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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Tweetdeck Raises $3.2-million
Tweetdeck, the most popular Twitter publishing tool with about 20% market share, has raised $3.2 million in venture capital, according to TechCrunch. Tweetdeck recently launched an iPhone app as well as improvements to its AIR-powered desktop client, including the ability to post updates to multiple Twitter accounts and Facebook. With some of the new financing, [...]
NYT’s Jennifer Preston Rediscovers Twitter
When the New York Times hired Jennifer Preston as its first social media editor in May, she walked the walked and talked the talk by actively using Twitter. But as NYTPicker pointed out, Preston abruptly disappeared from Twitter on June 9 with no updates, which is strange behaviour for someone supposedly at the helm of [...]
Apparently, Twitter is Just a Fad
For anyone who’s excited about Twitter as a valuable communications, marketing and sales tool, you have apparently been wasting your time because Twitter is a fad. According to a poll of communicators done by Ragain Communications and PollStream, 54% of 702 respondents claim Twitter is nothing more than a hot trend that will quickly lose [...]
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Twitter’s Growth Rebounds in May
For anyone who thought the Twitter bandwagon had ground to a halt, Compete.com reported that the number of unique visitors in the U.S. in May climbed by about 16.5% to 22.9 million. As Mashable points out, it will interesting to see Twitter’s growth in June and July given the buzz surrounding news such as Michael [...]
Are You Addicted to Twitter?
Are you addicted to Twitter? Chances are if you’re reading this blog, you’re enthusiastic about Twitter, if not a hard-core user. If you’re interested in seeing whether or not you’re a Twitter Addict, take this quiz compliments of The Oatmeal. Among the highlights – or lowlights, depending on how you want to look at it [...]
Google Embraces Twitter