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Twitter’s COO, Dick Costolo, today, at the TechCrunch Real Time Crunchup (live video of the conference is live now on building43, there will be lots of news all day long from this event), told the audience that Twitter is, indeed, going to turn on an advertising model.This is a huge shift in what Twitter is saying publicly. (Read More)
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Thousands of Twitter users logged on to the Twitter website today to discover that they had become, as if by magic, suddenly included in the ever-widening Project Retweet beta, which is Twitter's attempt to build retweets into the native architecture of Twitter. As with previous features like...This is a content summary onl (Read More)
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A few months back we reported that Twitter was developing a geolocational API to embed location information into your tweets - and in the same post, spoke out against the feature, calling it an invitation for trouble. The geolocational feature, which is entirely on an opt-in basis, would allow...This is a content summary on (Read More)
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I use Twitter and Facebook a lot. Probably more than 99.9999% of people in the world. I am in search of the perfect client that will help me use Facebook and, particularly, Twitter (which I use a lot more than Facebook because that is the best place to network with other technology professionals).I am still looking. The pe (Read More)
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Yesterday was a big day for XBox gamers and social networkers alike, as both Twitter and Facebook became available on XBox Live, the online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service that users of the XBox 360 can access to play multiplayer games and communicate with other XBox users....This is a content summary (Read More)
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Being able to use Twitter via SMS is, and has always been, one of the coolest features of the service. The fact that practically anyone with a mobile phone can get started on Twitter, no matter how limited their hardware is or what phone they're using, is one of the biggest reasons that...This is a content summary only, ple (Read More)
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Most of the stuff we hear about how great Twitter is comes from people who have been using it for a while. Problem is, according to market research firm Nielson, 60% of Twitter users quit within the first month. Why so many Twitter quitters? The problem probably lies in the fact that immediately...This is a content summary (Read More)
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At the Blog World Expo a few weeks ago someone asked what Twitter is for and I answered “pimping your blog.”Hey, it works for TechCrunch and Mashable, why not you?Or me.So, I’ve finally figured out that I was clueless because I didn’t have a Twitter account for my blog. When people say they are unfollowing me because I’m to (Read More)
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Chris Walker, on Twitter, asked a question I get often: “Any advice on getting followers?”It’s the worst question in social media. Sorry Chris for picking on your question.It’s actually a question lots of people wonder, but it’s the kind of thing that no one really can answer.Why?Because we’re not in control of who follows (Read More)
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Twitter’s new list feature is one of those things that seems simple on the surface and is easily ignored.But it has deeply changed how I get my news and how I interact with the tech community.Click through these lists and you’ll see a different world than you would have thought possible on Twitter. This is the order I visi (Read More)
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If you've been reading tech blogs lately, you may have heard about the latest security scare to hit Facebook, the world's most popular social network - the "hijacking" of nearly 300 Facebook Groups by a privacy advocacy group called control your info. The group, which (according to its website)...This is a content summary o (Read More)
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It's been just under 2 months since we launched Google Sidewiki and we've already seen a great number of valuable entries that have been written worldwide.From product tips to online petitions and from expert health advice to programming help, Sidewiki users are finding many useful and creative ways to help others. We've be (Read More)
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LinkedIn is the latest social network to offer integration with Twitter, according to Twitter's blog post about the LinkedIn integration as well as LinkedIn's blog post on the topic; Twitter and LinkedIn refer to their integration as "the perfect combination" - but is it really that? Are Twitter...This is a content summary (Read More)
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This just came to us from the folks at groups.im and looks like it could be an important development on the twitter scene. With the popularity of MSN instant messaging platform, it is not only bound to be interesting to many Twittown readers, it may have the potential to bring twitter + MSN to...This is a content summary o (Read More)
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Any discussion about last week's Fort Hood massacre must inevitably begin with a blanket condemnation of the shootings and conveyance of sympathies for the victims and their loved ones. And so let me do so: the shootings at Fort Hood were unimaginably terrible, and my heart goes out, as do the...This is a content summary on (Read More)