Tweet Speaker is helpful when you want to listen to your tweets in your car or when you are running. Users can use this tool to listen to the latest news, sports developments, and updates from interesting people in the community. The sound is pretty clear and makes tweets feel like a podcast. Adding new sources to the app is easy. Tweet Speaker reads user name, content, and links in tweets to save you time.

Tweet Speaker has a beautiful interface and saves you time catching up with the latest Twitter news on your iPhone. It comes very handy for those of us who run or drive for a bit on a daily basis.

Twitfooter is very easy to use. All you have to do is connect your Twitter account to this service and grab the appropriate code to add to your e-mail signature. Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo, and Outlook are just a few services that are supported on Twitfooter.

Twitfooter not only takes your e-mail signatures to a whole new level, it keeps track of the number of clicks your tweets receive. The service gives you the option to show your latest tweet, random tweet, or nothing at all. Not sure how to add the code to your e-mails? Twitfooter offers you with step by step instructions:

Twitfooter does not require you to add Javascript code to your e-mails. Your tweets are shown in form of an image in your e-mails. All around a very exciting service…

Just provide your Twitter account information to start taking advantage of Lazyscope. It automatically opens up every link under its respective tweet to save you time. You can click on the preview section to start reading the whole article (see the screenshot after the break).

Once you are done browsing through your links, you can use this service to find other articles posted published the website you just visited. You can even subscribe to that website to get future updates. The service does allow you to filter the results you see based on your subscriptions, lists, or your Twitter timeline. You do have the option to retweet the stories that you read using Lazyscope, which is nice.

All in all, if you are too lazy to keep up with your Twitter account, feel overwhelmed by the number of links your tweeps share,  or just want to have an easy way to see what people are sharing on Twitter, Lazyscope can be just the tool for you. It’s simple to use and does what it promises pretty well.

Twitter Digest for WordPress goes through your Twitter updates each day and creates a blog post from them. You can define post frequency, which is useful if you are not too active on Twitter.

The plugin is pretty flexible as well. You can modify your posts’ titles and even classify your Twitter posts under their own category (recommended). You can also change the order of your tweets and define the minimum number of tweets per each post.

Twitter Digest is not for everyone. If you are not taking your Twitter account seriously, you should stay away from this plugin. It can hurt your blog if nonsensical tweets are posted to your it by accident. Of course, if you have followed your Twitter plan so far, you already have an exclusive Twitter account for your blog. In that case, you should not have trouble using this plugin.

Trst.me is a simple to use Twitter tool that ranks you based on the quality of your followers, instead of just the quantity. It not only counts the number of followers that you have towards your ranking, but also the number of followers your followers have. In many ways, the algorithm used by Trst.me is similar to the one used by Google for its PageRank program (though there are differences).

Here is what my Twitter account looks like when using this service:

While it may be disappointing to be ranked that low by this service, this information can give me ideas how to improve the quality of my followers and take my account to the next level. I do tend to follow anyone who’s been kind enough to follow me (as long as they are not spamming). I have probably not done a good job connecting with more top Twitter users. These are things that can be fixed. It’s nice to get 100% Twitter scores on some of these sites, but the goal is not to have the most followers.

The service is still not perfect. The score is not niche specific. Let’s say I have an account on everything iPhone. Influential iPhone twitterers should get a higher score than those who just happen to be interested in iPhone news. So it’d be nice if one could get rankings in various categories or based on keywords. The good news is the tool is free, and the developers have promised more improvements in the future. It’d be interesting to see what they have in mind.

When someone talks about adding retweet functionality to blogs, many bloggers jump to the conclusion and assume the best service out there for such a function is the one offered by Tweetmeme. Don’t get me wrong. Tweetmeme is a wonderful service that makes it easier for people to not only find your posts but also help spread the words around them. But it’s not the only game in town. Topsy is another top Twitter aggregator that can help your content go viral fast. It’s easy to implement as well.

Topsy provides you with numerous ways to add its service to your blog. You can easily grab a piece of code from Topsy.com and post it to your blog to let your visitors retweet your posts and find out which one of your posts are popular.If you happen to run your blog on WordPress, you can just download the plugin offered by Topsy.

I have talked about how I use Topsy to develop new blogging ideas and find people to follow on Twitter. The interface is very easy to get a hang on, and there is plenty of data aggregation going on in the back. Many assume that Tweetmeme is the only game in town, but Topsy has quickly closed the distance. In fact, Topsy buttons are much more website friendly than Tweetmeme’s. If you happen to be a developer, you can probably do more neat things with Otter. As it things stand today, Topsy provides you with enough tools to encourage your visitors to promote your posts.

The process is pretty simple. You’ll have to have a Twitter account to take advantage of this service, but you won’t have to post to Twitter when you post an update to the shoutbox. When you are creating your shoutbox, you can filter swear words just to keep the trolls at bay.

The system gives you control over messages and users as well. You can delete messages that you deem harmful to your community. You can also ban the trolls from your shoutbox to allow others to enjoy a better conversation on your blog through your shoutbox. As mentioned above, you can also choose if you want to post your message to Twitter.

If you are looking for a simple way to build a more solid community around your blog with the help of Twitter, Jotabl comes in handy.

Let’s take a look at the videos in the above image. There are obviously short films and animations that are included in the above list. But you can also see science and Photoshop tutorial video going viral as well. Bitly.tv lists a whole lot of videos on its front-page, so they should give you enough ideas to come up with your own viral content and even figure out what kind of information people are looking to consume online.

What I like about this service is the fact that it shows you who has tweeted a specific video and how many times each video has been retweeted. So you can figure out how popular each video is. Whether you are a vlogger or a blogger in search of ideas for your next posts, Bitly.tv is a cool free tool that you should check out. Let’s hope the developers make further improvements to make Bitly.tv more powerful.

Twitter is a great place to connect with other folks, expand your network, and catch up with your current and former colleagues. We have seen many services that go beyond what Twitter has to offer and allow you to add your video and audio to Twitter as well. Twalkin is an innovative service that brings it all together. The service is designed to allow you to talk to your Twitter followers, make big announcements on Twitter, or have a private chat with your Twitter friends. You will need to have a phone and a Twitter account to get started, but that shouldn’t be a problem.

Creating a Twalk couldn’t be any easier. All you have to do is log in with your Twitter account and add a Twalk. Here is where things get interesting. You not only get to define how many people can join you in your Twalk session, you can also define specific people who you would like to be a part of your session.

Once you have filled out the information required to create your own Twalk, you are all set. The system will handle the rest for you. Your fans are provided with a phone number and a pin number to join you online.

You can also use Twalk in conjunction with your iPhone to connect with your followers and hold online sessions more easily. All in all, a very exciting service that could come in handy if you are into developing stronger relationship with your Twitter followers.

If you are looking for free tools to schedule tweets ahead of time, here are 5 free Twitter tools that could come in handy:

Hootsuite: the best Twitter management tool on the market hands down. I may be a bit biased here, considering that I have been using it for months. But I can tell you that as long as you don’t want to spam Twitter, Hootsuite has everything you need to manage your Twitter accounts more effectively.

Socialoomph: also known as Twitter Later. This service allows you to automate your welcome messages, schedule tweets in the future, and vet your followers at the same time. The premium version has even more flexibility to offer but you are not obligated to pay up to use this service.

Twitter Feed: another service that I have been using for months. It’s designed to help you connect your blog to Twitter. If you schedule future blog posts, this is a great tool to take advantage of to let your followers know about it.

Twuffer: a great tool to bring some organization to your Twitter life. Not only lets you schedule tweets ahead of time, it also make it easier to stay in touch with your followers 24/7.

Twaitter: a tool that I have just started using, and I have to say it’s pretty impressive. The interface is very easy to get a handle on. You can set up recurring messages (to happen in the future). You can also manage your followers. The downside is there is no feed management, but that seems to be in the works.

For more Twitter tools, log on to Twitter Hacks. In the meantime, do tell me what tool you are using to schedule your tweets.