Twitter’s power to change the news and the world – more hype than substance

Can you just imagine the phone call at Twitter WHQ when they were asked by the US State Department to hold off on a planned maintenance so that the voice in Iran could be heard around the ... continue

Let’s Stop The Nonsense, OK?

The “bleeding-edge” segment of the Internet has gone full-on crazy, so it’s time to give them their medicine… and fast. First of all, let’s make some definitions: “technology” does not include only the Internet “the Internet” does not include only ... continue

Twitter once more playing with the future of developers

One of the constants that has been with Twitter since day one has been its hands off approach towards the service as it is presented to the users at the Twitter home page. They have let a ... continue

Another brilliantly stupid idea of Twitter Lists – Country Lists

It has only be a few days since the roll out of the Twitter Lists and while most of the social media mavens are getting woodies over how great this is all going to be we are ... continue

Amazon to help you be a spammer while painting a bullseye for the FTC

One of the big topics today that I have picked up from my morning reading is the news that Amazon is going to help you become a Twitter spammer. Yup now you will be able to populate your ... continue

Twitterpeek: like other mobile devices, minus the functionality

Is Tweet Deck for iPhone or TwitterBerry just not cutting it for you? Need something that exists merely to service your Twitter needs? TwitterPeek is making gadget news today, physically resembling a smartphone without all the added functionality ... continue

Twitter hell breaks loose in England

At the end of October I wrote a post here telling how Stephen Fry, England's best know Twitterer was thinking about calling quits his love affair with the service. It all centered around a message on Twitter ... continue

Twitter strokes egos with a new A-List popularity contest

Are you on any Twitter lists? Have you had your ego stroked by seeing the number of Twitter lists you are on climbing? What the hell are Twitter lists you ask. Well my obviously social media deficient friend ... continue

Stephen Fry : the latest victim of the ‘mean web’

News flash: the Internet is not always a nice place to hang your hat. However it seems that with the meteoric rise of social media and all the services that live in that realm such as Twitter some folks ... continue

Is Twitter saving famous people from themselves?

Now right off the bat this is pure speculation and given the source you can take it with a grain of salt but Valleywag's post about Twitter deleting messages that denigrate or malign stars on the service ... continue

How Twitter has changed the Blogosphere, but not in the way you think

At some stage in the last two years we should have been writing posts noting that blogging has died. "Twitter will kill blogging" we were told by self-appointed "social media" experts, and yet today blogging is still ... continue

“Hi, this you on here?” Twitter Phishing Scam Hooks Unsuspecting Users

A new phishing scam that first appeared on Twitter earlier this week has continued to propagate, hooking unsuspecting Twitter users. The scam targets users with the words "Hi, this you on here?" and offers a link via DM. ... continue