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Twitter to release new tools, business model

Twitter has finally declared its hand on the "where's the business model?" question by saying the future is paved with add-on tools. In an interview posted by Reuters, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said that Twitter was "developing various ... continue

Prrrrfect: cat passes 500,000 followers on Twitter

Introducing Sockington the Cat: the most popular animal on Twitter. If you haven't heard of Sockington before, plenty have: Sockington recently passed the 500,000 follower mark. Sockington is no ordinary cat though. Along with his own website, Sockington ... continue

Twitter turns brain dead

Duncan talked earlier today about this insanely stupid idea brought to you by the world’s most shoot themselves in the foot web service – otherwise known as Twitter but I missed out on the ... continue

Twitter blocks @replies, possibly their dumbest move yet

In perhaps one of the dumbest moves it has made so far, Twitter has announced that it is removing the ability to receive @replies to Twitter users you aren't following, but sent from people you are. According to ... continue

No surprises in CEOs using Twitter

So, Business Week has published their list of CEOs who are all using Twitter and while it is interesting to read many of the little snapshots accompanying the post there’s no surprises in who’s ... continue

A Windows Twitter & Facebook client to watch

I make a lot of fun about the number of Twitter clients that are churned out at a non-stop pace equating to a modern “Hello World” programming exercise. I have also tried most of ... continue

What value do famous names bring to Twitter?

Even though it wasn’t really that long ago the recent race between Aston Kutcher and CNN for the first million followers has pretty much passed on to being nothing more than Twitter lore now. ... continue

Finally a smart idea about a buyer for Twitter

Yesterday more words were being wasted on the idea of Apple buying Twitter than it ever deserved, but that doesn’t mean that someone buying Twitter isn’t a good idea. An idea that should be ... continue

Twitter kills a Twitter-based business

Twitter is all the rage since the publicity that followed both the Kutcher/CNN race for followers, and Oprah's first twitter that was all capital letters - a big no-no on the Web. Even before ... continue

Seesmic Desktop drops new build with Facebook support

Some have suggested that with Facebook opening up and SPI for developers that they are changing the game. That maybe the case but Seesmic Desktop, the next generation version of Twhirl, just dropped version ... continue

Twitter clone Rejaw closing

Twitter clone Rejaw is closing May 15. Launched in August 2008, the service was one of the first to offer push updates, delivering chat like live discussions to microblogging. Rejaw also offered an API, although few applications were ... continue

Catholic Church in Ireland encourages prayers by Twitter

The Catholic Church in Ireland is encouraging parishioners to send daily prayer messages by Twitter and similar short message services. Cardinal Sean Brady told a gathering "I appeal to every Christian in Ireland today who sends texts, Twitters ... continue

Bet we never saw this one coming eh

Poor Craigslist. Lately it has been receiving all kinds of the wrong attention; what with its lucrative sex worker ads and being the hunting ground for a deranged killer. The heat maybe dissipating with ... continue

IMshopping Launches Twitter-Based Shopping Advice Service

A new Twitter-based shopping advice service is publicly launching today. IMshopping lets you communicate with a staff of "shopping experts" to get any product questions personally answered any hour of the day. IMshopping On Twitter IMshopping works by its ... continue