I guess an idea is only good if some big name says it

A day or two ago I wrote a post here on The Inquisitr that called into question the sanity about relying too heavily on letting our workflow exist too much on the web. The idea being that ... continue

Is Twitter the next affiliate link hunting ground?

There have been past efforts in the early life of Twitter for folks to try an monetize their Twitter stream. After all for many bloggers Twitter is taking up almost as much time in their workflow as ... continue

TweetDeck Takes Angel Round Up To $500,000

Twitter desktop application tool TweetDeck is in the process of finalizing an angel round of up to $500,000, according to AllThingD. The application has become popular with some Twitter users due to its breaking out of Twitter streams ... continue

Is TweetBacks getting spammed already?

UPDATE:The author of the TweetBacks plug-in has been really quick to respond to this problem and after updating to the newest version of the plug-in (1.2) it looks like the problem may have been solved. If you ... continue

US Air Forces puts bloggers in their sights

So one day you’re blogging away and end up writing something a little on the negative side about the US government (like that’ll never happen) or more specifically about the US Air Force only to find your ... continue

Bill O’Reilly, Obama, Britney: Another Bad Day in Twitterland

Fresh from a phishing scam, Twitter continues its bad 2009 with the accounts of prominent members have been hacked. The Twitter accounts hacked include official accounts for Fox News, Barack Obama, Britney Spears, CNN’s Rick Sanchez and others ... continue

Why Facebook May Already Be Killing Twitter

Speculation that Facebook will kill Twitter is as old as Twitter itself. The latest round came from AllFacebook, not exactly an impartial source, who argued recently that Facebook API's could be used to build a Twitter like ... continue

Phishing Scam Targeting Twitter Users

Twitter users are being targeted by a phishing scam that tricks recipients into logging into a fake Twitter page. The emails, appearing as direct messages in email, include a reference to a site and links that appear to ... continue

Can we please STFU about Twitter

Look – I realize that Twitter is slightly interesting to talk about but is the technology landscape so frikken boring that this inane service is all that we can talk about. With every refresh of my feed ... continue

The washing machine on Twitter

A dork bright and entrepreneurial young man has hacked a washing machine so that it tweets every time it finishes a load of laundry.  Presumably so he can get a direct reminder to hang the load out, ... continue

Making a joke of Social Media

I’ve been working on another idea and as a result I’ve been doing some thinking about this whole Social Media thing that has gotten a whole bunch of folks wet and warm. My thoughts have been exacerbated ... continue

Twitter Left 4 Dead

Okay okay so Twitter isn’t dead or even dying; even though some wish it was, in fact it seems to be steamrolling ahead stronger than usual even it still isn’t making any money. One of the more ... continue