Britney Spears suffers third Twitter hacking this morning

Sheepish Britney handlers posted a quick FYI for fans who might have been offended by a series of puzzling tweets posted on the singer's Twitter account over the past day while Britney's been on tour in Australia. The ... continue

Twitter and LinkedIn get all warm and cozy … and the point is?

My first thought when I read Marshall Kirkpatrick's post at ReadWriteWeb about Twitter and LinkedIn forming a partnership was - huh? The purveyor of 140 character dribble is partnering up with a social network meant to let the whole ... continue

Popular Twitter feed scores TV, book deal

One of the more consisently funny Twitter accounts is @shitmydadsays, a young man's collection of the random, hilarious things his cynical, elderly father says. The @shitmydadsays Twitter account, populated by 29-year-old Justin Halpern, went viral in late August ... continue

Twitter and LinkedIn Now Status Share. In Related News, LinkedIn Has Status Updates

Twitter and business focused social network LinkedIn have signed a new deal that will allow users of both services to cross post status messages. Users of LinkedIn will be able to link Twitter accounts to their profile, and ... continue

Sensible Ways To Use Twitter To Help Promote Your Blog

Twitter is very much this years number one get rich quick and buy my ebook topic, but there are some very sensible ways you can use Twitter to help promote your blog. Let me say upfront though that ... continue

Twitter’s power to change the news and the world – more hype than substance

Can you just imagine the phone call at Twitter WHQ when they were asked by the US State Department to hold off on a planned maintenance so that the voice in Iran could be heard around the ... continue

Let’s Stop The Nonsense, OK?

The “bleeding-edge” segment of the Internet has gone full-on crazy, so it’s time to give them their medicine… and fast. First of all, let’s make some definitions: “technology” does not include only the Internet “the Internet” does not include only ... continue

Twitter once more playing with the future of developers

One of the constants that has been with Twitter since day one has been its hands off approach towards the service as it is presented to the users at the Twitter home page. They have let a ... continue

Another brilliantly stupid idea of Twitter Lists – Country Lists

It has only be a few days since the roll out of the Twitter Lists and while most of the social media mavens are getting woodies over how great this is all going to be we are ... continue

Amazon to help you be a spammer while painting a bullseye for the FTC

One of the big topics today that I have picked up from my morning reading is the news that Amazon is going to help you become a Twitter spammer. Yup now you will be able to populate your ... continue

Twitterpeek: like other mobile devices, minus the functionality

Is Tweet Deck for iPhone or TwitterBerry just not cutting it for you? Need something that exists merely to service your Twitter needs? TwitterPeek is making gadget news today, physically resembling a smartphone without all the added functionality ... continue

Twitter hell breaks loose in England

At the end of October I wrote a post here telling how Stephen Fry, England's best know Twitterer was thinking about calling quits his love affair with the service. It all centered around a message on Twitter ... continue