Though not the first to do it, Intuit’s tax software company TurboTax is using Twitter to help answer questions people may have about their taxes and the Turbotax software. But there is another interesting twist.

Some of TurboTax’s Google AdSense ads are actually displaying the most recent Tweets that have been registered on the TurboTax Twitter account, and the ad clicks through to the account rather than their flagship website. Here’s an example of what it looks like:

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TinyURL was around before Twitter. It’s a useful way to shorten very long URLs, and there are a lot of tools and plugins associated with the service to help out.

However, with Twitter’s 140 character limit and the urge for less text on Facebook status postings, the 23 character TinyURL is a vitrual monstrosity compared to other up-and-coming services, such as Bit.ly, which registers at 19 characters, and the tiniest possible 17 character Is.gd (prounounced “Is Good”) ,Tr.im, and Ow.ly.
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