October 31, 2011 : Comments (4)
Google+ Updates Android App, Adds New Design And Other Features
Ex-Rugby Captain Will Carling Live Tweets ‘Stolen’ iPad Adventure
Former English Rugby captain Will Carling left his beloved iPad on a train Wednesday - and then kept all of his 45,000+ Twitter followers on an up-to-date blow-by-blow of what became a virtual adventure as he tracked his iPad using Apple's MobileMe tracker. After leaving his iPad on a train, Carling used MobileMe and tracked it to a building in Woking, England.... Read more »
Twitter Launches New Version of Android App
Twitter has announced the launch of the latest version of its Twitter for Android app, with a new design to bring it in line with the other official clients. The visual appearance of the app has been changed significantly, with tabs along the top of the screen for your timeline, mentions, messages and lists. The mentions section now brings @replies and retweets... Read more »
my6sense Chrome Extension Cuts Out Fat on Twitter Feeds
The crazy thing about Twitter is that while you can follow whoever you like, you can never be sure that your timeline will be full of content you love. Unless you're extremely selective about who you follow, chances are there are a few duds in your Twitter feed. Knowing this, my6sense created an extension for Google Chrome that learns what Twitter feeds you follow,... Read more »
#Hashtag Proof of Twitter’s Ad Potential
For anyone who wants to make money off of Twitter, you need only look as far as the hashtag model. These little trending topics could be the key to making money on Twitter. Some brains over at Cornell University have graphed out in a study the amount of times Twitter users need to see a hashtag in order to use it themselves. If you don't think this information is... Read more » Twitter Independence Valued at $8-$10B
Twitter seems to be entertaining ideas of selling off to one of two -well, not competitors - but internet peers. Both Google and Facebook have approached Twitter with bids of acquisition, the Wall Street Journal reports. The healthy start-up turned down both offers, reportedly, which fell in the range of $8-$10 billion. All of this was happening in low-level talks... Read more » Twitter Reporting Hits TV With “The 20″
NBC has decided to tap the growing power of influential Twitter personalities to help cover local news with their new initiative titled "The 20". Tumblr blogs have popped up in New York and Washington D.C. that have selected the top 20 Twitter accounts in their area who help shape the face of what news hits the headlines. Through a complicated system that is a... Read more »
Venture Capital Firm Bets $80M on Twitter
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has diversified its social media portfolio after splashing out to acquire over $80 million worth of Twitter stock. Since the stock purchase took place in private secondary markets, Twitter won't see a penny of the cash directly. Rather, early investors looking for an exit before any potential IPO or acquisition and some... Read more » Super Bowl Fans Break Tweet Record For Sporting Event
Hot on the heels of record mobile stumbling figures during Super Bowl XLV comes the news that Twitter saw its previous tweets per second (TPS) high for a sporting event shattered at the big game, according to the company's blog. At precisely 10:07:16 EST -- during the dying moments of the Green Bay Packers' second Super Bowl victory and 13th league championship... Read more »
Freedom of Tweets
The Press Complaints Commission (PCC), an independent administration dedicated to regulating journalism and media at large in the U.K., recently ruled that tweet messages are public information that can be used outside the confines of a user's Twitter account. After Sarah Baskerville, a Department for Transport official sent a Twitter message to her 700 followers,... Read more »
Oi Brings Social Media Week Home Through Twitter Translator
Oi Acontece, a major sponsor of Social Media Week, will offer a new platform that will translate all of the major tweets coming out of SMW for its native Brazilian followers. A team at Oi will be filtering SMW news coming out all over the world and translating it into their native Portuguese, giving SMW a truly international following. The Oi SMW website... Read more » 
