HTTP:: IWise Puts Albert Einstein and the Dalai Lama on Twitter
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For too long have the deceased been discriminated against. Just because they may not be among us doesn't mean that they shouldn't have access to the same tools and benefits that the rest of us take for granted. Or at least that's part of the reasoning behind iWise, “Twitter for dead people,†as founder and CEO Edo Segal so eloquently puts it, which allows Twitter users to follow some very famous people with one common trait: they've all passed away.Famous quotes have always found a good home on the Internet but iWise's approach is rather original. After you login with your Twitter credentials you will be able to follow any number of famous people who will bestow you with snippets of their wisdom in real time. The interface is very similar to Twitter's and, after you have chosen the people you want to follow, short quotes will populate your stream coming in real time and updating frequently. The service also lets you tweet the quotes you like the most and receive quotes !
to your Twitter account but only as a direct message. A free iPhone app is also available for a daily dose of wisdom. But Segal has bigger plans for the service, with the Twitter integration just a starting point to attract the users, as TechCrunch reports. The founder of Relegence, a real-time search engine that he so...
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