Hoping to circumvent the blackout of the internet and social networking in Egypt, Google and Twitter announced a new service Tuesday that allows anyone to send tweets over the phone. People can use the service by leaving a voicemail at one of three international numbers (+16504194196 or +390662207294 or +97316199855). The service will instantly tweet [...]
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Google, Twitter offer Egyptians Speak to Tweet
February 2nd, 2011 |
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Google, Twitter Build Speak-to-Tweet for Egypt
February 1st, 2011 |
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Google, SayNow and Twitter have built a speak-to-tweet for people in Egypt. People can call a few numbers and leave messages, which will be blasted out as tweets. – Google and
Twitter have teamed up to create a speak-to-tweet service for citizens in
Egypt, where the Internet has gone dark.
Tweeting via
speech is simple and requires no Internet connection. Users may tweet by
calling (+16504194196 or +390662207294 or +97316199855) and leaving a voice mail
m…
Egypt blocks Twitter
January 27th, 2011 |
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Micro-blogging site Twitter confirmed Wednesday that its service had been blocked in Egypt, indicating a probable government crackdown on technology that could disseminate information about the widening anti-government demonstrations. “We can confirm that Twitter was blocked in Egypt around 8 a.m. (Pacific Time, 1600 GMT) today,” Twitter confirmed on the @twitterglobalpr feed. “It’s impacting both [...]
Twitter to Rack Up $150M in Promoted Ads
January 25th, 2011 |
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Twitter will make $150 million in promoted ads this year, up more than 200 percent from the $45 million it made in 2010. Twitter still needs to boost user engagement to boost growth. – Twitter will earn $150 million in revenues in 2011, up more than 200 percent
from only $45 million in 2010, when it launched its trinity of Promoted Tweets,
Promoted Trends and Promoted Accounts.
eMarketer did some number crunching and expects most of Twitter’s ad sales to
be generated in the Un…
Twitter Worm Pushing Rogue Antivirus Scam
January 21st, 2011 |
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A worm hit Twitter looking to rope users into downloading rogue antivirus. – Thousands of Twitter users are believed to have been hit with malicious
links tied to a rogue antivirus scam circulating the microblog service.
The scam is spreading through malicious links abusing the goo.gl
URL shortening service. According
to Kaspersky Lab, the malicious links redirect u…
Facebook, Twitter Users More Likely to Join Groups: Pew
January 19th, 2011 |
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Pew Research found that more Internet users than non-Internet users are inclined to belong to social groups and organizations. Sounds about right to Facebook and Twitter users. – It’s never been a stretch to connect that dot that people who are socially active on the Web may also be socially active in the non-virtual world. New research presents data that backs this theory up.
Pew Research Center’s Internet amp; American Life Project on Jan. 18 said that 80 percent of Inte…
Kanye West Defends Britney Spears Twitter Quip
January 18th, 2011 |
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We’ve long suspected Kanye West has a sense of humor buried somewhere between his ego and his seemingly-endless battles with pre-menstrual syndrome. He finally proved it last week, when he poked fun at himself and Britney Spears on Twitter. The rapper was beaten to the top spot on the iTunes chart by Spears’ dance track [...]
Twitter’s WikiLeaks Subpoena, Government Talk of Online Identity Lead Security News
January 9th, 2011 |
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A recap of the past week’s security news features another twist on the WikiLeaks controversy, compromised iTunes accounts being sold online and the push for a trusted identity ecosystem for the Web. – The first week of 2011 was a busy one in IT security news.
It was a week that saw an acquisition by Dell, talk of trusted online
identities and reports of a subpoena for Twitter.
The Twitter
subpoena came to light at the end of the week when it was revealed a
federal judge had ordered the micr…
Twitter Hit with WikiLeaks Subpoena
January 8th, 2011 |
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A U.S. court has ordered Twitter to provide details of user accounts linked to several WikiLeaks supporters as part of a federal investigation. – A federal court has ordered Twitter to turn over details of accounts tied
to several WikiLeaks supporters as part of the government’s investigation
into the whistle-blower site.
The U.S. Department of Justice obtained a subpoena for the microblogging
site Dec. 14 requesting records going back t…
Aftab Shivdasani joins Twitter
December 29th, 2010 |
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Actor Aftab Shivdasani is the latest to join microblogging site Twitter and he received a warm welcome from Abhishek Bachchan and Bipasha Basu. “Guys show the love to a dear friend and all round good guy to Aftab Shivdasani @faffmeister welcome to the chaos faffy!” wrote Abhishek. Bipasha welcomed him saying: “Hey guys give a [...]
Kelly Osbourne Slams Ex Luke Worrall In Vicious Twitter Rant
December 28th, 2010 |
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Forget fruitcake. Nothing says “Happy Holidays” like sending a figurative “Up Yours and Eff You!” to your ex on Twitter! Just ask Kelly Osbourne. Miley Cyrus’ new bestie is taking an extended vacation from the World of Microblogging after breaking into a festively foul-mouthed rant about ex-beau Luke Worrall on her Twitter page Christmas Day. [...]
Twitter Buys Fluther Social QandA Service for Talent
December 22nd, 2010 |
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Twitter bought Fluther for the talent. How long before the microblog service launches a Q&A service or recommendation engine of its own? – Twitter has acquired a small startup called Fluther for
its engineering talent, the microblog power said Dec. 21.
Pronounced like quot;mother, quot; Fluther offers a
social question and answer service at
Fluther.com, which will continue operating as a project independent of Twitter
to serve i…
Twitter Promoted Tweets on Google a Prelude to Acquisition
December 21st, 2010 |
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Google and Twitter have a cozy search and ad relationship with Google indexing tweets and Promoted Tweets in real-time.
What if the working partnership got cozier? – Google’s inclusion of Twitter’s Promoted Tweets into its
real-time search results represents more than just the first time Google is
including ads not fueled by AdWords on its properties.
It sets up the possibility that Google could acquire
Twitter at a later date, according to Paul Byrne, a sen…
Chip Shot: Share Windows 7 IT Improvements and Win a Laptop
December 20th, 2010 |
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The Intel Premier IT Professional’s online community is bringing together IT professionals via Twitter and a discussion forum to share how Windows 7 has helped their organizations. To share your Windows 7 insights with your colleagues – and earn a chance to win 1 of 3 HP ENVY 17 laptops – simply register in the Windows 7 discussion forum.
50 Hottest Women of Twitter
December 20th, 2010 |
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Check out the hottest women to follow, many of whom like to Tweet pictures. Just sayin’. (PopCrunch)
Jessica Alba Producing Twitter-Inspired CBS Sitcom “Mother Of All Somethingâ€
December 20th, 2010 |
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Move over, Ashton! Jessica Alba is the newest Hollywood heavyweight producing a Twitter-based sitcom for CBS. Don’t worry it’s not as bad as it sounds — the script has been written by Twitter comedienne Kelly Oxford. Alba is set to produce a sitcom, entitled Mother of All Something, based on Oxford’s dark brand of comedy. [...]
Socializing in the Enterprise
December 17th, 2010 |
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Social media tools that mimic Twitter and Facebook promise to bring team collaboration to corporate users. Getting users and applications connected in a secure, reliable stream can mean the difference between leading and being left behind in an increasingly social world. eWEEK Labs Technical Director Cameron Sturdevant looks at whats behind the emerging specifications that are bringing people, applications and actions together in social media platforms. – Status update services, sometimes called
microblogging, took off in 2010. A Pew Research Center study released on Dec.
8 revealed 8 percent of American adults who use the Internet also use Twitter.
Using social media tools in the enterprise pits open sharing against corporate
controls. It also o…
Demi Lovato Racy Cleavage Pictures Surface On Twitter
December 17th, 2010 |
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Demi Lovato’s transition from clean-cut starlet to just another casuality of the Disney child star curse appears to be complete. The Sonny With a Chance star, 18, suffered another blow to her once squeaky-clean image on Wednesday when racy snaps of the actress posing seductively emerged on Twitter. In one photo, Demi — surrounded by [...]
Lindsay Lohan Twitter Product Placement – “Mean Girls†Actress Promoting Products Online For Cash
December 17th, 2010 |
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Cash-strapped actress Lindsay Lohan has come up with a interesting way of funding her current fifth stint in rehab: She’s hawking coupons on Twitter. Whatever pays the bills we suppose. Lohan — who celebrated 100 days of sobriety on Wednesday — has raised eyebrows after she repeatedly posted advertisements for gift cards on her Twitter [...]