Before you use Twitter to store your ATM PIN numbers, remember, it can't be trusted. The micro-blogging platform, which is dominated by a culture of open, public communication, also provides some privacy: direct messages and protected profiles.
But as the L.A. Times pointed out last night, the latter is prone to ...
The companies of the Fortune 500 generate the greatest revenues worldwide, and undoubtedly require a lot of manpower to sustain their day-to-day operations. Due to their size and complexity, these big companies are often slow to enter social media spaces like Twitter. Who should be the voice of the company? ...
It's been a week since the Iranian government announced President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landslide election victory over popular reformist candidate Mirhossein Mousavi, which sparked lasting, national demonstrations. Protesters believe the election results are fraudulent, and see this moment as an opportunity for change, or perhaps revolution.
Certainly, if a revolution is possible, ...
Any constant Twitter user knows the value of a URL shortener, because some of the most fascinating links don't conform to the 140-character restriction of many micro-blogging services. But some of the best URL shorteners are overshadowed by the titan, TinyURL.
Below I've compiled a list of the nine most popular ...
Jake and Amir, my favorite online comedy duo, produced a video called "Twitter," giving me the perfect excuse to share their unique brand of humor on this blog.
Read Amir's Twitter page here: "jakeandamir"
In case you're unfamiliar with Twitter, it's not "an online place that you keep your secrets." In fact, ...
A couple cool items from the Twitter blog:
1) Twitter has launched an Election 2008 page, your one-stop shop to see what people are saying about the hottest trends in the election world. If you've used Twitter Search, you could find these online conversations for yourself, but Twitter's new page serves ...
Earlier today a 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit Los Angeles. (Read about it on CNN.) As soon as I heard, I went to Twitter Search to see what people were saying about it.
A massive number of tweets have been published about the earthquake, and I'm so late to look that even though ...
Someone tell me. I'm guessing Facebook started it.
Web design often differs between global cultures, but blue appears to represent social media on websites prominent in the U.S., Europe, South America, and Asia. Interestingly, when blue is not used prominently, a black/red motif seems popular. (YouTube, MetroFLOG, Netlog, Bebo, Tagged, Media ...
Just days after I wrote about techniques for finding information on Twitter, including Summize, a Twitter-specific search engine, the two have become one. The Twitter blog reports their micro-blogging service has acquired the popular search tool. This means that Summize is now available at search.twitter.com, and in the near future, a search ...
I read this Boston Globe article about customer complaints in social media, and one story caught my attention:
When C.C. Chapman noticed a blemish in his high-definition television's reception during the NBA playoffs recently, he blasted a quick gripe about Comcast into the online ether, using the social network Twitter.
Minutes later, ...
