The BBC news has reported this morning, that the UK government is to monitor “social media” websites, including the likes of FaceBook, MySpace and Bebo. Read on…
The BBC news has reported this morning, that the UK government is to monitor “social media” websites, including the likes of FaceBook, MySpace and Bebo. Read on…
Although the number of people using Twitter is growing super-fast, there is a growing number of people with serious doubts as to the actual value of the business.
According to an article in the New York Times, the latest people to cast doubt on the value of Twitter to a potential buyer, are the analysts at Sanford Bernstein. Here’s what they say…
Why is Twitter ‘gifting’ hundreds of thousands of followers to companies and individuals? Let’s take a look!
As a relatively new tech news blog, it was great to see both Leo Laporte’s twit.tv and the guys over at ReadWriteWeb referencing us as the news source for the recent ‘Twitter accounts hacked’ story…
I recently posted an article about Jason Calacanis and Loic Le Meur unfollowing the people who were following them on Twitter. One of the most common comments on that post was a variation of; “no one can really say for certain what’s the right or wrong way to follow people on Twitter.”
Well, at least we all know now what Twitter fonder Biz Stone thinks, about auto-following; “following should be done by a person….”
Yesterday, on Twitter, Loic Le Meur decided to unfollow everyone he was following. Interestingly, he kept all his followers though. Then today, Jason Calacanis has done the same thing – kept all his followers, but unfollowed them all!
As Twitter’s user numbers grow, is unfollowing people set to become a new trend on Twitter? Let’s see…
Veronica Belmont has just been asked by Robert Scoble, in public via FriendFeed, to prove she has not paid Twitter to be listed in their highly valuable ‘Suggested User’ list!
In the past couple of weeks, Veronica’s follower numbers have almost doubled. As Veronica fronts a number of tech shows, including Tekzilla and Qore (for Sony’s PS3 Network), these followers are potential viewers. As such, they are of high value for advertisers / sponsors of her shows. Here’s a selection of the very heated, very public row between Veronica and Robert on FriendFeed…
For months now, there’s been a growing debate, about what kind of business model Twitter will use. Today, things have become a little clearer! Twitter to charge business users It seems that charging companies to use an enhanced set of features, is part of their monetization plan! Who says so? Twitter co-founder Biz Stone; speaking…
There’s a lot of talk today, about Twitter being a potential ‘Google Search Killer.’ The theory is that by asking your Twitter followers the kind of things you might search for on Google, you are likely to get more reliable answers. After all, you either know these people or (at least) trust them more than…
Until recently, the most followed people on Twitter were generally the top tech ‘celebrities’ – people you and I know, but the average man or woman on the street would never have heard of! Kevin Rose, Leo Laporte, Veronica Belmont and Scoble etc. However, this is all starting to change; thanks to the arrival of…
