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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Show Me The Data, Twitter!
According to ReadWriteWeb, Twitter has saved all of our updates, which means it’s sitting on a mountain of 140-character (or less) messages that have different degrees of value. The problem is getting access to your data is far from user-friendly, although Twitter contends you can find them by doing a search. What I’d like (and [...]
Assetize Aims to Monetize Twitter
For Twitter, advertising is low-hanging fruit to generate revenue. But Twitter continue to insist it’s not something being actively considered. So while Twitter makes up its mind about whether or not to place ads into Twitter streams, there’s a growing number of companies doing just that. A new player is Toronto-based Assetize, which emerged from [...]
Finally, A Twitter “Store”
One of the many mysteries of Twitter is why it has made its API available to developers but not created a central location for people to find all the applications and services that have been developed. A good model is WordPress, which has a great plug-in directory where people can find thousands of applications for [...]
Twitter Quote of the Day
“We wanted to show people that we’re here to stay and here we are making money.” - Twitter co-founder Biz Stone at the 140: Twitter Conference in Los Angeles. That said, Stone also proclaimed Twitter does not plan to put ads on the service this year, which could lead one to believe ads could be [...]
If Your Twitter Account is Suspended, Then What?
A couple of weeks ago, I received an e-mail from a friend after his Twitter account had suddenly been suspended for no apparent reason. It begs the question about what do if your account is suspended, which for many people is a bad situation given Twitter has become an important way to communicate for personal [...]
Tweet Your Resume