We have seen some interesting twitter users and innovative applications and gadgets that make Twitter a fun service. But, this innovation is the most offbeat one.

According to CNN, world’s largest toy maker Mattel is making a gadget that will help puppies tweet their message on twitter.

Puppy Tweets is a plastic tag with a sound and motion sensor that you attach to your pet’s dog collar and connect its USB receiver to your computer. Then you create a Twitter account for your dog and enjoy updates all day from Sparky or whatever its name is on your computer or smartphone.

The tag is set with several pre-recorded tweets that are triggered by the dog’s activities. So if he’s running around, you might get a tweet that says “I finally caught that tail I’ve been chasing and…OOUUUCHH!”

You know how much some people love their dogs and how far they would go to pamper and make them feel special. From expensive Loui Vuitton bags to diamond studded collar, some dogs have all the luck. However, this gadget is not that expensive and will cost around US$ 29.

Would you buy this for your dog? If you do make sure you give me his twitter link. Woof !!!

Twitter has evolved from being just about status update to a productivity tool for many. There are several cool apps for twitter from searching from photos and video to products.

Latest is the job search application from TwitJobSearch.com. Its algorithm searches for jobs posted by recruiters in the twittersphere.

To post jobs just tweet about the job and give the link, their robots would do the rest. You can create a profile for yourself, by signing in using twitter, for finding a job. You can post jobs to find employees, too. I think you can initially only apply for 5 jobs per day.

TweetDeck and TwitJobSearch.com have launched JobDeck a desktop app to search for jobs.

There seems to be a problem with Facebook chat bar. The small bar at the bottom of the page which contains notifications, chat and bookmarks has disappeared from homepage.

I thought this might be a problem with my browser. So I checked twitter to find people facing same problem with other browsers, too.

However, you can find this bar in any other facebook page like profile page, help page , etc. This problem is only with the homepage.

Edit: The attach option of the write message box is also missing on the home page. However, it is visible in profile page.

Love to chat? Here is the list of Free Open Source chat clients that will let you chat using many networks at same time.

Pidgin (Windows,Mac,Linux):  Pidgin is an easy to use, multi-protocol chat client client used by millions. You can connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, XMPP and more chat networks all at once. Additional features include file transfer, away messages and typing notification. You can enrich Pidgin’s  experience by increasing its  feature set by downloading plug-ins.

Digsby(windows): Digsby supports most major chat networks and has a easy to manage buddy list. It also supports web based email service providers like gmail, yahoo, etc. Plus you can connect to social networking sites like Facebook, twitter, myspace.

Adium(mac): Adium has a pleasing UI. It supports many chat networks, file transfer,etc.

Miranda(windows): Miranda is a light weight and fast chat client. It also supports various chat networks.

Meebo(online): You can chat on all major chat networks including Facebook chat. Useful if your company or educational institution has blocked you from downloading the chat clients or signing in in any of the network online egs Gchat, facebook ,etc.

So happy chatting.

Twitter is growing immensely. More and more people are joining twitter on daily basis. If you tweet daily you might have noticed growth in your followers. So as an unwritten Twitter etiquette, you follow them back. But for most of us, the number of followers is always less than the number of following.

So how to cut down the extra people we are following? It’s simple there are several twitter tools that let you mass unfollow those who don’t follow you. But that is not a solution as most of the time people don’t follow you back because your tweet does not interest them. You need to keep following the good and regular tweeters. Reply to their tweet and if possible retweet. This will help you maintain good relations and maybe after some time they might chose to follow you.

In order to reduce the number of following without losing out important one way or two way relations you can do the following things.

1. Unfollow your disinterested friends: Let’s face it most of the people join twitter due to its hype. Most of your friends might have joined it and then used its find friends through email feature to follow you. You return the favor by following them. But alas, your friends don’t go beyond the step 1 i.e. account creation. They have hardly tweeted and then they quit twitter. All you have to do is unfollow them but they would continue to follow you as they will never check their account. Hence, you can reduce the disparity between your followers and following.
2. Unfollow Celebrity tweeters: You might be following several celebrities’ tweeters from Ashton Kutcher to CNN. Are you really interested in their tweets? Due really care what Ashton is doing? These tweeters will never follow you back. Many online companies like Google have twitter accounts. Google has accounts for most of its services like Adsense, too. They make tweet several announcements. But it is same as the one made on their blogs. So, if you have subscribed to the RSS feed of their blogs, you don’t really have to follow them on twitter.
3. Unfollow spammers: Many people join twitter with the aim of promoting products so as to gain affiliate commissions. You follow them in the beginning after they follow you but then you realize that the person is just a spammer. If you are a good tweeter, doing it once a while, is acceptable. But these spammers just continue to tweet affiliate links. Unfollow them and you know what ,they would continue to follow you. Hence, you have managed to reduce your following keeping your followers constant.
4. Unfollow Trends tweeters: If you are following several tweeters who tweet trending topics on twitter then just unfollow them. If necessary, keep only one. But now since Twitter displays trending topics on your home page then it is not necessary.