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Monthly Archives: September 2009
What Does Twitter Do With $50 Million?
According to TechCrunch, Twitter is poised to raise another $50-million – a move that will give it a $1-billion valuation. Given Twitter still has about $30-million in the bank and about 50 employees, why does Twitter need another $50-million othen than giving itself another five years of burn. Here are some ideas: 1. It’s going [...]
Twitter’s Still a Village
Last night in Toronto, Shel Israel appeared at Third Tuesday to talk about his new book, Twitterville, which is focused on how people and businesses are using Twitter. I don’t have a copy of the book so I can’t provide an opinion of whether it’s worth buying but one thing that struck me is how [...]
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Tweet Blocker: Tackling Twitter Spam
For many people, spam has become the scourge of Twitter, particularly those who auto-follow to aggressively grow their number of followers. While Twitter has been active in cutting down on spam, there’s still a lot more to be done. So, it’s not surprising to see a growing number of start-ups focused on reducing spam. One [...]
Twitter Moves Closer to Advertising
For Twitter, advertising is the proverbial bull in the china shop. For a company desperately seeking a business model, advertising is a no-brainer but, to date, Twitter has refrained from going for it. Now, it appears Twitter is moving closer to embracing advertising with the launch of a new terms of service that specifically mentions [...]
Tweepi: Manage Your Friends & Followers
There are lots of Twitter tools that let you manage your friends and followers but Tweepi hopes to stand out from the crowd by offering statistics so users can make more informed decisions. Tweep offers tools to remove people who aren’t following you, follow people who are following you, and manage your followers. The stats [...]
The Twitter Times: All The News That’s Fit to Tweet