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TweetDeck Still Rules the Twitter Roost
There’s a new update for the Seesmic Desktop software, including tools that tightly integrate Facebook. Mashable’s Pete Cashmore describes it as “awesome”, bubbling about how the new and improved Seesmic “lets you use Facebook on the desktop in the same way that it – and rival TweetDeck – allowed you to use Twitter.” While some [...]
Is Twitter’s Growth Stalling?
In the wake of eMarketer’s suggestion that Twitter’s growth (U.S. adults) could nearly double to 20 million users in 2010, Nielsen has an interesting post suggesting Twitter’s growth could be stalling. Nielsen based its thesis by looking at Twitter’s retention rates – the number of people who continued to use Twitter the month after they [...]
Facebook is No Threat to Twitter
Apparently, Facebook is going to let third-party developers build applications and services. This decision is going to be threat to Twitter, according to Silicon Valley Insider I hate to be disrespectful or impolite but that’s just bullcrap. For whatever reason, people want to talk about Twitter vs. Facebook, or Facebook vs. Twitter as if they’re [...]
Why the Twitter-Facebook Deal Crumbled Apart
Last year, it looked like Facebook was going to snap up Twitter but a $500-million deal suddenly went pear-shaped (Personally, I think it was the best thing that ever happened to Twitter given Facebook would have neutered it.) According to Facebook investor and venture capitalist Peter Thiel, the deal failed to materialized because Facebook wanted [...]
Business Should Get on Twitter…Now!
According to a survey done by Abrams Research of more than 200 “social media leaders”, 40% of respondents selected Twitter as the leading social media service for businesses. LinkedIn came in a distant second (21.3%), followed by YouTube (18.8%), and Facebook (15.3%). That said, 32.2% of respondents say they would pay for Facebook; followed by [...]
How People Share Content