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New Media Stars Dominate Fortune’s 40 Under 40

BY David Capece
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 at 6:58 AM

Recently, Fortune magazine released its annual list of 40 rising business stars under the age of 40. While there was sure to be a few media gurus in the mix, given today’s focus on social and digital media networks, 16 major players from areas of digital media and online technology are featured – making up 40 percent of the list. From Google and Hulu to Facebook and Twitter, some of business’ most...READ»

140 CHARACTER BUSINESS PLANS | 8 comments

Twitter's Ad-Free Future: Paid Tools and Services Instead

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 59
Tue May 19, 2009 at 7:30 AM

Twitter's management cleared up some of the mystery surrounding how the life-casting social networking site will make money. And it's a novel idea: instead of chasing down advertising revenues, Twitter will sell itself through tools ...READ»

NEWS + CURRENT EVENTS | Comment

Martha Stewart & KFC

BY Kevin Dugan
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Thu Aug 12, 2004 at 2:20 PM

Biz Stone's news below is great and a sure sign Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is moving ahead by moving away from Martha as the visible center of its brand. I'm curious to see how much further this trend goes. Time will tell, hard ...READ»

ROOFTO COMEDY | 14 comments

Hobo 3.0: A Convention for the New, New, New Economy!

BY Rooftop Comedy
Relevancy Score: 53
Fri May 1, 2009 at 2:00 PM

Don't miss the premier tech-biz-media convention for the new, new, new economy!READ»

TWITTER | Comment

Twitter's New Wine Gets You Drunk on Social Causes

BY Cliff Kuang
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Fri Oct 16, 2009 at 10:43 AM

Twitter founder Biz Stone is launching a wineREAD»

SOCIAL ADWORKING | 1 comment

Ads Coming to Google Maps

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 52
Fri Sep 25, 2009 at 8:22 AM

Google embraces location-based ads. Twitter promises not to, but is it inevitable?READ»

PAYING FOR CONTENT | 1 comment

Ad-supported Content, Out: Paid Content, In?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 44
Tue Aug 4, 2009 at 8:09 AM

According to a new survey published by private equity company Veronis Suhler Stevenson, consumers are getting wise to advertising and are choosing to avoid it. In 2008, for the first time, people used more paid content than ...READ»

INNOVATION | 1 comment

iFive: Google Buys Twitter?, IBM and Sun Get Hitched, Pink-Slip Vacations, and More in Today's Innovation News

BY David Lidsky
Relevancy Score: 43
Fri Apr 3, 2009 at 4:31 AM

While you were sleeping, innovation killed on The Colbert Report. Here's today's innovation news: 1. Google is reportedly in negotiations to buy Twitter. At last check, the earth is still on its axis. "We're going to ...READ»

URL SHORTENERS | 4 comments

Bit.ly to Turn Its Diced-Up URLs Into a Real-Time News Feed

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 40
Fri Jul 31, 2009 at 10:44 AM

The real-time push in online systems has attracted a new fan: Bit.ly. The URL shortening service has unveiled plans to turn its torrent of Twitter shortened URLs into a refined flow of news. Clever. And it'll make money too. Bit.ly ...READ»

TWITTER-GOOGLE | 7 comments

Rumor: Google In Talks to Buy Twitter. [Update] Or Possibly Not

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 33
Fri Apr 3, 2009 at 7:20 AM

Just last year, Twitter's management turned down a buy-out form social networking giant, Facebook. Now rumors are swirling that Google wants to buy the increasingly popular microblogging service.READ»

TWITTER | 3 comments

Could Apple Be Interested in Twitter for Its Halo Effect?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 22
Tue May 5, 2009 at 5:57 AM

Apple and Twitter sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I... well, you know the rest of that rhyme. There's a fascinating little rumor that recently surfaced on the Internet: Apple is interested in acquiring the hot little social ...READ»

BIZ STONE | 4 comments

Twitter Starts to Sing For its Supper, Targets Businesses for Cash

BY Kit Eaton
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Thu Mar 26, 2009 at 6:07 AM

"News: Popular social networking novelty Twitter is to try to earn some revenue by aiming at businesses with expanded feature set that costs." That's essentially the news today about Twitter, squeezed into a 140-character ...READ»

FAKE TWITTER ACCOUNTS | Comment

Innovation Reality Check

BY Lydia Dishman
Relevancy Score: 21
Tue Jan 27, 2009 at 8:41 AM

Innovative technology is inherently speedy. And right now Twitter, the social media microblogging site of choice for marketers, mavens, and all manner of multi-taskers moves along at a rapid 140 character per tweet pace. But you ...READ»

INNOVATION | 12 comments

Will Twitter Become The Next Friendster In 2009?

BY Allyson Kapin
Relevancy Score: 21
Mon Jan 5, 2009 at 8:46 PM

Remember when Friendster was the bee’s knees? Then it was beaten out of the market by MySpace. Facebook and YouTube fever came next. Now it’s Twitter - the micro-blogging platform has revolutionized the way over 3 million monthly ...READ»

OPRAH | 3 comments

Oprah Hearts Twitter. So What?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 20
Fri Apr 17, 2009 at 11:10 AM

Oprah is now officially on Twitter. The Chicago talk show host completed her first tweet just this morning, and is devoting a block of time in her broadcast today to discussing the microblogging site. "HI TWITTERS. THANK ...READ»

TWITTER WIT | 2 comments

Interview: "Twitter Wit" Author Tweets About Being Witty on Twitter

BY Dan Macsai
Relevancy Score: 19
Wed Aug 26, 2009 at 10:36 AM

Twitter might leave you dazed, confused, and emotionally void, but it can also make you laugh. At least, that's the logic former Valleywag editor Nick Douglas follows in his new book, Twitter Wit: Brilliance in 140 Characters or Less, ...READ»

GEOTAGGING | 2 comments

Now Twitter Knows Where You Are, so What Happens Next?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 17
Fri Aug 21, 2009 at 7:53 AM

Twitter's about to unveil a new feature that taps into another developing social networking trick: Geolocation. The ability to pinpoint your location will happen automatically within the Tweet's code, and it has some big ...READ»

TECHNOLOGY | 1 comment

Technology: Dude... Where's My Twitter Link?

BY Bill Cammack
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Wed Oct 3, 2007 at 5:36 PM

As I reported back on June 28, 2007, Twitter 'ruined my life' [link]. I realize _now_ that there's something that I left out. Today, Charles Hope twittered... Yes, "twittered"... There's no such thing as a "tweet" or else the app ...READ»

TWITTER | 1 comment

Why does somebody have to buy Twitter?

BY Brian Reich
Relevancy Score: 14
Thu Apr 23, 2009 at 2:53 PM

The biggest question in the technology world these days is who will buy Twitter? The leading contender is probably Google, since the search giant has what seems like an unlimited amount of money and a history of scooping up ...READ»

NON-PROFITS | 5 comments

Tweet, Tweet, Ka-Ching: Twitter is Changing the Way Nonprofits Make the Ask

BY Lydia Dishman
Relevancy Score: 14
Wed Sep 23, 2009 at 12:04 PM

Can non-profits raise awareness, increase membership, and--most critically--“make the ask” successfully on Twitter? Can a 140-character message deliver the visceral wallop of, say, heart-wrenching footage of starving children ...READ»

TWITTER ADS | 3 comments

Twitter Won't Do Ads, but Time.Com's Twitter Page Does

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 14
Mon Aug 31, 2009 at 9:23 AM

Twitter's own future won't contain advertising, but that isn't stopping Time.com from selling its own advertising space on Twitter. Is this one future for social networking ads? Time's going all-out to figure out how to make money ...READ»

TWITTER BING | 1 comment

Rumor: Bing to Get Its Clutches on Twitter's Feed Before Google

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 13
Wed Oct 21, 2009 at 7:22 AM

We've heard suggestions like it before, but apparently Microsoft is now very close to securing a connection to Twitter's digital data stream to get live Tweet search powers into Bing. Google's execs will surely be foaming at the mouth ...READ»

ENTERTAINMENT | 3 comments

Halloween 2.0: How Web Companies Trick and Treat

BY April Joyner
Relevancy Score: 11
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 11:08 AM

No longer just for kids, this multi-billion dollar holiday lends itself to creativity on the Web. Check out what these innovative tech companies have in store for October 31, both online and off.READ»

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