updated but that
> > eats thru my rate limited calls... Was wondering if there is another
> > way?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
>
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