Oprah Tweets, Twitterverse Freaks
The Oprah has arrived on Twitter with a bang, and it seems like no one is sure what to do next. In advance for today’s Oprah Show featuring “King of Twitter” Ashton Kutcher, Ms. Winfrey made her first official foray into the Twitterverse Friday. According to Oprah.com, the media mogul is live tweeting for one [...]
Read MoreCelebrities, Ghostwriters & Twitter—Going Too Far?
Actor Hugh Jackman is the latest celeb to get caught up in an internet scandal when he was forced to admit that he uses staff for his Twitter updates after one of them got the name of the Sydney Opera House wrong in a post about his lunch plans. Just a few years into the [...]
Read MoreWill Seesmic Desktop or Tweetdeck Solve Information Overload?
I recently caught a live broadcast by Loic Lemur, founder of Seesmic. He was doing a presentation on the new Seesmic Desktop Twitter client, which will take Twhirl’s place as one of the most popular Twitter clients. Up until now, Tweetdeck has been a step ahead of Twhirl in regards to popularity, but Seesmic Desktop [...]
Read MoreK’Naan uses Twitter for Remix
Somali-Canadian music artist K’Naan announced that he is collaborating with his fans to assemble a new version of his song “People Like Me” from their tweets on Twitter. The contest officially started on April 1st and consists of K’Naan inviting his Twitter followers to download the special instrumental version of the song, created specially for [...]
Read MoreTech Week In Review: Mentions, Search, Chat, Social Media Comments
Twitter Mentions Twitter has finally fixed their replies feature. Up until now, you could only receive a reply from someone if they started off their tweet with your name. I would get “@rahsheen you so totally rock!”, but if someone said “@abenton @markusrobinson Blackweb 2.0 is awesome, especially @rahsheen” I would never know. Now, Twitter [...]
Read MoreMonetizing your Twitter Feed
So many people have been trying to figure out how Twitter as a platform is going to monetize its’ service. Not long to follow is how individuals can monetize their Twitter feeds. I’ve spoken with a few people (I won’t name any names) and they are monetizing Twitter the good ole fashioned way, not with [...]
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