WebProNews - Twitter

Where Twitterers Go to Complain

Chris Crum — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:38:57 -0500

Kvetch is a site that displays "Kvetches," or funny complaints that are sent to it via Twitter. One "Kvetch" is displayed at a time on the site's home page, and you can either give it a thumbs up or thumbs down.

Motrin's Ad Causes Online Backfire

Neville Hobson — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:33:11 -0500

Four years ago, an online storm erupted over the best-selling bicycle lock brand in the USA and how anyone could open the lock with a simple ball-point pen.

Find Twitterer Locations on Twellow Maps

Chris Crum — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:54:45 -0500

Our Twellow development team is cranking out the features lately. Just the other day, we announced the "Twellow Pulse" feature, which allows users to track what people are saying about categories of their choosing.

Would Twitter Turn to Paid Profiles For Businesses?

Chris Crum — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:16:54 -0500

People always want to know how Twitter will make money, and at the Web 2.0 Summit, CEO Evan Williams hinted at the commercial value of the service. But that doesn't mean advertising exactly. Contentinople quotes Williams:

Check Your Pulse with Twellow

Chris Crum — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:10:50 -0500

Our own Twellow service, which serves as something of a yellow pages directory for Twitter, has added a new feature called "Twellow Pulse." It is designed to give you an idea of the status, or "pulse", of what's going on at any given time within each its categories. Twellow Pulse does the following:

Layoffs Strike Again

Doug Caverly — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:57:33 -0500

So much for escaping the "financial bunker" mindset. After a short period of relative peace, we appear to be in the thick of things again, with layoffs taking place at both LinkedIn and Veoh, and less tech-related problems also occurring.

Twitter Throws Economy A Surprising Bone

Doug Caverly — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:40:23 -0500

Until somewhat recently, Twitter's site seemed reluctant to stay in working order. The company still lacks an identifiable business plan. And the economy as a whole has been imitating the current president's approval rating. But an encouraging new email hints that at least one small job market might be all right, after all.

A Gold Rush For Twitter Squatters?

Jason Lee Miller — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:29:11 -0400

There’s no good way to mashup the words Twitter and squatting into anything new and cutesy (a la Twellow, Tweeple, Twapper); the two just don’t mesh well. The proposed rush to secure your or your brand’s Twitter ID to guard against Twitter-squatting might not mesh well to you, either.

Ads On Social Networks Drive Purchases

Mike Sachoff — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:50:23 -0400

Forty percent of consumers have made a purchase based on advertising they saw on a social media site, and 76 percent said they were comfortable with advertising on social networks, according to a new report by Razorfish.

Should You Stop Blogging?

Chris Crum — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:05:10 -0400

Wired has posted an already-controversial article about how blogs are "so 2004", and how services like Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr even are here to replace them. Writer Paul Boutin says:

Thinking about launching your own blog? Here's some friendly advice: Don't. And if you've already got one, pull the plug.

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Terrorists On Twitter?

Jason Lee Miller — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:18:55 -0400

Terrorists. In your closet, under your bed, on Twitter. And Army intelligence, your big brother, is watching closely. Be careful throwing the word “Hezbollah” around in your tweets.

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Election Coverage On Twitter

Bill Ives — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:25:48 -0400

Here is a great use of Twitter and Web 2.0.
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Social Networking Happy Birthday Stats

David Berkowitz — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:15:51 -0400

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Twitter And FriendFeed Turning Into A Chat Room?

Robert Scoble — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:33:38 -0400

You’ve seen Twitter’s election feature that showed a select kind of tweet in real time. A few minutes ago FriendFeed released a real-time-web feature that lets you watch FriendFeed in real time. This is fun to watch!
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Hope You Weren't Too Attached to Twitter Instant Messaging

Chris Crum — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:50:51 -0400

It seems like Twitter is always acknowledging its shortcomings and apologizing for them. Some might take this as a weakness, but I tend to look at it admirably. Not many companies would be so straightforward when it comes to taking responsibility for their missteps.
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Twitter A Tool For Thieves?

Jason Lee Miller — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:56:28 -0400

Some small alarms have been raised over the possibility that Twitter and social media like it could be used as information sources for those with nefarious purposes.
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Big Company Exploiting Twitter?

Chris Crum — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:00:03 -0400

Twitter can be gamed too? Who would have thought? If there is a way to get promotion from a popular social site, you know that it will be taken advantage of. It just becomes a matter of competition at some point, perhaps even with people being paid to help with that promotion (right Diggers?).

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SocialText Brings Facebook & Twitter Into Wikis

Robert Scoble — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:20:38 -0400

Socialtext is making big news all over the Web this morning. Here’s a rundown, later in the post I’ll talk about why.
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Twitter Election Site Highlights New Media's Relevancy

Chris Crum — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:16:11 -0400

Last night Twitter launched an Election site that features Tweets involving the presidential and vice presidential candidates rolling in almost faster than you can read them. In Twitter's words, "We’re filtering hundreds of Twitter updates per minute to create a new source for gathering public opinion about the presidential election and a new way for you to share your thoughts."
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BlogWorld Expo: Microjournalism

Chris Crum — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:00:00 -0400

WebPronews anchor Abby Prince-Johnson was present for the "Microjournalism: Breaking news in 140 words or less" session at BlogWorld on Saturday. This one featured Robert Scoble, Doc Searls, and Laura Fitton.

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BlogWorld Expo: Keynote Luncheon with Rubel and Kawasaki

Chris Crum — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:47:35 -0400

WebPronews anchor Abby Prince-Johnson was present for the keynote luncheon at the BlogWorld Expo, where star bloggers Steve Rubel and Guy Kawasaki spoke with one another on a variety of topics from Yahoo to Mahalo.

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Twitter Redesign a Placeholder for Functionality

Chris Crum — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:17:48 -0400

There's been a lot of redesign talk lately among big names, most notably Facebook and Yahoo!. Twitter announced today that it was rolling out a new design. This design turns out to be pretty much all about aesthetics rather than improved user experience.

Don't worry. If you think the design is missing some things that you would like to see added, Twitter is accepting feedback, and had this to say:
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No Twitter Killer Popping Up

Jim Tobin — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:05:41 -0400

Social media geeks, myself included, have been looking for/waiting for the “Twitter Killer” to emerge over the last few months. While Twitter’s famous crashes seem to have lessened, the stream of consciousness style doesn’t seem to facilitate effective conversations as well as we might hope.
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Tweets Of Remembering 9/11

Rohit Bhargava — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:33:52 -0400

Today is the anniversary of 7 years since 9/11 and there are signs all over that it is happening with a new memorial in DC being dedicated today and radio shows and TV programs all talking about the same thing here in the US. One of the most powerful commemorations is a meme that started up on Twitter and has been happening all day where people are taking 140 characters to share their simple stories of where they were 7 years ago when 9/11 happened.
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Remembering 9/11 Across the Web

Chris Crum — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:03:37 -0400

Today marks the anniversary of one of the darkest days in our country's history. Seven years later, the memories still haunt us, as well as fuel discussion. The web provides an outlet for venting, theorizing, and just plain memorial, and it's as good a platform as any for just that. Nothing has a wider reach.
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The News Revolution Started Yesterday

Jason Lee Miller — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:31:17 -0400

Extinction probably isn’t the right word when it comes to assessing the state of journalism; evolution or revolution might be closer. Yesterday, Internet giants like Google and Yahoo, among others, announced enough traditional news media partnerships (and one citizen journalist partnership) that the volume of them became newsworthy itself.
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New CNN Show Based on Twitter

Chris Crum — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:32:13 -0400

We all know that Twitter is a huge hit with so-called "geeks," but it just may get a big push into mainstream society, thanks to CNN. The news broadcaster has already been incorporating "tweets" into reports, and now anchor Rich Sanchez, a faithful Twitter user, has left a tweet indicating that they would be debuting a new Twitter show today called "Rick Sanchez Direct".
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Cutts Denies Pressuring Twitter Nofollow

Jason Lee Miller — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:53:01 -0400

Matt Cutts says his pinging of Twitter cofounder Evan Williams about nofollowing Twitter bio links was more of a heads-up than an imperative straight from the Googleplex.

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Twitter Founders Accused Of Bending Over For Google

Jason Lee Miller — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:16:39 -0400

A bit of a Twitter spat erupted yesterday regarding Twitter making links on bio pages nofollow. Well, a spat would technically need to be two sided; it was more of a rage against the machine* with the machine remaining mostly silent.

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More Twitter Services Emerge

Chris Crum — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:49:46 -0400

You have Twellow as sort of a "Yellow Pages" for Twitter. Now today Robert Balousek has released Twintro, a new tool for finding "interesting" Twitterers.

From the sounds of it, you just get to read tweets from someone that Twintro deems interesting. Balousek describes it on his blog:

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