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Twitter hacked by old technique — again
Written on 15 Jul, 2009 at 21:32 in Featured, Technology | viewed 1,422 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
For the third time this year, the San Francisco-based company was the victim of a security breach stemming from a simple end-run around its defenses: A hacker guessed the password for an employee’s personal e-mail account and worked from there to steal confidential company documents. The techniques used by the attackers highlight the dangers of a broader trend promoted by Google Inc. and others toward storing more data online, instead of on computers under your control. Full Story : Physorg.com…..
British Royal Family Starts Tweeting, Attracts 2,000 Followers
Written on 12 Jul, 2009 at 13:13 in Featured, Technology | viewed 529 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Twitter, known for celebrity gossip, drunken messages and nonstandard English, is now also home to Queen Elizabeth II. The British monarchy started what it called a “Royal Twitter” account that will be run by the Web teams at royal residences Buckingham Palace and Clarence House, according to its Web site today. By 12:10 p.m. New York time, the Twitter account had more than 2,000 followers. The monarchy’s Tweets included the changing of the guard at Windsor Castle, and the queen knighting someone at Buckingham Palace. Full Story : Bloomberg.com…..
Web slows after Jackson’s death
Written on 26 Jun, 2009 at 10:31 in Featured, Technology | viewed 225 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
The internet suffered a number of slowdowns as people the world over rushed to verify accounts of Michael Jackson’s death. Search giant Google confirmed to the BBC that when the news first broke it feared it was under attack. Millions of people who Googled the star’s name were greeted with an error page rather than a list of results. The microblogging service Twitter crashed with the sheer volume of people using the service. Full Story : BBC.com….
Twitter Targets Revenue This Year From Starbucks, Whole Foods
Written on 25 Jun, 2009 at 11:59 in Featured, Technology | viewed 265 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Twitter plans to generate its first revenue this year from companies such as Dell Inc., Whole Foods Market Inc. and Starbucks Corp., which use the micro- messaging site to communicate with millions of customers. The San Francisco-based service could make money by verifying Twitter accounts, so users “following” brands would know it was really Whole Foods or Coca-Cola Co. sending Tweets, or instant messages that can be 140 characters long. Full Story : Bloomberg.com….
Twitter Users More Likely to Buy Music
Written on 24 Jun, 2009 at 11:51 in Entertainment, Featured | viewed 486 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Record labels looking for customers should focus their efforts on the Twitter faithful, according to new data from NPD Group. About 33 percent of Twitter users have purchased a physical CD and 34 percent have bought a digital download in the last three months, the report said. About 23 percent of non-Twitter users bought a CD and 16 percent purchased digital downloads. Users of the micro-blogging site are also less likely to conserve their cash - people on Twitter purchased 77 percent more digital downloads than those not on the site. Full Story : Appscout.com…..
Twitter Launches Verified Accounts
Written on 13 Jun, 2009 at 10:56 in Featured, Technology | viewed 236 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Twitter launched the first phase of its Verified Accounts program moments ago, meaning that celebrities, musicians, athletes, actors, public officials and public agencies on the service can now display a “verified account” button on their Twitter pages. The feature has been a long time coming, and many celebrities will jump on the opportunity to prove their legitimacy. It’ll also solve the entrenched problem of celebrity impersonations, which are confusing for users and unwelcome by those being impersonated. Full Story : Mashable.com…..
Twitter hype punctured by study
Written on 9 Jun, 2009 at 12:45 in Featured, Technology | viewed 266 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Micro-blogging service Twitter remains the preserve of a few, despite the hype surrounding it, according to research. Just 10% of Twitter users generate more than 90% of the content, a Harvard study of 300,000 users found. Estimates suggest it now has more than 10 million users and is growing faster than any other social network. However, the Harvard team found that more than half of all people using Twitter update their page less than once every 74 days. Recent figures from research firm Nielsen Online show that visitors to the site increased by 1,382%, from 475,000 to seven million, between February 2008 and February 2009. It is thought to have grown beyond 10 million in the last 4 months. Full Story : Webfuture.in….
Twitter blocked in China
Written on 2 Jun, 2009 at 12:42 in Featured, Politics | viewed 351 views times and users have made 1 comment so far
The Great Firewall of China has grown again. Forty-eight hours ahead of the most sensitive date on the Chinese calendar, a host of popular websites, including photo-sharing site Flickr.com, search engines Livesearch.com and Bing.com (Microsoft’s answer to Google), as well as Hotmail, are all suddenly inaccessible, in addition to Twitter.com. Video-sharing site YouTube and blogger portals Wordpress and Blogspot have already been blocked for weeks. Full Story : TheglobeandMail.com…..
Many on Twitter are quick quitters
Written on 29 Apr, 2009 at 12:15 in Featured, Technology | viewed 425 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Data from Nielsen Online, which measures Internet traffic, found that more than 60 percent of Twitter users stopped using the free social networking site a month after joining. President Barack Obama used Twitter during last year’s campaign and other prominent celebrities on Twitter include basketballer Shaquille O’Neal and singers Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus. Full Story : MSNBC…..
US Army enlists Facebook, Twitter
Written on 27 Apr, 2009 at 21:17 in Featured, Technology | viewed 266 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
The US Army said on Monday it had launched a fan page on Facebook and established an office for online “social media,” despite security rules that limit soldiers’ access to networking sites. Mindful of a changing media landscape, the Army said it wanted to make sure it reached a younger audience that relies heavily on “tweets” and social networking sites, spokeswoman Lindy Kyzer said. Full Story : France24.com……
Oprah effect: 43% jump in Twitter traffic
Written on 23 Apr, 2009 at 12:42 in Featured, Technology | viewed 306 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
According to market tracker Hitwise, traffic to Twitter went up 43% in a before and after survey of the Oprah Effect. Additionally, on April 17th, the day of Winfrey’s first Tweets, 37% of visits to Twitter.com were new visitors, Hitwise says. By comparison, Hitwise says Facebook’s ratio of new visitors in March were 8%. Full Story : Usatoday.com….
Ashton Kutcher Becomes First Twitterer With One Million Followers
Written on 17 Apr, 2009 at 13:05 in Entertainment, Featured | viewed 686 views times and users have made 1 comment so far
Ashton Kutcher won the race to become the first account with one million followers, CNNBrk became the second one to reach the milestone hours later. The renowned actor signed up with hugely popular micro-blogging website Twitter a few months ago and started his account with a handful of followers only. But soon, he along with his wife, Demi Moore, was adding thousands of followers to his Twitter account in a day. Full Story : ITportal…..
Twitter can make you immoral, claim scientists
Written on 14 Apr, 2009 at 13:15 in Featured, Technology | viewed 332 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Social networks such as Twitter may blunt people’s sense of morality, claim brain scientists. New evidence shows the digital torrent of information from networking sites could have long-term damaging effects on the emotional development of young people’s brains. A study suggests rapid-fire news updates and instant social interaction are too fast for the ‘moral compass’ of the brain to process. Full Story : Dailymail.co.uk….
Google in talks to buy Twitter
Written on 3 Apr, 2009 at 10:30 in Featured, Technology | viewed 311 views times and users have made 1 comment so far
Google is in talks to buy the microblogging service Twitter. A deal for Twitter has long been rumored. Potential suitors have included Facebook Inc., which was reported to have made a half-billion-dollar offer last year. Full Story : Bizjournals….
Twitter Unveils New Premium Accounts
Written on 20 Mar, 2009 at 12:05 in Featured, Technology | viewed 251 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Twitter co-founder and CEO Evan Williams today announced part of the company’s long-awaited business model: Twitter Premium accounts. Premium accounts will come in four tiers: Sparrow, Dove, Owl and Eagle. An Eagle account will get 500 character limit, 1000 extra random followers, 3 celebrity followers of their choice, 5 hours on recommended list each month, Twitter Concierge for Tweeting while user is asleep or busy (and more), auto-spell check, “Fail Whale” tuxedo, custom “Fail Whale” page when service is down for $25/month. Full Story : BBspot.com…..
Facebook targets Twitter with latest makeover
Written on 5 Mar, 2009 at 13:05 in Featured, Technology | viewed 314 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Facebook is changing its homepage design once again. The recent change will have a Twitter like feature added to it. In the new design users will be able to sign up for constant update from public profile pages. The increasingly popular Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users’ updates (known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.
ReboundFinder - New Twitter tool finds the recently dumped
Written on 4 Mar, 2009 at 17:15 in @ a glance | viewed 323 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
A new Twitter tool provides followers with a list of people who have recently split up with their partners. The tool look for words ‘dumped’ or ‘broken up’ with either ‘my boyfriend’ or ‘my girlfriend’ and retweet that post in its account.
Twitter’s Valentine’s surprise: More funding!
Written on 14 Feb, 2009 at 15:41 in Technology | viewed 217 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Forget flowers and chocolate. Valley darling Twitter is going to have a really sweet Valentine’s Day. The company announced Friday that it has added some more cash to its most recent round of funding, thanks to an infusion from Benchmark and Institutional Venture Partners. Full Story : CNet……
NASA Receives Shorty Twitter Award
Written on 11 Feb, 2009 at 11:46 in @ a glance, Technology | viewed 272 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
NASA’s activities in social networking media will be recognized Wednesday in New York, when the agency receives an award for its presence on the popular Web site Twitter. Known as the Shorty Award, it was created to honor the best producers of short content on Twitter during 2008. Updates on NASA’s Mars Phoenix Lander mission received the most votes in the science category from users of the site. Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users’ updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. Full Story : NASA……
@ a glance : Twitter Raising New Cash At $250 Million Valuation
Written on 25 Jan, 2009 at 14:45 in @ a glance | viewed 184 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Twitter, which just recently turned down a half billion dollar acquisition offer from Facebook (albeit to be paid mostly with Facebook stock), is dipping back into the venture capital market, we’ve heard from a source with knowledge of the deal. Full Story : WP….
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