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How Ashton Kutcher wins at using New Media

How Ashton Kutcher wins at using New Media

Ashton Kutcher is far from a popular celebrity in the tabloids or the blogosphere. The toy boy of Demi Moore has come in for a lot of criticism, some of it deserved since he hooked up with ... continue
Get your Twitter address tattooed on Drew Olanoff

Get your Twitter address tattooed on Drew Olanoff

Community Manager / Evangelist at Strands Drew Olanoff likes his tats, and he has one of the more impressive geek collections I've ever seen. But what if you could take Drew's love of tats and raise money for ... continue
Twitter’s business model – one big focus group

Twitter’s business model – one big focus group

Much has been made about how Twitter keeps getting money handed to it hand over fist even though it has no apparent business model that will let all those VC folks make their money back – let ... continue
Is Twitter experimenting with Ajax?

Is Twitter experimenting with Ajax?

There seems to be an increasing number of reports that Twitter is playing around with how your Twitter page is updated. Both Kristen Nicole from The Social Times and the folks at WebDistortion are reporting that ... continue
Making blog posts even more worthless

Making blog posts even more worthless

Blogs and RSS feeds are being invaded but the most boring and space consuming verbal pollution to date. In some ways this pollution is even worse than the splogs that have insinuated themselves into the blogosphere. ... continue
We were wrong. Twitter took $35m, not $25m. What recession?

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?

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

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.

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

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

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]

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 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 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!

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

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

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
New Twhirl Preview Release Adds Seesmic Recording, Ping.fm Support

New Twhirl Preview Release Adds Seesmic Recording, Ping.fm Support

The next version of Twhirl, currently in preview release (so not yet available for download) adds a range of new features that brings the still popular Twitter client back into the ball game. Top of the releases is ... continue
What’s Twitter’s Real Motive for the API Cuts?

What’s Twitter’s Real Motive for the API Cuts?

The tech blogosphere is in a flutter over a decision by Twitter to limit authorized requests to the Twitter API to 20,000 per hour. If that doesn't make any sense to you, what it means is that ... continue
Twitter Overtakes Digg In Traffic

Twitter Overtakes Digg In Traffic

For the first time, Twitter has now overtaken Digg in U.S.-based traffic. Twitter climbed to the #84 spot in market share last week while Digg landed at #85, according to new data just released by Hitwise. The data ... continue
I guess an idea is only good if some big name says it

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?

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