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Monthly Archives: June 2009
A Focus on Twitter in Iran
Sysomos – a client – has looked at Twitter activity in Iran given Twitter has become an important communications tool amid the political discord following the recent presidential elections. Among the findings are that nearly 20,000 Iranians are using Twitter compared with about 9,000 in mid-May. Of the people on Twitter, 10% of total users [...]
Has Iran Changed Twitter?
As the protests over the controversial presidential elections in Iran continue to maintain their traction, a question attracting more attention is whether Twitter has changed this week after the U.S. State Department asked it to postpone schedule maintenance to keep lines of communications open. If Twitter is now deemed to be an essential communications medium, [...]
Throwing Business Ideas Against the Wall
Another day, another member of the Twitter family throwing out another idea of something that would give it a business model. This time, it’s Todd Chaffee, a Twitter board member and general partner at Institutional Venture Partners, who told the New York Times’ Bits blog that Twitter could get into the e-commerce business by providing [...]
Did Jeff Pulver Drop the Ball?
The 140 Characters conference in New York earlier this week looked like one of the must-attend conferences. It speaker line-up featured everyone from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and venture capitalist Fred Wilson to Tim O’Reilly and Howard Lindzon. Unfortunately, it looks like Jeff Pulver, who organized the conference, dropped the ball. In a scathing review, [...]
Tweetdeck’s iPhone App is Sweet
If you’re Tweetdeck user – and, according to Sysomos’ Insider Twitter report, about 20% of Twitters use Tweetdeck, you’ll be happy to know there’s now an iPhone app. For all intents and purposes, Tweetdeck on the iPhone is a mirror or Tweetdeck on the desktop. You get the standard “All Friends”, “Mentions” (aka “Replies”) and [...]
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