We were wrong. Twitter took $35m, not $25m. What recession?

Back in January we reported on rumors that Twitter had raised a new round of $25 million on a $250 million valuation. Let me say we were wrong. The round was $35 million. Recession? what recession? $35 million in the middle ... continue

Why is MC Hammer Suddenly All Over Social Media?

Here I thought MC Hammer was limited to VH1 reality-style shows these days -- but apparently, the 90s rapper-turned-preacher is a rising star of social media. Am I the only one who's perplexed? First, Hammer popped up at ... continue

Facebook proves how lame it is – steals from Twitter and FriendFeed

Before we go any further I should make something clear – just in case you haven’t figured it out by now – I am not a fan of Facebook. I don’t agree with its terms of ... continue

Who should worry about Twitter’s search? It ain’t Google.

The newest mantra to hit the web has to be real time search and everyone seems to be having their say on it in the last couple of days. Everyone from Robert Scoble; who says the ... continue

Chirp gets a new name and some improvements

At the end of January I wrote of a new Windows Twitter client called *chirp over on my home blog and other than a few things that took it out of the realm of being ... continue

Get ready .. get set .. here comes the Twitter spam on a big scale

For those of us using the Twitter service spam is something that while an irritation it hasn’t become a major intrusion the way it has with email. That could change with the availability of the first ... continue

Dell joins those who ‘get’ Twitter marketing – who’s next? [VIDEO]

Over the Christmas holidays Dell ran a little experiment on Twitter and netted themselves a nice million dollar holiday present. Given the great response they have decided it seems to expand the program. At least that appears ... continue

John Mayer Tweets to Squash Rumors

John Mayer might have been watching the Super Bowl with Jennifer Aniston at a private bash in Los Angeles yesterday, but he was reaching out worldwide to slam engagement rumors through humor-- and Twitter. Over the weekend break, ... continue

Twittersphere is a meme tracker for Twitter topics

Twittersphere is a new memetracker that tracks popular items being discussed on Twitter. The service comes from Thomas Marban, the creator of the excellent popurls. Thomas says in a post: there are several memetrackers for popular twitter stories but ... continue

Can we bitch slap this ego pimping of Twitter ‘numbers’ into oblivion – Please!

This morning when I was reading through my feeds I came across an excellent post by Amber Naslund where she makes some great points about bloggers going nuts over numbers. Her point was that in the end ... continue

GTFO: Twitter said to have raised new round on $250 million valuation

Until the very end, the citizens of Pompeii continued their decadent lives, until being buried for eternity. So may well be the case with web 2.0, with news via CNet that Twitter has raised a new round, ... continue

The total unadulterated idiocy of building software businesses on the shell of Web 2.0

Last Wednesday Duncan wrote up a post questioning the motives behind Twitter’s slashing of their API access to third party developers who are thinking that they have found the road to riches. His supposition was that Twitter ... continue