As the Department of Defense revisits its social-media policy (it simply calls for the secure use of sharing technologies), it has plenty of other industries' mistweets to learn from.READ»
Did you know that on this day in history Alcoholics Anonymous was founded, Saab made its first auto, and the first Apple II computer shipped? That was then, this is what's happening today:READ»
One touch tweeting on your iPhone or iPad is a handy kick for Apple's social networking plans, but potentially a massive strap-on rocket booster for Twitter.READ»
To join an email list before 1986, users had to wait for someone to painstakingly adjust the code to include them. For Eric Thomas, that was too uncomputerized for a computerized system.READ»
Twitter may be a booming social network, connecting up millions of people, but what's a tweet worth? Soulja Boy and Toyota, who recently launched Twitter promotional campaigns, have different opinions.READ»
Twitter, as part of its review of 2010, has just released what it thinks are the 10 most powerful individual tweets of the year--from a field of 25 billion. And it's not all about celebrity.READ»
It's disappointing to me that while businesses try to be more open with consumers, studies show that CEOs have little to no involvement with a company website or a social media presence. That might mean executives are told to tweet, but simply don't know what to say.READ»
According to a new report from analytics firm Sysomos, which analyzed more than 1.2 billion tweets, Twitter may have the shortest life span among social media services.READ»
HP Labs reveals the most and least influential users on Twitter. Turns out Martha Stewart's two million followers aren't nearly as proactive as she is. READ»
Fflick (sic, awkwardly) tracks positive and negative feelings about movies by taking a close look at your friends' movie-related tweets. Of course, that assumes your friends know what they're talking about.READ»
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»
Twitter's growing very, very fast. The number of ways of using tweets is rising fast, too, and with the explosion of messages, a new problem: Tweet spam. Kosmix's Tweetbeat may be the answer, and it's being tested with World Cup ...READ»
Say goodbye to the bit.lys that pervade your Twitter stream, along with all the other custom URL shorteners from your favorite publications. Twitter is rolling out its own way to shorten those unruly Web site addresses. As early as ...READ»
Although all social networking eyes seem currently to be turned toward Facebook as it inches gingerly toward a more private model, it's actually Twitter that's having its moment in the sun. It's begun to outline just how it's going to ...READ»
Following Twitter's shocking yet confusing ban on third-party advertising, startups have been considering their options. Ad.ly's official response? "We're still cool."READ»
Today the Dalai Lama will get to broadcast his thoughts to many thousands of Chinese, 140 characters at a time. He's considered an undesirable to the authorities there, remember, and his team has had to resort to some holy hacking to ...READ»
