Smaller, faster, more nimble, and better adapted to changes. These are just some of the qualities that many tech industry observers and analysts have historically ascribed to small start-ups. Well, you can add, ‘better at detecting and fixing security holes’ to the list. According to a statement by Jonathan Rudenberg, a developer and security researcher, [...]
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Microsoft’s DroidRage Twitter Campaign Blows Up In Its Face
It all started out like a good idea-launch a Twitter marketing campaign to get the word out about Windows Phone’s latest version by bashing Google’s Android smartphone operating system. The campaign asked Android users to share their ‘malware horror stories’ on Twitter using the #DroidRage hashtag. The plan, of course, was to make Windows Phone [...]
Twitter CEO says Twitter Reinvented The Town Square With TV
There is hype and there is hype that is real. In this world of split second edits and increasing Internet-enabled ADHD, we are bombarded with product hype. It seems everyone has a product to push or a brand to pimp. Given the impact of the Internet and its ability to give us information we wouldn’t [...]
Twitter Blows Away Review Embargo on ‘The Hobbit’
When it comes to movie marketing, early bad reviews can really spoil a new movie’s chances. This is true regardless of a movie’s pedigree or award-winning and box office breaking director. I can imagine this is in the minds of many of the marketers behind the highly anticipated prequel to the blockbuster Lord of The [...]
You Asked It Turns Twitter into Chatroulette
If you are a serious Twitter head, you’d know that people ask all sorts of question at Twitter. Combine this fact with the excitement offered by Chatroullete’s speed camming functionality and get you the main feature of the great site ‘You Asked It.’ This site effectively converts Twitter into Chatroullete except there is no webcam [...]
Twitter gives away $1M of free Ad Credits to New Advertisers
We’ve devoted quite a bit of digital ink on these pages on Twitter’s efforts to beef up its revenue base. So far, it’s been a hit or miss affair. With its Promoted Tweets and Promoted Accounts programs, it looks like everyone’s favorite micro-blogging platform might be hitting its stride. These ad programs just might have [...]
Apple Considered Buying Twitter Share
According to the many reports both in online newspaper and tech blogs, there are reports indicating that some Apple officials had been considering buying a share in Twitter. Although this is what the past discussion has been revealed and there is no current negotiation, this would send a massive vote of approval for social media [...]
Twitter Announces Appeal of Occupied Protest Tweet Ruling
It is part and parcel of being a technological and cultural phenomenon. Twitter is in the news again for quite a substantive reason. During the Occupy Wall Street protest, some protesters made tweets and law enforcement authorities wanted the company to release these tweet records. The privacy and free speech issues in that case reached [...]
A glance at the Evolution of Twitter
Twitter is a beast. There’s no two ways about it. How big is Twitter? We’re talking about 140 million active users from all four corners of the globe and a whopping 400 million tweets sent not every month, not every week but every single day. Now that’s a huge service. Note that we mentioned service, [...]
Kevin Rose Weighs in on Digg Sale
Kevin Rose was the founder of the social media former superstar website Digg. Let us face it. Digg really revolutionized the way people shared information online. Well, at least it did until Twitter and Facebook stole its thunder. At least that is part of Rose’s explanation of what did Digg in. When asked if he [...]