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$300 Million of Twitter, Please
Twitter may not have a vibrant business model but it sure has no problem attracting heavyweight investors. The latest person to step up in a major way is Prince Walid bin Talal of Saudi Arabia, who bought a $300 million stake from an early Twitter investor as part a strategy “to invest in promising, high-growth [...]
Postpost Streamlines Twitter
A fact of life about Twitter is the more people you follow, the noisier your live stream becomes. As much as the live stream is a parade in which a new “float” comes along on a regular basis, there can be times when you want a way to have a more focused or narrow slice [...]
So How is Twitter Making Money?
Curious about how Twitter makes money? Henry Blodget did an interview recently at the Insight conference with Adam Bain, Twitter’s chief revenue officer, which I suppose is the guy responsible for helping turn Twitter into a business big enough to support its sky-high valuation and growing workforce (800 and counting!)
Tired of Foursquare Checkins on Twitter?
Product: Proxlet, a Chrome extension Job: Eliminates the “noise” from your Twitter stream such as people who broadcast their Foursquare check-ins. Description: “Using Proxlet, you can block noisy apps, filter annoying hashtags, or temporarily mute annoying users. You can even cut out the chatter altogether & turn Twitter into the ultimate RSS reader by showing [...]
A Whois for Twitter Users