Will Dave Winer shed a tear over reported death of his baby?

Movies are noted for their overblown representations of death, with the actual scene of death being the high dramatic point of the movie. This latest flare-up of chattering about the so-called death of RSS ... continue

TweetDeck Picks Up $1.5 Million In Latest Round Of Funding

Twitter desktop application TweetDeck raised several million dollars this past July and now according to SEC filings the company has just received an additional $1.5 million towards a debt raise of $1.8 million dollars. The new funding comes ... continue

Mashable has more influence than CNN on Twitter

I just caught news of this report by Alex Leavitt, Evan Burchard, David Fowler and Sam Gilbert via Chris Brogan (@chrisbrogan) on Twitter. Recently the researches involved with the report, using a new ... continue

Parents have new tools to stalk their college-aged kids – Thanks Facebook and Twitter

This is an excellently done spoof (we hope) where “E-Mom” Gloria Bianco shows mom’s and dad’s how easy it is to stalk stay in touch with their children at college using tools like Facebook ... continue

Using Twitter and Facebook on Xbox Live is free (for people who pay)

Because social networking is what gets the kids hot under the collar nowadays, Microsoft revealed months ago that it would make Facebook and Twitter accessible on Xbox Live. Which is great 'n all, but would it be accessible ... continue

Is Social Media ruining the good old heated debate

I was reading a post by Ryan Tate over at Valleywag this morning which lead in to posts by Edward Boches and Bob Knorpp where the common thread between them all being that we ... continue

Twitter’s newest celebrity: some old dude

Twitter's newest celebrity is old, cantankerous, and probably has no idea he's even tweeting. Justin, a 28-year-old dude who lives with his dad, has decided to tweet some of the random comments made by his elderly father. Justin ... continue

A suggestion for Twitter client developers

The Twitter developer landscape is a pretty incredible and diverse ecosphere. Whether developing on the web or for the desktop we’ve seen the beginnings of some really great ideas and products. Regardless of the ... continue

Should Twitter clone the TipJoy idea?

I really hadn’t been following the whole TipJoy thing since I never saw the point to it, and still don’t, but something in a post by Peter Kafka at D|All Things Digital caught my ... continue

Debunking Twitter teen myths one television station at a time

No, the above image isn't a mock up, and yes, I do appear to be in a cave, but on a serious note I appeared on CNN this morning (US Pacific) as part of a panel discussing ... continue

The long awaited Facebook to Twitter feature – done wrong

So it seems that Facebook has finally caught on to the fact that people want to be able to post their Facebook updates to Twitter automatically as they are going to be enabling that ... continue

Use Twitter to get the ear of Richard Branson

Got a great startup idea and want to get the attention of someone that might be able to make your dream come true? Then head over to Twitter and tweet your brilliant idea ... continue