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Twitter Trends Driven Mostly by Mainstream Media

Forget Ashton Kutcher and Lady Gaga. On Twitter, mainstream media outlets such as CNN, the New York Times, and the BBC dominate trending topics. READ»

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Twitter's First Trending Topic Ad Appears, for Toy Story 3

The newest advertising attack from Twitter just rolled out today: Promoted Trending Topics. The first is Toy Story 3 (which, really, was probably going to trend anyway).READ»

Twitter's Adding Paid "Fake Trends" Advertising, But Will Users Object?

Twitter's march to earn a dime or two from its millions of users and billions of tweets per month is picking up speed. Now we've learned that the plans for advertising include paid "promoted trends" among the more usual trending ...READ»

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Digg Getting a Real-Time and Social Sharing Refresh

Digg's founding father Kevin Rose has just revealed that Digg is soon to get a "drastic" makeover that'll make users go "wow." Rose says the site's redesign will have more emphasis on imagery and social sharing. Will it boost its fortunes?READ»

Google Goes Real-Time, But Still Can't Replace Twitter

Now that "real-time" data has become a Web 2.0 (is it Web Squared now?) mantra, Google's keen to get  the idea embedded into user's consciousness. The search giant is including a "HotTrends" data panel right into the search ...READ»

Live Search Makes Twitter Even More Relevant

In its battle for success, Twitter just made what looks like a minor change, but it could actually transform the lifecasting networking site in terms of increased relevance, and also turn it into a very powerful tool. The ...READ»