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Your Twitter Stream on Your Desk: The Trickle and Piolo Giveaway

Your iPhone provides ample opportunity for information feedback alongside your Mac, which is why the makers of Twitter app Trickle and the Piolo stand for your iPhone have joined forces to prop your Twitter stream underneath or next to your workhorse Macintosh. While Trickle streams Twitter at a readable pace in high-contrast glory, Piolo gives your iPhone the leverage it needs to reveal all sorts of juicy details without breaking your neck. Trickle gives you everything you need and nothing more, provided you want a miniature picture frame solely to display tweets from the smart, funny, and sometimes bullheaded people you find yourself enlightened by on Twitter. Piolo is a sturdy kickstand that can be easily carried with the iPhone 4 in a bag or purse, taking up zero room with its simple design and clever implementation. Together, you have yourself a the perfect combination of form and function: simplicity in Twitter at its finest, sans all the extra UI or lost desktop space. We’re going to give away ten (count ‘em) pairs of Trickle and Piolo to our readers, and all you have to do is follow the rules post break.

The Giveaway:

Look for a great combination of software and hardware to take advantage of the Twitter timeline? Then we have an app and a piece of kit that’ll let you keep your favorite Twitter stars at a glance. Trickle is available in the app store for $0.99, and the Piolo comes in five colors at four euros.

  • We have 10 pairs of Trickle & Piolo to give away (they go together).
  • To enter the giveaway, tweet the following message before 11.59 AM EST (April 21st): Win a copy of Trickle and your own Piolo on @macstoriesnet via @trickleapp & @thepiolodotcom http://mcstr.net/evYov9
  • We will search Twitter.com for tweets and retweets and randomly pick up the winners.
  • Make sure to follow @macstoriesnet on Twitter so we can get in touch with you once the giveaway is over.
  • If you want to increase your odds of winning, you can also leave a comment to this post. If your Twitter username isn’t in your Disqus profile, make sure to include it with your comment (else I can’t find you and won’t hunt you down via Facebook, etc.)
  • Winners will be announced on Friday, April 22nd.

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