Klout Adds Blogger, Tumblr, Instagram, Flickr And Last.fm To Measure Social Influence
Klout, a startup that measures influence on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and most recently Foursquare, is adding more services today, totaling 10 different ways to measure your social influence on the web. Klout is adding five new networks—Blogger, Tumblr, Flickr, Instagram and Last.fm, allowing Klout users to add their influence on these networks to their [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 8-5-2011
Microsoft and Google Twitter Tiff Google’s SVP and Chief Legal Officer, David Drummond, sick of all the patent pressure against their Android operating system, went in on several of Google’s competitors for attempting to use “bogus patents” to destroy the mobile OS. More specifically, Drummond called out Microsoft for getting in bed with other rivals [...]
Read MoreKlout Now Factors in Foursquare Checkins
Foursquare checkins will now play a role in determining your Klout score. The San Francisco-based startup has just added Foursquare to its scoring system, which already factors in Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to measure the online influence of social media users. For Klout to integrate your Foursquare checkins into its algorithm, go to your Klout [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 6-3-2011
Samsung and Apple Trade Prototypes Apple filed suit against Samsung a while back, saying that Samsung is basically biting Apple’s style with their line of Android phones and tablets. As part of this suit, Apple demanded to see pre-production samples of the upcoming Droid Charge, Infuse 4G, Galaxy S II, and Galaxy Tab 10.1 and [...]
Read MoreKlout Users Claim New Daily Update Numbers Inaccurate
A few weeks ago, we reported that Klout, the web standard for measuring Twitter influence, is now being updated daily. But now, despite the initial excitement, users are growing frustrated with the website’s outdated scores and information. Several tweeters have been commenting on the website’s blog, claiming that the Klout scores contain inaccurate information. They [...]
Read MoreThe 100 Most Powerful Black Women on Twitter
These women have gained a tremendous amount of influence on Twitter by amassing a large number of followers, retweets, and memberships on user lists. We used Klout and Twittergrader, two online reputation measurement tools, to compile a list of the 100 most powerful black women on Twitter. The women marked with a have verified Twitter [...]
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