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| Twimight | |
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| Author: | Theus Hossmann |
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| Developer: | Theus Hossmann |
| Initial release: | April 2, 2013 |
| Latest release: | 0.9.3 / Template:Start date and age |
| OS: | Android 2.3.3 and up |
| Platform: | Android phones |
| Available language(s): | English, German/Swiss German, French, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Serbian, Hebrew |
| Use: | Twitter client |
| License: | GNU GPL v3 |
| Website: | twimight.com |
Twimight is an Android client for the social networking site Twitter. The client, created by Theus Hossmann, lets users view in real time "tweets" or micro-blog posts on the Twitter website as well as publish their own.
Added value
In addition to being a great, ad-free Twitter client, Twimight also allows communication if the cellular network is unavailable (for example, in case of a natural disaster). To do so, Twimight is equipped with a feature called the "disaster mode", which users can enable/disable at will. When the disaster mode is enabled and the cellular network is down, Twimight uses peer-to-peer communication to let users tweet in any circumstances. Enabling the disaster mode turns on your phone's Bluetooth transceiver and connects you to nearby phones. This creates a mobile ad hoc network or MANET, which can be used, for example, to locate missing persons even when the communication infrastructure has failed.
History
Twimight started out as a project for a Master thesis at ETH Zurich in the spring of 2011.