Twitter is experiencing growing pains. Last week, the company said it would integrate Promoted Tweets into user Twitter streams, placing them at the top of one's timeline. Here's expert opinion on how or if the once-breezy service can follow in the footsteps of ubiquitous ad machine Facebook.READ»
New branded pages and sales of tweet data and analytics, coupled with the company's Promoted Tweets and Trends, could help bolster Twitter's revenues, which have been pegged anywhere from $45 million to $150 million.READ»
Some ad campaigns have been passing over models and celebrities in favor of a new hot commodity: tech entrepreneurs. When did entrepreneurship--especially at nerdy start-ups--become sexy?READ»
Several months ago, a poll by Denmark-based Red Associates concluded that Facebook users aren't the friendliest. But a new survey by Stanford's Andreas Weigend finds that Facebook is at least a far friendlier social network than ...READ»
Twitter, the darling of social networks, finally announced plans this month to make money on its 130 million (and growing) users. With the vision mapped, it's now about execution. That humdrum blocking and tackling required to ...READ»
What is your search engine of choice? Google? Yahoo? Bing? Try Twitter.
According to cofounder Biz Stone, who spoke yesterday at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Twitter now reaches some 800 million search queries per day. That's over 24 ...READ»
So, Dmitry Medvedev has hit California for a three-day tour. He's safe, since Jack Bauer is probably holed up with a caipirinha (caipirosky?) on a South American beach. (I could tell you where, but then I'd have to go dark and, ...READ»
At the World Innovation Forum Tuesday, Twitter cofounder Biz Stone took the stage to talk
about life at Twitter.
Stone began by redefining his company for the audience. "We're not a social network--that's been a myth since ...READ»
Twitter is apparently due to bring an end to years of speculation about its money-earning plans by announcing an advertising platform today. Here's our guess, before the news presumably hits this afternoon, on how Twitter Ads should ...READ»
There's long been speculation about how Twitter is going to make money. And although it landed $100 million in funding last summer, we're still no clearer as to how this is going to come about. But, as AllThingsD is reporting, there ...READ»
Twitter has released some analytical stats that reveal how much of a rocketing success story it is: Forget rumors Twitter has plateaued--Tweeps are now Tweeting over 600 times every second. The sheer volume of that data is ...READ»
In the wake of the disaster in Haiti, Facebook's launched a portal for people who want to help: The Global Relief page. Twitter's playing its part too. Superficially frivolous social networks driving social responsibility--who'd've ...READ»
This may not be a sign of a potential economic upswing, but it's surprisingly positive financial info nonetheless: Twitter is profitable all of a sudden. And it's all thanks to Google.
For months the way Twitter works financially ...READ»
