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Monthly Archives: March 2009
A Fee for “Powered by Twitter”?
All Things Digital has a story about a new service called ExecTweets that collects and profiles Twitter updates made by business executives. Apparently, Twitter is going to be collecting fees from ExecTweets for providing its stamp of approval and for promoting ExecTweets on Twitter. With hundreds of companies using Twitter’s API to create new and [...]
friendFilter Enters the Follower Fray
As you may know, I’m a huge fan of Twimailer, which is service that sends you a notification via e-mail when you have a new follower. Twimailer provides you with information about the new follower such as how many people they follow, how many followers they have, their location, Web site, bio, and their last [...]
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Happy Birthday, Twitter
Twitter, you’ve come a long way! From a side project three years ago to one of the world’s hottest and most talked about online services. I guess the big question facing Twitter is what’s next. What’s in store for Twitter’s fourth year as it moves into the mainstream, and becomes increasingly embraced as a communications, [...]
Why Celebrities Love Twitter
Why are celebrities embracing Twitter with so much enthusiasm? Every time you turn around, there’s another celebrity jumping on the bandwagon. There are a couple of major things at play. The first is ego. Celebrities have huge egos so it goes without saying that many of them believe their fans have an interest in getting [...]
Doubts About Twitter the Business
Here’s an interesting contrast in opinion. A few weeks ago, Twitter closed a $35-million financing round – cash that didn’t necessarily need but, nevertheless, accepted. It was an interesting move given Twitter has only 20 employees, and its annual cash burn is probably about $5-million. Still, some major venture capitalists are bullish about Twitter’s future [...]
Twitter on the Curriculum?