Twitter is down again

Twitter is celebrating the launch of Twitter Places by presenting all users with the Fail Whale for at least the past hour. According to the Twitter status blog, this time the outage is due to "scheduled maintenance," and more information ... continue

Oh, hey, Fail Whale, what up?

If you tweet, you've probably been seeing a lot of messages welcoming back (or complaining about) the Fail Whale. Twitter's iconic "over capacity" message has been making a lot of cameos over the past two days, for reasons ... continue

Royal Title Fail

Geography fail? Monarchy awareness fail? European relations fail? Maybe they should've stuck with "son of Diana." [Source: Fail Blog] continue

The FAIL Whale has nothing on the white whale

Just about everyone these days has some idea of what the term FAIL whale means when it comes up in conversation. It is one of those rare terms that while meant for something specific, in the case ... continue

Twitter killing developers not so softly

If there is one thing other than celebrities that has spurred the momentous growth of Twitter it is the incredible developer community that has risen up around the service. I have said in the ... continue

EPIC FAIL Whale Tattoo

Tech tattoo champion Critter never knows when to stop, and what better for a guy who has the logos for Twhirl, Seesmic, Adobe AIR and Cold Fusion then to add to the mix with a Twitter Fail ... continue

Last.fm iPhone App rides the georetarded fail whale

Good news today for Last.fm lovers, the official Last.fm iPhone application has been released...for some, as it doesn't appear to be available outside of the United States and some part of Europe, because it certainly isn't available ... continue

Pringo adds Microblogging to White Label Social Networking Mix

White label social network provider Pringo has added a micro-blogging service to its mix, a move claimed to be the "first white label social networking platform which allows customers to employ Twitter-like functionality." We've seen no shortage ... continue

“We’re all so desperate for a Twitter that works.” The Identi.ca wrapup post

A wry version of me could easily suggest that first adopters like shiny new things and flock en masse to each new thing that comes along. While that's in part true, there's actually a deeper need here. ... continue

Could Identi.ca be a Fail Whale Killer?

Indenti.ca is a new microblogging service with extra features that immediately place this as a potential Twitter killer: it's open source AND it supports OpenMicroBlogging. If OpenMicroBlogging means nothing to you, let me explain. From very early on ... continue