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Elevator Pitch: Fondu Is Yelp Meets Twitter - Posted 1 day, 11 hours ago
In the latest episode of mediabistroTV's "Elevator Pitch," host Alan Mec... [PRNewser]

Elevator Pitch: Fondu Is Yelp Meets Twitter - Posted 1 day, 11 hours ago
In the latest episode of mediabistroTV's "Elevator Pitch," host Alan Mec... [FishbowlNY]

The New Yorker to Tweet Entire Short Story - Posted 1 day, 13 hours ago
Long form writing has found all sorts of outlets in our digital world of tweeting and blogging. There are curators like Longform and Pocket, Kindle Singles for novellas and non-fiction exploration,... [TVSpy]

Elevator Pitch: Fondu is Yelp Meets Twitter - Posted 1 day, 14 hours ago
In the latest episode of mediabistroTV's Elevator Pitch, host A... [FishbowlLA]

How Is Twitter Being Used During Disasters? [STUDY] - Posted 1 day, 16 hours ago
Twitter is a real-time social network, so it is a naturally good fit as an emergency communication tool. But just how are we actually using it to share information in times of trouble? A study from North Carolina State University explores how people used Twitter... [AllTwitter]

Shareholders Sue Facebook | Disqus Adds New Features | Oracle Acquires Vitrue - Posted 1 day, 18 hours ago
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Was It Right For Twitter To Suspend This Olympics Protest Account? - Posted 2 days, 14 hours ago
Twitter has suspended an account that has been vocal in its opposition to the Olympics. @spacehijackers is a Twitter account run by a group of activists with anti-capitalist aims, and is part of a social media campaign to protest the Olympics. Those ... [AllTwitter]

How YouTube, Google+ and Social Media Affected the Arab Spring [Video] - Posted 2 days, 15 hours ago
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, a host and producer for the Huffington Post, talks about his experience with various social media feeds as he tried to cover the Arab Spring for the Huffington Post. What's notable about the video is that he identifies the new journalistic experience and it is remarkably fast and... [SocialTimes.com]

Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook Take Home Webbys | Social Media and Elections | FaceTime for 3G? - Posted 3 days, 19 hours ago
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VIDEO: Narrating Hockey Highlights, LA Sports Anchor Refers to Puck as 'the Ball' - Posted 4 days, 15 hours ago
Even though the Los Angeles Kings are in the NHL western conference finals, the team has apparently failed to win the full attention of the city's news stations. After KNBC mistook the Sacramento Kings of the NBA for the LA Kings las... [TVSpy]

Surprise! Mark Zuckerberg Gets Married | Pakistan Blocks Twitter Over Cartoon Contest | Microsoft Launches Academic Social Network - Posted 4 days, 19 hours ago
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Predict Facebook's Friday Closing Price On FacebookIPODayClosingPrice.com - Posted May 18, 2012
We were so proud of ourselves yesterday for posting a ... [AllFacebook]

Facebook's Big Day | Twitter Improves Follow Recommendations | Report: Larger iPhone Coming - Posted May 18, 2012
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How Popular Are Obama And Romney On Twitter? This App Checks - In Real-Time - Posted May 17, 2012
It's a student project, but Twipolitico has the potential to add some serious insight into the 2012 race. The site tracks the real-time popularity of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on Twitter, to see who's winning the social media sentiment race. ... [AllTwitter]

Facebook to Set Final IPO Price | Pinterest Raises $120 Million | States Weigh Social Media Gambling - Posted May 17, 2012
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This Is One Type Of Trending Topic You Don't Want To See When You Launch A Product - Posted May 16, 2012
The much-anticipated video game Diablo III was released on Tuesday. But most players haven't been able to actually play the game yet - and they're voicing their complaints on Twitter. This is one PR nightmare that no company wants on t... [AllTwitter]

Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest: The Users Of Social Media - Posted May 15, 2012
It's sometimes tough to keep up with the daily growing user numbers of our favorite social networks. How many people are on Facebook now? And how many users does Pinterest have? What about the number of women on Twitter? This infographic from ... [AllTwitter]

INFOGRAPHIC: 59.5 Percent Of News Via Social Media Is From Facebook - Posted May 14, 2012
Nearly 30 percent of Americans get their news from social media, a... [AllFacebook]

How To Get Your Complaint Heard On Twitter - Posted May 14, 2012
Twitter is becoming the new call center, with customers tweeting to companies to voice their complaints, comments and questions. But in order to get an answer, you've got to know how to make your 140-character concerns stand out from the crowd and grab their attention. ... [AllTwitter]

Facebook IPO Expected Friday | New Jersey City Bans Texting and Walking | Yahoo Interim CEO Oversaw Myspace Acquisition - Posted May 14, 2012
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Tech Round Up: Twitter Buys RestEngine; Digg Staff To Work at WaPo - Posted May 11, 2012
If you have been lagging and not Tweeting, Twitter has a plan to get you back. Twitter has acquired RestEngine, a personalized email service that will send out a "best of" list each week to show you all the fun you've been missing. Twitter will ta... [PRNewser]

Does Twitter Take Away Businesses' Verified Badge Once They Stop Advertising? - Posted May 11, 2012
Some very interesting speculations have cropped up this week about the way Twitter handles its hush-hush verification process. More than one business has reported Twitter yanking their verification badge the minute they stopped paying for ads ... [AllTwitter]

Bing Goes Social | Facebook-Instagram Probe | Twitter Followers Stop Almost-Suicide - Posted May 11, 2012
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Facebook App Center Coming | Brain Surgery Live-Tweeted | iPhone App for Google+ Redesigned - Posted May 10, 2012
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Bragging On Twitter Is Like Candy For The Brain [STUDY] - Posted May 9, 2012
A new study suggests that social networks like Twitter are closely linked to how our brain operates. When we tweet about our super-delicious lunch, our newest tech gadget purchase or how we're so sick of having to wait in this link, our brains feel a rush of ... [AllTwitter]

What Does Social Media Success Mean For Your Business? [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted May 8, 2012
Did you know that some 53 percent of businesses are now using social media, and 88 percent of these say that exposure is the biggest benefit? While measuring the return on investment (ROI) of social media has always been problematic (certainly when concerned specifically with the bottom line), m... [SocialTimes.com]

Enterprise Companies Choosing Twitter Over Facebook [REPORT] - Posted May 8, 2012
Enterprise companies have to deal with the balance between happy employees who get to update their statuses on their lunch breaks, and enhancing productivity by blocking Facebook and Twitter altogether. And according to a recent report, companies are tar... [AllTwitter]

AllFacebook Stats Adds Sharing Features - Posted May 8, 2012
AllFacebook Stats added the ability for its subscribers to share ... [AllFacebook]

Feds Urge Social Media Wills | Facebook's Next Stop: Boston | 'Hangouts on Air' Rolling Out - Posted May 8, 2012
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19 Twitter Profiles Now Have More Than 10 Million Followers (Including, Finally, @Twitter) - Posted May 8, 2012
It was a big weekend for Twitter as the official @Twitter profile became the 19th and latest account to reach 10 million followers on the micro-blogging network, passing the benc... [AllTwitter]

Rupert Murdoch Has Twitter Down Pat - Posted May 7, 2012
Rupert Murdoch had some good times on Twitter recently. He tweeted the above on Saturday, which, coming from him, is sort of ironic... [FishbowlNY]

The Freelance Hustle: Five Ways to Land New Gigs - Posted May 7, 2012
Let's face it, as freelancers we've been known to do the hustle. It's in our blood and hey, even if it's not, it has to become part of our life whether we're born with it or not. According to an article on The Daily Muse, there are a few strategies to land... [MediaJobsDaily]

Days Later, People Are Still Tweeting About 'The Avengers' - Posted May 7, 2012
With gratifying action sequences and a perfect mash-up of Marvel comic book characters, it's no surprise that The Avengers grossed a record-setting $200.3 million at the box office this weekend. Here's the story, in tweets, of the moment the fans realized just how awesome the movie was going to be. ... [SocialTimes.com]

Facebook IPO Video | FBI Social Surveillance | Supermoon Goes Viral - Posted May 7, 2012
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Twitter Is Just One Piece Of The Online Marketing Puzzle [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted May 4, 2012
Twitter is a great tool for reaching out to your customers and brand ambassadors, but it's not the only one in your toolbox. In fact, some data suggests that Twitter does not drive high volume sales, and thus should only be a small part of your marketing eff... [AllTwitter]

Social Media Roundup: Reaching New Audiences, Creating Social Content and More - Posted May 4, 2012
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up is discussion about researching how to reach new audiences; why Per Active Member is an important metric; and best practice for socia... [10,000 Words]

LinkedIn to Acquire SlideShare | Facebook Sets IPO Range | Future Bright for Social Media Ads - Posted May 4, 2012
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Study: Only 36 Percent of Tweets Are "Worth Reading" - Posted May 3, 2012
With all the tweets bombarding our Twitter streams, it's not uncommon to wonder how many people are actually reading your tweets. The answer, according to one new study, may surprise you. ... [10,000 Words]

How (And Why) You Should Move A Conversation Off Twitter - Posted May 3, 2012
It might sound funny coming from a blog that focuses on Twitter all day, every day, but there are things that Twitter isn't the greatest at. We admit it. Twitter isn't the be-all-end-all social tool - it's an amazing one for networking, learning, branding and... [AllTwitter]

Social Media And The 2012 London Mayoral Election [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted May 2, 2012
This morning we took a look at how social media is playing a significant role in the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, but what about over on the other side of the pond? London is currently in the midst of deciding on its next mayor, with the election due to t... [SocialTimes.com]

Who's Tweeting About Your Beat? TweetCharts Tells You - Posted May 2, 2012
There's a new tool for local reporters and editors, or those on specific topic or business-related beats, to figure out who the top tweeters are about their beats. Thankfully, you won't need to hire a social media analyst to track this information down. It's free and as easy* as crafting a... [10,000 Words]

Who's Tweeting About Your Beat? TweetCharts Tells You - Posted May 2, 2012
There's a new tool for local reporters and editors, or those on specific topic or business-related beats, to figure out who the top tweeters are about their beats. Thankfully, you won't need to hire a social media analyst to track this information down. It's free and as easy* as crafting a... [TVSpy]

Twitter's New Discover Tab | NYC Teacher Social Media Policy | Flickr-Pinterest Integration - Posted May 2, 2012
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GOP Members Battle For Facebook Fans - Posted May 1, 2012
Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives are entering the Facebook round of the 201... [AllFacebook]

Pepsi Brings Live Concerts To Their Twitter Followers - Posted April 30, 2012
Pepsi is teaming up with Twitter to bring live concerts from some of today's hottest artists to its followers, in an effort to knock its rival Coca-cola from the top spot as king of the cola world. The new promotion will give followers of Pepsi's Twitter account (... [AllTwitter]

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Sics Beast On Viddy - Posted April 30, 2012
Following Facebook's sudden $1 billion acquisition of photo-sharing service Instagram... [AllFacebook]

Volume, Emotion, Sponsorship: What Brands Have An Edge on Social Media Strategies? - Posted April 30, 2012
Market Strategies International recently released the first edition of what it says will be an annual Social Media Brand Index, a measure for brands both of consumer-generated soci... [semanticweb.com]

Dine And Dish: Social Sites And Food Get The Infographic Treatment - Posted April 27, 2012
Have you ever snapped a photo of your food and posted it to Facebook or Twitter? Do you use social media while you're eating? Have you ever turned to a website, app or blog to learn about food? If so, you're not alone. A new ... [SocialTimes.com]

Hojoki Goes Mobile, Drives The Social Work Graph - Posted April 27, 2012
Hojoki, the cloud productivity-app aggregator with semantic tech underpinnings that The Semantic Web Blog first discussed here, is going mobile. The company's launching the take-along version of the app, which... [semanticweb.com]

LinkedIn's iPad App | Facebook Hacker Tells All | Twitter Meets Movie Trailer - Posted April 27, 2012
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Prometheus Trailer To Be Part Of First-Ever Live Tweet Commercial - Posted April 26, 2012
Ridley Scott's Prometheus is garnering a lot of buzz online, and it's about to hit new heights. The UK TV network Channel 4 will air the world premier of the official trailer this weekend, followed by the first-ever commercial chock-full of live Twitter reactions. According t... [AllTwitter]

WSJ's Market Pulse Redefines 'Sticky' News Site - Posted April 25, 2012
Most news organizations seem to use streams on a one-off basis. We livestream video or tweets from events, storify breaking news coverage, or create hubs/landing pages for stories related to a single topic or series. But what if the news pages were more like your Twitter stream, always on and always... [10,000 Words]

KNBC Live-Tweeting LA Riots to Mark Anniversary - Posted April 25, 2012
#BREAKING: Jury begins deliberations in #RodneyKing beating trial. -- Real Time LA Riots (@RealTimeLARiots) April 23, 2012 KNBC is currently... [TVSpy]

Google Drive Unveiled | Facebook May Delay IPO | Groupon Seeks Directors - Posted April 25, 2012
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Facebook and Microsoft's AOL Patents | YouTube and Twitter's New Ads - Posted April 24, 2012
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3 Essential Things To Do Right After Signing Up For Twitter - Posted April 23, 2012
It's easy to sign up for Twitter. Right there on the homepage, you'll notice the signup box: just enter your full name, email, and password and you're on your way. But what happens after you click the confirmation number in that email, and you're treading into the op... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Ad Revenue Could Explode To $400M This Year - Posted April 23, 2012
Although previous reports suggested otherwise, new data from GroupM says that Twitter is poised to bring in between $300 and $400 million in a... [AllTwitter]

Social Media Roundup: Advocacy, Corporate Social Strategists, and Social Media Campaigns - Posted April 20, 2012
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up is discussion about the shift from influence to advocacy in the development of online communities; the changing future of today's corp... [10,000 Words]

Twitter Is Sponsoring The Apache Foundation (And Anonymous Seems To Approve) - Posted April 20, 2012
Twitter announced on Thursday that it would join the ranks of Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo as sponsors of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). The ASF is a non-profit collective that supports open source projects. ... [AllTwitter]

Infographic: How Social Media Wins At Breaking News - Posted April 18, 2012
Here's some lunch-time fodder to consider. How reliant are you on social media to keep up on the latest news? How has this changed for you in the past decade? To put this in perspective, think about this: On September 11, 2001, how did you hear about the World Trade Center attacks?... [10,000 Words]

INFOGRAPHIC: Look Like An Expert On Facebook - Posted April 18, 2012
Facebook dominates social media, but that doesn't mean you should post everything you can think of on the site. Consider limiting it to blog posts, videos, photos, questions and answers. And keep in mind that attempting to connect to too many people at once can dilute genuine connections. This advice comes from... [AllFacebook]

Twitter Scores An "F" When It Comes To Energy Use [REPORT] - Posted April 18, 2012
According to the latest study from Greenpeace, Twitter scores a failing grade when it comes to using clean energy to power its tweets and trending topics. Greenpeace examined the energy use of 14 major... [AllTwitter]

Twitter's Patent Agreement | Hulu's Ad Guarantee | Tumblr to Beat Blogs - Posted April 18, 2012
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Facebook Like Buttons On TV Make People Click - Posted April 17, 2012
Facebook icons on television make consumers click. Almost two out of every three people ... [AllFacebook]

58% Of Fortune 500 Have Corporate Facebook Pages - Posted April 17, 2012
More Fortune 500 companies have corporate Facebook pages than Twitter aliases, only by a slight margin. Some 58 percent have corporate pages on Facebook, compared to 56 percent last year. And 62 percent of them have corporate Twitter accounts. These data points appear in an infographic compiled by Go-Gulf.com. As far as... [AllFacebook]

Path Gets More Funding | Foursquare's Holiday | Klout Dating - Posted April 17, 2012
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9 Ways to Get More Buzz for Your Article - Posted April 16, 2012
If you're wondering why your article is generating zero buzz online, you might want to rethink its format. Even the most compelling piece of copy will be lost on readers if it's presented as a giant block of text. So whether you use a list, bullets or just subheads, avoid the chunky... [10,000 Words]

9 Ways to Get More Buzz for Your Article - Posted April 16, 2012
If you're wondering why your article is generating zero buzz online, you might want to rethink its format. Even the most compelling piece of copy will be lost on readers if it's presented as a giant block of text. So whether you use a list, bullets or just subheads, avoid the chunky... [TVSpy]

Rewrite That Headline To Make Your Story Go Viral - Posted April 16, 2012
When readers are skimming through a site on their browsers or Twitter feeds, the headline is the only thing that tells them whether a piece is worth their time. So, when tackling headlines for the Web, remember that clarity trumps cleverness (unless you're writing for the front page of The New... [FishbowlNY]

Twitter To Aggressively Build Sales Staff In Japan, According To CEO - Posted April 16, 2012
Twitter's CEO, Dick Costolo, spoke to reporters in Tokyo today about Twitter's plans to aggressively grow its presence in Japan. Bloomberg reports that Costolo is looking to expand Twi... [AllTwitter]

Facebook Offers | Pottermore Goes Public | Beauty of Pinterest - Posted April 16, 2012
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Social Media Roundup: The Connected Customer, Social Media Crisis Comms, Timeline for Power Users, and more - Posted April 13, 2012
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up is discussion about the connected customer and what that means for brands and media; why it's good to use social media as part... [10,000 Words]

Downloading Facebook Info | Tumblr's Business Savvy | Stumbling Gets Social - Posted April 13, 2012
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The Biggest Loser In Facebook Versus Google Is You - Posted April 12, 2012
Google is strong-arming users by forcing them to have a social search experience built around one service provider, Google. Not only is this anti-competitive, but it goes against users' best interest. T... [AllFacebook]

When Is Automation OK On Twitter? - Posted April 12, 2012
Twitter is all about personalization, accountability, transparency... everything that automation isn't. Still, there are some cases where automating part of your Twitter account is actually beneficial - as long as you know when and what to automate. Finding the time ... [AllTwitter]

Google+ Redesign | Apple's eBook Lawsuit | Spotify's Web Button - Posted April 12, 2012
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Smart Argentina Turns Their Twitter Feed Into An Animation - Posted April 11, 2012
Wanna see something really cool? Just head over to Smart Car's Argentinean Twitter account, let the page load, hold down the 'J' key on your keyboard, and get ready for the ride of your life! Smart Argentina has turned their Twitter feed into a sweet... [SocialTimes.com]

For $200 (For A Press Release) One Charity Got Itself 22 Million Unique Impressions On Twitter - Posted April 11, 2012
Getting a message to go viral on Twitter is the holy grail of social media marketing. If you can get one person to share your content with three people, who share it with twenty people, who share it with one hundred people... there's really no end to how far your... [AllTwitter]

Anonymous Tops Reddit | Twitter Bribe | Is Facebook Uncool? - Posted April 11, 2012
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What Are Basic Social Media Skills Journalists Need? - Posted April 10, 2012
By now the consensus is that most journalists should "know how to use social media" in their day-to-day jobs. But what does that really mean? Here's a short list of skills that I believe should be part of the basic social media skill set for a journalist today: ... [TVSpy]

POLL: Twitter Is The Least Popular Tech Brand, After Google, Apple And Facebook - Posted April 10, 2012
We love Twitter here at AllTwitter. We'd do a pretty poor job of writing about it all day if we didn't. But it looks like we're not among the majority when it comes to our obsession with 140 character soundbites - according to a new po... [AllTwitter]

Facebook Buys Instagram | How OMGPOP Cashed In | Twitter's Strong Ads - Posted April 10, 2012
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Twitter Ads Earn More Money Per Impression Than Facebook Ads [REPORT] - Posted April 9, 2012
Twitter and Facebook treat their ads very differently. Twitter's are integrated into users' timelines, displayed alongside tweets, while Facebook ads appear on the sidebar. And it sounds like Twitter's strategy is paying off: Twitter is attract... [AllTwitter]

OpenMenu Serves Up Structured Data Standards For the Restaurant Industry - Posted April 9, 2012
What's on the markup menu for the restaurant industry? Among the schema.org tags for marking up web pages is one for restaurants, which includes item properties for priceRange, servesCuisine, place, and menu, among others. Restaurants that use the markup language to structure their data are promi... [AllTwitter]

OpenMenu Serves Up Structured Data Standards For the Restaurant Industry - Posted April 9, 2012
What's on the markup menu for the restaurant industry? Among the schema.org tags for marking up web pages is one for restaurants, which includes item properties for priceRange, servesCuisine, place, and menu, among others. Restaurants that use the markup language to structure their data are promi... [semanticweb.com]

KABC Leading the Way in Social Followers - Posted April 9, 2012
With television networks finding new ways to incorporate social media into their broadcasts, it's important to have a solid digital footprint. In the case of KABC, they are leading the country in the number of Facebook likes (344,145) and Twitter ... [FishbowlLA]

Zeen's Pretty Publishing | Etsy Scholarships | Facebook Subpoenas - Posted April 9, 2012
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Social Media Roundup: Social Media Insights, Successful Social Media Promotions and More - Posted April 6, 2012
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up is discussion about actionable social media insights; the maturing of community management; advice for making a successful social medi... [10,000 Words]

Viacom Wins Reversal | Facebook on Nasdaq | Twitter's Spam War - Posted April 6, 2012
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Twitter's New Comms VP Tweets About New Job - Posted April 5, 2012
Twitter has a new VP of communications: Gabriel Stricker, who comes to the the job after serving as Google's director of comms and public affairs for m... [PRNewser]

Google's Project Glass Unveiled | Reality Tech TV | Introducing Aviary - Posted April 5, 2012
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StreamGlider iPad News Reader App Will Evolve To Help Businesses Correlate Diverse Data Sets - Posted April 5, 2012
The latest version of the StreamGlider iPad news reader app for providing consumers with topic-oriented streams of information debuted this week. It brought with it the capability to limit hashtag or keyword searches in a Twitter, YouTube, or Flickr frame to a local area and turn on ... [semanticweb.com]

Twitter Opens New Detroit Office - Posted April 4, 2012
Twitter is settling into its newest office, right in the middle of downtown Detroit. Employees in this new office will help get advertisers, like those in the automotive industry, get their 140-character ads up and running. Twitter's Detroit office will be located... [AllTwitter]

How A Bad Profile Pic Can Damage Your Personal Brand [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted April 3, 2012
Whether you like it or not, you are building a personal brand the moment you sign up for Twitter. Your username, the content of your tweets, your bio... everything comes together to give your followers a snapshot image of who you are. And there's no clearer image than... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Beefs Up European Presence, Seeks 12 New Hires In Dublin, London - Posted April 3, 2012
Twitter is expanding its sales and marketing branch, and fast. The company has just posted 12 new positions on its job board, all for its Dublin and London offices. Since ... [AllTwitter]

Pinterest Co-Founder Exits | Groupon's Stock Drops | Tumblr's Facebook Integration - Posted April 3, 2012
Click here to receive the Morning Social Media Newsfeed via email. Welcome to the Morning Social Media Newsfeed! Here, we... [SocialTimes.com]

5 Steps to a Successful Social Media Promotion - Posted April 2, 2012
One of the easiest ways to snag a mass influx of followers is running a promotion on your social media networks. But contests, giveaways, sweepstakes, and the like can often bring in uninterested consumers merely attracted by a freebie. "It seems like people that are short-sighted on this thinking are trying to... [PRNewser]

Analyzing Rupert Murdoch's Revenge Tweets - Posted March 30, 2012
The Rupert Murdoch Twitter Experience continues. He has bored us, he has surprised us, and now -- like any Twitter veteran does at least once -- he has vowed revenge agai... [FishbowlNY]

Social Media Roundup: Lies about social media ROI, investing in your community and more - Posted March 30, 2012
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up is discussion about why you should invest in your community; existing passion in online communities; big lies of social media ROI; and... [10,000 Words]

Zuckerberg in Japan | LivingSocial Takes on Takeout | Draw Something Scam - Posted March 30, 2012
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Mirror on the Facebook Wall, Where is Julia Roberts? - Posted March 29, 2012
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Twitter's Unfollowing Bug | Tumblr's 20 Billion | Gingrich on Pinterest - Posted March 29, 2012
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Love Madonna? Ask Her A Question During Her First Ever Twitter Chat Tonight - Posted March 26, 2012
Madonna is doing a huge social media push for her 12th studio album, MDNA, and as part of this massive social campaign the songstress will be answering questions via Twitter tonight at 10p.m. ET. The queen of pop has never been the queen of tech. She hasn't even actually be... [AllTwitter]

Gravity Gets The Interest Graph Going; Partners Include Wall Street Journal and TechCrunch - Posted March 26, 2012
Just a little over a year ago The Semantic Web Blog introduced our readers to Gravity in this article. The project, spearheaded by former MySpace execs, is f... [semanticweb.com]

How To Create A Useful Staff Twitter Directory For Your Newsroom - Posted March 23, 2012
With the advent of Twitter lists back in 2009, we thought we'd ditch the concept of listing out people to follow on a page on a website --or at least that's what I thought. But since Twitter lists aren't natively emeddable or easily discoverable, many news... [10,000 Words]

Japanese Columnist Stalks People To Show How Twitter Makes You A Target - Posted March 23, 2012
In an unnerving experiment, a Japanese writer tracked down three people in a crowded region of Japan - all because of the tweets they sent. Media outlet Omocoro sent one of their writers Sebuyama into the c... [AllTwitter]

Don't Want Underage Twitter Followers? There's An App For That - Posted March 22, 2012
Okay, it isn't really an app - it's a feature of a larger platform, but it's still pretty cool and, at the very least, chock-full of potential. Imagine you're a wine company and you're on Twitter. You may feel an eensy bit uncomfortable tweeting about your newest offering's full-bodied tas... [SocialTimes.com]

Is Social Media a Fad? Students Are Beginning to Wonder - Posted March 22, 2012
This week I've been speaking to classes at Central Michigan University about social media and how it relates to mass communications and journalism. At the end of my lecture, I took questions from the audience. A recurring theme a... [10,000 Words]

Roll Call: Glover Park Group, Univision, the AAF, and More - Posted March 21, 2012
Jon Gans is joining Glover Park Group as MD. Gans is a lawyer, currently serving as policy director and deputy chief of staff for Senate Republican... [PRNewser]

Can Twitter Predict the Volume and Price of a Specific Stock? - Posted March 21, 2012
In a world where everyone's opinion is publicly recorded, it should be theoretically possible to determine the most popular concept of the moment -- be it a movie, a song, a feeling or even a stock. Certainly, we don't have enough information at this point to record everyone's fleeting thoughts,... [SocialTimes.com]

The 140 Best Twitter Accounts Of 2012 According To TIME - Posted March 21, 2012
TIME has put together their picks for the best 140 Twitter accounts of 2012 - those accounts that they think will shape the conversation in the year to come. What do you think about the accounts on their list? TIME has divided the accounts they believe are the most influential on Twitter,... [AllTwitter]

Happy 6th Birthday Twitter! - Posted March 21, 2012
Six years ago today, the first ever tweet was sent by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. And today, there are over 500 million registered users sending more than a billion tweets a week. You've come a ... [AllTwitter]

PeerIndex Raises $3M in Funding - Posted March 20, 2012
Semantic startup PeerIndex has raised $3 million in Series A funding to help build its social influence marketing platform. According to Krystal Pe... [semanticweb.com]

Estonian Courts Want To Use Twitter To Contact Crime Suspects - Posted March 20, 2012
No one can say the Estonian courts are technologically backwards: they're blazing a new social media trail as they attempt to outline the ways in which they can contact criminals and suspects via Facebook and Twitter, serving subpoenas in 140-characters or less. I... [AllTwitter]

Why You Won't Be Taken Seriously If You're Still Using The Default Egg Avatar On Twitter - Posted March 20, 2012
We've been over this time and time again: your Twitter profile picture is important. It can make or break you, fast... [AllTwitter]

What's The ROI Of Social Media? Why Brands Need To Embrace Online Culture [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted March 19, 2012
It's all well and good signing your brand up for Twitter or emblazoning your logo on a Facebook Page, but if you're not actively engaging with your customers, listening to their complaints and delivering first class support, not only are you wasting your time, but you might actually be hurting the... [SocialTimes.com]

Facebook and Twitter Are Still Relatively Small Drivers for News - Posted March 19, 2012
Facebook and Twitter are overrated. According to the 2012 State of the News Med... [TVSpy]

Tech RoundUp: New iPads Sell Like Crazy, Stringfly Offers Rewards - Posted March 19, 2012
Apple has tons of cash. That's the big takeaway from these stories, which go into detail about the co... [PRNewser]

Who Should Journalists Follow On Twitter? - Posted March 19, 2012
When I was in college, we didn't have Twitter*. But if I had, there are plenty of accounts I would have followed closely -- and they would have extended far beyond my own social circle. I'd have included all of the accounts USA Today picked for its round-up of Nine Twitter... [10,000 Words]

Who Was The Twitter Darling Of SXSW? [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted March 15, 2012
South By Southwest Interactive wrapped earlier this week - so who was the big star of the show? Twitter itself got a big head start itself during the 2007 SXSW Interactive, winning an award in the "Blog" category, and many other big names in tech have grabbed up awards an... [10,000 Words]

Using Semantic Analysis to Predict the President - Posted March 15, 2012
Karen Hanna recently posed the question, can Twitter predict the President? She explained, "Some data analysts are looking at political sentiment in social media data to make predictions around the presidential campaigns. ... [semanticweb.com]

Twitter Makes It Easier For Musicians To Get Verified - Posted March 14, 2012
Twitter has signed a deal with music and video technology company Gracenote to make it easier for musicians to get that little blue "Verified" checkmark next to their Twitter name. Gracenote works with over 3000 major artists, managers, publishers and labels in the music industry, and now they're of... [10,000 Words]

How Do Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest Make Money? [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted March 14, 2012
You send a tweet, update a status, pin a picture. There are nearly infinite ways you interact on your favorite social networks. But how do these networks stay in business? Money makes the world go 'round, and even a tweet must have some financial strings attached. This infographic from ... [AllTwitter]

TwooglePlus Automatically Cross Posts your Tweets to Google+ - Posted March 13, 2012
Twitter has definitely shaken off its growing pains in the last few years. We all have the friend who was a staunch critic of Twitter when it first got popular - "How can you say anything meaningful in 140 charaters" - who has now taken to it because it's... [10,000 Words]

TwooglePlus Automatically Cross Posts your Tweets to Google+ - Posted March 13, 2012
Twitter has definitely shaken off its growing pains in the last few years. We all have the friend who was a staunch critic of Twitter when it first got popular - "How can you say anything meaningful in 140 charaters" - who has now taken to it because it's... [AllTwitter]

TwooglePlus Automatically Cross Posts your Tweets to Google+ - Posted March 13, 2012
Twitter has definitely shaken off its growing pains in the last few years. We all have the friend who was a staunch critic of Twitter when it first got popular - "How can you say anything meaningful in 140 charaters" - who has now taken to it because it's a... [SocialTimes.com]

Posterous Acquired By Twitter - Posted March 13, 2012
Twitter has acquired Posterous, the blog-posting service that grew out of the Y Combinator program in 2008. The terms of the sale were not disclosed, but Posterous seems to have traded its staff for Twitter's wider audience. In September Posterous launched Spaces to... [SocialTimes.com]

75% Of Swedes Aren't Familiar With Twitter - Posted March 13, 2012
According to a recent survey, three out of four Swedes say they are unfamiliar with Twitter - although eight of ten from that same survey say that Twitter has a large impact on the issues of the day. Swedish news outlet ... [AllTwitter]

AMEX Twitter Deals Already Being Used By "Millions" - Posted March 12, 2012
American Express cardholders can sync their card to their Twitter account for deals and discounts at their favorite stores - and millions have already taken advantage of the new partnership in just the first five days of the campaign. You could save... [AllTwitter]

BREAKING: Twitter's Financials Leaked, And They're Losing Money - Posted March 9, 2012
Twitter's financials have just been leaked, and they don't look great. Gawker's Ryan Tate got his hands on figures from Twitter's 2010-2011 financials, which show a company hemorrhaging money. Twitter has been pu... [10,000 Words]

Social Media Brings Bullying Issue to the Forefront - Posted March 9, 2012
The power of social media to bring about change has been made evident once ag... [PRNewser]

How Well Is Your Business Doing Customer Care On Twitter? - Posted March 8, 2012
While Twitter might be a fantastic marketing vehicle, more and more businesses are harnessing its power as a low-cost, high-impact customer care center. Answering complaints and questions on Twitter is a great way to engage one-on-one with your customers, w... [AllTwitter]

How Journalists Can Celebrate Women's Day - Posted March 8, 2012
Recently there has been much discussion of the underrepresentation of women in the media industry. It can be easy to lament about the situation, difficult to understand the reasons, and even more difficult to actually... [10,000 Words]

How To Use Social Media To Support Yourself As an Artist - Posted March 6, 2012
If artists are still starving in the digital age, they're not trying hard enough. At DIY Days on Saturday, March 3, filmmakers, writers, performers, hackers, and other artists from 12 countries and 20 states gathered at The New School in New York City to brainstorm ideas on how to ach... [SocialTimes.com]

Seeing Lots Of Twitter Spam Lately? Here's How To Report It - Posted March 5, 2012
Win a free iPad 3! Have you seen the nasty things people are saying about you on blogs? Try this new antivirus software for free! Have you seen any of these tweets lately? They're most likely spam, and they're quite the epidemic on Twitter. The company is trying to fight ... [10,000 Words]

Social Media Roundup: Communities of Practice, Content Strategy, Localism and Social Media Churn Rate - Posted March 2, 2012
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up is discussion about why communities of practices are important; 4 focuses of content strategy; why local is becoming more important; a... [TVSpy]

Yandex Partners With Topsy To Offer Real-Time Social Search, Just In Time For Russian Elections - Posted March 2, 2012
Russia's leading search engine Yandex - which is collaborating with U.S. search engine giants in implementing schema.org and which last week ... [semanticweb.com]

How Addicted To Facebook And Twitter Are You? [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted February 29, 2012
Are you a Twitter addict? If you scoffed at this and said "no" immediately, think again: Twitter and Facebook are possibly more addictive than cigarettes and alcohol, so you might be more hooked on those 140-character text injections than you thought. ... [10,000 Words]

Key Statistics Of The Top 5 Social Media Sites [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted February 29, 2012
In less than a decade, social media has grown from fairly humble beginnings to an integral and increasingly important part of the everyday lives of hundreds of millions of users around the world, as well as playing a vital role in the marketing and branding aspirations of businesses of all shapes... [SocialTimes.com]

One In Five Credit Unions Have Abandoned Their Twitter Accounts - Posted February 27, 2012
Credit unions are struggling on Twitter, and one in five have given up completely, abandoning their accounts to the digital dust of inactivity. A new study from The Financial Brand found credit unions to... [10,000 Words]

The Oscars On Twitter: 18,718 Tweets-Per-Second Record, But Dwarfed By Grammys - Posted February 27, 2012
Some moments of the Oscars last night promoted a barrage of tweets, but the event was a pretty tame affair overall, according to Twitter. There was no big drama, no crazy stunts, no acceptance speech that was embarrassingly long... which may be why the Oscars failed to compare to this year's... [AllTwitter]

Federal Judge Rules Twitter Must Cough Up ID Of User Who Threatened Bachmann - Posted February 24, 2012
A federal judge ruled on Thursday that Twitter must hand over the identity of a user who made threats against Michelle Bachmann on the network. According to Politico, t... [10,000 Words]

Social Media Blog Round-Up: User Participation, Top Down Community Planning, Social CRM and Enterprise Social Networking - Posted February 24, 2012
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up is discussion about increasing user participation by accentuating impact; the problem with top-down community planning; the shift away... [10,000 Words]

Washington Post Launches Personalized News Aggregator Personal Post - Posted February 24, 2012
The Washington Post this week launched Personal Post, a news aggregator that suggests Post stories based on a user's browsing habits on washingtonpost.com. It uses the technology that powers Trove, an aggregator that was built by the paper last year. Trove aggregates headlines from around the Web, and not just washingtonpost.com. My initial... [10,000 Words]

Twitter Brings On Two Ex-Googlers To Bolster Revenue Generation - Posted February 23, 2012
Twitter has just made two significant hires in an effort to focus on its revenue generation. Twitter's president of global revenue, Adam Bain, today announced the two newest members of Twitter's revenue team (on Twitter, of course): ... [10,000 Words]

Yandex Partners with Twitter - Posted February 23, 2012
Yandex, the up-and-coming Russian search engine has struck a deal with Twitter allowing Yandex to post new tweets in search results in real-time. According to the article, "Twitter will give ... [semanticweb.com]

The Pope Is Tweeting Once Per Day For The 40 Days Of Lent - Posted February 23, 2012
In an effort to remind people to observe Lent, the Pope will be tweeting one gospel theme or message per day for 40 days. The Pontifical Council for Social Communications has decided that reaching the non-believers and those who have let their Lent obser... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Hits 500 Million Users, At Least According To Third-Party Site - Posted February 22, 2012
From a small microblogging site skeptics toted as a place for narcissists to share their breakfasts, to the behemoth of news and information (and yes, pictures of food) it is today, there's no doubt that Twitter has come a long way since its inception in 2006. Today, the almost six year... [10,000 Words]

Overheard: Twitter To Remove Hashbangs From Its URLs - Posted February 22, 2012
Update: Dan Webb has noted that Twitter will still support the old URLs with the hashbangs once the change has been made A Twitter front end engineer has confirmed that the company is actively working on removing hashbangs, or "/#!/", from their URLs. ... [10,000 Words]

Overheard: Twitter To Remove Hashbangs From Its URLs - Posted February 22, 2012
Update: Dan Webb has noted that Twitter will still support the old URLs with the hashbangs once the change has been made A Twitter front end engineer has confirmed that the company is actively working on removing hashbangs, or "/#!/", from their URLs. ... [AllTwitter]

Adele Sweeps The 2012 Brit Awards On Twitter, Too [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted February 22, 2012
2012 will be the year of Adele, if award shows hold any water these days. She won a whopping 6 Grammys earlier this month, and took home 2 Brit Awards this week. But just how is she utilizing Twitter to connect to her fans that have propelled her to musical super-stard... [AllTwitter]

Bottlenose Beta Two Features New Layout and Enhanced Visuals, And Invites More Users In - Posted February 21, 2012
There's a new version of Bottlenose - Beta 2 is up and about today. The service for driving real-time understanding and surfacing of personally relevant content from your social streams, launched back in December (see story ... [semanticweb.com]

Bottlenose Beta Two Features New Layout and Enhanced Visuals, And Invites More Users In - Posted February 21, 2012
There's a new version of Bottlenose - Beta 2 is up and about today. The service for driving real-time understanding and surfacing of personally relevant content from your social streams, launched back in December (see story ... [AllTwitter]

Twitter To Surpass 500 Million Registered Users On Wednesday - Posted February 21, 2012
Facebook might've hit the 1 billion user mark this summer, but Twitter is doing all it can to catch up: the network is poised to reach 500 million registered users as early as Wednesday. In mid-January, we ... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Offering Access To 30 Days Of Historical Tweets Through Gnip - Posted February 17, 2012
There are plenty of social media evangelists who believe Twitter can predict election results, or how many people will buy the latest smartphone, but we often forget how powerful historical data can be. Twitter is now offering access to 30 days of hist... [AllTwitter]

A Complete Ranking of the Most Popular Profiles on Google+ and 5 Other Social Networks - Posted February 16, 2012
Social ranking sites like Klout have made a person's influence online very valuable to both brands and consumers. But the next wave of influence tracking systems might look more like ZoomSphere, a site for ranking brand and profile pages on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Youtube, LinkedIn, and... [SocialTimes.com]

Geosocial Networking - What's In It for the User? - Posted February 16, 2012
When, where and how much to share are big issues when it comes to social media, especially now that geolocation and search have gone social. But the panelists at a Social Media Week event on Tuesday night agreed that the rewards of connecting onli... [SocialTimes.com]

5 Essential Twitter Search Operators To Find The Most Relevant Tweets - Posted February 15, 2012
Have you used Twitter search? I mean really used it? If not, you'd be surprised at the kinds of insights you can get into what people are talking about right now. Twitter's advanced search lets you go beyond just seeing who... [AllTwitter]

Does Tweeting Make You Sexier? According To This Infographic It Might - Posted February 15, 2012
Who's sexier? Twitter users or Facebook users? According to Euro RSCG Worldwide's annual Valentine's Day survey, it looks like Twitter users win the sexy race. An infographic with the survey results reveals ... [SocialTimes.com]

Nicolas Sarkozy Signs Up For Twitter Just In Time For Campaign - Posted February 15, 2012
He has two tweets to his name, under 24 hours on the network, and over 40,000 followers: not bad for a first day on Twitter. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has just signed up for Twitter, in time for the official start of his re-election campaign today. ... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Stores iPhone Users' Full Contact List For 18 Months - Posted February 15, 2012
Do you know who has access to your private information? If you're an iPhone user, I bet Twitter has access to more of it than you're aware of. By clicking the "Find Friends" feature to scan your contact list for people already on Twitter, you've given... [AllTwitter]

More Semantic Tech Set To Influence Mobile Ad Space - Posted February 15, 2012
The mobile ad space gets more and more interesting. Reports indicate that LinkedIn will be launching mobile advertisements as early as March, based on a statement by CEO Jeff Weiner during its quarterly ... [semanticweb.com]

Where Is The Love? An Interactive 3D Stream of Tweets - Posted February 14, 2012
Do you tweet to spread love and happiness, or to vent? One agency believes that love will conquer all on Twitter, and they created a real-time, interactive, 3D map of the world containing tweets that mention the words "love" or "hate" to prove it. To make the map, Imperial Leisure geo... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter, LinkedIn Used By More Recruiters Than Facebook [STUDY] - Posted February 13, 2012
When it comes to landing a job, everyone and their grandmothers will tell you you have to have at least one eye on social these days. Your public profiles will be searched and scrutinized before any job offer comes your way. It's not only important... [10,000 Words]

GroupTweet Makes It Easy For Your Entire Team To Manage A Single Twitter Account - Posted February 13, 2012
If you're got a big team managing your Twitter account, you know how hard it can be to coordinate everyone's tweeting efforts. Making everyone use the same platform, handing out your password to dozens of employees and dealing with a decentralized group of people who are working in different time... [AllTwitter]

Who's Got The Most Popular Brand Page On Twitter? - Posted February 13, 2012
Brand pages are one of the newest features of Twitter.com as Twitter continues to court its top advertisers and money-makers. They allow brands to showcase content in a more flexible way than the regular profile page, and they are used by brands like McDon... [AllTwitter]

Rupert Murdoch Tweets His Way to The Top - Posted February 10, 2012
Well, we were wrong. We thought that Rupert Murdoch was a boring Twitter ... [FishbowlNY]

Social Media & Online Community Posts From Around The Web - Posted February 10, 2012
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up is discussion about the need for social architecture; how to turn your business into a community building platform; why it's important... [10,000 Words]

Roll Call: Walmart Exec Joins H+K, Groupon Exec Joins Weber, and More - Posted February 9, 2012
George Shelton has been named SVP at Hill + Knowlton Strategies, leading the reputation management and corporate practice starting Februar... [PRNewser]

Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn: How Do Lawyers Use Social Media? [STUDY] - Posted February 7, 2012
Those in the legal profession must tread lightly when it comes to social media, as they are bound by confidentiality agreements, non-disclosure agreements and other legal contracts when broadcasting any message publicly. But that hasn't stopped them from signing up for Fac... [AllTwitter]

The 4 Factors That Make News Stories Popular on Twitter - Posted February 7, 2012
A new study claims it can predict the popularity of a news story on Twitter with an 84 percent accuracy rate by looking solely at four factors that affect content. The study, led by ... [TVSpy]

Brazil Is Suing Twitter Because People Are Tweeting To Avoid Traffic Checkpoints - Posted February 7, 2012
Brazilian authorities are pretty peeved at Twitter. Apparently, users are tweeting to warn each other of traffic checkpoints, radar guns and other safety precautions on the roads - and this has made Brazil mad enough to sue the compa... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Used to Deliver Nevada Caucus Results - Posted February 7, 2012
Typically when an American news organization provides live election night results, it comes over their Associated Press feed, a subscription that costs thousands and thousands of dollars a year to use. But on Saturday night, the night of the Nevada Caucus, Twitter was also used to deliver live results, directly from... [10,000 Words]

UK Supreme Court Will Tweet About Its Judgements - Posted February 6, 2012
The UK Supreme Court has just signed up for Twitter, and plans to tweet about the cases it hears in an effort to increase transparency at the upper echelons of the legal system. The @UKSupremeCourt account has been tweeting for less than 24 hours, and already it has l... [10,000 Words]

Auto Companies, M.I.A., Twitter (And the Giants) Among the Big Super Bowl Winners - Posted February 6, 2012
According to ... [PRNewser]

39% Of Marketers Will Use Twitter For Their Campaigns In 2012 - Posted February 6, 2012
Facebook might still be the juggernaut of social media advertising, but Twitter takes the second-place silver medal. More advertisers will be turning to Twitter this year than YouTube, LinkedIn or Google+ to get at their customers' eyeballs - and their ... [AllTwitter]

Top 100 American And Japanese Brands On Twitter [STATS] - Posted February 6, 2012
Twitter may still a new marketing channel for many top brands, but they're slowly learning the ropes. They're holding contests, advertising new products and increasing their visibility in 140 characters or less. But how are brands in different countries adapting to Twitter? ... [AllTwitter]

The Super Bowl Sets a Social Media Record with 10,000 Tweets a Second [STATS] - Posted February 6, 2012
The closing moments of Super Bowl XLVI, which saw the New York Giants come from behind to edge the New England Patriots 21-17 with a last-minute touchdown, were so dramatic that they set a new tweets per second (TPS) record on Twitter. The final three minutes of the Super Bowl saw Twitter... [SocialTimes.com]

4411 Copyright Infringement Claims Filed Against Twitter In 2011 - Posted February 1, 2012
It's a good thing SOPA didn't pass, or else over 4,000 Twitter users would be facing some serious legal troubles... and, in all likelihood, so would Twitter itself. According to the Chillin... [AllTwitter]

Social Media Then And Now: The 2008 And 2012 Presidential Elections [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted January 31, 2012
The 2008 presidential election was a big deal for Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and the like. Candidates flocked to social media to attract voters, and news outlets reported Twitter followers like they were poll results. If that sounds familiar, fast-forward to 2012. This year's presidential ... [AllTwitter]

China Is Second Country To Applaud Twitter's New Stance On Censorship - Posted January 31, 2012
Twitter announced last week that it would start withholding tweets on a country-by-country basis, at the request of specific governments. And although the company has ... [AllTwitter]

Two Young Brits Barred From US For Tweeting Jokes - Posted January 30, 2012
Twitter and Facebook present unique challenges and opportunities for law enforcement. They can provide insight into illicit communication between terrorists... or they can give Homeland Security a reason to flip out over a joke. Two British f... [AllTwitter]

Two Young Brits Barred From US For Tweeting Jokes - Posted January 30, 2012
Twitter and Facebook present unique challenges and opportunities for law enforcement. They can provide insight into illicit communication between terrorists... or they can give Homeland Security a reason to flip out over a joke. Two British f... [10,000 Words]

White House to Say Farewell to Social Media-Savvy CTO - Posted January 30, 2012
It's the end of the first term for the Obama administration, and the end of an era for the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Aneesh Chopra, the White House's first-ever chief technology officer, has announced his resignation. Chopra... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter: Where People Go to Complain About Other Social Networks - Posted January 30, 2012
It's no wonder that people turn to Twitter for tech support. In the heat of a frustrating moment, it is much easier to fire off a quick question on Twitter than to wait on hold for an operator. But how effective is the microblogging site as a customer service tool?... [SocialTimes.com]

25% Of People Have Tweeted Something They Regret [STATS] - Posted January 30, 2012
Even though the internet is becoming less and less anonymous, people are still treating it like a free-for-all without rules or repercussions. At least according to a recent poll conducted to see just how responsible people are on Twitter and Facebook. ... [AllTwitter]

Thailand Is First Government To Welcome Twitter's New Censorship Policy - Posted January 30, 2012
Thailand applauded Twitter's new stance on censorship, which will give governments the right to ask the network to remove certain tweets. The new policy - decried by... [AllTwitter]

Be Prepared To Pony Up $25,000 If You Want A Slick Brand Page For Your Business On Twitter - Posted January 27, 2012
One way to get your company noticed on Twitter is to convert your regular profile page to a brand page, a feature the company launched in D... [10,000 Words]

Twitter's Reaction To The State of the Union In One Compelling Infographic - Posted January 25, 2012
Last night, President Obama gave the 2012 State of the Union address, and Twitter users immediately took to the platform to livetweet their #SOTU reactions. Over at the Washington Post, ... [10,000 Words]

Twitter Acquires Summify, Ups its Content Curation - Posted January 25, 2012
Matthew Ingram reports, "Twitter made an interesting acquisition on Thursday, when it bought a young Canadian startup called Summify, a company whose service (as its name implies) was designed to cut through the noise of all those socia... [semanticweb.com]

Twitter Love Story To Hit The Silver Screen In Indonesia [VIDEO] - Posted January 24, 2012
Indonesia is really having a love affair with Twitter. A Twitter movie called Republik Twitter is set to hit the big screen next month - just in time for Valentine's Day. The movie will be completely in Indones... [10,000 Words]

iXiGO Offers Natural Language Flight Search on Facebook & Twitter - Posted January 19, 2012
iXiGO, a travel meta search engine has launched a new flight search tool for Facebook and Twitter that utilizes ... [semanticweb.com]

Salesman Is Fired For Telling Boss He's Depressed: Twitter Rages - Posted January 19, 2012
In most instances, I'd caution people to avoid badmouthing their employers - even former employers - on Twitter. Usually, this reflects equally, if not more, poorly on the complainer than the employer. However, one salesman took to Twitter to comp... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Acquires Social Networks Summary Team Summify - Posted January 19, 2012
Twitter has just acquired Summify, a social media summary tool, and will be bringing the team over to "the flock" to work with Twitter's growth team. The Summify service is a natural fit for Twitter. Summify filters through all of the news shared on your so... [AllTwitter]

What Are People Saying About SOPA on Google+, Facebook and Twitter? - Posted January 19, 2012
Unless you've been hiding in your IP-hidden digital cave for the last few weeks, you're probably aware that the Internet is currently rife with protests for SOPA, the Stop Online Privacy Act. Critics from Silicon Valley and various technology companies around the world blacked out their sites to protest the... [SocialTimes.com]

The Art of the 'Twinterview': How to Conduct an Interview on Twitter - Posted January 18, 2012
I thought I had Twitter all figured out. Then I decided to use the micro-blogging site to conduct a real-time Q&A with an author while unsuspecting followers watched. How clever, I told myself. How madcap! How wrong I was. But here, tweeters, is how to do... [SocialTimes.com]

Google's New Search plus Your World - Posted January 17, 2012
Google has introduced a new feature to their search engine: Search, plus Your World. The official announcement states, "We're transforming Google into a search engine that understands not only content, but also people and relationship... [semanticweb.com]

Google's New Search plus Your World - Posted January 17, 2012
Google has introduced a new feature to their search engine: Search, plus Your World. The official announcement states, "We're transforming Google into a search engine that understands not only content, but also people and relationship... [AllTwitter]

AP Updates Its Stance Towards Twitter For The Third Time This Year - Posted January 17, 2012
It must be tough to be in the traditional journalism field. Us tech bloggers have cut our teeth on social media, making mistakes and learning the ropes as we grew. But traditional journalists have had it tougher when it comes to social: they have big brother Associated Press telling them... [10,000 Words]

Hear From The Experts How To Use Social Media To Market Your Business (And Save $100!) - Posted January 17, 2012
If you're struggling with creating conversions on Twitter and have no clue what a social strategy would look like for your brand, you're in luck: Mediabistro's Social Media Marketing Boot Camp will be starting on February 16th, and offers... [AllTwitter]

Wikipedia to Shut Down on Wednesday in Protest of SOPA - Posted January 17, 2012
Time to dust off the old Encyclopedia Britannica, because all your online facts are about to go unchecked. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has confirmed that the free online encyclopedia will shut down on Wednesday, January 18 in protest of the Stop Online Privacy Act (... [SocialTimes.com]

Here's Why You Should Avoid Tweeting At Certain Times Each Hour - Posted January 17, 2012
Here's an exercise for you: Open up TweetDeck or another Twitter client that uses the streaming API. Wait f0r the top of the hour. Then watch closely as your timeline explodes with tweets. It's a problem that hasn't been written about much: Folks who schedule their tweets choose to (or have to,... [10,000 Words]

How To Manage Your Digital Reputation [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted January 17, 2012
Your online reputation can make or break your business. As much as you might be hesitant about "being fake" online, there is a big difference between managing your reputation and sanitizing everything you tweet - and the former can help your business immensely. ... [AllTwitter]

Twitter UK Hires Former BBC Sports Social Media Editor - Posted January 13, 2012
Twitter is bolstering its UK office with the hire of a new team member, Lewis Wiltshire, a former BBC sports social media editor. Yahoo Finance reports that the loss of Wiltshire... [AllTwitter]

Michelle Obama Joins Her Husband On Twitter - Posted January 13, 2012
Michelle Obama has finally signed up for her very own Twitter account, tweeting to support her husband's reelection efforts in November. She's no Charlie Sheen, ... [AllTwitter]

Olympic Volunteers Can't Tweet About The Celebs They See During The Games - Posted January 12, 2012
The London Olympics are fast approaching, and they've come up with what appears to be a pretty antiquated stance on social media: no communication, whatsoever. The 70,000 volunteers at the Olympics, fondly called the Game Makers, have been instructed not to t... [10,000 Words]

Olympic Volunteers Can't Tweet About The Celebs They See During The Games - Posted January 12, 2012
The London Olympics are fast approaching, and they've come up with what appears to be a pretty antiquated stance on social media: no communication, whatsoever. The 70,000 volunteers at the Olympics, fondly called the Game Makers, have been instructed not to t... [AllTwitter]

Some Advertisers Are Paying Up To $10 Per Follow On Twitter - Posted January 12, 2012
The Financial Times has some interesting insights into just what advertisers are willing to pay for more followers ... [AllTwitter]

12 Steps to Creating a Successful Twitter Chat - Posted January 12, 2012
A growing trend over the past 2 years, if not longer, is the use of Twitter chats. Twitter chats are sometimes spontaneous, but are typically organized as reoccurring events. What defines a Twitter Chat from the general back and forth tweets in your Twitter stream is the use of a common... [SocialTimes.com]

Spin Takes Albums Reviews to Twitter - Posted January 11, 2012
Spin is taking album reviews to a new place in 2012. The magazine has launched the Twitter account @SpinReview... [FishbowlNY]

The Top 15 Brands On Twitter In 2011 [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted January 11, 2012
We're 11 days into the new year, but there are still some things left to learn from 2011. HootSuite, the popular Twitter dashboard, has put together an infographic of the top brands, topics, hashtags, "in memorium" and holid... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Users Shared 58.4 Million Photos In December [STATS] - Posted January 11, 2012
With the news that Twitter would begin hosting its own photos, it's no surprise that photo sharing really took off last year - but just how much might surprise you. Twitter ... [AllTwitter]

New Twitter Distribution Plan Will See Verified Accounts Paired With Third-Party Services - Posted January 10, 2012
That little blue check mark beside Lady Gaga, Sony, and McDonald's Twitter names now means more than just proof of identity for the big names on the network. Twitter has announced a distribution program to sync tweets from Verified Accounts to certain third-party apps, so you can see the tweets... [AllTwitter]

How To Get Fido To Tweet [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted January 10, 2012
It might not be called a "woof", but Fido has taken to tweeting nonetheless. People sure love their pets, and they're broadcasting this love on social media. We're seeing cats tweeting about their love of catnip, dogs updating Facebook when they get back from a walk, and gerbils posting p... [AllTwitter]

Meet Your Virtual Friends: Google, LinkedIn, Twitter And Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted January 9, 2012
She's smart and unique, with a big mouth and lots of connections. She's Twitter, and she's one of four that this infographic from LinkingR details a... [AllTwitter]

Guess Which Country Logs On To Twitter More Than Facebook? - Posted January 9, 2012
According to comScore, there's only one country in the entire world where Twitter is more popular than Facebook. Can you guess which one it is? Here are some hints: Twitter was translated into this country's language first, after English.... [AllTwitter]

Media Moguls Don't Want to Tweet with Rupert Murdoch - Posted January 9, 2012
When Rupert Murdoch joined Twitter, there was a lot of talk about what he was going to say. Then, when he started tweeting, we all found ... [FishbowlNY]

Social Media & Online Community Posts From Around The Web - Posted January 6, 2012
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up is a ranking of top social media management software; an analysis of global participation in social interactivity; the value of using... [10,000 Words]

Kanye West Launched A Business On Twitter Last Night - Posted January 5, 2012
Music man Kanye West took to Twitter last night in a frenzy, launching a business that would see "as many amazing powerful smart talented wealthy people..." get involved as possible. If you don't follow West's Twitter feed (@K... [10,000 Words]

Could Twitter Predict Election Results Better Than A Traditional Poll? - Posted January 5, 2012
The Washington Post has created an app for election season that tracks Twitter and media mentions of all of the US candidates. And considering the real-time nature of Twitter, it could prove to be a better measure of public sentiment than tradi... [AllTwitter]

How Users Interact With Brand Pages On Twitter [STUDY] - Posted January 5, 2012
When Twitter launched brand pages for select partners in December, there was a lot of fanfare. And now that the hype has died down, there's a ... [AllTwitter]

US State Department To Answer Twitter Questions Every Friday - Posted January 4, 2012
As part of its initiative to harness more digital technology for diplomacy, the US State Department will be taking questions via Twitter in 10 different languages, and answering them during a press briefing every Friday for the month of January. ... [AllTwitter]

Cloud App Activities Unite on Hojoki - Posted January 4, 2012
From Dropbox to Google Docs, cloud applications are increasingly becoming a part of business users' everyday productivity toolbox. Hojoki - taken from the name of an old Japanese book about the way of life and the flow of events - aims to aggregate those cloud apps into a Facebook-like activity feed,... [semanticweb.com]

Your New Year Wish Granted: Rupert Murdoch Signs Up For Twitter - Posted January 3, 2012
Rupert Murdoch is tweeting, possibly signalling his readiness to take over yet another medium. The 80-year-old media mogul has been sending dozens of tweets since signing up on New Year's Eve - and despite getting into a bit of hot water with his (fake) wife's account, he's still tweeting u... [AllTwitter]

Rupert Murdoch Tweets Just Like The Rest of Us - Posted January 3, 2012
As we're sure you've heard, Rupert Murdoch joined Twitter over the weekend (his wife's account is fake). Murdoch didn't waste any time and jumped right into the fray; tweeting away. And just like the rest of us, his Twitter feed is full of inane commentary that probably doesn't deserve to be... [FishbowlNY]

Watch: The Story of 2011 Told Through Tweets - Posted January 3, 2012
By now you may be sick of all the 2011-wrap up posts, videos and infographics that are going around, but trust me--you won't want to miss this one. YouTuber Jeremiah Warren has put togeth... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Users Welcome 2012 With 16,000 Tweets-Per-Second - Posted January 3, 2012
No one knows what 2012 will bring, but Twitter users were sure excited to welcome it this past weekend. When midnight hit, the tweets erupted, more than doubling last year's tweets-per-second record and bringing in the new year with gusto. As t... [AllTwitter]

Spoiled & Disgruntled Holiday Tweets Get Turned Into A Song [NSFW] - Posted December 30, 2011
"WTF?! I wanted an iPad. WTF?! I wanted a car." So begins the latest hit YouTube song from Jonathan Mann, who has been writing, recording, producing and uploading a song (and a video) every day for more than 1000 days. The song's lyrics are made up of disgruntled tweets... [SocialTimes.com]

South Korea Twitter Ban During Elections Overturned - Posted December 29, 2011
South Korean lawmakers have overturned a ban on Twitter during elections, opening up the network to politicians who want to get their campaign messages out to tweeting citizens. According to Yonhap... [AllTwitter]

Will the Twitter Redesign Threaten Tumblr? - Posted December 27, 2011
Unless you've been living in a bird-free zone, you know that Twitter recently overhauled their home page. The new page allows people to see shared videos, links and photos directly within the stream of Twitter by clicking the 'open' button... [AllTwitter]

Watch A Map Of Early Twitter Adoption Explode Across The US [VIDEO] - Posted December 27, 2011
We've heard it before: 2009 was a watershed year for Twitter. Ashton Kutcher raced CNN to a million followers, Oprah signed up, and the Iranian protests used Twitter extensively that year. But how did the US react to this new "micro-blogging" net... [10,000 Words]

Semantic Tech in 2011: The Year's Misses and Missteps - Posted December 26, 2011
[caption id="attachment_25609" align="alignright" width="244" caption="Courtesy: Flickr/ myaimistrue"][/caption] We recently rounded up some thought leaders' perspectives on the big semantic trends of 2011 - most (if not all) of them positive. Here's so... [semanticweb.com]

Twitter Splits With PR Firm Edelman After Only 3 Months - Posted December 23, 2011
After only three months, Twitter has parted ways with PR firm Edelman, which it hired to help educate the public about the network. It was a short, but apparently passionless, relationship. According to reports from ... [AllTwitter]

Will the Twitter Redesign Threaten Tumblr? - Posted December 23, 2011
Unless you've been living in a bird-free zone, you know that Twitter recently overhauled their home page. The new page allows people to see shared videos, links and photos directly within the stream of Twitter by clicking the 'open' button. Photos are expanded, videos are displayed and even links... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter and Edelman Break Up - Posted December 22, 2011
The relationship was only announced in September, but Twitter and ... [PRNewser]

Growth of Twitter Fueled by Media Coverage - Posted December 22, 2011
A new study by MIT, which seeks to understand Twitter's "contagion process," has found that news media played a crucial role in the site's growth. The study tracked development from 2006 to 2009, and also found that more traditional forms of social networking, like geographic closene... [10,000 Words]

What Does #40Dollars Mean To You? The White House Wants To Know - Posted December 22, 2011
The White House is once again turning to Twitter to champion a cause and shame their political rivals. They've asked Twitter users what #40dollars means to them, in response to the House Republicans rejecting a Senate compromise to extend a payroll tax cut earlier this week. And within hours,... [AllTwitter]

StreamGlider iPad News-Reader App Touts Mixed Media and Multi-View Modes - Posted December 22, 2011
StreamGlider, which we first covered here, made its debut yesterday. The iPad news and social reader application in its initial version debuts sans the location-aware and some of the more... [semanticweb.com]

Who are the Oldest Twitter Users? - Posted December 21, 2011
Jack Dorsey may only be 34, but he's the oldest Twitter user. His now-famous tweet was the first, ever, to be sent via SMS into the Twitterverse. Aside from Ev Williams and Biz Stone, the other two Twitter co-founders, who is part of that fi... [10,000 Words]

Thousands Telling Washington What 40 Dollars Means to Them - Posted December 21, 2011
The #40dollars hashtag is popping up all over Twitter thanks to a White House outreach effort asking ordinary citizens to tell Washington (the Republicans really) what $40 means to them. The effort was launched in light of Congressional push back against the Senate- ... [PRNewser]

Go Beyond Follower Count: Now You Can Sort Twitter Users By Country, Tweet Count, Klout And More - Posted December 21, 2011
If you're a data hound, or you're just interested in the who's who of Twitter, ZoomSphere is a great place to start. It's not just a database of the top Twitter users, but rather a datab... [AllTwitter]

Buffer Your Tweets Within Vienna RSS So They Get The Most Impact - Posted December 20, 2011
Buffer is certainly shaping up to be the little Twitter app that could. It offers the simply functionality of scheduling your tweets to go live when they will be seen by the most people, but it does so in a big way. You can schedule tweets from your ... [AllTwitter]

Tech Round Up: Google+ Photo Upgrade; Cision for Smartphones; and More - Posted December 19, 2011
Google+... [AgencySpy]

Consumers Prefer Brand Updates Via Facebook Over Email & Traditional Ads [Infographic] - Posted December 19, 2011
With over 800 million active users on Facebook and over 100 million active Twitter users, the way that brands interact with consumers is changing. Consumers are looking for more from brands online, and are giving back by liking and sharing brand content with their ever-growing networks. A ... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Tops Social Media Buzz List - Posted December 15, 2011
Zeta Interactive, a digital marketing agency, recently released its annual rankings of social networks. They are categorized by "buzz," a ranking calculated by volume and tone (percent positive ranking) of all the sites. This year, T... [10,000 Words]

Twitter Tops List Of Social Network With Most Buzz In 2011 - Posted December 15, 2011
It might be over 5 years old, but Twitter's novelty still hasn't worn off: the social information network is this year's most-buzzed-about social network. As Mashable reports, Twitter beat o... [AllTwitter]

The Top Names On Twitter In 2011 [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted December 15, 2011
What's in a name? If it's your Twitter handle, quite a lot actually. It's how people identify you and your brand. So what were the most popular names on Twitter, and on the web in general, in 2011? You might be surprised by some of the ones on this list. ... [AllTwitter]

TwitVid Gets A Social Facelift, Now Feels More Like Twitter For Video - Posted December 13, 2011
Twitvid has made a name for itself as one of the biggest repositories of videos shared on Twitter, second only to YouTube, with over 40 million monthly views and over 12 million unique viewers. However, starting today Twitvid is going from repository to social destination with a major facelift... [10,000 Words]

TwitVid Gets A Social Facelift, Now Feels More Like Twitter For Video - Posted December 13, 2011
Twitvid has made a name for itself as one of the biggest repositories of videos shared on Twitter, second only to YouTube, with over 40 million monthly views and over 12 million unique viewers. However, starting today Twitvid is going ... [SocialTimes.com]

Don't Miss Twitter's Great New Way To Embed Tweets - Posted December 13, 2011
Last week, Twitter rolled out a major update to a number of its products: twitter.com, its "official" mobile apps and TweetDeck. With the major redesign came a very simple way to embed tweets. While Twitter's Blackbird Pie and other third-party solutions offered an easy (albeit buggy) way to embed a tweet, this never... [10,000 Words]

When Will Twitter Release Unused Usernames? - Posted December 13, 2011
Dear Twitter, I, like thousands of other users, don't have my ideal username. Rather than tweeting from my desired "@LaurenDugan", I have had to settle for an ugly underscore a la "@Lauren_Dugan". Why? Because "@LaurenDugan" was taken... 3 years ago. And hasn't been used since. ... [AllTwitter]

Did Twitter Just Spark A Bank Run In Latvia? - Posted December 13, 2011
Twitter has been a part of revolutions and riots - and now you can add a run on a bank to that list. Stockholm-based bank Swedbank saw over a third of its ATMs in Latvia wiped out this past weekend, because of rumors spread on Twitter that the bank was in... [AllTwitter]

Day of the Dolphin: Swim In the Personalized Social Stream With Bottlenose - Posted December 13, 2011
It's the Day of the Dolphin. Bottlenose (previously known as Bottleno.se), which we initially covered here, moves out of stealth and into private beta mode. The service lassoes your Twitter, Facebook and Yammer streams, a... [semanticweb.com]

Twitter's Self-Serve Ad Products Available "Early Next Year" - Posted December 8, 2011
During their press conference earlier today, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo and co-founder Jack Dorsey revealed a brand new Twitter.com and official app redesign, which took the spo... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Launches New Brand Pages To Compete With Facebook - Posted December 8, 2011
Brands, welcome to Twitter. We know you've been here for a while, but now it looks like you can really start to call it home. Twitter has launched a total redesi... [AllTwitter]

The AP Settles Over NBA Twitter Lawsuit, Pays $20,000 Fine - Posted December 8, 2011
The Associated Press has settled a lawsuit with an NBA referee who felt he was defamed by a tweet from one of their writers. The AP has agreed to pay $20,000 in damages to the referee to cover his legal costs, as well as remove the tweet from the writer's account.... [AllTwitter]

Only 2% Of Ad Agencies And PR Firms Use Twitter For Their Own Lead Generation - Posted December 8, 2011
When a client speaks with an ad agency about setting up a campaign, they naturally expect that agency to know their way around Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social media. And while the agency might have this know-how, new stats show that they... [AllTwitter]

The Facebook Subscribe Button Launches - Posted December 8, 2011
UPDATE: As of Thursday afternoon, the button has launched. You can subscribe to my updates by clicking this button: Regular readers of this blog know that I'm a fan of Facebook... [TVSpy]

Alec Baldwin's Twitter Meltdown Results In A Deactivated Account - Posted December 7, 2011
Here's yet another public celebrity meltdown on Twitter, for those who love to watch the rich and famous crash and burn: Alec Baldwin ranted about his treatment aboard a recent American Airlines flight on Twitter, flinging insults at the company, ... [10,000 Words]

Alec Baldwin's Twitter Meltdown Results In A Deactivated Account - Posted December 7, 2011
Here's yet another public celebrity meltdown on Twitter, for those who love to watch the rich and famous crash and burn: Alec Baldwin ranted about his treatment aboard a recent American Airlines flight on Twitter, flinging insults at the company, ... [AllTwitter]

For The CEO Of The Future, Social Media Is A Must [Infographic] - Posted December 7, 2011
These days more and more companies and brands are understanding the benefits of social media and are jumping on board with marketing campaigns on Twitter, Facebook and beyond. However, it's surprisingly common for company CEOs to be absent from the world of social media. Many CEOs don't even have... [SocialTimes.com]

2011 Top Stories On Twitter More Global Than Us-Centric Bing And Yahoo Search - Posted December 7, 2011
The top stories in 2011 on search and social don't quite match up. Twitter's top news stories of the past year were more global in nature than either Yahoo or Bing search, and tended to favor more international political news than either... [AllTwitter]

As A Twitter Follower, You're Worth About $2.50 - Posted December 7, 2011
An email from Twitter to advertisers has been leaked, and it looks like the company has put a price on all of our heads: as followers, we're each worth about $2.50 to a brand. The email was uncovered by ... [AllTwitter]

WikiLeaks Associates Are (Still) Fighting To Protect Their Tweets From The Government - Posted December 6, 2011
It's been almost a year since the US government issued a subpoena for the tweets and other Twitter-related information from ... [10,000 Words]

This Is How You Can Get in on Facebook and Twitter Pre-IPO - Posted December 6, 2011
If you want a piece of Facebook, Twitter or any number of other pre-IPO companies, you need to come ready to play (and pay). To deal directly with these businesses, you need to wield some serious venture capital money. To pick them up in trading venues such as ... [SocialTimes.com]

The State Of Toronto On Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted December 5, 2011
Torontonians sure are a happy bunch! Constantly tweeting words like "love" and "great", supporting charities like Movember and cheering for their favorite sports teams, Toronto tweeters seem to send out positive vibes at all times. This infographic, prepare... [10,000 Words]

Theaters Now Offer "Tweet Seats" To Those Who Want To Tweet During The Show - Posted December 5, 2011
We're all trained to power down our smartphones and leave our iPads in the car when we enter the theater. It's common courtesy to the performers and the other patrons to not distract them with the chime of a new text me... [AllTwitter]

Facebook IPO: Stop Leaving Money on the Table - Posted December 5, 2011
Facebook is running out of time to get its act together. The company is expected to file for its IPO by April 2012, which would mean a likely celebratory opening bell the followin... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter's Ad Business Is Growing Like Crazy: 50 Percent Since Spring - Posted December 5, 2011
Back in the spring, Twitter boasted a whopping 1,600 advertisers. It was a pretty impressive number when you consider the fact that (a) it's not self-service and (b) the minimums involved, though flexible, are rather hefty. To get on board with promoted tweets or promoted accounts, you can expect to spend... [SocialTimes.com]

IPO Market Roundup: 10 Social Media Sector Companies to Watch - Posted December 5, 2011
Groupon, Angie's List, Pandora, Zillow, LinkedIn ... it's been an interesting year for social media IPOs so far. And, there are more on the way. Zynga is set to go public in the next two weeks, and there are plenty of other inte... [SocialTimes.com]

What Can Twitter Tell Us About The GOP Race? [CHARTS] - Posted December 2, 2011
The GOP race is well underway, with each candidate vying for top spot when it comes to the 2012 election. And this time around, they're focusing more attention than ever on social media. But does the number of people talking about a certain candidate on Twit... [10,000 Words]

Video Infographic Compiles 2011 Social Media Statistics - Posted December 2, 2011
Social media has never been bigger, with hundreds of millions of people checking Facebook, Tweeting, posting and watching videos and sharing their lives on the web. Videoinfographcs have released a new video infographic with the latest statistics, facts a... [SocialTimes.com]

"Old Media" Exec On Twitter: "I understand how to wash dishes. I don't do it regularly." - Posted December 2, 2011
It's refreshing to hear some honesty from the upper echelon of media types, even if that honest is of the sort that belittles Twitter. At Reuter's Global Media Summit, several prominent members of "old media" spoke about their reluctance to hop aboard the Twitter... [AllTwitter]

Social Media & Online Community Posts From Around The Web - Posted December 2, 2011
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up is a discussion about finding ways to unite your online community around singular issues; why communities should highlight quality not... [TVSpy]

Federal Social Media Index Lets You Be The Government's Big Brother - Posted December 2, 2011
The US government has checks and balances baked in, but who's watching government agencies on the Wild West of social media? Expert Labs has created a Federal So... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Starts Slowly Rolling Out Self-Serve Ads - Posted December 1, 2011
The rumor mill was right about this one: Twitter has finally launched its version of self-serve ads. Only (like everything Twitter does), it looks like it's going to be a very slow process to get it out to the masses. According to reports from ... [AllTwitter]

Tech Round Up: Brands Missing Links on Google+, Twitter Buys Whisper - Posted December 1, 2011
-In news that suprises probably no one on the planet, brands are not as engaged on Google+ as they are on Facebook. SEO company BrightEdge found that within the first 10 days of availability, 61 percent of the top 100 brands around the globe had a presen... [PRNewser]

Twitter's First Installment Of #YearInReview Series Tells The 10 Best Twitter Stories From 2011 - Posted December 1, 2011
Can you name any of the biggest Twitter stories of 2011? Just like in 2010, Twitter is taking a look at the year gone by and sharing with us some of the most notable events from the past 12 months. The first installment of T... [AllTwitter]

Mayor of Tampa Using Foursquare... to Become Mayor Again - Posted December 1, 2011
Mayor Bob Buckhorn of Tampa might earn the title of "mayor" through Foursquare. Foursquare has always had a political bent -- it offers users the chance to achieve the title of "mayor" by visiting a place repe... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Teams Up With Japan's Mixi To Fight Off Facebook - Posted November 30, 2011
Twitter is digging its heels in against an encroaching Facebook in one of its biggest market, Japan. At a joint press conference in Tokyo on Wednesday, Twitter and Japan's largest social network, mixi, announced a strategic partnership. Twitter has always had a... [10,000 Words]

New Twitter Stats: 500 New Employees, 2400 Advertisers And A 3-5% Conversion Rate - Posted November 30, 2011
Twitter's Chief Revenue Officer Adam Bain spoke at Business Insider's Ignition conference on Wednesday in New York, and gave the audience some insight into the curre... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Drove A Paltry 2% Of Cyber Monday And Black Friday Traffic - Posted November 29, 2011
For those of us that foresee Twitter becoming an increasingly important tool for brands and marketers, these numbers don't feel right: Twitter only drove 2 percent of traffic on Cyber Monday and Black Friday. According to ... [10,000 Words]

Is It Crazy For Parents To Choose A Unique Baby Name Just For The Twitter Handle? - Posted November 29, 2011
When it comes to Twitter handles, @JohnSmith and @JaneSmith are obviously taken. So if you're a brand new parent-to-be and you're stuck with the common surname "Smith", you've got to get pretty creative with your baby's first name i... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Acquires Whisper Systems To Bolster Security - Posted November 29, 2011
Twitter has acquired Whisper Systems, a company that builds enterprise-level security software on Android. The acquisition will likely be used to improve Twitter's own security, and assuage worries that the network is vulnerable to hackers and other nefarious types. ... [AllTwitter]

Weathermob for iPhone: Share What the Weather Looks Like in Your Area - Posted November 29, 2011
We can't do much to about the weather but most of us like to talk about it anyway. So, why not organize this weather information sharing? I took a look at the free Weddar for iPhone and Android earlier this year and came a... [SocialTimes.com]

Before Writing a Social Strategy, Think About The Blog - Posted November 28, 2011
When developing a corporate social media strategy, it's important to ensure that there are processes in place to allow the social media communities to scale over time. It's also important to ensure that there is a training system in place for employees who will need to be taught be... [TVSpy]

How The Top 15 Construction Companies In The UK Use Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted November 28, 2011
It can't be easy being a construction company trying to harness social media. They don't have a simple or accessible product to sell. Instead, they've got to find a way to be social with a service that is pretty intangible. Pauley Creative too... [AllTwitter]

Mapping Black Friday on Twitter [Infographic] - Posted November 28, 2011
Black Friday is an experience to discover the type of person who chooses to stand outside a Best Buy or Target parking lot at midnight for a great deal on a Panasonic TH - 50PH30U - 50" Class plasma panel or Xbox 360 Kinect game pack. Social media analysis firm MashWork... [SocialTimes.com]

How Influential Are You on Google Plus? Klout Adds New Feature to Let You Know - Posted November 28, 2011
Klout rates social significance on many levels and gives a Twitter user a score based on their influence. The useful service now includes the very young but growing social network --Google Plus. Klout had been waiting for a specific level of population increase on the young social network platform in order... [SocialTimes.com]

How The Biggest Names In Sports Are Connected On Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted November 23, 2011
Each industry has its own universe on Twitter. The interconnectedness of thought leaders and participants in a space creates a web of influence - and Chartball has created a massive, interactive infographic showing this universe among the sp... [AllTwitter]

Trouble At Twitter? One Former Engineer Speaks - Posted November 23, 2011
By some accounts, there is a mass exodus going on at Twitter. Key players, engineers, VPs, founders... all are fleeing the company. And the latest employee to jump off the wagon has shed some light onto just why so many may be leaving. Adrien Gaarf (... [AllTwitter]

NASA Joins Google Plus, Now in Over 44,850 Circles - Posted November 23, 2011
NASA has evolved as a federal agency that is exceedingly active on social media sites. Of late, the space agency took another innovative move and became the first federal agency to join Google Plus. The a... [SocialTimes.com]

Report the News -- Not On The News -- Says Time, Inc. Panelist - Posted November 23, 2011
[caption id="attachment_85076" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Moderator of the Medill Club Ethics Panel 2012, Professor Jack Doppelt with alums Joyce Hanson and Sally Fryberger"][/caption] Brian Moylan, an editor at Gawker Media (and self-proclaimed "Gawker shit ta... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Mobile Usage In Europe More Than Doubles Over Past Year - Posted November 22, 2011
Twitter is growing in popularity with Europeans on the go. According to new figures from ... [AllTwitter]

Just In Time For Thanksgiving, Twitter's Latest Competitor Is Revealed - Posted November 22, 2011
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, Robert M. Caruso (you may know him as @fondalo on Twitter) has unveiled a new social network set to rival Twitter: Gobbler. ... [10,000 Words]

Regis Philbin's Farewell Earns 21,000 Comments [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted November 22, 2011
The "Live! With Regis and Kelly" send-off special for Regis Philbin rumbled a huge wave of social media activity, surpassing 21,000 social network comments for the farewell episode. The wave of online activity crested as co-host Kelly Ripa read her tearful goodbye to Regis and viewers. This infographic shows how the social... [SocialTimes.com]

HOWTO: Use Trending Topics To Get More Twitter Followers - Posted November 21, 2011
You might love browsing the funny, bizarre and informative tweets that pop up when you click on Twitter's trending topic list, but did you know you can harness the power of these trends to gain new follower? Before you jump on the trending topic bandwagon and start tweeting all of your... [10,000 Words]

HOWTO: Use Trending Topics To Get More Twitter Followers - Posted November 21, 2011
You might love browsing the funny, bizarre and informative tweets that pop up when you click on Twitter's trending topic list, but did you know you can harness the power of these trends to gain new follower? Before you jump on the trending topic bandwagon and start tweeting all of your... [AllTwitter]

Build Communities For The Long-Term - Posted November 21, 2011
When you're going through the process of developing a new communities, one question you need to ask yourself is how long the community will live. If the community is built around a time-sensitive event or product, with no contingency plan in place once the product or event's prom... [10,000 Words]

Who's Using Twitter In South Africa? [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted November 17, 2011
Twitter is a global phenomenon. While New York might have the most Twitter users out of all the big cities in the world, the ... [AllTwitter]

Hedge Funds Don't Use Twitter [SURVEY] - Posted November 17, 2011
It looks like hedge funds aren't quite as eager as the Kardashians to share their deepest darkest secrets on Twitter. A new survey of nearly 100 hedge fund managers shows that they aren't too keen on Twitter, and are even less fond of Facebook. But LinkedIn they like. ... [AllTwitter]

Grooveshark Redesign Aims to "add a social network to music" - Posted November 17, 2011
Online music library platform Grooveshark recently introduced a complete redesign of its site. The site now places a heavy emphasis on social media sharing and community features that complement tighter integrations with third-party social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon and Reddit. ... [SocialTimes.com]

Salman Rushdie's Facebook Feud (in Tweets) - Posted November 16, 2011
Well, here's a tidbit of social media celebrity gossip for you: Salman Rushdie--yes, the Salman Rushdie-- is upset with Facebook, and he's taken to Twitter to get things straightened out. According to Gothamist, "the whole thing started when, two days ago, Facebook decided to cancel Rushdie's account because they didn't believe... [AllTwitter]

Salman Rushdie's Facebook Feud (in Tweets) - Posted November 16, 2011
Well, here's a tidbit of social media celebrity gossip for you: Salman Rushdie--yes, the Salman Rushdie-- is upset with Facebook, and he's taken to Twitter to get things straightened out. According to Gothamist, "the whole thing started when, two days ago, Facebook decided to cancel Rushdie's account because they didn't believe... [10,000 Words]

The State Of Social Media In The UK [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted November 16, 2011
How do companies in the UK perceive social media? And Twitter specifically? That's the question that Big Mouth Media asked when they put together this infographic visualizing the current state of social media in the UK. Twitter takes front and center stage among UK... [AllTwitter]

SoundTracking Receives $4.75M in Financing - Posted November 16, 2011
SoundTracking is becoming more and more popular and, of course, that means that it's becoming more and more attractive to investors -- to the point that it has just received some $4.75 million in venture capital. The investment came to SoundTracking by way of Accel Partners, SoftBan... [SocialTimes.com]

Vitrue Social Marketing Platform Is Betting On Klout With New Twitter Moderation Product - Posted November 15, 2011
Vitrue, one of the leading social marketing platforms, has just launched its new Twitter Moderation product for its customers. And they're hoping that Klout's social media clout will come in handy - and will contin... [AllTwitter]

Employees are Happier When Accessing Social Media at Work [Infographic] - Posted November 15, 2011
Majority of the people who log on to social networks in the course of a work day do it once or twice a day. They visit the social media sites via mobile phones or from their office computers in order to keep current with their networks. Those who do access social... [SocialTimes.com]

#protip: Create a Flowchart For Responding to Comments On Company Pages - Posted November 14, 2011
When you're the point person for your company's social media efforts, and there are a lot of pages to be managed, one thing you will need is a post-response flowchart to guide how employees should respond to posts and comments. The need for a post-response tree will make itself known once the... [10,000 Words]

7 Social Times Stories You May Have Missed This Week - Posted November 11, 2011
If you are an avid reader of our daily content, you may remember reading a lot of articles that were vital to your title as a social media intellect this week. Whether we were discussing slavery of the 21st century or providing you with ... [SocialTimes.com]

The New York Times' Tweeters - Posted November 11, 2011
The New York Times has so many journalists that are active on social media platforms it can be hard to keep up. Thankfully the Times has put together a listing of all its writers who are on Twitter. It makes following a few -- or all of them ... [FishbowlNY]

Social Media & Online Community Post From Around The Web - Posted November 11, 2011
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up is a discussion about handling complaints that appear on your company's social media profile; why images help boost fan engagement; pr... [TVSpy]

Music WithMe Lets You "Tune In" To The Music Of The People You Follow On Twitter (Or Tune Them Out!) - Posted November 10, 2011
If you're a music lover looking for a way to mine the depths of music on your social networks, the latest update from Music WithMe should help. Music WithMe, a service that allows you to wirelessly sync up your iTunes to your Android phone, has just launche... [AllTwitter]

Music WithMe Lets You "Tune In" To The Music Of The People You Follow On Twitter (Or Tune Them Out!) - Posted November 10, 2011
If you're a music lover looking for a way to mine the depths of music on your social networks, the latest update from Music WithMe should help. Music WithMe, a service that allows you to wirelessly sync up your iTunes to your Android phone, has just launched version 3.0 and has become... [10,000 Words]

StumbleUpon Most Content Sharing Site for Mail Online - Posted November 10, 2011
The Mail Online, a British media outlet, has revealed that StumbleUpon is the service which drives the most shares from their website. SU drives more shares than Facebook and up to fifteen times more links worldwide than on Twitter, according to a study by Searchmetrics. ... [SocialTimes.com]

When Tweeting Can Cost You Your Job, What About Retweets? - Posted November 10, 2011
Last week, The Associated Press updated its social media guidelines to address the issue of retweets. Since then, the new guidelines' concern with bias and objectivity sparked much online debate fr... [10,000 Words]

Goodbye TwitPic, Yfrog? Twitter Becomes #1 Photo Hosting Service - Posted November 10, 2011
Twitter announced that it would offer an official image hosting and uploading service in August of this year, and it looks like it's taken a chunk of out the third-parties th... [AllTwitter]

5 Benefits Of Customizing Your Twitter Background - Posted November 8, 2011
We've written before about how to redesign your Twitter background for #NewTwitter's dimensions, or change it without ... [AllTwitter]

Social Media, Sentiment, and the CIA - Posted November 8, 2011
A new article asks, "How stable is China? What are people discussing and thinki... [semanticweb.com]

70 Percent Of Brits Would Agree With Shutting Down Twitter During Civil Unrest - Posted November 8, 2011
A new survey indicates that the majority of Brits would agree with their government or service providers shutting down social media during an outbreak of civil unrest in their country. Security firm ... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Integration With New Panasonic TV Is The Best Yet [PICS] - Posted November 7, 2011
There are a few TVs on the market that offer social media integration, including Panasonic's Viera line. However, the newly upgraded Viera features one of the most seamless integrations with Twitter we've seen yet, encouraging you to tweet your predictions for America's next biggest thing or you all-caps shouts of "GOALLL!"... [AllTwitter]

Two Arrested After Sending Racist Tweets to Newcastle Football - Posted November 7, 2011
Two teenagers have been arrested over racist tweets they made towards an English footballers as problems with social media and sports connect to rise in England. Samuel Ameobi, an English born athlete of Nigerian descent, logged into Twitter one day to find his page vandalized. [caption id="attachment_83398" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Newcastle United... [SocialTimes.com]

An Industry First: Twitter Partners With Mass Relevance To Re-Syndicate Tweets For Display - Posted November 7, 2011
Content publishers now have another tool in their social media belt. Through a recently announced partnership between Mass Relevance and Twitter, publishers will be able to re-syndicate Twitter content to display on a website, on air, at... [AllTwitter]

Louis C.K. Tells Conan Why He Hates Twitter [Video] - Posted November 7, 2011
What does comedian Louis C.K. think about social media? "Well I kinda hate it," he told Conan O'Brien on his late night show last week. "I think it's awful." Louis C.K. has Twitter for his own selfish self-promotional reasons, but he doesn't follow anyone, doesn't care what other... [SocialTimes.com]

What Have You Liked Today -- And What Are You Going To Do About It? - Posted November 7, 2011
So, how many things have you liked today? Chances are that somewhere in the last 24 hours you've given a thumbs-up to a news article you came across on a friend's Facebook post, a movie on Netflix, or a beer garden on Foursquare. An application in beta from Cascaad, dubbed CircleMe, hopes... [AllTwitter]

Social Media & Online Community Posts from Around The Web - Posted November 4, 2011
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up is a discussion about high value community management; how to use online communities to keep B2B customers satisfied; best practice fo... [10,000 Words]

Artist Pledges To Draw Everyone Who Follows Him On Twitter By November 14 - Posted November 4, 2011
British artist Greg Burney is pulling out all the stops to get people to follow him on Twitter. He has pledged that he will hand-draw the profile pictures of every new follower he gets before November 14. He's calling the project ... [SocialTimes.com]

AP updates social media guidelines to address retweets - Posted November 3, 2011
The Associated Press released new guidelines today on how staffers should handle re-tweets. Here's the text of the new section of their guidelines. RETWEETING Retweets, like tweets, should not be written in a way that looks like you're expressing a personal opinion on the... [TVSpy]

UFC Gives Its Tweeting Fighters A $5,000 Twitter Bonus - Posted November 2, 2011
The UFC is making good on its promise to reward its tweeting fighters - by giving out $5,000 prizes to a dozen fighters who have proven to be champs in the ring and in 140-characters or less. Back in May, ... [10,000 Words]

Have A Private Twitter Chat Just By Typing "!b" - Posted November 2, 2011
With more than a billion messages being tweeted every week, Twitter is the place to be if you want in on the conversation - any conversation. But with all of that chatter, it can be hard to focus in on one or two people you're interested in having a real... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Launches "Twitter Stories" To Highlight How One Tweet Can Have A Big Impact - Posted November 2, 2011
Twitter has launched a new initiative called "Twitter Stories", intended to show the world just how powerful a single tweet can be. The company is highlighting the heartwarming stories of individuals using Twitter to change their lives and the liv... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Wins Patent Lawsuit, Won't Have To Pay $8 Million In Compensation - Posted November 1, 2011
In just under a year, Twitter has fought and won a more than $8 million patent lawsuit. Twitter was being sued for infringing on a patent filed in 2002 for "creating an interactive community of famous people," and won its courtroom battle this week. According to reports from ... [AllTwitter]

Social Media Adoption and Fortune 500 Companies -- Have They Reached their Peak? - Posted November 1, 2011
Fortune Magazine annually tracks America's largest corporations due to their influence in the business world. For this study, Academics from Center For Marketing Research Dartmouth examined the social media activity, specifically blogging, of various organizations, concluding that the biggest companies have slowed down their social media efforts and appear to... [SocialTimes.com]

US Department Of Homeland Security Wants To Start Using Twitter For Threat Intelligence - Posted November 1, 2011
Forget celebrity gossip and tracking weather patterns - the US Department of Homeland Security sees Twitter as a potential goldmine of intelligence pertaining to possible domestic threats. The question is, how do you find the gold nuggets buried in the rubble? Anyone following t... [AllTwitter]

Nick Kristof Easily Wins Twitter Spat - Posted November 1, 2011
Yesterday Nick Kristof, like seemingly everyone else in the entire world, tweeted his opinion about Kim Kardashian's 72 day all expense paid vacation to married life. However, unlike everyone else, Kristof's comment -- that Kardashian could have spent that money on building a school for poor children -- sparked some outrage... [FishbowlNY]

iPhone Vs. Android: The Social Apps Battle [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted October 31, 2011
Is there a difference between how iPhone users and Android users access their social media? Apparently so. Owners of each device favor Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Foursquare differently, accessing some social apps more than others. This infographic from onavo ... [10,000 Words]

@GuardianTagBot is Here to Answer Your Questions - Posted October 31, 2011
A new article reports, "the Guardian announced the birth of @GuardianTagBot, the living, tweeting, occasionally sleeping Twitter account that serves as the public ... [AllTwitter]

@GuardianTagBot is Here to Answer Your Questions - Posted October 31, 2011
A new article reports, "the Guardian announced the birth of @GuardianTagBot, the living, tweeting, occasionally sleeping Twitter account that serves as the public ... [semanticweb.com]

Linguistics Professor Finds Average Word Length In A Tweet Is Longer Than In Shakespeare - Posted October 31, 2011
There has been a lot of discussion both here at AllTwitter and in the Twitter-sphere in general about how Twitter is affecting language. The latest round of the debate was sparked by some rather ... [AllTwitter]

Would You Read Funny Man Steve Martin's Twitter Book? - Posted October 31, 2011
He's amassed nearly 1,800,000 followers, has tweeted more than 2,700 times and he's one of the funniest people on Twitter. Comedian Steve Martin has embraced Twitter more than many of his celebrity pals - and he's taking his tweeting one step further, to an "offline" format: A book. ... [AllTwitter]

How The Presidential Candidates Are Using Twitter [STATS] - Posted October 31, 2011
Did you know that Herman Cain is the Republican Presidential candidate most likely to be retweeted? Or that Newt Gingrich tweets nearly 500 times in a week? The ... [AllTwitter]

Is Twitter Dumbing Down English, Like Ralph Fiennes Thinks? - Posted October 28, 2011
Ralph Fiennes thinks that kids today have difficulty with words over two syllables, and that Twitter is to blame. Although Twitter does appear to be the social network of choice for celebrities, Fiennes is having none of it. He doesn't have his own account, but he apparently ... [AllTwitter]

Social Media and Online Community Posts From Around The Web - Posted October 28, 2011
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up is a discussion about the confusion surrounding the title of community manager; why you should do a check-up on your community every... [10,000 Words]

Create A Twitter Poster For Your Tweet Obsessed Friends (Or Yourself!) - Posted October 28, 2011
What do you get for someone who is completely obsessed with Twitter? This poster is a good place to start. Coming to you from FireBox, the Twitter Poster is a self-portrait made up of your Twitter p... [AllTwitter]

Expect More Musical Content From Twitter: New Hire To Handle Music Partnerships - Posted October 27, 2011
Twitter's record-breaking tweets-per-second moment came thanks to Beyonc 's baby announcement at the Video Music Awards, so it's no wonder the company wants to step up its focus on the music industry. Twitter... [AllTwitter]

Take Mobile Advantage of Twitter TV Show Tweeting Advice - Posted October 27, 2011
Social network upstart Google+ has been promoting celebrity activity on its network since it left its private beta testing phase this past summer. While celebrities have been on and using Twitter for a couple of years now, Twitter is not just sitting back passively. They are activity partnering with shows like... [SocialTimes.com]

UK Politicians Are Taking Over Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted October 26, 2011
Yatterbox is a new website that aggregates the tweets, status updates, RSS feeds and more of politicians around the world, so you can see what they're up to on social media. And in a new infographic looking at the data gathered by Yatterbox thus far, it looks like UK politi... [AllTwitter]

Paranormal Activity 3 Breaks Box Office Records... Thanks To Twitter? - Posted October 25, 2011
Last weekend Paranormal Activity 3 broke box office records when they closed the largest grossing weekend of all time for horror movies, and the biggest October opening ever, at a whopping $54 million. How did they do it? It looks like social media, and more specifically Twitter, played an important role... [10,000 Words]

Explore The Popularity And Lifespan Of Twitter's Trending Topics [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted October 25, 2011
The Trending Topics sidebar is a great place for an at-a-glance look at what's popular on Twitter right now, but it doesn't give you any context. How long has that hashtag been popular? Which is the most popular one right now? There's a great in... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Hires Ex-Google Communication Manager For Editorial Director Role - Posted October 25, 2011
Karen Wickre, the former blog strategist and global communications manager for Google, has taken a job at Twitter as its editorial director. Wickre will be charged with developing a consistent Twitter "voice" across its various public platforms. Wickre left Google earlier this month, after 9 years on the ... [AllTwitter]

Social Media Helps Turkey After Earthquakes - Posted October 25, 2011
When disaster strikes, it is social media to the rescue. When an earthquake hits Turkey, people turn to social media in key moments. On Sunday October 23rd, 2011, at 1:41 in the afternoon local time, a destructive earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2M struck Van, Turkey. The earthquake has caused heavy damage... [SocialTimes.com]

Paranormal Activity 3 Breaks Box Office Records... Thanks To Twitter? - Posted October 25, 2011
Last weekend Paranormal Activity 3 broke box office records when they closed the largest grossing weekend of all time for horror movies, and the ... [SocialTimes.com]

Flipzu for Android & iPhone: Voice Broadcast Via Facebook & Twitter - Posted October 25, 2011
In a mobile world seemingly focused on video, Flipzu is a bit of a throwback by focusing on real-time streaming audio to friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter. Flipzu provides free apps for Android and iPhone that can streams and records audio using a 3G or WiFi connection. A link... [SocialTimes.com]

Social Media and Online Community Posts From Around The Web - Posted October 21, 2011
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up is a discussion about the future of online community; how to spot a bad community manager; why agencies are having trouble using socia... [10,000 Words]

GetGlue's Fan Base Loves Its Geek TV - Posted October 21, 2011
[caption id="attachment_29060" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A zombie from GetGlue fave "The Walking Dead""][/caption] Damn! Why didn't I check in last night while I was watching that fascinating PBS show ... [PRNewser]

comScore: LinkedIn & Twitter Mobile Access Growing Faster Than Facebook Mobile Access - Posted October 21, 2011
comScore, an Internet market research firm, released information from data about mobile social media usage changes during the period of August 2010 to August 2011. comScore's data, if accurate provides interesting insights into our mobile social activities. Note that comScore does not differentia... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter for BlackBerry 2.1 Beta Adds Multiple Accounts Support - Posted October 21, 2011
RIM released another beta update to its BlackBerry Twitter app. The version 2.1 beta brings the BlackBerry Twitter experience closer to what is available on other mobile platforms. Twitter for BlackBerry Smartphones v2.1 (Beta): Multi-Account Support (Official BlackBerry Blog) ... [SocialTimes.com]

Is A Saudi Prince Looking To Own 3% Of Twitter? - Posted October 20, 2011
Reports are circulating that a Saudi prince met with one of Twitter's founders recently in a bid to acquire part of that founder's shareholding in the company worth between $200 and $300 million. ... [AllTwitter]

Facebook Still the Fastest Social Network; LinkedIn and Twitter Close Behind - Posted October 20, 2011
SmartBear Software company released its standard quarterly report for overall Web Performance for Social Networks. The company ranked each social media site by... [SocialTimes.com]

Don't Expect A Google-Twitter Reconciliation Any Time Soon - Posted October 18, 2011
Google's Realtime Twitter search results went offline in July 2011, and, according to Twitter's CEO Dick Costolo, we shouldn't expect the two companies to come to an agreement to renew the service any time soon. Google and Twitter partnered ... [AllTwitter]

Citizen Sensing and the Semantic Web - Posted October 18, 2011
A new article discusses the growing trend of citizen sensing. It states, "In 1999, before the advent of Foursquare, mobile Twitter clients or sensor-enabled phones, a somewhat prescient Neil Gross in Bloombe... [semanticweb.com]

How To Destroy Twitter - Posted October 18, 2011
There is one thing you can do if your goal is to undermine the credibility of Twitter as a social information network. Sabotage from within. And even if you gasp and say you'd never want to destroy the thing you love, think long and hard about this: Have you ever tweeted (or... [AllTwitter]

5 Great Examples of How Nonprofits Should Use Twitter - Posted October 18, 2011
Nonprofit organizations can definitely benefit from starting a Twitter account. But, how does a nonprofit group get followers and make the account worth its while? What kind of tweets should they post? I did a little poking around on Twitter and found some organizations that are excellent models for a... [SocialTimes.com]

UberMedia Launches Twitter Competitor Chime.in - Posted October 18, 2011
Does UberMedia have Twitter in its sights with the launch of its new Chime.in network? The company already owns some of the most popular Twitter apps, such as Twidroyd and UberSocial, and some speculate that its latest project, a social network of its own, is aiming right at Twitter's achilles... [AllTwitter]

A Cheat Sheet For Learning Your Twitter Manners [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted October 17, 2011
Being "nice" on Twitter might sound like an easy thing to do, but given how many people can't seem to put the manners their mothers taught them into practice in 140-characters or less, a refresher is in order. This infographic follows a simple premise to try to get you to be... [AllTwitter]

Explore Hashtags with Eye-C - Posted October 14, 2011
Twitter has popularized the sharing of information in 140 character snippets and that planted the seeds for what became known as the hash tag. Hash tags are used in Twitter to make it easy for someone to search for information on a particular topic. Eye-C is a new smartphone app... [10,000 Words]

Twitter Used To Map Vaccinations Across The US - Posted October 14, 2011
A biology professor is using Twitter to track how receptive the public is to vaccines like the H1N1, observing how many people perceived the vaccine positively, negatively, and neutrally around the United States. Marcel Salathe examined 477,768 tweets from August 2009 to January... [AllTwitter]

Twitter, Be Cool! Samuel L. Jackson Starts Tweeting - Posted October 13, 2011
Earlier this week, bad mother shut-yo-mouth Samuel L. Jackson made his Twitter debut with three yfrog ... [SocialTimes.com]

Social Media and Online Community Posts From Around The Web - Posted October 7, 2011
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up is a discussion about why some private online communities fail; added insight into the ROI of social media; a primer on the latest... [TVSpy]

A Visual Twitter Tribute To Steve Jobs: #ThankYouSteve - Posted October 7, 2011
A Twitter employee has put together a digital tribute to Steve Jobs using tweets that users sent out in the hours following his death. The image is quite stunning, especially when you zoom in to read all of the heartfelt tweets that make up the iconic image of Jo... [AllTwitter]

First Social Media Election Tweets in Ontario - Posted October 5, 2011
With just a few days until Ontario's Election Day, the online hunt for votes is moving daily at a faster rate. The election is being called the province's first real social media election. The candidates are using social media sites such a Twitter and Facebook to attract and communicate with voters... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Charity Swear Box: Turn Bad Words Into Good Deeds Online - Posted October 4, 2011
Ever feel bad about all the four-letter-words you use on Twitter? A new service called the Twitter Charity Swear Box is helping all the potty mouths out there put their bad words to good use. Read more at Social Times... [AllTwitter]

Meet Twitter's Newest Official Account: @TwitterAds - Posted October 4, 2011
If there was any doubt that 2012 would be the year that Twitter really geared up its advertising products, let that now be banished. The company has unveiled a brand new official Twitter account - and a shiny new blog to go along with it - called @TwitterAds today... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Charity Swear Box: Turn Bad Words Into Good Deeds Online - Posted October 4, 2011
Ever feel bad about all the four-letter-words you use on Twitter? A new service called the Twitter Charity Swear Box is helping all the potty mouths out there put their bad words to good use. Visit the Charity Swear Box website, submit your Twitter n... [SocialTimes.com]

There's Only One Place to Go for Social Media Stock Trading - Posted October 3, 2011
According to Peter Barris, managing general partner of New Enterprise Associates, a venture capital firm, secondary markets for shares in private companies are a "sideshow". At the Dow Jo... [SocialTimes.com]

More Secure, Anonymous "Twitter Alternative" Being Used By Protesters - Posted October 3, 2011
There's a new social network on the block that touts itself as being more secure, private, and anonymous than Twitter - something that the protesters at #OccupyWallstreet are embracing with open arms. While Twitter has been highlighted in the media as a tool of revolutions and p... [AllTwitter]

'Producer Matthew' Closes His Blog - Posted September 29, 2011
Aggregation journalist "Producer" Matthew Keys (@ProducerMatthew), who we first told you about in March, has stopped providing real-time news aggregations on his Tumblr blog, producermatthew.com. [caption id="at... [10,000 Words]

With New Initiative, Phoenix Suns Seek First Ever Social Media Sideline Reporter - Posted September 28, 2011
Though it certainly seems like most if not all of the 2011 NBA Season will be put on hold, the Phoenix Suns are gearing up for a new social media marketing initiative, one incorporating every major social network as well as the introduction of a very new reporting position. The first of... [SocialTimes.com]

Who Gets Asked The Most Questions On Twitter? [Infographic] - Posted September 27, 2011
One of the great things about Twitter is that it lets you send a shout-out or question to virtually anyone via @reply. You can ask your biggest idols, favorite actors, musicians and role models anything and maybe...just maybe...you'll even be lucky enough to get an answer. A new infographic... [SocialTimes.com]

Headliner.fm: A Social Network for Musicians - Posted September 27, 2011
Even though the rest of the web has moved on from Myspace the site is still the go-to network for a great many musicians, maintaining relevancy with bands that use it to easily track fans, set up (and publicize shows) and host music, photos and news in a single place. The... [SocialTimes.com]

Evri for iPad: Yet Another Social News Aggregation App. Worthwhile or Not? - Posted September 27, 2011
There is not such thing, it seems, as too many news aggregation apps with a social networking twist. The latest to join apps like Flipboard and Zite Evri Comes To iPad With New Topic-Based News Reader Like all th... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter's Erica Anderson Shares Best Twitter Practices For Newsrooms - Posted September 23, 2011
BOSTON -- Following a number of recent high profile hackings of newsroom Twitter accounts, Twitter's Erica Anderson on Friday shared tips to prevent future hackings from happening--and what to do if your account is hacked. Speaking at the 2011 Online News Association Conference, Anderson (@EricaAmerica), Twitter's manag... [10,000 Words]

Twitter's Erica Anderson Shares Best Twitter Practices For Newsrooms - Posted September 23, 2011
BOSTON -- Following a number of recent high profile hackings of newsroom Twitter accounts, Twitter's Erica Anderson on Friday shared tips to prevent future hackings from happening--and what to do if your account is hacked. Speaking at the 2011 Online News Association Conference, Anderson (@EricaAmerica), Twitter's manage... [SocialTimes.com]

Sign Up For Social Media Marketing Boot Camp And Kickstart Your Twitter Business Plan - Posted September 22, 2011
Our flagship social media course, Social Media Marketing Boot Camp, is about to begin. You have less than a week to sign up to learn how to craft a tweet schedule, target your Twitter bio with keywords to att... [AllTwitter]

LinkedIn Will Host Obama's Next Town Hall - Posted September 22, 2011
It appears that President Barack Obama is testing all the social networking platforms available to help his campaign. The next platform is the ever so business-oriented LinkedIn. The social media platform is for selective and informative professionals, an ideal host for the president's next town hall on Monday, September 26th... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Adds Support to Send Tweet Photos Using Text Messages - Posted September 22, 2011
Twitter turned on the ability to share a photo on Twitter by attaching it to the an SMS text message. Share a photo via text message Note that this feature is, however, dependent on support and cooperation by mobile ... [SocialTimes.com]

Jury Duty Screening Consists Of A Questionnaire - And Now Your Tweets, Too - Posted September 21, 2011
Jury duty isn't everyone's favorite pastime, but unfortunately it's going to become a lot more complicated. Lawyers are now checking the Twitter, Facebook and other social network accounts of potential jurors, to get a feel for their opinions and any comments they may have made on high-profile c... [AllTwitter]

Salman Rushdie Is Now On Twitter (Tweeting From @SalmanRushdie1) - Posted September 21, 2011
Here's a perfect lesson in what can happen if you put social media off for too long: the man who won the Booker Prize for his political novel Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie, has had to settle for a verified account at @SalmanRush... [AllTwitter]

Twitter To Sell Political Advertising As Early As This Week [UPDATE] - Posted September 21, 2011
We've been shielded from those exasperating negative political ads thus far, but rumor has it Twitter will be displaying political ads as early as this week. Be on the look out for campaign slogans, political endorsements, and of course, underhanded mud-slinging in your Twitter feed over the next few weeks. According to... [AllTwitter]

Social Media and Online Community Posts From Around The Web - Posted September 16, 2011
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up are social media lessons that SMBs can learn from IBM; whether social media can improve net promoter scores; best practice for how to... [10,000 Words]

The Number One Resource You Need For When Twitter Goes Down - Posted September 16, 2011
Did you know that Twitter has a resource that lets you know when there's an interruption in service? Now you don't have to scramble to Facebook to try to see if anyone there is experiencing the same outage as you are. There are actually a few places you can look if... [AllTwitter]

The Everlasting Saga of Dumb Sports Tweets, September Edition - Posted September 16, 2011
The strangeness of Twitter is that there are so many people who will never learn from those who have made missteps on the medium before them. Athletes continue to use Twitter to connect with fans and let out their feelings, but so many of them still bring unnecessary attention to themselves... [SocialTimes.com]

A Few Details About the Upcoming Twitter Analytics - Posted September 14, 2011
[caption id="attachment_27255" align="alignleft" width="309" caption="How many people will pass this around?"][/caption] News broke yesterday at TechCrunch Disrupt that Twitter Web Analytics are on the way. Currently in beta format, we have a few details about the ki... [AgencySpy]

Learn How To Grow Your Twitter Account To 100,000 Followers In Less Than 2 Years - Posted September 14, 2011
Mediabistro's Social Media Marketing Boot Camp is less than two weeks away. That's less than two weeks to hear from tech thought leaders on how to marketing your business on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, as well as ... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Influences More Consumer Purchases Than Facebook - Posted September 14, 2011
According to a recent study, it looks like Twitter is more influential than Facebook when it comes to influencing purchases. 35 percent of respondents said their Twitter feed has been influential or extremely influential on their purchase decisions, while only 23.5 percent of Facebook users ... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Launches New UK Blog - Posted September 14, 2011
In its efforts to increase exposure in the UK, Twitter has just launched a UK-specific blog. This follows a long list of recent pushes into the UK market, and shows that Twitter is serious about its global expansion. So if you're a Twitter user in the UK, you can expect a... [AllTwitter]

Nielsen Wire: Not Much Google+ Reach on Android & Task Killer App Used More Than Angry Birds! - Posted September 14, 2011
Nielsen Wire has really been looking hard at the mobile world. The latest report used on-device meters to determine which apps were used in a 30-day period. Their measurement techniques provided insight into overall use as well as separating app use by men and women. ... [SocialTimes.com]

Click.to Twick.it Gives Tweet-Length Definitions for Any Term - Posted September 13, 2011
Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH of Germany has released click.to Twick.it, a free service that "provides short, fast, and under 140 character long explanations which everyone can understand... The merger of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia and the 140-characte... [semanticweb.com]

HOWTO: Find Your Favorite Twitter Users On Google+ - Posted September 13, 2011
If you're having trouble finding interesting people on Google+, why not look to the network you have already built - namely, your Twitter friends? It's easy to look up which of your followers and friends are on Twitter, so you can hear more from them than 140 characters allows. If you... [AllTwitter]

Can Long Conversations Get You More Followers Than One-Off Tweets? [VIDEO] - Posted September 13, 2011
If I've learned anything about Twitter in my time writing for AllTwitter, it's that Twitter can be anything. It can be a source of breaking news, celebrity gossip, weather reports, marketing, and in-depth debate. But journalists and cultural critic Tour (@Toure... [AllTwitter]

Is Walmart and WalmartLabs Ready To Take on Amazon? - Posted September 9, 2011
All eyes in retail (not to mention social media) darted to Walmart, dubbed the world's largest retailer, in April 2011, when it surpassed competitors and forged into the social-commerce sphere by purchasing social commerce start-up Kosmix (now called... [SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: 2011 MTV Video Music Awards Top Twitter, YouTube - Posted September 8, 2011
The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards dominated Twitter and YouTube in the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism's New Media Index for the week of Aug. 29-Sept. 2, wh... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Announces 100 Million Active Users - Posted September 8, 2011
Breaking its long-time silence on sharing numbers, Twitter has announce a huge milestone today: they have 100 million active users sending tweets, retweeting, following, unfollowing and reading content on their network. The 100 million user co... [AllTwitter]

Starbuck's CEO Speaks, Emails, Tweets to D.C. 'No Donations for You' - Posted September 8, 2011
For the past few weeks Starbucks boss Howard Schultz has been stirring up interest in his town hall meeting. The town hall meeting was held Tuesday night as a phone-in and social media debate about the "paralysis and uncertainty" he says is being brought about by the high levels of... [SocialTimes.com]

Ethics 101: Is Using Your Client Ethical? - Posted September 8, 2011
As an owner of a social media marketing business, I have an obligation to look out for the best interests of my clients, which means I will not use them to help benefit my business. Clients do not hire me to help advance my long-term business goals (although that would be... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Is In Fashion During New York Fashion Week - Posted September 7, 2011
Twitter is strutting its stuff for New York Fashion Week through Sept. 15, followed by London Fashion Week Sept. 16-21, with tweets from designers, models, and stylists. New York Fashion Week kicked off Monday with Ford Models (@FordM... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter And Bing Awkwardly Tweet About Their 2 Year Relationship, Renew Search Agreement - Posted September 7, 2011
It's always sort of embarrassing to see two people openly discuss intimate details of their relationship on a public forum like Twitter - but it's especially awkward when those two "people" are actually anthropomorphic representations of two major web companies. Twitter and Bing announced the renewal of thei... [AllTwitter]

Only 10.9 Percent Of Twitter Users Find Promoted Tweets Annoying - Posted September 7, 2011
Twitter users appear to be pretty happy with the ads they've been seeing on the network lately. According to a survey by market research firm Lab42 examined by eMarketer, only 10.9 percent of US Twitter users dislike seeing Promoted Tweets in their time... [AllTwitter]

Embracing Process-Oriented Social Media Strategy Development - Posted September 6, 2011
Developing social media strategy for a corporation or large business is challenging. There are a lot of moving parts; every day you meet a new stakeholders or managers whose input is important; and you find that putting ideas i... [10,000 Words]

Embracing Process-Oriented Social Media Strategy Development - Posted September 6, 2011
Developing social media strategy for a corporation or large business is challenging. There are a lot of moving parts; every day you meet a new stakeholders or managers whose input is important; and you find that putting ideas i... [TVSpy]

New Service Lets You Filter Your Friends For Stuff You Care About - Posted September 6, 2011
Do you sometimes wish Twitter was a little bit quieter or relevant? Subjot, a NYC-based startup recently launched to the public, seems to have the answer. The social network can connect you with people you are familiar with ... [SocialTimes.com]

Arian Foster Stirs Trouble with Twitter Pic of Hamstring Injury - Posted September 6, 2011
The NFL season has yet to begin, and last year's best running back has already stumbled out of the gate. Feeling the pressure of being a leader on team with high expectations and one of the top fantasy football players, Arian Foster tried, and failed, in an attempt to relieve people... [SocialTimes.com]

CRE Files FTC Petition Regarding Facebook, Twitter, Google - Posted September 6, 2011
Regulatory watchdog the Center for Regulatory Effectiveness is picking up the scent of Facebook, Twitter, and Google, filing a ... [SocialTimes.com]

New Extension Adds Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter Feeds to Google+ - Posted September 2, 2011
A new extension has arrived for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. The extension combines Facebook, Linkedin, and Twitter feeds with your Google Plus streams. That means you don't have to manage or browse multiple pages and feeds at once. The new extension is called Gooce+. For ... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Appoints New Head of Global Public Policy - Posted August 30, 2011
Colin Crowell has been named Twitter's new global head of public policy, a hi... [PRNewser]

Top 10 Actually Useful Tweets about Hurricane Irene - Posted August 26, 2011
Twitter is great for generating buzz, but sometimes that buzz isn't all that constructive. As the east coast of the United States prepares for Hurricane Irene this weekend, tips on how to handle weather emergencies are appreciated by all audiences. Thankfully, there are a lot of Twitter users who are skilled... [10,000 Words]

Social Media and Online Community Posts From Around The Web - Posted August 26, 2011
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up is a best-practice guide for finding a job via social media; a look at how Sears created a successful online community around health... [TVSpy]

More Social Media Resources for Bad Weather - Posted August 25, 2011
This week's spate of bad weather -- the upcoming Hurricane Irene and the Virginia earthquake -- made one thing even more crystal clear: People are turning to traditional news sources less and less for information. Instead of flocking to the Weather Channel to see how a storm progresses, people are logging... [10,000 Words]

Blocking Twitter During Riots A Bad Idea, Study Proves - Posted August 25, 2011
In the aftermath of the UK riots earlier this month, government officials had floated around the idea of blocking access to Twitter and other social media sites next time something similar occurred. The official reasoning was that this would prevent people from using Twitter to incite violence and plan... [AllTwitter]

Social Media Giants Expected to Refuse Shut Down During Crisis - Posted August 25, 2011
Twitter and Facebook might be social, but they aren't pushovers. Both social media companies are expected to refuse shutdowns during times of crisis. Following the UK riots at the beginning of the month of August, fingers were wagging, hoping to find appropriate places to investigate the riots as well as to place... [SocialTimes.com]

Canadian Province Adds Social Media to Emergency Alert System: Will More Regions Follow? - Posted August 25, 2011
In an emergency, would you turn to the radio or to Twitter? One Canadian province anticipates the latter and adds social media to its emergency response system. In may 2011, a fire ravaged the town of Slave Lake Alberta. 7000 residents were forced from their homes - the largest ever mass evacuation... [SocialTimes.com]

Why Was Twitter So Obsessed With #Earthquake East? [STATS] - Posted August 25, 2011
The earthquake that hit the East Coast just before 2pm ET on August 23 might have caused little damage, but it kicked up quite the storm on Twitter. Within one mi... [AllTwitter]

Amid CNN Acquisition Speculation, Zite's Focus Remains on Relevant -- And Disinterested -- Content Discovery - Posted August 25, 2011
Zite CEO Mark Johnson says he's flattered by the rumors this week of a multi-million dollar CNN acquisition. He won't comment on them, of course, but he is flattered. What he will say is that the... [semanticweb.com]

Tools Round Up: No More Facebook Places, More Facebook Privacy - Posted August 24, 2011
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Tools Round Up: No More Facebook Places, More Facebook Privacy - Posted August 24, 2011
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How NBC News Stays Transparent on Twitter - Posted August 22, 2011
[caption id="attachment_6271" align="alignleft" width="151" caption="Ryan Osborn"][/caption] On Twitter, it's not uncommon to see a small logo in the lower, righthand corner of a user's avatar. The move is designed to promote transparency, so that tweeps know immediately what organization that tweeter is associated with. Almost all... [SocialTimes.com]

Social Media and Online Community Posts From Around The Web - Posted August 19, 2011
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up is a best-practice guide for determining the value of a Facebook fan; how Chevron uses LinkedIn to target influencers; a best practice guide... [10,000 Words]

Does Word Of Mouth Marketing Work Better On Social Media? [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted August 19, 2011
Do you have a strategy for reaching influencers on Twitter? As we've written about before, finding out which influencers are retweeting you can lead to more brand recognition and conversions, but you've got to reach ou... [AllTwitter]

Kenneth Cole Has Social Media Issues - Posted August 19, 2011
Kenneth Cole must be tired of fashion, because he's using social media to spark political debates about war, gay rights, guns and abortion. His new campaign called, "What Do You Stand For" at Wheredoyoustand.com asks you to chime in on intense discussions on an aggregated and inte... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Is #1 Social Network For Financial Groups - Posted August 19, 2011
Twitter beats even Facebook when it comes to the social network of choice for financial services companies. As the Financial Times reports, a new survey by marke... [AllTwitter]

Millionaires Are Leaving Twitter For Facebook - Posted August 17, 2011
It looks like some of the world's most wealthy aren't quite getting what their rich blood needs from Twitter. Millionaire's use of Twitter has declined to only three percent from five a year ago. The new study from Spectrem Group shows that millionaires aren't too fond of... [TVSpy]

Trendrr Partners with Twitter and the Weather Channel - Posted August 16, 2011
A recent article reports that Twitter has partnered with the Weather Channel "to push weather related tw... [semanticweb.com]

5 Things You Can Do On Twitter To Make Sure You Don't Get Hired [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted August 16, 2011
If you're out there looking for a job, you can bet your employer is going to look up your social media profiles. And that includes Twitter. This infographic outlines the five things you can do on Twitter so that you don't get the job you dream of. Take my advice -... [10,000 Words]

#StupidIdeas | Bush Speaks | Guessing Game - Posted August 16, 2011
AllTwitter: People are getting tattoos of trending topics. Maybe they should skip the midd... [FishbowlNY]

How, When To Request Interviews On Twitter - Posted August 16, 2011
If you follow many working journalists on Twitter, chances are you also see a fair number of requests for sources. But is that a problem? Earlier this month, I wrote about the Indy Star testing the #myassignment hashtag to share openly what the newsroom is working on at any given time. I... [10,000 Words]

yap.TV for iOS: A TV Guide With a Twitter Twist - Posted August 15, 2011
yap.TV is a free app for the iPhone and iPad that provides a visual guide to what's on TV in your area. To this, the app integrates viewer (app user) generated polls, live chats and Twitter streams. The app asks you to identify which TV content provider you use (cable, satellite, etc.).... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Vs Facebook: Which Is More Valuable For Brands? [Infographic] - Posted August 12, 2011
These days more and more brands are turning to social media, hoping to spread the word and attract loyal customers. But on a limited time and budget, it can be hard for small brands to cover the entire social network spectrum and engage with fans on Twitter and Facebook. ... [10,000 Words]

Why You Should Consider Using Co-Tweet - Posted August 12, 2011
As a social media consultant, I got into companies to either show them how to use various social media such as Twitter or Facebook or I do it for them. Often times, one person is solely responsible for tweeting or managing the company's Facebook fan page. But what happens when you've... [AllTwitter]

Weather Channel Teams With Twitter on the Weather Channel Social - Posted August 12, 2011
The Weather Channel Companies (TWCC) and Twitter are teaming up with The Weather Channel Social, an integration of local, weather-related Tweets across TWCC's television, Web and mobile platforms. Now users will be able to see real-time Tweets about local weather displayed alongside forecasts on weather.com, through The W... [SocialTimes.com]

UK Police Name And Shame London Looters On Twitter - Posted August 12, 2011
Manchester police have taken to Twitter to give the full names, birth dates, partial addresses, crimes, and jail time of the London looters who have been arrested. As the New York Times reports, ... [AllTwitter]

Social Media and Online Community Posts From Around The Web - Posted August 12, 2011
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up is a best-practice guide for getting employees on-board with the company's social media efforts; how to calculate social commerce performance; a case study... [10,000 Words]

New Media Index: Twitter Users Focus on Twitter's Role in Debt Ceiling Agreement - Posted August 12, 2011
The Aug. 2 agreement to raise the debt ceiling for the United States was the subject of the most shared links via Twitter and blogs, but the Twitterverse took a different approach, focusing on the role that Twitter itself played in the process, according to the Pew Research Center's Project for... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Vs Facebook: Which Is More Valuable For Brands? [Infographic] - Posted August 12, 2011
These days more and more brands are turning to social media, hoping to spread the word and attract loyal customers. But on a limited time and budget, it can be hard for small brands to cover the entire social network spectrum and engage with fans on Twitter and Facebook. ... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Is "Willing To Listen" To The UK Gov't About Post-Riot Censorship - Posted August 12, 2011
Throughout the day on Thursday, the Twitter-verse was abuzz with the news that U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron was considering censoring tweets in response to the looters using Twitter to communicate during the London riots. Now, we've got Twitter's off... [AllTwitter]

The Weather Channel iPhone App Gets Social: Crowdsourced Local Weather Related Tweets Now Available - Posted August 12, 2011
The Weather Channel and Twitter have teamed up to create 220 customer local Twitter feeds for cities with populations of 100,000 or more. Weather-related tweets range from 200 per minute on an average day. An active weather day can bump this number to as high as 500 weather related tweets per... [SocialTimes.com]

British PM Cameron Threatens to Shut Down Social Media - Posted August 11, 2011
[caption id="attachment_25730" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo: PA"][/caption] In response to this week's London riots, British Prime Minister David Cameron has proposed a shutdown of social media services inclu... [AgencySpy]

British PM Cameron Threatens to Shut Down Social Media - Posted August 11, 2011
[caption id="attachment_25730" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo: PA"][/caption] In response to this week's London riots, British Prime Minister David Cameron has proposed a shutdown of social media services inclu... [PRNewser]

A Belated Happy Birthday To Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted August 11, 2011
This simple infographic from Viral Media Solutions has a smattering of some of the most interesting Twitter statistics from the past five years, as a belated birthday present for the company. Check it out below. Did you know that there are, on average, 350 milli... [AllTwitter]

#protip: Superfan Committees Offer Lots Of Insight - Posted August 11, 2011
These days not much I read on industry blogs about social media and online communities makes me stop and think "Wow, that's actually a great idea." Today, that dry spell is over. I was skimming through ... [TVSpy]

#protip: Superfan Committees Offer Lots Of Insight - Posted August 11, 2011
These days not much I read on industry blogs about social media and online communities makes me stop and think "Wow, that's actually a great idea." Today, that dry spell is over. I was skimming through ... [10,000 Words]

Tech News: Photos on Twitter, 5 More Networks on Klout, Video Chat on Facebook - Posted August 10, 2011
Twitter... [PRNewser]

Lock and Load for a Tweet Hunt - Posted August 9, 2011
Ever get so frustrated by topics trending on Twitter that you just wanted to blast away? Developer Jared Kroff feels your pain. Hence, the creation of Tweet Hunt for the iPhone and iPad. Tweet Hunt is a classic shooting gallery app, except that players are shooting at actual tweets fro... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Bags Bagcheck, Co-Founder Sam Pullara Joins Engineering Team - Posted August 9, 2011
Sharing and discovery platform Bagcheck is now in the bag at Twitter, as the microblogging service announced its acquisition of the company and the addition of Bagcheck co-founder Sam Pullara... [SocialTimes.com]

To Follow Or Not To Follow? The Simple Twitter Tool That Helps You Decide - Posted August 9, 2011
How do you decide if someone is follow-worthy? When you get that friendly email, "So-and-so is now following you on Twitter", how do you decide whether or not to follow "so-and-so" back? It can often be hard to make a snap-judgment, based on the minimal details you've got readily available--the user's... [10,000 Words]

Twitter+Starbucks App Account = Social Coffee Experiment : Jonathan's Card - Posted August 8, 2011
There's an interesting social experiment going on that involves a Twitter account, Starbucks mobile apps and a bit of web software development. The Twitter account is found here: @jonathanscard If you go there, you'll see a series of mesages indicating money added... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Acquires List Management Company Bagcheck - Posted August 8, 2011
Twitter has acquired the list-management company Bagcheck, and will add its founder, Sam Pullara (@SamPullara) to its engineering team. Bagcheck is a network where people share lists. The website describes itself as "...a fun way to ... [AllTwitter]

Twitter and Others to Block Shareholders from SharesPost and SecondMarket - Posted August 8, 2011
Have you been following the action on SharesPost and SecondMarket? These exchanges for private company stock have attracted a hefty amount of attention, as they've given s... [SocialTimes.com]

Glamour Magazine Using Social SnapTags to Connect Readers to Brands on Facebook & Twitter - Posted August 5, 2011
If you look at the lower left corner of the cover of the September issue of Glamour magazine, you'll see the familiar Facebook logo surrounded by two circles. That is an example of a Social SnapTag. Many more Social SnapTags from more than two dozen advertisers are found inside of the... [SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Formula 1 TV Deal Starts Twitter's Engines - Posted August 4, 2011
Twitter users rushed to express their displeasure with the deal by the British Broadcasting Corp. and Sky Sports to air Formula 1 auto races, as only one-half of the events will now be on f... [SocialTimes.com]

Only Three Editors From The 10 Top Newspapers In The US Are On Twitter - Posted August 4, 2011
There is a lot of talk about how journalists are embracing Twitter, using it to sniff out new stories, verify facts, find sources, and promote their stories. However, it looks like there is a gap between the on-the-ground journalists and their editor overlords: only three editors of the top 10 newspapers... [10,000 Words]

Eqentia Offers More Robust Taxonomy Capabilities For Content Curators, And More - Posted August 3, 2011
Eqentia added to its content discovery and knowledge management portal this week features to recommend additional content or people connections to end users and content curators. But it's also been doing some other interesting work in the past couple of months on the back-end that draws on semantic technologies to help... [SocialTimes.com]

UK MPs Spend 1,000 Hours A Year On Twitter - Posted August 2, 2011
They may sit on different sides of the aisle, but UK Members of Parliament share at least one thing in common: they love Twitter. According to new research, MPs are spending about 1,000 hours a year on Twitter. And to put that into perspective, the House of Commons ... [AllTwitter]

On My Real-Time Twitter Coverage Of The Debt Debate - Posted August 2, 2011
If you follow me on Twitter, you know that my feed has been consumed over the last few days by the debt debate that has engulfed Washington. The debt debate isn't exactly sexy stuff. Talk of triggers, sequestrations and CBO scores makes most people cringe. So why did I spend my... [10,000 Words]

Indianapolis Star journalists adopt #myassignment hashtag - Posted August 2, 2011
The Indianapolis Star has started, apparently without much fanfare, to ask its journalists to tag their posts about work with an interesting if generic tag: #myassignment ... [10,000 Words]

NYT Reporter Defends Herself After Confusion Over Retweet Sparks Critical Daily Caller Post - Posted August 1, 2011
Jen Preston of The New York Times writes for a living, but confusion over a retweet led to some unplanned writing for her in the form of a Storify timeline to defend herself against a story posted on ... [SocialTimes.com]

White House: Twitter Played Role in Budget Deal - Posted August 1, 2011
White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer admitted to Brian Stelter of The New York Times that the deluge of tweets directed toward lawmakers, encouraged last Friday by President Barack Obama, were a factor in the agreement between... [SocialTimes.com]

Hackers Attack Twitter Account of Norwegian Terrorist Anders Behring Breivik - Posted August 1, 2011
A hacker or hackers who claimed to be affiliated with hacking group Anonymous Norway focused their attention on the Twitter account of Anders Behring Breivik, who admitted to carrying out the terrorist attacks in Norway July 22 that claimed 77 lives. The Twitter account still exists, although all t... [SocialTimes.com]

Tools Round Up: Business Wire, Foursquare Fees, MyEdCals for 2012, and More - Posted August 1, 2011
Business Wire is now offering a Mobile Alerts option to clients that will make text message alerts avai... [PRNewser]

Twitter Confirms "Significant Round Of Funding" - Posted August 1, 2011
Reports that Twitter was seeking a new round of funding were confirmed Monday, with the announcement on the Twitter blog of a "significant round of funding led by the venture firm DST Global, with the participa... [AllTwitter]

Improvements Coming To The Plume Twitter App - Posted July 29, 2011
Despite Twitter's efforts to the contrary, there are still a significant number of third party Twitter apps, and Plume is one of the more popular ones for Android smartphones. In a post on Google+, Plume developer Ludovic Vialle describes the features being develop... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Townhall Engages Politicians with Voters in Australia - Posted July 29, 2011
[caption id="attachment_72185" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo by Silas Brown"][/caption] On Tuesday, the ACT government held Australia's first virtual community cabinet using Twitter. Four ministers faced a strea... [SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Tweeted Links Surge on U.K. Phone Hacking Scandal - Posted July 29, 2011
The News Corp. News of the World phone hacking scandal marked its ... [SocialTimes.com]

Google+ Must Find Its Niche - Posted July 29, 2011
Traffic on the new social network Google+ is down 3 percent this month, which has some people spe... [PRNewser]

John Clayton Didn't Graduate Twitter 101 - Posted July 28, 2011
  In the span of 48 hours, ESPN NFL analyst John Clayton has instantly become a Twitter ... [SportsNewser]

Promoted | Stalking Banksy | To Pay or Not to Pay - Posted July 28, 2011
AllTwitter: Get ready for ads to fill your Twitter newsfeed. UnBeige: Here's som... [FishbowlNY]

Promoted Tweets to Top Twitter Timeline - Posted July 28, 2011
Twitter announced Thursday that it will prioritize Promoted Tweets, meaning that when Twitter users subscribe to the feeds of brands, businesses, or charitable organizations, tweets from those entities will automatically appear near the top of their timelines. Other than the new placement, which will be rolled out over the next several weeks,... [SocialTimes.com]

BIG MONEY: Social Media and Consumer Web Dominate SecondMarket Action - Posted July 27, 2011
Where is all the money going? Well, it's easy to find out on SecondMarket these days. The New York-based marketplace for private company stock has just released its second-quarter/first-half results. To check out the infographics from the SecondMarket report, take a look at the slideshow immediately below. Then, dig deeper into... [SocialTimes.com]

Magpie Says Goodbye, Acquired by Florida Social Media Marketing Company - Posted July 26, 2011
I ran into Magpie back in 2008, when I first started using Twitter. The company sought to help users monetize their Twitter accounts by offering integrated in-stream advertising. It sucked. My friends complained a... [SocialTimes.com]

The State of Open Data - Posted July 25, 2011
A recent article discusses the proliferation of open data sets over the last several years and ... [semanticweb.com]

Pros and Cons of Twitter's 140-Character Limit, Part 2 - Posted July 25, 2011
Should Twitter consider increasing its 140-character limit? Some have said Twitter should double the amount. On Friday, I listed the pros o... [10,000 Words]

More Americans Are On Facebook Than Have Passports [Infographic] - Posted July 25, 2011
Did you know that more Americans have Facebook accounts than have passports? A fun new infographic from social travel platform Tripl that illustrates the ways in which social media is impacting the travel industry reveals this and other interesting facts. The in... [SocialTimes.com]

Megadeth's Dave Mustaine to Blitz Personalized Video Updates From the Road to 3.6 Million Facebook Fans - Posted July 22, 2011
Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, which is currently touring with the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival and playing a show at Yankee Stadium with Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax on September 14th, will stay connected with fans by blasting out personalized video updates on Facebook while on tour. Now, you might find ... [SocialTimes.com]

PageFreezer Enhances Twitter Archiving Solutions - Posted July 22, 2011
PageFreezer, a provider of social media and website archiving solutions that meet regulatory compliance requirements, has added functionality to its Twitter capabilities. New features include: archiving of public profiles and direct messages; archiving hashtags and search keywords to pres... [AllTwitter]

Pros and Cons of Twitter's 140-Character Limit, Part 1 - Posted July 22, 2011
This past week, my Twitter feed has been filling up with opposing tweets on the appropriate character limit for Twitter. Some feel the current 140-character limit could be increased while others vehemently oppose that change. So, let's rack up the pros and cons. T... [10,000 Words]

PageFreezer Enhances Twitter Archiving Solutions - Posted July 22, 2011
PageFreezer, a provider of social media and website archiving solutions that meet regulatory compliance requirements, has added functionality to its Twitter capabilities. New features include: archiving of public profiles and direct messages; archiving hashtags and search keywords to preserve entire conversations; digital timestamps and signatures for each archived page, making the content... [SocialTimes.com]

Social Media and Online Community Posts From Around The Web - Posted July 22, 2011
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up are posts about best practice for asking questions on Facebook Fan Pages to get the best response rate; mistakes that branded online communities... [10,000 Words]

Bing Brings It On (RDFa, That Is) - Posted July 21, 2011
The Twittersphere is buzzing about the Semantic Web at last grabbing onto the hearts and minds of the whole web community. It started off with a tweet from Juan Sequeda - a contributor to The Semantic Web Blog and a well-known figure in our area - that reads:         A follow-up message explains: ... [semanticweb.com]

JELL-O Offers Free Pudding To World's Saddest Tweeters - Posted July 21, 2011
Is America happy or sad? JELL-O Pudding is monitoring tweets to find out! They are tracking tweets with frowny faces and tweets with happy faces to determine the overall mood in America and, when the mood starts to dip, they're giving away free pudding to frowners to make people... [SocialTimes.com]

Watch the Premiere of the Bloody First Scene of Conan Via Twitter - Posted July 19, 2011
Lionsgate is kicking off Comic-Con a day early with the premiere of the bloody first scene from Conan, exclusively on Twitter! #whenbloodisspilled, legends are made. The social media campaign will surely get your heart racing and blood flowing, the first scene from Conan The Barbarian in 3D is now live and is the... [SocialTimes.com]

Would A Twitter And Facebook Class Prevent Cyber-Bullying? - Posted July 18, 2011
Parents' associations in Australia are backing a proposal which would see their children taught how to use Facebook and Twitter properly in the classroom, in the hopes that teaching netiquette would stem the cyber-bullying problem among youth. But is this the right way to solve the problem? ... [AllTwitter]

Would A Twitter And Facebook Class Prevent Cyber-Bullying? - Posted July 18, 2011
Parents' associations in Australia are backing a proposal which would see their children taught how to use Facebook and Twitter properly in the classroom, in the hopes that teaching netiquette would stem the cyber-bullying problem among youth. But is this the right way to solve the problem? ... [10,000 Words]

The Tweeter: Jerry Seinfeld, @SeinTime, Joins the Twitterverse - Posted July 18, 2011
Of the many words to describe the influence and greatness of Seinfeld's career, one certainly at the top of the list is showmanship. He always knew how to hit the high note and walk away from the stage. He is still a paragon of comedy in society, and his latest endeavor... [SocialTimes.com]

Infographic Celebrates 5 Years Of Twitter, From 0 To 200 Million Daily Tweets - Posted July 18, 2011
Last Friday marked five years since Twitter launched publically, and to celebrate the occasion Visual.ly released a new infographic following the history of Twitter, from it's conception back in January 2006 to today. The infographic, ... [SocialTimes.com]

AFTRA Takes to Twitter to Support TV Station Employees - Posted July 18, 2011
The Peoria Local of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists incorporated Twitter into its rally supporting employees of the Illinois city's WEEK/WHOI-TV. The union encouraged supporters of the station's photographers, producers, reporters, anchors, ... [SocialTimes.com]

SI Releases Its Twitter 100 - Posted July 14, 2011
I love lists, as they're always a great source of debate. And when a list covers something like the top 100 Twitter sources of "news, information and entertainment from the sports world," then I stand to be educated as well. Sports... [SportsNewser]

Twitter For Android Update Adds Key Features - Posted July 13, 2011
An update to the Android version of the official Twitter app is now available in the Android Market, and the update adds two important features,... [SocialTimes.com]

Pinch of foursquare Added to Klout Recipe - Posted July 13, 2011
Add foursquare to the list of social networking sites that factor into the Klout scoring system, as the location-based mobile app joined Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, the latter ... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Adds Support For Japanese Hashtags - Posted July 13, 2011
The Japanese market has had a love-affair with Twitter since day one, so it only makes sense that Twitter would work hard to keep tweeters in Japan happy. The company has officially added support for Japanese hashtags, a move which further illustrates the close ties between Twitter and Japan. Although... [AllTwitter]

10 Disgruntled Tweets About The Netflix Price Hike - Posted July 13, 2011
If you haven't heard the news yet--yesterday, Netflix updated their pricing system, raising the price of a combined streaming and DVD-by-mail plan by a whopping 60 percent. Netflix users are none too pleased and are lashing out on Twitter via the trending topic ... [SocialTimes.com]

Staying Out of Trouble | Meta Hacking | Space Invaders - Posted July 11, 2011
TVNewser: How is Fox News (owned by News Corp.) covering the scandal of the moment involving News of the World (also owned by News Corp.)? They aren't ... [FishbowlNY]

New Word Graph API Takes Wordnik From Fun and Funky Apps to Some Serious Business Services - Posted July 11, 2011
You may know Wordnik from subscribing to its Word of the Day service (by the way, today that word is eloign). Or perhaps you know it from some of the apps that have used its API - such as Freebase WordNet Explorer, or one of the many mobile ones that let... [AllTwitter]

New Media Index: Twitter Users Captivated by Google+ - Posted July 8, 2011
Twitter users were fascinated by the launch of another social network, Google+, while the declaration by Rep. Michele Bachmann... [SocialTimes.com]

AP Issues Reminder to Staff on Including Opinions in Social Media Posts - Posted July 8, 2011
Tom Kent, deputy managing editor for standards and production at The Associated Press, felt the need to send a reminder email to AP staffers not to include opinions when using social... [SocialTimes.com]

Footballers' Association Issues Social Media Policy, Will Not Allow Online Indiscretions - Posted July 8, 2011
After much thought and more than a few examples both positive and negative in nature, the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) has made a determination about the usage of social media among its members. The goal will be to improve the image of the game, and conversely, come down hard on those... [SocialTimes.com]

Count Twitter Followers Like You Count Cards in Blackjack - Posted July 8, 2011
As a social media strategist, you should count your Twitter followers like you would count cards in a game of blackjack. Since I probably just confused the majority of you reading this post, I will explain what I mean further. For those of you who do not play blackjack, I apo... [SocialTimes.com]

Social Media and Online Community Posts From Around The Web - Posted July 8, 2011
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up are posts about best practice for community cultivation; case studies for using Like-count Facebook campaigns to grow a page; new research on the... [10,000 Words]

Twitter Now Valued At $8 Billion, Sources Say - Posted July 8, 2011
Twitter's valuation continues to rise as new reports have the company raising $400 million in a private round of financing. According to the New York Times DealBook, Twitter is in... [AllTwitter]

Kasabi Sees a Business Model In RDF Data - Posted July 8, 2011
What got Talis going on its Linked Data marketplace that launched in public beta in June, dubbed Kasabi? The recognition that there had to be a business model in making RDF data as easy to use as possible - ... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone Leaves Twitter To Join One Of Twitter's Early Investors - Posted July 7, 2011
Just last week, Biz Stone announced that he was leaving Twitter to work with fellow Twitter co-founder Ev Williams at the newly relaunched Obvious Corporation. Today, it looks like he's added another task to his to do l... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone Leaves Twitter To Join One Of Twitter's Early Investors - Posted July 7, 2011
Just last week, Biz Stone announced that he was leaving Twitter to work with fellow Twitter co-founder Ev Williams at the newly relaunched Obvious Corporation. Today, it looks like he's added another task to his to do l... [10,000 Words]

Entenmann's, Likeable Media Apologize for Not-So-Sweet #notguilty Tweet - Posted July 7, 2011
Even if you make sweet treats to eat, it's important to think before you tweet. Baked goods maker Entenmann's learned that lesson the hard way this week. Twitter users who saw a tweet with the hashtag #notguilty Tuesday would most likely assume the content was related to the verdict in the murder... [SocialTimes.com]

Amercian Climber: Live Trek of Swiss Alps on Social Media - Posted July 7, 2011
"This summer will be by far the hardest part of the journey. If I were to stay on the exact border, it would involve about 280,000 vertical meters of up and down, but the plan is to follow more trails and not to climb every mountain. If I stick to that... [SocialTimes.com]

PicoTweets for iPhone: Just a Tweet & Nothing But a Tweet - Posted July 6, 2011
Twitter has become relatively complicated for a service that started out as an adjunct to texting with a 140 character limit. So, what if you get down to the simplest aspect of using Twitter? That boils down to the act of sending a single tweet of 140 characters or less. No... [SocialTimes.com]

Tools Round Up: Facebook and Skype; Radian6 and Twitter; JT and MySpace - Posted July 6, 2011
Facebook has announced a partnership with Skype that will bring video calling to the social network's 750 million users. Microsoft is in the process of acquiring Skype for... [PRNewser]

Discovery Channel Uses Social Media as Shark Week Bait - Posted July 6, 2011
Just when you thought it was safe to use social media ... Shark Week will take a bite out of Discovery Channel the week of July 31, and Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, GetGlue, and the iPhone and iPad are being used for bait. ... [SocialTimes.com]

Social Business Index Draws on Social Business Intelligence -- And All the Data That Informs It - Posted July 6, 2011
While there may not be a semantic application that can go to work on every issue that requires grappling with Big Data, it certainly has a role to play in many of them. Throw out outliers such as using power grid data to optimize power distribution, and "the lion's share of... [AllTwitter]

Social Business Index Draws on Social Business Intelligence -- And All the Data That Informs It - Posted July 6, 2011
While there may not be a semantic application that can go to work on every issue that requires grappling with Big Data, it certainly has a role to play in many of them. Throw out outliers such as using power grid data to optimize power distribution, and "the lion's share of... [semanticweb.com]

Changing Your Twitter Password Is Not As Simple As You Might Think - Posted July 5, 2011
Once when I checked my Twitter timeline this past weekend I noticed a tweet that I am certain that I did not post. I have no idea how it got posted under my account, and although when I searched for news about any new Twitter hacks I didn't find anything, I... [SocialTimes.com]

What Makes People Want To Follow Brands? [Infographic] - Posted July 5, 2011
Followers on social networks like Facebook and Twitter often translate to loyal customers for brands. A positive brand experience online leads to more sharing and engagement and, as a result, more business. But what is it that makes people want to follow a brand? A new infographic from... [SocialTimes.com]

Canadian Politician And Newspaper Battle It Out On Twitter - And Then Make Up - Posted July 5, 2011
Maybe Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi was advised against having an all-out Twitter war with the media, or maybe it's just the fact that Canadians are "nice", but he has diffused what could have been a lengthy and fiery spat between himself and the local Calgary Sun newspaper on Twitter. If... [AllTwitter]

Guinness World Records Marks Social Media Day from Gaga, Bieber to Sheen - Posted June 30, 2011
Guinness World Records announced the latest social media world records to coincide with global Social Media Day. Of course, there are no surprises this time around, next year may prove different. Guinness World Records includes the Most likes on a Facebook page which is 47,194,601, achieved by Facebook for its own... [SocialTimes.com]

Politicians Are All Over Twitter This Election Season - Posted June 30, 2011
If you follow the presidential hopefuls on your Twitter account, then your feed will be blowing up until we hit the polls next year. President Obama announced today that he'll be hosting a Twitter town hall meeting (... [PRNewser]

Pope Sends His First Tweet: Vatican Increases Social Media Presence - Posted June 30, 2011
The rapture is coming! The rapture is coming! No, wait. False alarm. It's just the Pope tweeting on an iPad as the Vatican tries to reach out to a younger audience. The Pope has gone viral. In a YouTube video released this week, Pope Benedict XVI, 84 years old, can be seen... [SocialTimes.com]

Ashton Kutcher & The Village Voice Throw Down On Twitter - Posted June 30, 2011
Ashton Kutcher and The Village Voice are currently engaged in a Twitter battle after The Voice gave Kutcher's ... [SocialTimes.com]

Bluefin Labs Hopes To Breach the Semantic Barrier Between Social Media Comments and TV Content - Posted June 30, 2011
Here's what Bluefin Labs is trying to capture for mass media content providers, be they media companies or brands: The word-of-mouth about TV shows and commercials that has migrated to the social media space. It wants to make visible the feedback loop that is very evident in live human communications -... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Launches "Twitter For Newsrooms" For Media Professionals - Posted June 27, 2011
Twitter has launched "Twitter For Newsrooms", a service designed to provide media professionals the tools they need to navigate the news in 140-character form. Twitter For Newsrooms, also known as #TfN, provides "a collection of T... [10,000 Words]

Tools Round Up: Twitter for Newsrooms, Cision, Facebook Perks, and More - Posted June 27, 2011
Twitter has launched Twitter for Newsrooms (#TfN), which provides all sorts of guides and resources on topics like "effective tweeting," "branding," and search. Ideally it's a resource for journalists, edito... [PRNewser]

Twitter Announces Twitter For Newsrooms, A Best Practices Guide For Journalists - Posted June 27, 2011
Today in an e-mail from Twitter's PR team, the company introduced Twitter for Newsrooms (#TfN), a compelling resource akin to Facebook for Journalists that will hel... [10,000 Words]

How to Have Multiple People Use the Same Corporate Twitter Account - Posted June 27, 2011
How long does it take to tweet something? A few seconds? So, the decision to pull the trigger on up to 140 characters shouldn't be too terribly involved. There's no need for a lot of discussion. Yet, somehow big companies, with a penchant for policy, inadvertently wind up struggling over the... [SocialTimes.com]

FBI Uses Social Media to Catch Mobster - Posted June 27, 2011
How do you catch a mobster? With Twitter of course! FBI uses TV, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to help catch a criminal they've been tracking for 16 years. James "Whitey" Bulger is not the kind of guy you'd want to run into in a back alley. A South Boston based criminal, he... [SocialTimes.com]

Firefox 5.0 for Android: Includes Integrated Twitter Search & Do Not Track - Posted June 21, 2011
Mozilla released Firefox 5.0 today. And, in the mobile world, this includes Android. Mozilla Delivers New Version of Firefox - First Web Browser to Support Do Not Trac... [SocialTimes.com]

eBay Engages Facebook While Considering Twitter and YouTube - Posted June 21, 2011
Christopher Payne, eBay Marketplaces vice president, said the company's philosophy will be to try "a whole bunch of things" in the social media. With that said, eBay is thinking about using Twitter and YouTube to take advantage of the increase in social media activities among shoppers while it launches new social... [SocialTimes.com]

Seesmic Drops BlackBerry Support. What about webOS? - Posted June 21, 2011
Seesmic, which produces a popular set of apps that acts as clients for Twitter and Facebook, announced they are retrenching and dropping support for the BlackBerry version of their app as of June 30. Important Update for BlackBerry Users ... [SocialTimes.com]

Brand Your Tweets Using A Simple WordPress Plugin - Posted June 21, 2011
Ever wonder how to get your own custom Twitter app name? It's very simple, actually, provided you have access to a WordPress.org (self-hosted) blog. (Or, if you are a PC user, click here for another solution.) First, sign into ... [10,000 Words]

Twitter Is Less Uncivil Than Fox News, Music Industry And The General Media [POLL] - Posted June 21, 2011
Apparently, Americans think Twitter is a pretty civil network. Or at least, it's not uncivil... and yes, there is a difference. A recent poll suggests that Twitter is less uncivil than the mainstream media, Fox News, the music industry and professional sports. But Americans weren't too sure about its actu... [AllTwitter]

'Photovine' is Google's Latest Trademark for Photo Sharing? - Posted June 21, 2011
Recent reports seem to indicate that Google is aiming to launch a new photo sharing platform called "Photovine". The reports surfaced from The San Francisco Chro... [SocialTimes.com]

Virgin America's #nerdbird Now Boarding - Posted June 20, 2011
Twitter hashtags serve many purposes, and now, thanks to Virgin America, flying passengers between destinations has been added to the list. The airline named the 39th and newest addition to its fleet #nerdbird, announcing the move via i... [SocialTimes.com]

Tweeter Insight: Conversation, Not Information - Posted June 20, 2011
Twitter is NOT made for traditional marketing. Tweeters are not interested in catchy slogans; leave the traditional marketing for the television. Social media, Twitter especially, is all about the conversation. 1. Engage with your readers... Social media i... [SocialTimes.com]

In Blogging Space, Spoils Go To Early Posters - Posted June 20, 2011
The breaking news is that a new service from Regator has resulted from tweaking its semantic algorithms to find within its human-curated collection of web content emerging stories and to quickly alert bloggers and journalists about them via a desktop app. Regator actually has been around ... [semanticweb.com]

foursquare Doesn't Mind If You Just Look Around - Posted June 20, 2011
So far in 2011, foursquare is adding users at the pace of roughly 1 million every six weeks, but co-founder and CEO Dennis Crowley is working toward picking up that pace. Speaking at the 140 Characters Conference at the ... [SocialTimes.com]

NATO Monitors Twitter to Gather Data Concerning Lybia - Posted June 17, 2011
Social media is taking another turn in its diverse trends toward monitoring and culling intelligence in order to track down and counter military operations. Read more at Socialtimes.com... [10,000 Words]

NATO Monitors Twitter to Gather Data Concerning Lybia - Posted June 17, 2011
Social media is taking another turn in its diverse trends toward monitoring and culling intelligence in order to track down and counter military operations. Amnesty International reported that social networks have become essential channels for organizing protests and inspiring support for political change. Now... [SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Apple's iOS 5 Dominates Twitter - Posted June 17, 2011
Apple's new iOS 5 operating system for its iPhone and iPad tablet was the apple of Twitter users' eyes, accounting for 31 percent of Tweeted news links, while the most-watched news and politics video on YouTube was a local news program's clip of Sarah Palin's... [SocialTimes.com]

Social Media and Online Community Posts From Around The Web - Posted June 17, 2011
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up are posts that discuss the graying of social media users; a hard look at the value of a Facebook fan; the value of... [10,000 Words]

Ad.ly Wants Your Business To Use Linked Data, Too - Posted June 17, 2011
The premise of Ad.ly is to be the Twitter advertising network that matches celebrities with brands. The goal is to drive audience click-through to those brand destinations thanks to the conversations carried on by the stars with their followers. So far it's racked up some 1,000 celebrities, about 150 brands, and... [semanticweb.com]

Former Sun CEO Uses Twitter - And Only Twitter - To Launch Startup - Posted June 17, 2011
Somebody really loves Twitter. The former co-founder and CEO of Sun Microsystems, Scott McNealy, is using only Twitter to spread the word (or at least, the tweet) about his latest, mysterious, startup WayIn. In an unconventional marketing strategy, McNealy has stripped down the compa... [AllTwitter]

Klout Expands its Influence to LinkedIn - Posted June 16, 2011
According to a recent article, "Klout, a startup that ... [semanticweb.com]

Social Media Falsely Accused in Spread of KPRC's Dead Bodies Report - Posted June 16, 2011
It was a story with the type of intrigue that triggers thousands of retweets: last Tuesday, Houston's KPRC tweeted that dozens of bodies had b... [TVSpy]

TV Show 'Covert Affairs' Takes To Twitter To Run Alternative Plotline - Posted June 14, 2011
The CIA operatives in the USA Network show Covert Affairs are turning Twitter into an internal communications feed, running a mission to Budapest 140-characters at a time. In an innovative merger of TV and Twitter, you can follow along with the characters from Covert Affairs as ... [AllTwitter]

USA Network's Covert Affairs Takes to Twitter - Posted June 14, 2011
Auggie Anderson, the character portrayed by Christopher Gorham on USA Network series Covert Affairs, has a side job: ... [SocialTimes.com]

UK Ministry Of Defense: Tweeting Could Compromise Your Security [VIDEO] - Posted June 14, 2011
The UK's Ministry of Defense has issued a series of of video warnings to social media users that tweeting might not be the fun and frivolous "just checking in at the night club" type activity they think it is: it could be alerting criminals, terrorists and other unsavory types of your... [AllTwitter]

How To Bring Live Tweets To Readers Not On Twitter - Posted June 14, 2011
Featuring live tweets on news websites is a great way of bringing readers who may not use Twitter into the conversations that are happening there. Large news sites often use custom code to accomplish the task. Smaller sites tend to use Twitter's own widget, which I find slow and inadequate for... [10,000 Words]

Tips to integrate hashtags into daily news coverage - Posted June 14, 2011
I may be dating myself here, but I remember when Twitter didn't automatically link @usernames and when #hashtag was a workaround to make disjointed streams of updates easier to find in their clunky search engine. Well, Twitter has done a good job of integrating those ideas of its users to make t... [10,000 Words]

CNN Incorporates Social Media Into GOP Debate Coverage - Posted June 13, 2011
CNN will host its first New Hampshire Republican Presidential debate Monday at 8 p.m., and social media will be woven throughout its coverage of the event. The debate will take place at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., moderated by CNN anchor and chief national correspondent ... [SocialTimes.com]

Unlocking The Value Of The Vocal Minority - Posted June 13, 2011
When you're overseeing a company's social media activity, there comes a time when you take stock of what has happened during the month, or a specified period of time, and create an analysis of that data. During that analysis it may come to light that while there are a number of people... [10,000 Words]

Quirkiness is a Cheap Way to Virality - Posted June 13, 2011
The roads to virality of the great internet startups that consume our everyday lives, like Facebook, Twitter and Groupon to name a few, have been less conventional than the roads to a similar result experienced by traditional startup businesses. These gre... [SocialTimes.com]

Golf Tweet Gets Employee Fired: What You Can Learn From Their Mistake - Posted June 13, 2011
Remember when your Grade 2 teacher chastised you for tattling on the kid eating his crayons? This is why. A social media specialist loses her job after tweeting about employees taking off early on a Friday, and here's what we can all learn from her experience. Vanessa Williams, a social media specialist... [SocialTimes.com]

Video Of Facebook & Twitter In Real Life Promotes New Social Media Opera - Posted June 13, 2011
What if your Twitter followers literally followed you everywhere you went? What if people walked around with signs announcing their relationship status and sexual orientation, poked people on the street, or stuck post-its that said 'Like' on all the things they liked in real life? A new viral video,... [SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Twitter Users Focus on Small Businesses Using foursquare - Posted June 10, 2011
The use of location-based mobile app foursquare by small businesses was the topic of the most news links shared via Twitter during the week of May 30-June 3, according to the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism's ... [SocialTimes.com]

Social Media and Online Community Posts From Around The Web - Posted June 10, 2011
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up are posts that discuss the value of using data from users' actions in your online community; the latest data and statistics about social... [10,000 Words]

Facebook Boosts Voting for Spike TV's Guys Choice - Posted June 10, 2011
Voting for the winners of Guys Choice, which debuts Friday at 9 p.m. on Spike TV, was up 115 percent compared with last year, and the cable network credit... [SocialTimes.com]

Israel Ranks Highest for Time Spent on Social Networking Sites - Posted June 10, 2011
Israelis spent an average of about 11 hours a month surfing social networking sites on the Internet, becoming the top ranking country in April. The survey performed by comScore averages all Internet subscribers in Israel and does not highlight those users who are more acti... [SocialTimes.com]

Jill Abramson is Tweeting - Posted June 10, 2011
When we heard that Jill Abramson was going to be taking over at The New York Times, ... [FishbowlNY]

Hey Bloggers! Let The Gender Genie Decide If Your Writing Sounds More Male Or Female - Posted June 10, 2011
Earlier today a Tweet caught my attention, asking the question "Does your blog sound more male or female?" The tweet, posted by Rachel King aka @rachaelgk, directed followers to the ... [SocialTimes.com]

Tool of the Day: Encyclo - Posted June 9, 2011
Among the bevy of online news sites, mobile applications, and hyperlocal mashup aggregators, it can be pretty confusing to determine the context of all these tools. Nieman Journalism Lab's exciting new project seeks to pull these tools together into a resource they call ... [10,000 Words]

Tool of the Day: Encyclo - Posted June 9, 2011
Among the bevy of online news sites, mobile applications, and hyperlocal mashup aggregators, it can be pretty confusing to determine the context of all these tools. Nieman Journalism Lab's exciting new project seeks to pull these tools together into a resource they call ... [TVSpy]

StockTwits To Companies: It's Time To Start Tweeting Your Financial News - Posted June 9, 2011
StockTwits - the company that has built a financial and investment community on top of Twitter - is launching StockTwits IR Suite for investors to leverage the viral atmosphere of social media. StockTwits IR Suite is a suite of services created for investor relations professionals and public corporat... [AllTwitter]

Sonar iPhone App Unveils Mysteries of foursquare Connections - Posted June 9, 2011
New iPhone app Sonar makes use of the foursquare application-program interface to tie in check-ins with users' Facebook and Twitter connections, so users can determine if they are linked to other users at the same location or event. foursquare platform evangelist Akshay Patil... [SocialTimes.com]

Unofficial Twitter Developer Summit To Go Ahead With Or Without Twitter's Consent - Posted June 9, 2011
In response to Twitter canceling the Chirp developer conference held last year, a group of Twitter app developers have come together to put on one of their own. ***Update Engage Digital Media is cu... [AllTwitter]

Does Twitter Influence TV Scheduling? - Posted June 8, 2011
Remember when you used to stand around the water cooler and talk about the latest Seinfeld episode? Well, some say Twitter is the new water cooler, but what impact, if any, does Twitter have on television programming? The modern day word of mouth is Twitter, and for the entertainment industry there has... [SocialTimes.com]

Is Twitter Really Apple iOS 5's Identify Server? Not Really - Posted June 8, 2011
Facebook and Twitter have become two of the most common identity authentication services. Many web services now let you login to their system using your Facebook or Twitter login authentication. What are essentially side-effect add-ons to these social networking services have succeeded where dedicated identify efforts like Microsoft's ... [SocialTimes.com]

Professional Footballers' Association To Address Social Media Issues This Summer - Posted June 7, 2011
Major sports leagues still are not quite sure what to make of Twitter, which has simultaneously allowed players to interacts with fans on a direct level and made for a platform that is easy to misuse. One sports governing body, however, is attempting to find a way to use the medium... [SocialTimes.com]

You Can't Say 'Facebook' or 'Twitter' on French TV Anymore - Posted June 4, 2011
The Conseil Sup rieur de l'Audiovisuel (CSA), France's equivalent of the Federal Communications Commission, banned the use of the words "Facebook" and "Twitter" on French television unless they are included in news stories about the respective soc... [SocialTimes.com]

Hockey Night in Canada Shoots and Scores with Social Media - Posted June 2, 2011
If you're Canadian, you know the tune better than the national anthem, you idolize Don Cherry, and you would never feel weird staying you stayed in on a Saturday to watch it. Hockey Night in Canada is as much a part of Canada's past as maple syrup, but with a new... [SocialTimes.com]

UberMedia Picks Up More Money, $5.6 million from DLD Ventures - Posted June 2, 2011
Twitter's acquisitions and new feature releases over the past year have left many in the company's ecosystem concerned. As the microblogging service takes more ownership of the marketplace, smaller companies are crowded out. It's easy to... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Explains Photo Ownership: "you own your tweets and photos will be part of your tweets." - Posted June 2, 2011
In the wake of Twitter's announcement that they are building their own photo sharing service, questions about who will actually own the photos uploaded to Twitter.com (via photobucket) st... [AllTwitter]

Gwyneth Paltrow Joins Twitter and Facebook - Posted June 1, 2011
Gwyneth Paltrow has interviewed ... [FishbowlNY]

Kevin Sullivan's Three Keys for Athletes on Twitter - Posted June 1, 2011
Engage with your followers, be insightful and entertaining, and put a spotlight on community service. Those are three keys for athletes on Twitter, courtesy of former White House communications director Kevin Sullivan, founder of ... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Introduces The Follow Button Across The Web - Posted May 31, 2011
Twitter has just unveiled a Follow Button which allows website visitors to instantly follow Twitter accounts directly from a participating website. Over 50 websites have added the Follow Button for the launch of this new product. Sites like IMDb, cnet.com, Wired, The Huffington Post, gamespot.com and MTV.... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Introduces The Follow Button Across The Web - Posted May 31, 2011
Twitter has just unveiled a Follow Button which allows website visitors to instantly follow Twitter accounts directly from a participating website. Over 50 websites have added the Follow Button for the launch of this new product. Sites like IMDb, cnet.com, Wired, The Huffington Post, gamespot.com and MTV.... [10,000 Words]

Why Local News Sites Need Twitter In Bad Weather - Posted May 31, 2011
Over the weekend my hometown was hit by some pretty nasty thunderstorms. While it wasn't nearly on the scale of what happened in Joplin, MO, the word "tornado" was thrown around a few times in Facebook updates from people in the area. I don't live in the area any longer, I have... [10,000 Words]

Why Local News Sites Need Twitter In Bad Weather - Posted May 31, 2011
Over the weekend my hometown was hit by some pretty nasty thunderstorms. While it wasn't nearly on the scale of what happened in Joplin, MO, the word "tornado" was thrown around a few times in Facebook updates from people in the area. I don't live in the area any longer, I have... [TVSpy]

Where To Find Original, Local Story Ideas Online - Posted May 31, 2011
Whether you're an intern new to a community hoping to impress your boss or a long-time reporter hoping to avoid writing about air conditioner and ice cream sales this summer, knowing where to look for original local story ideas can be a game changer. The best way to avoid being given... [10,000 Words]

When A Bio Isn't Enough: Cool Visualization Shows You What People Tweet About - Posted May 31, 2011
If you've been following our advice here on AllTwitter, you'll have a nicely targeted, accurate and succinct bio attached to your Twitter profile. But for some, reading a potential follo... [AllTwitter]

PEJ: Bloggers, Facebook, Twitter Favor Israel in 1967 Borders Discussion - Posted May 27, 2011
President Barack Obama's address about the Middle East May 19, in which he suggested that Israel and Palestine revert to their 1967 borders, drew strong reaction on blogs, Twitter, and Facebook, most of it pro-Israel, according to a ... [SocialTimes.com]

3 Great Social Media Lessons From BlogWorld - Posted May 27, 2011
I had high expectations for three of the sessions at BlogWorld Expo NY this week. And they did not disappoint. Allow me to share with you a bit of what I learned about managing (and avoiding) a social media PR crisis, responding to attac... [SocialTimes.com]

The Atlantic Starts Book Club on Website, Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr - Posted May 27, 2011
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood will be the first selection for 1book140, a book club established by ... [SocialTimes.com]

Social Sharing Buttons: Too Much Or Not Enough? - Posted May 26, 2011
News can break at a moment's notice, and whether you have the exclusive scoop or not, chances are that readers coming to your website to read the story will want to share it with their friends and family. Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and other social networking services can help give your story... [10,000 Words]

Humans vs. Cyborgs: Four Ways @NYTimes Has Changed This Week - Posted May 25, 2011
On Monday, New York Times social media editors Lexi Mainland and Liz Heron announced fro... [TVSpy]

8 Journalists Who Were Fired for Tweeting, Part 2 - Posted May 25, 2011
To paraphrase Liz Heron, the social media editor at the New York Times, a good rule of thumb when it comes to reporters using social media is don't be stupid. But looking at the number of people fired for tweeting, it's clear Heron's advice is easier said... [10,000 Words]

People Search Service PeekYou Sees Personal ID Layer As Driving Future of Semantic Web - Posted May 25, 2011
How does a site like PeekYou, whose goal is to re-index the public web around people, intersect with the Semantic Web? To hear CEO Michael Hussey tell it, it's this: "The way I thought about the Semantic Web since Day One is that it's about deriving meaning from pages," says Hussey. "To... [AllTwitter]

TweetComb: A Sweet Twitter App for Android Honeycomb Tablets - Posted May 25, 2011
As far as I can tell there is only one Twitter app designed specifically for Android OS 3.x (Honeycomb) tablet devices. Fortunately, it is a very good app and I don't fee the need to look for anything else. TweetComb If you use... [SocialTimes.com]

Windows Phone Mango Update Bringing Twitter Integration - Posted May 25, 2011
If you go into the People Hub of the current version of Windows Phone 7, you'll find: - A list of your contacts in "all" - Status updates from Facebook in "what's new" - Tiles of people you recently contacted in "recent" with photos drawn (if available) from a variety of sources including Facebook... [SocialTimes.com]

Washington Capitals Fans to Owner: Bench Twitter - Posted May 24, 2011
Fans of the National Hockey League's Washington Capitals have emailed owner and former AOL president and vice chairman Ted Leonsis... [SocialTimes.com]

Fred Wilson Implies He Sold Twitter Stock - Posted May 24, 2011
Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures spoke at the NYC TechCrunch Disrupt. If you are not familiar with Wilson's social connection, he has invested in just about every flourishing social startup you can formulate in your mind. At Disrupt, Wilson admitted that h... [SocialTimes.com]

Journalism.co.uk Attempts To Build Master List Of All (1750+) UK Journalists On Twitter - Posted May 24, 2011
It's a shame Twitter lists have a maximum of 500 accounts each, or else this would make one super-mega-all-encompassing-news-list for anyone in the UK. Journalism.co.uk has put together the "master list" of all UK-based journalists on Twitter - and there are currently over 1,700 m... [AllTwitter]

The New York Times Turns Off Automated Twitter Account - Posted May 24, 2011
Most of the time The New York Times' official Twitter account, @NYTimes, is automated. However, this week it's being run by actual people. L... [FishbowlNY]

Twitter Buys Tweetdeck - Posted May 24, 2011
CNNMoney reports that the papers have been signed and Twitter has acquired Tweetdeck for $40 million in cash and stock. Ho... [PRNewser]

Twynergy App from HP Compares Twitter Personas - Posted May 23, 2011
A new app from HP, Twynergy, streamlines the process of finding Twitter users to follow by examining profiles and associating them with topics. Chief technology officer Phil McKinney revealed Twynergy during a speech at ... [SocialTimes.com]

Why Call To Action Matters in Social Media - Posted May 23, 2011
Before starting a Facebook Fan Page, YouTube Channel or Twitter feed for your business, first answer a quick question: Why should people follow you, read your updates, add you as a Fan or Friend, or care at all about your existence online? What's in it for them? ... [10,000 Words]

White House Adds New Position to Deal with Unfavorable Online Media - Posted May 23, 2011
The White House has named Jesse Lee to a new position within its communications department titled Director of Progressive Media & Online Response. According to The Huffington Post, Lee will essentially be responsible fo... [FishbowlNY]

8 Journalists Who Were Fired for Tweeting, Part 1 - Posted May 23, 2011
When it comes to Twitter, journalists tread a thin line. While a lot of news organizations strongly suggest their reporters sign up for an account and gain followers, many don't have a written social media policy. Even if you are off the clock, something you share in 140 characters or less... [TVSpy]

8 Journalists Who Were Fired for Tweeting, Part 1 - Posted May 23, 2011
When it comes to Twitter, journalists tread a thin line. While a lot of news organizations strongly suggest their reporters sign up for an account and gain followers, many don't have a written social media policy. Even if you are off the clock, something you share in 140 characters or less... [10,000 Words]

Social Media and Online Community Posts From Around The Web - Posted May 20, 2011
Every Friday I post links to a few of the blog posts that I read during the week that I found interesting and insightful. Included in this week's round-up are posts that look online community typology; re-imagining how online community managers are hired; and advice on how to best use Facebo... [TVSpy]

Do You Know The Real Cost Of Social Media? [Infographic] - Posted May 20, 2011
These days if you're not using social media to build your brand then you're way behind the times. But many companies are fooled into thinking that social media marketing is free, or at least close to free. A new infographic published on ... [SocialTimes.com]

Social Media Should Not Supplant Real Relationship Management - Posted May 20, 2011
One of the major barriers to social media marketing in service-oriented B2B companies, I've heard and seen, is that it doesn't compete with genuine relationship development. Why would I want to talk to one of my best clients on ... [SocialTimes.com]

Editor-in-Chief Matthew Winkler Brings @BloombergWay to Twitter - Posted May 16, 2011
Bloomberg News editor-in-chief Matthew Winkler has been ... [SocialTimes.com]

Anatomy Of An Online Community Manager Job Posting - Posted May 16, 2011
Last week I tweeted on the 10,000 Words feed about an interesting job opening at SunSentinel.com, a South Florida news organization owned by Tribune Co. They're lookin... [TVSpy]

WWBT Reporter's Camel Attack Goes Viral - Posted May 16, 2011
"Why are you eating my hair?" ... [TVSpy]

Multitasking WSPA Anchor Amy Wood Interacts with Viewers Online During Newscasts - Posted May 16, 2011
WSPA anchor Amy Wood, who solo anchors the 10 p.m. news on WSPA's CW sister station in addition to co-anchoring the CBS-affiliate's 5, 6, and 11 p.m. newscasts, is, as Lost Remote ... [TVSpy]

Twitter for Mac Update Now Available - Posted May 12, 2011
Twitter has been in update mode this week, following up Wednesday's introduction of its new mobile app with an announcement on its blog Thursday of the release of an updated version of ... [SocialTimes.com]

Mets' Josh Thole Quits Twitter: "I thought this was supposed to be fun." - Posted May 12, 2011
New York Mets catcher Josh Thole placed the Twitter account he started during spring training on waivers for the purpose of its unconditional release. Like the team as a whole, Thole has been struggling through this point in the 2011 Major League... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Announces New Mobile Web App - Posted May 11, 2011
Twitter has created a fair amount of controversy by being aggressive in either developing their own or purchasing third party mobile Twitter apps. Ironically, Twitter started by first developing mobile and desktop web apps, and frankly I primarily use the desktop web app to access Twitter from my... [SocialTimes.com]

3 Simple Tools To Help Analyze Your Twitter Performance - Posted May 11, 2011
It's hard out there for an informed Twitter user: unless you pay for a Promoted Tweet or Promoted Account campaign, Twitter does not yet offer internal statistics to track ... [TVSpy]

Hockey Agent Criticizes Player and Gay Marriage on Twitter - Posted May 11, 2011
In a new twist on an old story, an agent to a professional hockey player is the one now making news after a comment on Twitter. Sean Avery, the polarizing agitator of the New York Rangers who in the past has made headlines for dirty antics and comments on and off... [SocialTimes.com]

Tumblr Share Button: Will It Work? - Posted May 11, 2011
You can now share with Tumblr because the platform launched a sharing option for third-party websites. The Tumblr Share button is a lot like Facebook and Twitter buttons found on countless sites and the Button will allow Tumblr users to easily reblog their content from sites outside Tumblr's realm. The announcement... [SocialTimes.com]

Reggie Bush's Twitter Followers Think NFL Lockout Is No Laughing Matter - Posted May 10, 2011
The National Football League lockout is no laughing matter to fans, as New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush was ripped by several of his Twitter followers for consecutive Tw... [SocialTimes.com]

WENN Becomes Agent for Celebrity Photos Posted via Twitpic - Posted May 10, 2011
Celebrities who use photo-sharing service Twitpic to post photos on Twitter now have an agent, as entertainment news and photo group WENN announced a deal to represent those images. Twitpic generated s... [SocialTimes.com]

Hackers Take Over Twitter Accounts of Fox-Affiliates - Posted May 10, 2011
A group of hackers has gained access to a database of fox.com email accounts and last night took over the Twitter accounts of two Fox-affiliates: WFQX in Michigan's Upper Peninsulas and KAD... [TVSpy]

Why Favstar.fm Should Be Part Of Your Twitter Strategy - Posted May 10, 2011
Since launching in July 2009, favstar.fm has grown from a service that tracked the tweets people would mark as a favorite on Twitter, into the go-to site for finding funny and clever Twitter users, and more. While that is useful if you're in need of a laugh, favsta... [TVSpy]

YouTube Founders Bought Another Startup: Tap11 - Posted May 10, 2011
Founders of YouTube, Chad Hurly and Steve Chen, who own a new web company called AVOS, bought another startup. Tap11 is a real-time business intelligence platform, allowing companies to monitor their effectiveness on the Internet. The acquisition arrives shortly after AVOS bought Delicious, the bookmarking service, from Yahoo. The c... [SocialTimes.com]

Rowi Twitter App For Windows Phone 7 - Posted May 9, 2011
If you have a new Windows Phone one of the challenges you might encounter is finding the best Twitter app. You will find that there is a free official Twitter app for Windows Phone 7, but experience has shown that the official apps may not be the best ones available. For... [SocialTimes.com]

A PATH to a Poorly Scheduled Tweet - Posted May 9, 2011
The PATH commuter train line, which runs between New York City and New Jersey, scheduled a Tweet for 10 a.m. ET Sunday to wish its riders a happy Mother's Day. Unfortunately, it was not a happy Mother's Day for the ... [SocialTimes.com]

LA Times' Joe Flint on Twitter: Stop the Madness - Posted May 9, 2011
Hold off on awarding the Pulitzer Prize to Twitter, or to Sohaib Athar, the Pakistani man who unwittingly Tweeted details of the operation that led to the death of Osama Bin... [TVNewser]

Billboard's Bill Werde: 'If You're Gonna Write About Music, You Better Love It' - Posted May 9, 2011
Think you've got it bad as a writer? Try being a music journalist when not one, but two of the industries you rely on are struggling. "If you want a career writing about music, my advice to you would probably be medical school, maybe law," joked Billboard editorial director Bill Werde in... [FishbowlNY]

Mexico Plans Earthquake Alerts Via Twitter, Facebook and Texting - Posted May 9, 2011
An announcement came from the Mayor of Mexico City that the government plans to send earthquake alerts via text message and through social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Mayor Marcelo Ebrard says he hopes to have the social media alert system working by September 19, 2011. The date is signific... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter 3.3.4 for iOS Forces t.co as URL Shortener - Posted May 9, 2011
The latest Twitter for iOS update adds the ability to launch links from messages (I thought it could do that previously). Twitter 3.3.4 However, that is not what users of the free app are focusing on. Here's what a few said: - You removed the URL short... [SocialTimes.com]

TweetDeck 3.0.1 for iPhone Adds Twitpic Image Upload Support - Posted May 9, 2011
TechCrunch reported last week that Twitter was in the process of acquring TweetDeck. Twitter Buying TweetDeck: Are TweetDeck's iPhone & Android Apps Toast? However, as of today (the early morning of May 9, 2011) n... [SocialTimes.com]

The Nest To Sync Twitter Status Across Platforms - Posted May 6, 2011
I am not aware of a Twitter app for either mobile devices or personal computers that keeps track of the tweets that you have read to filter them out so that you don't keep seeing them. It's the type of behavior you see with Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed readers or... [SocialTimes.com]

5 Headlines You May Have Missed This Week, But Shouldn't Have - Posted May 6, 2011
With the summer approaching, some of us may slacking on our social media monitoring. If you're one of those individuals, don't worry. Below are the 5 headlines that you may have missed this week, but shouldn't have. Here are the top 5 headlines of this week from... [SocialTimes.com]

Tweet Think | Funny How | Stepping Down - Posted May 6, 2011
SportsNewser: Rashard Mendenhall just learned the perils of tweeting before thinking - you lose endorsement deals. SocialTimes: People on social networking sites really liked ... [FishbowlNY]

Does Tweeting Make You a Journalist? - Posted May 6, 2011
After the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound was live-tweeted by Sohaib Athar, th... [FishbowlNY]

Twitter Gets More Traffic Than New York Times Digital Sites - Posted May 6, 2011
Twitter's website got more unique visitors than the New York Times did in March. According to Poynter, Twitter.com got 129,439 in the month, while New York Times Digital received 128,726. The number one site in the world for March? Google, of course, with 996,706. Check out the entire list of the top... [FishbowlNY]

Social Media and Online Community Posts From Around The Web - Posted May 6, 2011
There are three blog posts that I'd like to bring to your attention today. They deal with three different topics: Female influencers online, B2B community management, and best-practice for developing and implementing custom landing tabs on Facebook. ... [TVSpy]

B2B Gets Yelp'd - Posted May 6, 2011
As its VP of Content Marketing, guest blogger Joe Chernov is responsible for identifying, sourcing and distributing Eloqua's market-facing content over relevant social channels. He co-chairs the ... [SocialTimes.com]

Mendenhall Clarifies Bin Laden Tweets While Some Steelers Distance Themselves - Posted May 5, 2011
Rashard Mendenhall, the 23-year-old Pittsburgh Steeler running back who made news on Monday following his tweets that both questioned the celebration surrounding the death of Osama bin Laden and his involvement in the World Trade Center bombing, made an attempt to clarify his remarks last night.In a blog post linked... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter, Television Sit Together for Royal Wedding - Posted May 5, 2011
Media outlets including ABC News, CNN, BBC, ITV, and Sky incorporated Twitter into their coverage of the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton ... [SocialTimes.com]

What Americans Can Learn from the Canadian Election -- A Social Media Analysis - Posted May 4, 2011
"2012 is coming! 2012 is coming!" No, this isn't an apocalyptic chant; it's a fact: the 2012 Presidential Election is fast approaching. But, before Republicans and Democrats start looking forward, they should look North. Canada just had a Federal election dubbed "the social media election", and there's plenty they can learn... [SocialTimes.com]

3 Ways To Get Your Boss To Believe In Social Media - Posted May 4, 2011
In any organization, when it comes to introducing social media strategy or guidelines often one of the most difficult aspects is getting buy-in from people in higher positions within the company. While there are many organizations, companies and businesses that have accepted social media mor... [TVSpy]

Are You on Twitter? Then You're a Writer. So Start Acting Like One. - Posted May 4, 2011
You only have 140 characters to work with. You have to tweet quickly. There is no time to edit your tweets. Sure, there are plenty of excuses for poor spelling, grammar and sentence structure on Twitter, and some are more valid than others. But just because you're limited in your... [10,000 Words]

Are You on Twitter? Then You're a Writer. So Start Acting Like One. - Posted May 4, 2011
You only have 140 characters to work with. You have to tweet quickly. There is no time to edit your tweets. Sure, there are plenty of excuses for poor spelling, grammar and sentence structure on Twitter, and some are more valid than others. But just because you're limited in your... [AllTwitter]

Top 10 Skeptical Tweets About Osama Bin Laden's Death - Posted May 2, 2011
Today the big news broke: Osama bin Laden has been captured, killed, and buried in the sea. Many questions remain about the circumstances surrounding his death, and even as Americans and citizens around the world celebrate the demise of a terrorist, people are... [SocialTimes.com]

Osama Bin Laden News Breaks On Twitter From A Smartphone - Posted May 2, 2011
Perhaps the biggest news of the day has been that Osama Bin Laden was killed by the U.S. military during an operation in Pakistan Sunday night. As seems to be the case with all major world events these days, the second biggest news story seems to be on the rep... [SocialTimes.com]

Bin Laden Killed: CNN's Online Properties Boosted by News - Posted May 2, 2011
CNN released some early statistics for its coverage of the death of Osama Bin Laden on CNN.com, ... [TVNewser]

As News of Bin Laden's Death Broke on Twitter, Site Experienced Record Traffic - Posted May 2, 2011
"Last night saw the highest sustained rate of Tweets ever," Twitter announced today, saying that there were 3,440 tweets per second last night ... [SocialTimes.com]

Behind Bin Laden: The Role of Social Media - Posted May 2, 2011
In his ocean-grave, bin Laden must be rolling over and over again. News of his capture and death first broke on social media, and the twitter-verse has exploded with reactions from the public - probably not the official, respectful, send-off, he would`ve envisioned. But, what role did social media really play... [SocialTimes.com]

The Royal Wedding Wrap Up: Twitter Dominated 95% of Talk [Infographic] - Posted May 2, 2011
While you might expect Facebook to be a bastion of royal wedding photo sharing, the vast majority of the online conversation actually happened on Twitter. And although some say she stole the show from her sister, Pippa Middleton wasn't the most-tweeted royal in attendance. Check out this infographic for the... [AllTwitter]

Guillen, Gabbidon, and Other Gaffes: The Latest in Dumb Sports Tweets - Posted April 30, 2011
It would seem at some point athletes would learn not to go to Twitter when they are angry. Thankfully for sports fans, when emotions are running high, professionals don't know where else to turn it seems. Here are the latest in what is a continuing and likely never-ending series collecting dumb... [SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Twitter/TweetDeck Speculation Most-Tweeted - Posted April 29, 2011
Swirling rumors of Twitter acquiring third-party client TweetDeck accounted for the most news links shared via Twitter during the week of April 18-22, while the most-watched news and politics video on YouTube was Czech Republic President ... [SocialTimes.com]

This Week's Best Social Media and Online Community Posts From Around The Web - Posted April 29, 2011
Every Friday I will be posting a round-up of the blog posts and news articles that I come across throughout the week that I find interesting and informative. Often I post these links to my Twitter account throughout the week. On Fridays I'll compile the top three o... [TVSpy]

The Top 5 Headlines of the Week -- April 29, 2011 - Posted April 29, 2011
Welcome to this week's edition of "Top 5 Headlines of the Week," a weekly roundup of knowledge that every social media guru should be aware of! Here are the top 5 headlines of this week from the team at Social Times: ... [SocialTimes.com]

Spring Cleaning for Tweets: Top 5 Ways to Freshen Up Your Twitter Account - Posted April 29, 2011
Spring is a time for fresh starts and clean slates, and that begins with the staples of your daily routine, like checking your Twitter account. If you do spring cleaning for your house, why not do some spring cleaning for your social media world? Now that spring is in full bloom,... [SocialTimes.com]

Twicca Twitter App For Android - Posted April 27, 2011
Twicca is a new Twitter app for Android phones, which is currently in beta and available in the Android market. It is very visually appealing, and has more setting options than any Twitter app that I have seen on an Android phone. However, Twicca does ... [SocialTimes.com]

Michael Wilbon, The Last Bastion of Sports Journalism, Finally Joins Twitter - Posted April 27, 2011
He said he never would join, he said he refused, and he said he didn't care. Still, after years of condemning it and professing he didn't want to be a part of that world, Michael Ray Wilbon, the once great Washington Post sports writer and current great ESPN sports writer, has... [SocialTimes.com]

Bloomberg LP's Social Media Policy - Posted April 27, 2011
Poynter Ellie Behling of eMedia Vitals got a look at Bloomberg's social media policy, and it reveals a company focused on using Twitter and the like as much as possible. Here's a few of th... [FishbowlNY]

Twitter Data Conundrum: Sentiment Analysis Part 3 - Posted April 27, 2011
It probably goes without saying that complete and accurate data make for better analysis. While good data is relatively easy for a brand to obtain from its owned media, assuring the integrity of data from earned, yet-to-be-earned and just plain "in-the-wild" text documents has a higher degree of difficulty. Twitter data was... [SocialTimes.com]

3 Ways China's Weibo Could Actually Compete with Twitter - Posted April 26, 2011
Within China, Twitter is basically non-existent: people use Weibo, instead, a similar service previously available only in Chinese. On Monday, the Chinese company released an English translation of its iPhone app... [AllTwitter]

Need A Reason To Follow Mike Wilbon On Twitter? - Posted April 25, 2011
Left to right: Tony Kornheiser, Michael Wilbon and Thomas Boswell in 1987. Wilbon ... [SportsNewser]

Creating Change in an Online Community - Posted April 25, 2011
One of my favorite blogs about online community management is Fever Bee, written by Richard Millington, an online community consultant. Much like Seth Godin, Richard's posts are short and to the point. His post on April 21 is one of my favorites that he's... [TVSpy]

New Media Index: Mashable Infographic Is Most-Tweeted; Bloggers Eye Steve Jobs Biography - Posted April 22, 2011
An infographic from Mashable, The Winners & Losers of Social Networking, was the most-Tweeted news link during the week of April 1... [SocialTimes.com]

Thou Shalt Tweet the Second Coming - Posted April 22, 2011
And the Lord said, "Let there be social media." In an interview with anchor ... [SocialTimes.com]

The New York Times Builds Data Visualization Tool - Posted April 22, 2011
On the 28th floor of The New York Times building, there are a team of scientists working for something called the Research and Development Lab (R&D Lab). Though it would be cool if they were working on a more efficient way to get the last bits of peanut butter out of... [FishbowlNY]

Great Time to be a Geek - Posted April 22, 2011
When was the last time you heard the term "hiring boom" anywhere, in any context? It's been forever, right? Well here come perks like foosball tables, free cappuccino, and onsite dry cleaning again, because we here in the San Francisco Bay Area are at the center of a tech jobs bo... [PRNewser]

Not Just Domains -- Today's Startups Must Snap Up Social Profiles - Posted April 22, 2011
The internet game has changed a lot since the first website hit the web in 1991. Just as text websites have expanded into fully-fledged interactive websites with an eye on mobile, the need for businesses to register a brand-relevant domain name has expanded to include a need for appropriate social profile... [SocialTimes.com]

Canadians Could Be Fined For Tweeting Election Results, But Can a Fine Stop Social Media? - Posted April 22, 2011
How much is a tweet worth? Well, if you're Canadian it could be worth a 25, 000 dollar fine if you tweet election results before all national polling stations close. Oh, Canada. The upcoming Canadian Federal election set to take place on May 2, 2011 has been called the country's first "social... [SocialTimes.com]

AOL Takes On Movie Sentiment (And Justin Bieber Too?) - Posted April 22, 2011
We reported a couple of months back about how AOL's purchase of the Huffington Post delivered some more semantic technology to its doorstep. But that's not the only semantically-related project underway there: Amit Moran, R&D Ma... [semanticweb.com]

Glee Spoiler Leaked on Twitter Leads to Amending Talent Contracts - Posted April 21, 2011
Musical television show "Glee" had its own little drama on Twitter this week when a day player, Nicole Crowther, of the Fox hit show, caused a stir with "Glee" co-creator Brad Falchuk. The uproar came when Crowther revealed key plot developments via Twitter. Falchuk quickly slammed her by tweeting, "hope you're qualified... [SocialTimes.com]

NHL's Stanley Cup Playoffs Heat Up on Twitter - Posted April 20, 2011
The first round of the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup Playoffs is in full gear, and Jenna Dawn of Twitter posted a guide on the ... [SocialTimes.com]

Craig Ferguson to Tina Fey: Twitter isn't like heroin... except in one way [Video] - Posted April 20, 2011
If you're a 30 Rock fan, you likely already know that Tina Fey doesn't have a Twitter account. And while on "The Late Late Show" with Craig Ferguson this week, she told the audience why: she's afraid she'll become addicted. But, interjects Ferguson, Twitter isn't like heroin - except you... [AllTwitter]

HuffPost Gets Social -- Follow Bloggers Through Facebook, Twitter and Email - Posted April 20, 2011
The Huffington Post aims to be a leader when it comes to following topics, having added new features that give its readers the options of following topics, or specific bloggers and reporters, including updates via Twitter, Facebook, or email when new content is posted... [SocialTimes.com]

Weird Al Murders Funny Or Die Team For Beating Him To 2 Million Twitter Followers - Posted April 16, 2011
A hilariously dark new video from Funny Or Die proves that you don't want to get on Weird Al Yankovic's bad side. When the Funny Or Die team realized they got to 2 million followers before Weird Al Yankovic they decided to throw a party, complete with a cake, "We... [SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Google's YouTube Plans Top Twitter - Posted April 15, 2011
Google's announcement that it would spend $100 million to create original programming for its YouTube video site was the subject of 10 percent of news links shared via Twitter, topping th... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Joins San Francisco's Tech Tax Advisory Council - Posted April 15, 2011
San Francisco is doing everything it can to retain its status as the place to be in tech. The city has set up an ad hoc advisory council, which includes Twitter representatives, in order to evaluate how the city's tax structure impacts big tech companies. The advisory council was set up... [10,000 Words]

WineMatch.com Raises a Glass to Facebook, Twitter - Posted April 15, 2011
WineMatch.com proposed a toast to Facebook and Twitter, allowing users of its proprietary wine profiling and matching system to create accounts with their credentials from the two social networks. The site also announced that it is now fully compatible with tab... [SocialTimes.com]

Facebook and YouTube Prove To Be Fastest, Most Reliable Social Networks - Posted April 15, 2011
Once again, Facebook rules as the fastest social network for the fifth straight quarter in a row, according to Web Performance Index for Social Networks. In the first quarter of 2011, the s... [SocialTimes.com]

Buy TweetCaster Pink for Android & Support Breast Cancer Awareness (Feel Your Boobies Foundation) - Posted April 15, 2011
Handmark's TweetCaster Twitter app for Android is a good Twitter client. In fact, I use the free version on my Android phone. If you are not poor and cheap thrifty like me, are looking for a good Twitter client for your Android phone and have $10 buring a hole in your... [SocialTimes.com]

New Way to Socialize Videos with Showyou - Posted April 14, 2011
Showyou just landed in the App Store as a social video viewing app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The new app is being touted like Flipboard, which aggregates videos from friends on Facebook and followers on Twitter. However, the app is not compatible with Tumblr and YouTube yet,... [SocialTimes.com]

Fortune: Twitter Passed on $10 Billion - Posted April 14, 2011
In next Monday's issue of Fortune, Senior Writer Jessi Hempel takes a look at the internal struggles impacting Twitter, and reveals a compa... [FishbowlNY]

goo.gl Users Request Changes, and Google Complies - Posted April 14, 2011
Google implemented some user-requested tweaks into its goo.gl URL shortener, including the ability to copy shortened URLs into the clipboard, the option of removing items from the dashboard, and spam reporting. URL shorteners reduce the number of characters in long Internet addresses, which is especi... [SocialTimes.com]

Working Out the Kinks In Sentiment Analysis -- And Focusing on the Opportunities, Too - Posted April 13, 2011
What's the most important requirement for sentiment analytics to succeed? Make that question plural, and let's start our answers with something that the tools in this area themselves have no influence on: Good quality data. During yesterday's second annual Sentiment Analysis Symposium in New York Ci... [semanticweb.com]

Stephen Colbert Leads Hilarious Twitter Attack on Senator Jon Kyl - Posted April 13, 2011
For years now, oblivious or simply stubborn politicians have felt the remorseless wrath of YouTube, with video evidence of every public word ever spoken available to point out anything the least bit hypothetical. Late night satirists have used this to consistently point out lies and double-speak, which is sometimes amusing... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter for BlackBerry 1.1 Adds Location, Push Notification & Hashtag Autocompletion - Posted April 13, 2011
Here's something I'm guessing a lot of BlackBerry users have been waiting for: Twitter for BlackBerry v1.1 Officially Released! The updated Twitter for BlackBerry app provides new features including: - Add geo-location information to tweets - Receive Twitter not... [SocialTimes.com]

70 New Locations for Twitter Trends - Posted April 12, 2011
Twitter launched Twitter Trends in more than 70 new cities and countries, bringing the total number of locations where the service is available to more than 100. The 140-character service launched Twitter Trends in 41 local markets ... [SocialTimes.com]

5 Tips To Help You Land An Online Journalism Job Out Of College - Posted April 12, 2011
Next month, I graduate from American University. I will also start my first job, as an online editor at National Journal. I feel incredibly lucky to have such an opportunity, since journalism jobs are not overly abundant. So, how did I do it? It's a mixture of drive, enthusiasm and luck. Here... [10,000 Words]

5 Tips To Help You Land An Online Journalism Job Out Of College - Posted April 12, 2011
Next month, I graduate from American University. I will also start my first job, as an online editor at National Journal. I feel incredibly lucky to have such an opportunity, since journalism jobs are not overly abundant. So, how did I do it? It's a mixture of drive, enthusiasm and luck. Here... [TVSpy]

How Twitter Employees Send Their Tweets (Compared To You, Me And Everybody Else) - Posted April 12, 2011
Using Twitter's API, Business Insider have tapped into the last few thousand tweets of the official Twitter employee list and determined the source - that is, the specific software client used to send those tweets - and crunched the numbers, and the results are pretty interesting. As you would expect, the Twitter... [SocialTimes.com]

Kanye West Interrupts MTV's Inaugural O Music Awards - Posted April 11, 2011
Yo, SocialTimes reader: I'm really happy for you, Imma let you finish, but Kanye West received his own category in MTV's inaugural O Music Awards, which ... [SocialTimes.com]

4 Reasons Why News Orgs. Need Social Media Rock Stars On Staff - Posted April 11, 2011
[caption id="attachment_3246" align="alignright" width="280" caption="Photo credit: Gore908 on Flickr"][/caption] These days it shouldn't be too much to ask that a reporter at a newspaper or magazine is fluent in the basics of social media. They should have a Twitter page, actively use F... [TVSpy]

5 Tips for Developing News Stories Via Social Media - Posted April 11, 2011
As WABC found out last night in trying to glean information on Facebook about a plane's apparent technical malfunction, social media can be a tricky place to develop news stories. Thankfully, RTDNA blogger ... [TVSpy]

Watch a Cartoon Reenactment of the Tale of the Twitter Tax Break [Video] - Posted April 11, 2011
Here's something to brighten your Monday morning: a short but hilarious video explaining just how Twitter got its tax break from San Francisco, enacted by an animated Biz Stone, SF mayor Edwin Lee and other key players. In a minute and a half, you'll finally get a handle on the w... [AllTwitter]

Using Feedly To Create A Personal News Hub - Posted April 11, 2011
Twitter's tremendous growth and active user base means breaking news stories to the web has become easier than ever. But when this is juxtaposed with information from mainstream media sources, keeping up with the latest news around a particular topic can be a bit overwhelming. Luckily, the team at DevHD has... [10,000 Words]

Spivack's Bottleno.se Built To Match Scale of Exploding Message Stream - Posted April 8, 2011
The Twitter stream, says Nova Spivack, will be a victim of its own success unless we come up with new ways to filter and make sense of it. So that's what he's doing with his latest venture, Bottleno.se (which you've probab... [AllTwitter]

Your Ads on Twitter Will Now Be Targeted: Convenience or Privacy Overstep? - Posted April 8, 2011
Twitter is finally giving advertisers what they have long wanted: the ability to target their audience by geography. So now that advertisers can know exactly where you are at all times, is your privacy at risk? The 5-year old microblogging site announced this week it will provide its more than... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Tempts Ad-Men with Geo-Relevancy and Analytics Dashboard - Posted April 7, 2011
Though there was no announcement about recently rumored branded pages, Twitter took advantage of it's time on stage at the Ad Age Digital Conference to announce a new marketing feature and an enhanced performance insight tool. Geo-targeting of Promoted Tweets and Promoted Accounts, as well as a Followers ... [SocialTimes.com]

Russell Brand Offers to Sneak 5 Fans in to Premier of "Arthur" - And Does It! - Posted April 6, 2011
A few hours before the premier of his latest movie "Arthur", comedian Russell Brand tweeted an offer to sneak five "well dressed revellers" into the star-studded event with him. And at least one of his Twitter fans took a chance that he was serious - and got in. Having a back-and-forth... [AllTwitter]

HootSuite Acquires Firefox Add-On TwitterBar - Posted April 6, 2011
Keeping social media management efficient and fun usually means keeping an eye out for ways to save clicks and keystrokes. HootSuite today announced its acquisition of TwitterBar. Rebranded HootBar and available for immediate download, this add-on for th... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Thrives When Sports Underwhelm: The Funniest Tweets From a Boring March Madness Final - Posted April 5, 2011
One of the many redeeming qualities of Twitter is that when a big event in our culture takes place, and millions watch together and tweet together, should that event let down, Twitter comedy ensues. Hilarity is bred from heartbreak, disappointment, and sheer awfulness; the 2011 Oscars and halftime show at the... [SocialTimes.com]

Democratizing Information with Semantics - Posted April 5, 2011
In a new article by Mike Bergman, Bergman discusses the power of the semantic web to democratize information: "I think one of the most pervasive and important benefits from semantic technologies in the enterprise will come from the democratizati... [semanticweb.com]

Democratizing Information with Semantics - Posted April 5, 2011
In a new article by Mike Bergman, Bergman discusses the power of the semantic web to democratize information: "I think one of the most pervasive and important benefits from semantic technologies in the enterprise will come from the democratizati... [AllTwitter]

In The Twitter-verse, The New York Times Dominates All Other Newspapers - Posted April 5, 2011
The New York Times dominates the newspaper sector when it comes to Twitter followers, tallying more than 3 million (3,062,437, to be exact) as of March 31, while no other newspaper cracked the 1 million ma... [SocialTimes.com]

The Happiest Country on Twitter is... [Infographic] - Posted April 5, 2011
If you looked at tweets from every country with a big presence on Twitter, which one do you think would be tweeting the most positive sentiment? Hint: it's a European country, and it's probably not what you'd expect. Created by PhD student Alex Davies... [AllTwitter]

Larry Page Steps Up as Google's New CEO. Will Semantic Search Gain Traction? - Posted April 5, 2011
Yesterday Google co-founder Larry Page took over as CEO of the company: "Eric Schmidt, who was 'adult supervision,' and ... [semanticweb.com]

The Top 25 Newspapers on Twitter - Posted April 5, 2011
The Wrap calculated the American newspapers with the most Twitter follows, and compared the results to a similar list compiled five months ago. It's... [FishbowlNY]

James Franco: "Social Media is Over" - Posted April 5, 2011
I wasn't surprised when I heard over the weekend that recent Oscar host and actor (and Yale scholar) James Franco quit Twitter. The man has so much on his plate, it's a wonder he ever found tweeting time in the first place. But for @jamesfranco to declare that "social media is over"... [SocialTimes.com]

Does Mark Cuban Really Think Sports Tweeters Can Oust ESPN? - Posted April 4, 2011
On one of the busiest sports weekends during the year, as the Final Four and opening weekend of baseball joined the slate alongside the NHL and NBA, one oft discussed and outspoken figure in the industry took the time to tweak the worldwide leader in sports. Using his Twitter to led... [SocialTimes.com]

German Gov't Prefers Twitter over Press Releases, Press Corps Irate - Posted April 4, 2011
The German government has taken a giant leap into the Twitterverse recently, but the press isn't too happy about it. Disseminating official government business over Twitter before turning to traditional channels and telling the press about it has caused an outcry from the press and some serious defending on behalf of... [AllTwitter]

German Gov't Prefers Twitter over Press Releases, Press Corps Irate - Posted April 4, 2011
The German government has taken a giant leap into the Twitterverse recently, but the press isn't too happy about it. Disseminating official government business over Twitter before turning to traditional channels and telling the press about it has caused an outcry from the press and some serious defending on behalf of... [TVSpy]

Four Ways to Use Your Corporate Blog as a PR Tool - Posted April 4, 2011
If PR is seen as the primary reason for launching a corporate blog and social media presence, why are so many people screwing it up? I mean, this is the easy one. The slam dunk. The low-hanging fruit. The fish residing in a barrel that even I could shoot without a... [SocialTimes.com]

Look Who's Talking: Advertisers Can Profit From Insight Into Social Conversations - Posted April 4, 2011
The world of online advertising and online conversations meet in BuzzLogic's media index and analytics platform, an all-in-one space for analyzing, buying and reporting on campaigns. Driving the tracking and extraction of relevant web conversations and the indexing and ranking of URLs to buy ads against is the company's NLP and... [AllTwitter]

Look Who's Talking: Advertisers Can Profit From Insight Into Social Conversations - Posted April 4, 2011
The world of online advertising and online conversations meet in BuzzLogic's media index and analytics platform, an all-in-one space for analyzing, buying and reporting on campaigns. Driving the tracking and extraction of relevant web conversations and the indexing and ranking of URLs to buy ads against is the company's NLP and... [semanticweb.com]

Do Pre-IPO Twitter Stock Price Swings Mean The Momentum is Fading? - Posted March 30, 2011
It hasn't even been a month since the last Twitter auction on SharesPost, but demand is still obvious. Investors remain hungry for a piece of the still-private social media company. This time around, they committed more than $2 mill... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Murder Mystery Tonight - Posted March 30, 2011
A Ball State Pop Culture and Communication class will host a Twitter murder mystery tonight, unraveling a crime story across ten Twitter feeds for fictional characters. Below, we've collected the complete list of feeds involved in the mystery. The social media storytelli... [GalleyCat]

Demonstrators March On Twitter HQ - Posted March 29, 2011
San Franciscans picked up picket signs emblazoned with "Shame on You!" and converged on Twitter HQ at 795 Folsom Street Tuesday morning to voice their displeasure at proposed tax breaks for the company. The company had asked for local tax exemptions to stay in San Francisco, and ... [10,000 Words]

Where do Politicians Fall as Twitter Influencers? - Posted March 29, 2011
There may not be a Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber, or even Kim Kardashian, among them, but politicos aren't totally out of the Twitter-verse. From the latest lists of the top Twitter influencers to the top Twitter feeds, where do politicians fall? As seems only fitting, the leader of the free... [SocialTimes.com]

50% of Tweets Consumed Are Created by 20K Elite Users [Study] - Posted March 28, 2011
Twitter is a haven for influencers - celebrities, media professionals, bloggers, and though-leaders abound. And it's this group who creates the vast majority of the tweets you read. According to a study conducted by ... [AllTwitter]

Time Lists 140 Best Twitter Feeds - Posted March 28, 2011
Time has attempted to do the impossible: Sort through Twitter and find the best feeds. The magazine lists accounts in 14 different categories, such as Technology (Rafat Ali... [FishbowlNY]

Is Twitter's Simplicity The Reason It's Not Trusted? [Report] - Posted March 25, 2011
Twitter has built its business on being simple. 140-character messages, no bells and whistles. And while this minimalist approach has its benefits, a new report suggests that Twitter's simplicity might be the reason why Twitter is among the least-trusted soc... [AllTwitter]

Will Jack Dorsey Return to Twitter in a Big Way? - Posted March 25, 2011
The rumors have been swirling about Jack Dorsey - Twitter co-founder, former CEO and current board member - returning to work at Twitter in a big way. Some are speculating that he might even want to take that coveted CEO position back from E... [AllTwitter]

Have Something to Confess? Tweet it to Kiefer - Posted March 24, 2011
If you've got a burning secret that you just have to get off your chest, there's may be no better man on earth to tell than Kiefer Sutherland. He's asking for your confessions via Twitter, and if you've got something really... [AllTwitter]

PostRank Analyzes Sharing of Content from Large Agencies - Posted March 24, 2011
PostRank, an Ontario, Canada-based company that measures and monitors social Web data, has taken a closer look at how much content from large PR firms was shared across Delicious, Twitter, Facebook, comments, and trackbacks during the month of February. Overall, ... [PRNewser]

Deep Focus CEO Ian Schafer On The Myth of Viral Strategy - Posted March 23, 2011
... [AgencySpy]

Twitter Takes Over Facebook's Former New York Office Space - Posted March 21, 2011
If rumors are true, Twitter will be taking over Facebook's former office space at 340 Madison Avenue, New York City, in the next few weeks. And the move couldn't be any more symbolic if it was planned out by a first-year... [AllTwitter]

Twitter Takes Over Facebook's Former New York Office Space - Posted March 21, 2011
If rumors are true, Twitter will be taking over Facebook's former office space at 340 Madison Avenue, New York City, in the next few weeks. And the move couldn't be any more symbolic if it was planned out by a first-year... [10,000 Words]

Why Newspapers Need Community Managers - Posted March 21, 2011
[caption id="attachment_2949" align="alignright" width="349" caption="Photo credit: Alana Fisher"][/caption] The term "community manager" has been around for a while. ... [10,000 Words]

Meet 'Producer Matthew' Keys: Aggregation Journalist - Posted March 21, 2011
Uprising in Egypt. Earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Missile strikes in Libya. Major news has broken in every corner of the world during the past few weeks. In that time, Matthew Keys has proven himself to be a must follow for the latest from these hot spots. ... [10,000 Words]

Tweeting Around The New York Times Paywall - Posted March 18, 2011
As soon as the New York Times launched its paywall, we braced ourselves for all the people who were going to write about how to get around ... [FishbowlNY]

New Media Index: Earthquake, Tsunami in Japan Dominate Twitter; Bloggers Ready for 2012 Presidential Campaign - Posted March 17, 2011
The earthquake and tsunami that victimized Japan March 11 accounted for a whopping 66 percent of Tweeted news links for the week of March 7-11, despite occurring on the last day of the period, while the upcoming 2012 presidential campaign domin... [UnBeige]

New Media Index: Earthquake, Tsunami in Japan Dominate Twitter; Bloggers Ready for 2012 Presidential Campaign - Posted March 17, 2011
The earthquake and tsunami that victimized Japan March 11 accounted for a whopping 66 percent of Tweeted news links for the week of March 7-11, despite occurring on the last day of the period, while the upcoming 2012 presidential campaign domin... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Prime Minister's Office of Japan Creates English-Language Twitter Account for Disaster Information - Posted March 16, 2011
The Prime Minister's Office of Japan established @JPN_PMO, an English-language Twitter account to supplemen... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Twitter: S Is for Security - Posted March 16, 2011
Twitter encouraged use of the secure HTTPS protocol in a post on the Twitter Blog by ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Beware the Bubble - Posted March 15, 2011
Billion dollar valuations for Twitter and Groupon "mathematically insane," according to IAC founder and chairman Barry Diller. Diller addressed a packed house at the SXSW conference i... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Tweet These Numbers - Posted March 14, 2011
Twitter marked the five-year anniversary of its first Tweet, sent by co-founder Jack Dorsey March 21, 2006, with a ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Twitter's Biz Stone To Lead AOL Cause Program - Posted March 14, 2011
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone announced on his blog today that he will be serving as AOL's Social Impact Advisor. Also announced today, the "30-Day Service Challenge," a philanthropic... [AgencySpy]

Twitter's Biz Stone To Lead AOL Cause Program - Posted March 14, 2011
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone announced on his blog today that he will be serving as AOL's Social Impact Advisor. Also announced today, the "30-Day Service Challenge," a philanthropic... [PRNewser]

After Downsizing, Huffington Post Media Group Staffs Up - Posted March 14, 2011
Just two business days after it was out with the old at AOL and Huffington Post Media Group, it was in with the new, as the division created by the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

The Huffington Post Adds Twitter CoFounder - Posted March 14, 2011
The Huffington Post has added Biz Stone - one of the minds behind Twitter - as its Strategic Adviser for Social Impact. As his title indicates, it seems that the Huff Post wants to expand into philanthropy in some way. ... [FishbowlNY]

Lessons From Risking It All For A Journalism Start-Up That Fails - Posted March 11, 2011
[caption id="attachment_2688" align="alignright" width="236" caption="Photo courtesy Daniel Victor"][/caption] Many a journalist wonders what it would be like to leave the beat for the blog, but few act on the curiosity. They prize traits in their employers like stability, history and health insurance. During his four yea... [TVSpy]

Lessons From Risking It All For A Journalism Start-Up That Fails - Posted March 11, 2011
[caption id="attachment_2688" align="alignright" width="236" caption="Photo courtesy Daniel Victor"][/caption] Many a journalist wonders what it would be like to leave the beat for the blog, but few act on the curiosity. They prize traits in their employers like stability, history and health insurance. During his four yea... [10,000 Words]

Is Charlie Sheen Twitter's "Lazy Sunday" Moment? - Posted March 11, 2011
When you look back on new products, new technologies and new headlines, you can usually spot that catalyst moment when they catapulted into the spotlight. Well, some analysts are saying that Charlie Sheen's recent Twitter binge is Twitter's cat... [AllTwitter]

Charlie Sheen Receives More Than 74,000 Intern Applications - Posted March 9, 2011
On Monday, actor and poet Charlie Sheen posted a job ad seeking a paid social media intern--generating 95,333 clicks in an hour and more than 74,000 applications. Here's more ... [GalleyCat]

Tumblr & Twitter Celebrity Kelly Oxford Lands Book Deal - Posted March 9, 2011
Blogger Kelly Oxford has inked a book deal with two different HarperCollins imprints, It Books and HarperCollinsCanada. Oxford (pictured) writes a popular blog and has over 100,000 ... [GalleyCat]

Tumblr & Twitter Celebrity Kelly Oxford Lands Book Deal - Posted March 8, 2011
Blogger Kelly Oxford has inked a book deal with two different HarperCollins imprints, It Books and HarperCollinsCanada. Oxford (pictured) writes a popular blog and has over 100,000 ... [semanticweb.com]

Bloomberg Game Changers to Profile Twitter Co-Founders - Posted March 8, 2011
Twitter co-founders Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, and Biz Stone will be profiled on Bloomberg Game Changers Thursday at 9 p.m. ET. ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Another Charlie Sheen-Related Sports And Twitter Update - Posted March 4, 2011
Charlie Sheen: 1,556,961 Twitter followers. LeBron James: 1,507,963 Twitter followers... [SportsNewser]

50 Signs You're Addicted to Twitter - Posted March 4, 2011
It's easy to fall into the trap of spending an hour reading and writing tweets before you realize you just meant to log on to your email and respond to your boss. Twitter is an addictive social information machine, and we wouldn't be surprised if "... [AllTwitter]

New Media Index: On, Wisconsin for Bloggers; Twitter Eats Up Apple - Posted March 3, 2011
Bloggers shared the most news links about the labor unrest in Wisconsin, while Apple was the most-Tweeted news subject, and the most-watched news and politics video on YouTube was two Australian news anchors ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

7 Digital Trends Worth Your Attention - Posted March 3, 2011
The 2011 social media trends watch continued as Steve Rubel, SVP and director of insights at ... [PRNewser]

Justin Bieber Tweets Charitable Birthday Plans, Raises $30,000 in Two Days - Posted March 1, 2011
If you've ever doubted the power of influence that Justin Bieber has over people, doubt no more. This kind-hearted young crooner announced Monday on Twitter that he doesn't want any gifts for his 17th birthda... [AllTwitter]

Jay Carney Takes Over @PressSec Twitter Account - Posted February 28, 2011
The @PressSec Twitter account is back in business, now in the hands of new White House press secretary Jay Carney, ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Raise Your Hand if you Fantasize about Making Money on Twitter! - Posted February 25, 2011
I am sure many of you have watched the hours blow by, as you Tweet away; and you have stopped and thought, 'I wish there was a way to make money on Twitter!' I would like to propose a new feature that may allow Twitter users to make some decent... [AllTwitter]

New Media Index: Bloggers Are Budget-Minded, While Tweeters Scan the List of the U.K.'s Elite Tweeters - Posted February 24, 2011
President Barack Obama's $3.73 trillion budget proposal was the subject of the most news links shared by bloggers, while The Independent's list of the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Who are the Oldest Twitter Users? - Posted February 23, 2011
Jack Dorsey may only be 34, but he's the oldest Twitter user. His now-famous tweet was the first, ever, to be sent via SMS into the Twitterverse. Aside from Ev Williams and Biz Stone, the other two Twitter co-founders, who is part of that fi... [AllTwitter]

Gravity, Latest Project From Former MySpace Execs, Ties Users to Their World of Web Interests - Posted February 23, 2011
It's gravity that keeps us tied to earth, and it's Gravity that seeks to tie us to our personal world of interests on the web. With an executive team founded by MySpace's Amit Kapur (CEO), Jim Benedetto (CTO), and Steve Pearman, Chief Product Officer, the premise behind Gravity is the building... [semanticweb.com]

PGA Tour Players Are Finally Embracing Twitter - Posted February 19, 2011
The PGA Tour is finally entering the 21st century when it comes to social media. Larry Dorman of The New York Times has an excellent ... [SportsNewser]

New Media Index: Patriot Act Accounts for Most Shared News Links via Both Blogs, Twitter - Posted February 17, 2011
The House of Representatives vote on whether to extend the Patriot Act was the subject of the most news links shared via both blogs and Twitter during the week of Feb. 7-11, while the most-watched news and politics video on YouTube was... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Google Continues to Tweak Social Search Results - Posted February 17, 2011
Google is testing a way to make social results a more prominent part in its search results, moving content that previously appeared at the bottom of its results page toward the top and adding friends' names, where applicable, ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Twitter's Super Moment on Super Sunday - Posted February 9, 2011
Super Bowl Sunday, at 10:07:16 p.m. ET, Twitter reached a new record for Tweets per second during a sporting event, 4,064, topping the previous mark of 3,283, during Japan's 3-1 victory over Denmark during FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010. The all-time m... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

5 Ways to be a Jerk on Twitter - Posted February 7, 2011
We're not really sure why you're reading this article. Maybe you want to get rid of a few followers. Maybe you're tired of putting on a "nice" face on Twitter. Whatever your sick and twisted reasonings, we've got the ultimate guid... [AllTwitter]

The Zombie Apocalypse Strikes a UK College... on Twitter - Posted February 4, 2011
In an effort to shed some light on the perceived failings of a school in Brighton, Sussex, students have created a parody Twitter account that's getting a lot of attention. Their school, Varndean College, has tried to force Twitter to shut down the account, but so far the company'... [AllTwitter]

New Media Index: A Taxing Problem for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Tops Bloggers' Shared News Links - Posted February 3, 2011
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' failure to report his wife's earnings over a five-year period was the subject of the most news links shared via bloggers, while a ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Canadian PM Takes to Twitter to Speak to Canadians About Future of the Internet - Posted February 2, 2011
Canadian internet users have been up-in-arms about a recent law that would see caps put on their internet usage and severe per-gigabyte costs on anything they do online. While Canadians have grown increasingly vocal about this new r... [AllTwitter]

Time Inc. Claims Four of Five Most Popular Magazines on Twitter - Posted February 2, 2011
A bit ago FishbowlNY poked fun at Time for having a whole team dedicated to their Twitter feed, but it looks like the joke is on us. According to Folio, four out of the top five most followed magazines on Twitter ... [FishbowlNY]

Class of 2011 Revealed for TheGrio's 100: History Makers in the Making - Posted February 1, 2011
TheGrio kicked off Black History Month by revealing the 2011 class of TheGrio's 100: History Makers in the Making... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Real-Time Egypt-Related Twitter Feeds from Nozzl's Egypt's 'Days of Anger' Page - Posted January 31, 2011
Nozzl Real-Time Technologies followed up the real-time Tucson shootings page it launched earlier this month ... [AppNewser]

Twitter, Google, SayNow: Tweet from Egypt, Even Without Internet Access - Posted January 31, 2011
The embattled Egyptian government may have shut down Internet access, but engineers from Twitter, Google, and voice-application provider SayNow teamed up on Speak2Tweet, which allows people in Egypt to leave voice mails at international phone numbers +16504194196, +390662207294, or +97316199855, which will then be converted to Tweets with the #egypt hashtag. The... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Play it Again Slick Willie | Protecting Words | The People Love The Lady - Posted January 31, 2011
TVNewser: MSNBC's Chris Matthews is going to be hosting a President's Day special focusing on Bill Clinton. Here's hopin... [FishbowlLA]

Twitter Tweaks Egyptian Government for Internet Shutdown - Posted January 28, 2011
Without mentioning Egypt by name, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and general counsel Alexander Macgillivray... [AppNewser]

How to Convince Your Boss to Pay You to Tweet - Posted January 28, 2011
Do you know the basics of Twitter? Do you find yourself checking Facebook or YouTube several times an hour? Well you may be able to convince your boss to pay you to mess around with these social media sites, for your company. Or y... [AllTwitter]

Keith Olbermann to FOKNewsChannel, Not Fox News Channel; to Live-Tweet State of the Union - Posted January 25, 2011
Fans of Keith Olbermann lamenting the fact that his last installment of Countdown with Keith Olbermann aired on MSNBC just days before President ... [UnBeige]

But Did He Friend Her? - Posted January 21, 2011
Towering over most of them in platform heels, ubiquitous pop star Katy Perry made a strange and awkward visit to Facebook... [PRNewser]

3 Things Most People Don't Understand About Twitter - Posted January 21, 2011
Whether you're a long-time power user or you just signed up this month, there are some things you probably don't understand about Twitter. Or maybe you do, but we're willing to bet a huge portion of your followers don't. Here's... [AllTwitter]

New Media Index: Tucson Shooting Dominates Blogs; Google Tops Tight Twitter List - Posted January 20, 2011
The Jan. 8 shootings in Tucson, Ariz., dominated news links shared by bloggers, while new offerings from Google accounted for the most-Tweeted news links, according to the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism's ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Techmeme Feed to Include Tweets - Posted January 20, 2011
Techmeme founder Gabe Rivera ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Magazines Understand Facebook, Puzzled by Everything Else - Posted January 20, 2011
The MPA held its first social media conference on Tuesday, and Dylan Stableford at Media Alley has a report that while most magazines have Facebook figured out, more than a few are ... [FishbowlLA]

Magazines Understand Facebook, Puzzled by Everything Else - Posted January 20, 2011
The MPA held its first social media conference on Tuesday, and Dylan Stableford at Media Alley has a report that while most magazines have Facebook figured out, more than a few are ... [FishbowlNY]

Twitter Adds Korean - Posted January 19, 2011
Korean became the seventh Twitter language, joining English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. Twitter announced the news in a post on the Twitter Blog, in ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Whatever Happened to the Guy Who Wanted to Be USA Today's Social-Media Manager? - Posted January 18, 2011
Remember Josh Chiles, who ... [AppNewser]

Whatever Happened to the Guy Who Wanted to Be USA Today's Social-Media Manager? - Posted January 18, 2011
Remember Josh Chiles, who ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Get More Followers With These Three Profile Picture Tricks - Posted January 18, 2011
How do you attract people to your Twitter profile with your photo, alone? ...with picture of The Biebs? ...a bold sign that reads, "FOLLOW ME!!!"? Well, why not use some common knowledge of the "science of attraction" as bate? ... [AllTwitter]

Twitter According to Jake and Amir: A Place to Store your Secrets [Video] - Posted January 14, 2011
It's time for a little Friday fun here at AllTwitter. This classic Jake and Amir episode will leave any Twitter user in stitches, after you realize that poor Amir isn't joking when he calls Twitter a "...place to privately store your thoughts, like a lockbox." We still love you, Amir. ... [AllTwitter]

New Media Index: Bloggers Discuss GOP-Led 112th Congress; Apple Remains Apple of Tweeters' Eyes - Posted January 13, 2011
The Republican-controlled 112th Congress was the subject of the most news links shared by bloggers, while the Twitterverse was enthralled with Apple for the second consecutive week, and the most-watched news and politics video on You... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Did you Tweet about the Verizon iPhone 4 Announcement like Everyone Else? - Posted January 11, 2011
Apple fans and Verizon customers alike were salivating this morning when Verizon announced that it would carry the iPhone 4. You can get the details on Verizon's website, but before you do, c... [AllTwitter]

Why do Horoscopes Have So Many Twitter Followers? - Posted January 11, 2011
From the moons of Jupiter and straight to your fingertips: Horoscopes are a hot commodity on Twitter. And the Zodiac-centered profiles get more followers than the Pied Piper! Whether you believe horoscopes are a crock of hooe... [AllTwitter]

What if "The King of One-Liners" had Twitter? - Posted January 7, 2011
For those who are unfamiliar with his work, Rodney Dangerfield was known in his day as 'The King of One-Liners'. We have a feeling that if he had Twitter in his lifetime, he would have been a king of the Twitter-Sphere, too. Nom... [AllTwitter]

New Media Index: Bloggers Dwell on the Economy, While Apple Is the Fruit of the Twitterverse - Posted January 6, 2011
The economy was top-of-mind for bloggers during the final week of 2010, while Apple was the apple of the Twitterverse, and the most-watched news and politics video on YouTube was footage of a man who ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Year's Day Brings Tweets-per-Second Record - Posted January 6, 2011
Just four seconds into 2011 in Japan, Twitter set a new record with 6,939 Tweets per second, more than doubling its previous mark, which also involved Japan, as 3,283 Tweets per second went out after its national soccer team defeated Denmark during FIFA Wo... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

"Twitter is basically an insignificance awareness engine" [VIDEO] - Posted December 29, 2010
While some think that Twitter is a revolutionary new technology, others are less kind: YouTuber somegreybloke sees it as a slightly upgraded way to be ignored by celebrities. ... [AllTwitter]

Have You Seen The "Twitter Movie" Trailer Yet? [VIDEO] - Posted December 28, 2010
"I want to create a way to blog that is as random and incoherent as writing on a bathroom wall," says a floppy-haired, glassy-eyed creative type... and so Twitter is born. Well, not really, but in the alternate universe of "The Twit Movie", that's ... [AllTwitter]

Top Startup Trends of 2010 - Posted December 28, 2010
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Catching Up with the One Twitter User Kanye West Used to Follow - Posted December 27, 2010
Steven Holmes, the teenager in Conventry, England, whose Twitter account hip-hop artist ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

What Happens if Twitter Starts Collecting More User Data? - Posted December 27, 2010
As it is, Twitter isn't so much a social network as an informational network: your profile is limited, your interactions are more often than not with people you don't actually know, and you are more likely to share news stories than last-night-I-got-so-wast... [TVSpy]

What Happens if Twitter Starts Collecting More User Data? - Posted December 27, 2010
As it is, Twitter isn't so much a social network as an informational network: your profile is limited, your interactions are more often than not with people you don't actually know, and you are more likely to share news stories than last-night-I-got-so-wast... [AllTwitter]

Top 10 Twitter New Years Resolutions for 2011 - Posted December 27, 2010
New Years Eve is the time for promises to go to the gym that fizzle out in three weeks, renewed commitments to diets that are given up by Valentine's Day, and predictions about the end of the world that (sadly) are never realized. ... [AllTwitter]

Does Using Twitter Make the White House "Transparent"? - Posted December 22, 2010
The White House is stepping up its social media presence - possibly in response to the strength of Republicans on Twitter and elsewhere online - by holding Twitter question periods. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs answered a questions specifically about Twitter a... [AllTwitter]

Q&A Time ... Q: What Did Twitter Buy? A: Fluther! - Posted December 21, 2010
Twitter dipped into the question-and-answer arena, announcing its purchase of Fluther, which describes itself as "a free Q&A collective that specializes in getting fast answers from the right pe... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Charities Tweet For Support -- The 30 Most Engaged Charities on Twitter - Posted December 21, 2010
Empire Avenue compiled a report to gauge the effectiveness of organizations in raising awareness for their causes via social media. Scored using "share price" on Empire Avenue - determined by a ra... [SocialTimes.com]

WJLA's Stephen Tschida Uses Twitter to Report on 11-Hour 'Trip From Hell' - Posted December 20, 2010
WJLA reporter Stephen Tschida found himself in the middle of a breaking news story last week while on an Amtrak train trip from Washington D.C. to New York City. Downed power lines caused the train to get stuc... [TVSpy]

The Essential Twitter Dictionary - Posted December 20, 2010
Whether you're a Twitter power user or a nervous neophyte, there are some words you've just got to know in order to interact on Twitter. We've compiled the essential Twitter dictionary so you can tweet with confidence, @mention frequently, and sift through your followe... [AllTwitter]

CBS Developing Yet Another Twitter Series - Posted December 20, 2010
CBS is tapping Twitter for another comedy series, as Katie Kindelan of sister blog ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Bloomberg Businessweek Taps Notable Twitterers of 2010 - Posted December 17, 2010
What do a resigning CEO, a profane senator, a state attorney general, a gloomy economist, a former vice-presidential candidate and governor, a talk-show host who just wrapped his final episode, a hip-hop artist, a candidate for the Senate, an actor, a former CNN Mideast expert, the editor of Business Insider, a... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Keith Olbermann Suspends Himself This Time ... from Twitter - Posted December 16, 2010
Keith Olbermann is ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

The Year's Most Retweeted Tweets: Stephen Colbert to Receive First-Ever Golden Tweet Award - Posted December 15, 2010
Twitter's year-end wrap-up continued in full force, as the microblogging service followed up ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Chooses 10 Most Powerful Tweets of 2010 - Posted December 14, 2010
Twitter continued to look back on 2010 (even though 17 days still remain), following up ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Trendier Than Justin Bieber? Yes, it's Possible - Posted December 13, 2010
Now that you have changed your Twitter password to avoid the acai-berry virus, let's turn to the Year in Review via Twitter Trends. Followers of Twitte... [PRNewser]

Top 10 Twitter Trends of 2010: BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Was No. 1 - Posted December 13, 2010
Twitter analyzed the approximately 25 billion Tweets sent so far in 2010 and found that BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was the top trend for the year. The complete list, from the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Josh Chiles Using Social Media to Try to Become USA Today's Social Media Manager - Posted December 13, 2010
As reported by WebNewser ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Global Market Research Agency Deploys OpenAmplify Semantic Platform For Better Insight Into Verbatim Survey Answers - Posted December 13, 2010
Image courtesy: Flickr/Enokson Market research companies are getting hip to the opportunity of using semantic technology to deliver meaningful results to clients from the surveys they conduct for them. Gl... [semanticweb.com]

5 Most Interesting Faces on Twitter's 2010 List - Posted December 10, 2010
To celebrate the end of 2010, Twitter has released an interactive app commemorating "Who's New on Twitter". The microblogging platform saw more than 100 million new accounts in 2010, a... [AllTwitter]

New Media Index: WikiLeaks Finishes Second to Leslie Nielsen's Death on Blogs, New Life Form on Twitter - Posted December 9, 2010
The WikiLeaks controversy only managed second-place finishes on the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism's ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Twitter: We Aren't Blocking #wikileaks, #cablegate from Trends - Posted December 9, 2010
With the controversy over WikiLeaks dominating the news for the past couple of weeks, many people have questioned how hashtags like #wikileaks and #cablegate are not showing up on Twitter T... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Teams Up with blip.tv, Instagram, Rdio, SlideShare, Dipdive - Posted December 7, 2010
Twitter announced content partnerships with blip.tv, Instagram, Rdio... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

@BravoTV Provides Twitter Environment for Bravo Fans - Posted December 7, 2010
Bravo rolled out a browser-based tool for fans of its series who use Twitter, @BravoTV, and the cable network worked in collaboration with Twitter executives on the project, paidContent... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Wikileaks' Only 'Friend' is a Massachusetts Startup - Posted December 6, 2010
For investigative journalism non-profit Wikileaks, whose publication of classified diplomatic documents triggered cries for the blood of founder Julian Assange,... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Bloggers Tell TSA Not to Touch Their Junk; Twitter Mostly Mashable - Posted December 2, 2010
The new security measures implemented by the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

'Writers Needed' Spam Is Blocked But Evolves into 'Daily Writing Jobs' Spam - Posted December 1, 2010
An army of angry Twitter users blocked and reported "Writers Needed" tweets as spam yesterday--calling out individual Twitter users by name that circulated the advertisements that h... [GalleyCat]

Twitter, (RED): Turn the Map Red with #turnred Tweets for World AIDS Day - Posted December 1, 2010
Twitter and (RED) want Tweeters to turn the map red in honor of World AIDS Day Wednesday, adding red to the... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Tiger Woods Masters The @Mentions On Twitter - Posted November 30, 2010
It appears Tiger Woods is indeed serious about this Twitter thing. After a couple of ... [SportsNewser]

TechCrunch Columnist Paul Carr, Wine Library TV Host Gary Vaynerchuk Spar in Part Two of The Webby Debates - Posted November 30, 2010
Part two of The Webby Debates, hosted on CNNMoney.com and moderated by that site's Laurie Segall, featured TechCrunch columnist Paul Carr... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

NBC Local Media to Tap Top 20 Tweeters in Each of Its 10 Markets - Posted November 29, 2010
NBC Local Media is launching an initiative in January to help its readers sort through the clutter of Twitter and find the most influential Tweeters in each of... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend Reading: Spend Some Time With Social Media Insights - Posted November 26, 2010
Come tomorrow, you may be looking for a chance to do some relaxing reading after the Thanksgiving football and food fest and the Black Friday shopping chaos. To that end, The Semantic Web Blog thought it would offer some guidance on a few analyst reports and ... [semanticweb.com]

The Best Twitter Account You're Not Following... Fake Bleacher Report - Posted November 19, 2010
Brilliant. Just brilliant.... [SportsNewser]

New Media Index: Federal Salary Raises Dominate Blogosphere; Google Raises/Bonuses Rule Twitterverse - Posted November 18, 2010
Bloggers shared the most news links to an item in USA Today saying that federal workers' salaries have risen tenf... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

What Every Social Media Marketer Should Know About MarketMeSuite - Posted November 18, 2010
MarketMeSuite is a dashboard to help businesses proactively manage their social media marketing. Twitter compliant, its tools are designed to help brands grow their n... [SocialTimes.com]

Scratch That: Social-Media Use Will Actually Be Allowed During Bill Clinton's Keynote at Dreamforce - Posted November 18, 2010
What we have here is failure to communicate: Attendees at salesforce.com's annual Dreamforce... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Tina Brown: Newsweek.com Isn't Shutting Down; It's Being Combined with The Daily Beast - Posted November 15, 2010
Reports of the demise of ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Job Outlook: Semantic Web Skills and Social Media Savvy Help Seekers - Posted November 12, 2010
Photo courtesy: Flickr/deanmeyersnet The jobs market continues to paint a confusing picture. Last week, news came that the private sector added close to 160,000 jobs in October, bringing the total number of new jobs i... [semanticweb.com]

Twitter, Ping Hope to Make Beautiful Music Together - Posted November 11, 2010
Ping and Tweet ... Tweet and Ping: Twitter announced that it is now integrated with Ping, the social network Apple launched as a companion to its iTunes Store. Users who sync their accounts... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Twitter's Robin Sloan on TV at NewTeeVee Live - Posted November 10, 2010
Robin Sloan from Twitter's media-partnership team discussed the combination of Twitter and television at ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Shit My Dad Says: Shit, We've Been Hacked! - Posted November 10, 2010
Neither Shit My Dad Says creator Justin Halpern nor his iconic dad just got a free Dell laptop: The Twitter feed was hacked, and clicking the link led to a Web site featuring a Wyoming woman who claims to be earning $6,595 per month part time, ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

GroupMe in $30M Bid War - Posted November 9, 2010
New York-based group texting startup GroupMe is caught in the middle of an East Coast vs. West Coast venture capital brawl, pushing it's valuation north of $30 million, according to a report. Bid... [FishbowlNY]

Promotional Efforts Continue for Tonight's 'Conan' Premiere - Posted November 8, 2010
Conan O'Brien's new show Conan premieres ... [PRNewser]

The Conan O'Brien "Pale Whale" - Posted November 8, 2010
In honor of the premiere of Conan O'Brien's new show on TBS tonight, artist Yiying Lu created a Conan O'Brien "Pale Whale." Lu is the artist behind Twitter's infamous "Fail Whale," and also something of a Conan fan. The feeling appears to be mutual, as Conan is featuring desktop & mobile... [FishbowlLA]

Google Employee Uses Internet to Accuse Twitter Employee of Sexual Assault - Posted November 8, 2010
The internet has long been a tool of sexual predators, with stories of web-enabled sex crimes becoming so familiar to the public that they are easily ignored. But the rare instance of a victim of (alleged) sexual assault going online ... [FishbowlLA]

Twitter Marches on Washington; Adam Sharp Becomes First D.C. Employee - Posted November 4, 2010
Twitter is invading the nation's capital, hiring C-SPAN executive producer Adam Sharp, a former top staffer for Sen. ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Twitter for Android Updated - Posted November 4, 2010
Twitter rolled out an update of its app for devices with Android 2.1 and higher, with improvements including a Tweet details page, better speed, pull to refresh, swipe to reveal, and the option to quote Tweets. Product manager for mobile ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Social Election Night for msnbc.com - Posted November 2, 2010
msnbc.com plans to embed itself into social-media users' tracking of Tuesday's midterm election results, announcing that its live stream of NBC News' coverage from 9 ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

'Washington Post' Sponsors #Election, Hosts Twittercast - Posted November 2, 2010
Unsurprisingly, the top Twitter trending topic for today is #Election. After all, it's Election Day and the Washington Post has paid to make sure it... [PRNewser]

A Guide to Twitter's Midterm Elections Coverage - Posted November 1, 2010
Jodi Olson of Twitter corporate communications published a post on the Twitter Blog about how to use the social network to follow Tues... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Twitter is the Next Customer Service Hotline - CMSWire - Posted October 29, 2010
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What Can Journalists Learn from Twitter? - Posted October 28, 2010
Katy Gathright at sister blog ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Idiocy Points Out the Idiocy of Logging Onto Twitter via Unsecured Wi-Fi Networks - Posted October 28, 2010
Hot on the heels of Firefox add-on Firesheep... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs Embraces Twitter, YouTube - Posted October 28, 2010
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs dove head-first into Web 2.0, accepting questions for a press briefing via Twitter and answering some of them in a YouTube video, ReadWriteWeb reported. His Tweet read, "Something new... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Twitter for Windows Phone Debuts - Posted October 28, 2010
Twitter announced the rollout of Twitter for Windows Phone in a post on the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Twitter and Television: Robin Sloan Speaks with NewTeeVee - Posted October 28, 2010
Robin Sloan of the media-partnerships team at Twitter spoke with ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

NASA Will Be The Mayor Of Outer Space - Posted October 28, 2010
NASA has launched (sorry!) a social media campaign that includes a partnership with Foursquare, tweets from the Space Shuttle Discovery, and a tweetup for the shuttle launch next week at the Johnson Space Center. Last week, Commander Douglas Wheelock became th... [PRNewser]

Jay Mariotti Is Back On Twitter - Posted October 27, 2010
.bbpBox28700094048 {background:url(http://s.twimg.com/a/1287774835/images/themes/theme1/bg.png) #C0DEED;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;bo... [SportsNewser]

Twitter Reports to Scorer's Table for Start of NBA Season - Posted October 26, 2010
The 2010-11 National Basketball Association season tips off with three games Tuesday night, and Twitter is ready to suit up, with ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

ABC News Nightline Launches Customization of Midterm Election-Related Tweets via NightlineNow.com - Posted October 22, 2010
ABC News Nightline introduced a way for Twitter users to customize their feeds and follow key races in the upcoming midterm elections, via topic or location. NightlineNow.com provides real-time Tweets, and users can also choose to follow what Nightline anchors ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Tarnished Media Figure Revolving Door: Rick Sanchez Returns, Jay Mariotti Out - Posted October 22, 2010
Twitter regained one controversial media figure and lost another, as sister blog TVNewser reports ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Does Discographies - Posted October 22, 2010
@Discographies distills a musician's entire career into 140 characters. The author of the account is keeping their identity secret, but we can't help but wonder if a pro music critic is hiding behind the curtain. ... [FishbowlLA]

Jay Mariotti Deletes His Twitter Account - Posted October 22, 2010
And just like that, Jay Mariotti is off Twitter. Spo... [SportsNewser]

New Media Index: Bloggers Share Bad News (Economy, Mortgage Crisis); Tweeters Share Good News (Rescue of Chilean Miners) - Posted October 21, 2010
Economic issues, particularly the housing market, topped the list of the most-shared news links by bloggers, while the rescue of the formerly trapped miners from the northern Atacama desert in Chile accounted for the most Tweeted news links, an... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Antisocial Media: The Washington Post Cracks Down on Twitter Use to Respond to Critics - Posted October 21, 2010
The Washington Post is taking the social out of social media, responding to a Twitter battle with ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Attensity Partners with Twitter to Provide Innovative Social Media Customer ... - PR Newswire (press release) - Posted October 20, 2010
... [semanticweb.com]

An Update from the Road with Twitter's On the Road - Posted October 19, 2010
Twitter design researcher Mark Trammell posted an update on the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Google Android Chief Andy Rubin Tweets Tweak at Apple CEO Steve Jobs - Posted October 19, 2010
What better way to break in a cobweb-covered Twitter account then to take a poke at your biggest rival. As reported by ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Reporting via Twitter from a Connecticut Capital Murder Trial - Posted October 15, 2010
News organizations including WTNH, the Hartford Courant, ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Drops Bomb on JustSpotted - Posted October 14, 2010
Everything seemed to be falling in line for JustSpotted: The site, which promised to share celebrity sightings in real-time, was gearing up for its launch next Tuesday, touting its relationship with Twitter, and basking in the glow of being profiled by ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Bloggers Ponder Midterm Elections; Tweeters Ponder Twitter - Posted October 14, 2010
Bloggers were focused on the upcoming midterm elections during the week of Oct. 4-8, while Twitter users used Twitter to talk about Twitter, and the most-watched news and politics video on YouTube was A fake news video from the Onion News Network saying that ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Facebook Vs. Twitter: Decide for Yourself - Posted October 14, 2010
At this point there are a bajillion articles that discuss some aspect of the "Facebook versus Twitter" question: ... [PRNewser]

How much is that tweet worth? - Posted October 14, 2010
How much is that tweet worth? Well, to ticket-selling startup Eventbrite, it's worth about 43 cents. Pretty valuable, according to the results of a study released online Thursday. And a shared item on Facebo... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Is Tumblr the Next Twitter? - Posted October 14, 2010
If 140 characters isn't enough room for all the insightful things you have to say, then maybe you're ready for Tumblr. The New York Times goes into detail about the attrib... [PRNewser]

New Twitter.com Fully Rolled Out - Posted October 13, 2010
All Twitter users now have access to the recently redesigned Twitter.com, according to a post on the Twitter Blog by ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Biz Stone, Evan Williams Discuss Twitter Events, Aim for 1B Members - Posted October 12, 2010
Twitter co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams appeared at an INFORUM event at The Commonwealth... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

NPR Surveys Its Twitter Followers - Posted October 8, 2010
NPR conducted a survey of followers of its Twitter accounts that was completed by 1... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Bloggers Find Religion, Tweeters Find Dead Mouse in Their Bread - Posted October 7, 2010
Bloggers lost their religion over a Los Angeles Times story about ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Your Top Startup Questions Answered by oneforty.com CEO/Founder, Twitter for Dummies Co-author Laura Fitton - Posted October 7, 2010
... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Brightcove SVP of Marketing Jeff Whatcott Discusses Embedding Videos on Twitter - Posted October 7, 2010
Brightcove senior vice president of marketing Jeff Whatcott spoke with Beet.TV about his company receiving authorization from Twitter to embed videos, and opportunities for pub... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New York Is the Top Twitter City: You Got a Problem with That? - Posted October 6, 2010
Start Tweeting the news: According to the Social Business Report study from marketing database outfit ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

PRNewser Poll: Do Clickthroughs Determine Influence? - Posted October 5, 2010
Last week, we asked whether social media will overtake traditional media as a primary PR tool. The numbers are in, and nearly 58 percent of respondents... [PRNewser]

Twitter CEO Steps Down, But Stays At Company - Posted October 4, 2010
Evan Williams announced today via the Twitter blog that he is stepping down as CEO after 2 years at the helm. His new title will simply be co-founder, and he'll be focusing on product strategy. Williams has replaced himself with Twitter COO Dick Costolo. Says Williams: When I insisted on bringing Dick... [FishbowlLA]

Breaking: Twitter CEO Ev Williams Steps Down - Posted October 4, 2010
Twitter CEO Ev Williams is stepping down to take a role in product strategy, with COO Dick Costolo assuming CEO duties. The company made the announcement in a blog post.... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Anti-Mormon Tweet Costs KTVX Employee a Job - Posted October 4, 2010
If you're going to poke fun at a religion, don't use the company Twitter account to do so. That was the lesson learned by a staffer from ABC Salt Lake City affiliate KTVX, as ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Google TV Offers More Details on Apps, Partnerships - Posted October 4, 2010
For those who have been wondering what's going on with Google TV, wonder no more: Developer and product manager Ambarish Kenghe offered a progress update on the Google Blog, and the new Google TV site offers descrip... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

What does the Rick Sanchez Joke Twitter @dicksanchezCNN think of his departure? - Posted October 2, 2010
Since the news of Rick Sanchez getting fired hit the blogosphere, what has funny twitter @dicksanchezCNN been saying about all this? Here are some recent tweets: "I really appreciate... [TVNewser]

New Media Index: Bloggers Curl Up with Bob Woodward's Obama's Wars; Tweeters Tweet About Twitter Security Breach - Posted September 30, 2010
Obama's Wars, Bob Woodward's new book about internal debate over the war in Afghanistan within the administration of President ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Bartenders Start Tweeting While New York Times Magazine Finds its New Editor, Plus Other News of the Day - Posted September 30, 2010
- Well it's over, and it only seems like yesterday when we first began talking about the potential suitors for Newsweek. Actually, scratch that. Finally, the transition is over! The Washington Post Co. officially handed Sidney Harman the keys to Newsweek today. But the company did... [MediaJobsDaily]

LinkedIn Signal Further Integrates LinkedIn, Twitter - Posted September 29, 2010
Professional network LinkedIn further integrated itself with Twitter with its limited beta launch Wednesday of LinkedIn Signal, which is aimed at filtering the noise out of users' streams of status update... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Tweetbeat wants to help users discover more interesting stuff on Twitter - Los Angeles Times (blog) - Posted September 29, 2010
... [semanticweb.com]

comScore: Twitter Bypasses MySpace in Monthly Unique Visitors - Posted September 28, 2010
The inevitable finally happened, according to data from comScore, Twitter bypassed MySpace to become the world's No. 3 social-networking-type online service, ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Jason Calacanis Tears Into TechCrunch Founder Michael Arrington in Several Tweets - Posted September 28, 2010
There has yet to be any kind of official announcement on the rumored acquisition of ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Ryder Cup Captains to Golfers: No Tweeting - Posted September 27, 2010
Golf fans following The 2010 Ryder Cup action Friday-Sunday from The Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales, shouldn't expect to see any Twitter activity from participants, as both U.S. captai... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Raise a Glass of Twitter Fledgling Wine - Posted September 27, 2010
It's always a recommended practice for a company to diversity its operations, but Twitter and wine-making? Yes, and it benefits a good cause, co-founder Biz Stone explained in a post on the Twitter Blog: The Fledgling Initiative was hatched to craft awesome wine for the benefit... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Digital PR Professionals, Know These Four Skills - Posted September 24, 2010
Public relations, like the rest of the media world, is constantly shifting as the digital world provides more outlets for communication, but makes it tougher to break through the clutter and grab someone's attention. In this ever-changing world, what skills do you need most of all? NextFifteen CEO Tim Dyson gave his... [MediaJobsDaily]

Researchers: Twitter Influence Not Determined By Number of Followers - Posted September 24, 2010
Researchers at Northwestern University have launched a website, Pulse of the Tweeters, that offers a "trend-specific" ranking of Twitter influencers and tweets. According to a description on the site homepage, it "use... [PRNewser]

Facebook Explains Two-and-a-Half-Hour Outage - Posted September 23, 2010
This must be the week of the mea culpa for social networks. Just two days after Twitter was victi... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Users of Social Network Twitter Focus on Social Networks, Twitter - Posted September 23, 2010
Four of the five most-shared news links via Twitter were very close to home, involving social media and Twitter itself, while the war in Afghanistan and the death of actor ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

The Ticker: Twitter ads; App media; Fossil fuel PR; Social insights - Posted September 22, 2010
NYMag Daily Intel: Twitter Ads To Soon Be Targeted Based On Who You Follow Three Minute Media: News analysis; the coming of App media Politico: Fossil fuel ind... [PRNewser]

Muck Rack Daily Promises 'Tomorrow's Newspaper Today' - Posted September 22, 2010
Much like CBS series Early Edition, which aired on the broadcast network from 1996-2000, Muck Rack Dai... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Where Does Your City Rank in the Twitter User Scale? - Posted September 21, 2010
Despite incidents like the one this morning that caused viruses and "accidental" visits to porn sites, Twitter is a beloved social network. NetProspex, a database for bu... [PRNewser]

Twitter Explains 'onMouseOver' Security Breach - Posted September 21, 2010
Bob Lord from the Twitter security team explained the security breach on Twitter.com that occurred early Tuesday ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

CBS News' Political Hotsheet Boosts Social-Media Efforts - Posted September 21, 2010
CBS News is ramping up social-media efforts for its Political Hotsheet blog, relaunch... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Bing Social Adds Twitter-User Recommendations to Search Results - Posted September 20, 2010
Microsoft search engine Bing added Twitter-user recommendations to its Bing Social search results, calling the new feature People Recommendation. Bing Social's Mike Ching and Shubha Nabar d... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Have Semantic Technologies Crossed the Chasm Yet? - Posted September 17, 2010
  This article kicks off a series of interviews on Semantic Technologies in the MIT Entrepreneurship Review with industry thought leaders including Thomas Tague (Thomson Reuters), Chris Messina (Google), David Recordon (Facebook), Will Hunsinger (Evri) and Jamie Taylor (Metaweb). At first sight, the answer is yes. I recently attended the Semantic Technology Conference... [semanticweb.com]

New Media Index: Bloggers Focus on Iraq War - Posted September 16, 2010
The war in Iraq was the subject of the most news links shared by bloggers during the week of Sept. 6-10, while a report on Mashabl... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Frequent Twitter Users More Likely to Buy - Posted September 16, 2010
A new report from ExactTarget titled "Subscribers, Fans, and Followers" found that daily Twitter users who follow a brand are more than twice as likely to purchase than Facebook users who "like" that brand. A third of Twitter followers also said they were more likely to make a recommendation... [PRNewser]

Dana White Auctioning Off Twitter Follow For Charity - Posted September 16, 2010
We all have that one celebrity/athlete/media personality that you wish would follow you on Twitter. (Personally, mine was Amy K. Nelson. Hi @... [SportsNewser]

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and on Twitter - Posted September 16, 2010
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia will return to FX for its sixth season Thursday night, and Sunny Tweets will ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Kevin Thau at Nokia World 2010: Twitter Is Not a Social Network - Posted September 14, 2010
While Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone were ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Redesigned Twitter.com Provides Easier Access to Information, Media Files - Posted September 14, 2010
Twitter introduced a redesigned Twitter.com at its San Francisco headquarters Tuesday, adding a details pane that allows users to mine more information out of individual Tweets, including mini-profiles of users, as well as offering easier access to embedded photos and videos thanks to a host of partnerships. The screenshot after the jump... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Tweet What You Need to Tweet? Not Anymore for John Mayer Fans - Posted September 14, 2010
Fans of John Mayer who feel the need to "Say What You Need to Say" to the singer-songwriter will have to find an outlet other than Twitter to do so, as ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Primal Launches Automated Publishing and Community Engagement Solution at DEMO Fall 2010 (Press Release) - Posted September 14, 2010
New Primal Pages for Publishers leverages advanced semantic technology to make Web publishing and community engagement easier than ever DEMO Fall 2010 - SANTA CLARA, CA, September 14, 2010 — Live today from the 2010 DEMO Fall Conference, Primal, a pioneer of Internet automation technology, officially launched an exciting new product.  Primal... [semanticweb.com]

The semantic web and the move towards an interconnected world - Posted September 14, 2010
Media Update The semantic web is a relatively new concept, initially proposed some ten-plus years ago as a component of Web 3.0, and is creating quite a bit of buzz in ... ... [semanticweb.com]

Dilbert Pokes Fun at Corporate Social-Media Strategies - Posted September 13, 2010
Monday's installment of United Feature Syndicate's Dilbert strip, by Scott Adams, pokes fun at the adoption (or lack thereof) of social media in the corporate environment. ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Study: Republicans Have 65 Percent of the Most Followed Congressional Twitter Accounts - Posted September 9, 2010
Research conducted by Burson-Marsteller found that eight of ten most followed Congressional Twitter accounts are maintained by Republicans. Moreover, as the House of Representatives and 22 Senators face re-election, Republican Congress members are more likely than Democrats to have an election-focused account. Republicans also ... [PRNewser]

Social Media App Helps Users Find Best Content - Bluhalo (blog) - Posted September 8, 2010
... [semanticweb.com]

Elevator Pitch: VisualBee plugs life into PowerPoint - The Guardian - Posted September 3, 2010
The Gua... [semanticweb.com]

LeBron Takes to Twitter to Talk... Kindergarten? - Posted August 31, 2010
There is no doubt that Twitter has changed the way many people communicate. One of the biggest benefits of the service is that it provides a direct link for fans and viewers to communicate with athletes and media executives. For an athlete, Twitter is like a mini-media empire, giving you the ability... [SportsNewser]

Washington Post Suspends Mike Wise Following Twitter Hoax - Posted August 31, 2010
Washington Post sports columnist Mike Wise says that he has been suspended for one month from the newspaper, following a hoax he pulled on Twitter yesterday. What happened? Wise decided he would add some new Twitter followers... by ma... [SportsNewser]

Roger Clemens Takes to Twitter Following Indictment - Posted August 19, 2010
Earlier today Roger Clemens was indicted on perjury charges related to testimony he gave before Congress. Naturally, he responded to the charges the way every celebrity does: by tweeting about it. Clemens ... [SportsNewser]

Bridging the gap: How Semantic Web can move into the mainstream through SXSW - Posted August 17, 2010
Personally, I believe that the Semantic Web will become mainstream in the next few years (I actually have a bet on this with some college friends). I know that this is a strong statement, but I am confident that it will happen. Mainstream is defined in Wikipedia as “the common current of... [semanticweb.com]

Author Lindsey Pollak: 'Twitter Is Crucial' for Job Seekers - Posted July 5, 2010
--JENNIFER PULLINGER How useful is Twitter in helping one obtain a job in new media? What about when promoting your book or author platform? Writer Jennifer Pullinger put the question to bestselling author and career expert ... [GalleyCat]

SemTech 2010 Hosts Web Day 3.0 at the Annual Semantic Technology Conference, Thursday, June 24th - Limited Seating Still Available - Posted June 23, 2010
David Recordon, Senior Open Programs Manager of Facebook and best-selling Author, David Siegel will keynote the conference. San Francisco, CA (June 24, 2010) -- SemTech 2010 is currently taking place at the San Francisco Hilton in Union Square. Web Day 3.0 will be held Thursday, June 24, and will include a number... [semanticweb.com]

The Power of Social Media Data in Business - Posted June 22, 2010
With just about every major brand and celebrity on Facebook and Twitter, the line between social media and popular culture is becoming harder to distinguish by the day. What is evident is the incredible power social media has in uncovering popular sentiment and the way information is being shared and disseminated.... [semanticweb.com]

Twitter Annotations: At The Intersection Of Real Time & Semantic - Posted June 1, 2010
It is easy to get excited by Twitter Annotations as it is an almost blank canvas. So it is fun to imagine what people will build. But it is not a totally blank canvas and the range of colors and brushes are becoming clearer. So we can start to imagine what will... [semanticweb.com]

Why They Can't See It - The Pew Survey - Posted May 5, 2010
Today the Pew Center released a survey regarding the future of the Semantic Web. More than half of those responded didn’t think that the vision associated with the Semantic Web would be realized – that’s a startling conclusion, really. It’s even more remarkable given the fact that those who responded negatively... [semanticweb.com]

A Giant Whooshing Sound - Posted April 21, 2010
Did you hear that sound this week? The giant whooshing sound? There was a great disturbance in the Force, as if thousands of Semantic Web academics, implementors and enthusiasts sighed in unison and their critics were silenced. I believe something wonderful has happened. With apologies to Mr. Lucas, I don't think that... [semanticweb.com]

Twitter Embraces Semantic Web With Annotations, Now What About Facebook? - Posted April 20, 2010
The blogosphere/twittersphere is buzzing about Twitter's announcement about "annotations". In simple terms, this allows you to embed metadata about the tweet (the metadata is not part of the 140 character limit). That is like candy (or ma... [semanticweb.com]

Put Your Desktop in the Cloud to Support the Open Government Directive and Data.gov/semantic - Posted April 19, 2010
Disclaimer:  This article does not reflect the views of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and does not constitute endorsement by the EPA of the standards or products mentioned. A Semantic Cloud Computing Desktop/Mobile Apps with Linked Open Data consists of the following: A database of "things" referenced by URL's (e.g. ... [semanticweb.com]

Context + Semantics + Phones = Consumer-Oriented Semantic Applications - Posted April 5, 2010
When most people think about "semantic" or "Semantic Web"-based software, they tend to think about applications that are quite explicit about their use of RDF, SKOS and OWL. While these types of applications are clearly becoming more popular, the vast majority of people have no clue why they should care about... [semanticweb.com]

Context + Semantics + Phones = Consumer-Oriented Semantic Applications - Posted April 5, 2010
When most people think about "semantic" or "Semantic Web"-based software, they tend to think about applications that are quite explicit about their use of RDF, SKOS and OWL. While these types of applications are clearly becoming more popular, the vast majority of people have no clue why they should care about... [semanticweb.com]

FOAF Spec Updated; Twitter/FOAF Bridge - Posted March 8, 2010
While doing preparation for some upcoming talks, I noticed that the FOAF specification had been updated to version 0.97 in January. It had been quite some time since there had been activity on this vocabulary so it is good to see some love shown to it. According to the specification, some... [semanticweb.com]

Linked Data API introduced at London Meetup - Posted February 28, 2010
Last week, the Second Linked Data Meetup London was held at the University of London Union. There were several compelling presentations discussed on Twitter  including the BBC's use of Linked Data for their ... [semanticweb.com]

Could Google Become the Semantic Web? - Posted February 21, 2010
"Describing the Semantic Web as a “Web of data” is not too helpful for most people, I have learned."  There’s a lot of talk about it, but for most Web users, the idea described in 1981 by Tim Berners-Lee means little. A number of experts and forward thinking companies do care though,... [semanticweb.com]

HuffPost Looks To Twitter Feed For New Ad Options - Posted December 14, 2009
Our colleagues at FishbowlLA picked up on this story via Advertising Age: The Huffington Post i... [FishbowlNY]

FishbowlNY Editor On The Menu: Layoffs, Glenn Beck and Election Night - Posted November 5, 2009
FishbowlNY editor Amanda Ernst joined the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast this morning, where she and hosts Jason Boog of G... [FishbowlNY]

MySpace "In Freefall" as Marketshare Drops More Than 35% in Last Year - Posted October 14, 2009
Internet monitoring company Hitwise released new data on the top social networks last week. As suspected, Facebook and Twitter experienced growth. In Facebook's case, the network grew 190% over last year and now claims 58.6% market share in terms of total visitors to social n... [PRNewser]

Five Popular Types of PR Tweets - Posted October 6, 2009
If, like most PR pros, you spend a good deal of time on Twitter tracking journalists, clients, industry influencers or anything else, you begin to notice some trends. Many Tweets often fall into one of five categories, which we've carefully outlined for you below. Is this scientific research? Absolutely not. But it's... [PRNewser]

A Bedeviled Friday On The Menu - Posted September 25, 2009
... [FishbowlNY]

Twitter Outage: What Happened - Posted August 7, 2009
Okay, the Twitter outage yesterday wasn't the end of the world. But it did put a crimp in our usual routine and made gathering breaking news and information that much more challenging for a good part of the day. Yesterday, Twitter said its technical difficulties were ... [FishbowlNY]

Jason & Matt Talk About Twitter's Downtime, Ben Stein and G.I. Joe On The Menu - Posted August 7, 2009
... [FishbowlNY]

Trying To Find A Business Model That Works - Posted July 17, 2009
Last night's panel produced by Mediabistro.com and sponsored by Demand Studios focused on finding a business model for news on the Web but -- like most panels of its kind -- no real conclusions were reached. The panel was moderated by BusinessWeek... [FishbowlNY]

Expert System Releases Live Semantic Index of Obama ... - Market Wire (press release) - Posted June 16, 2009
Expert System... [semanticweb.com]

Expert System Develops Automated Support for Google's Rich ... - Market Wire (press release) - Posted June 16, 2009
Expert System D... [semanticweb.com]

The Best Mags On Twitter - Posted June 3, 2009
Paste magazine needs assurances that Twitter is more than just a waste of time, so its set about compiling top 10 lists of the best microbloggers out there. Yesterday, the magazine released its ... [FishbowlNY]

Tribune Papers' D.C. Bureaus Shack Up|Planting Flowers Where The News Used To Be|Al Roker's Jury Duty Twitter Faux Pas|NYT Works To Pioneer New Digital Ads|American-Statesman Loses Buyer - Posted May 29, 2009
FishbowlDC: The ... [FishbowlNY]

Menu: Did NYT Miss A Chance To Break The Watergate Story? - Posted May 26, 2009
Our new FishbowlNY editor Amanda Ernst joined the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast this morning. ... [FishbowlNY]

Connect Your Thoughts To The Mindex With Imindi (Private Beta Invites) - TechCrunch - Posted May 25, 2009
... [semanticweb.com]

MediaBistro Alums Publish Book|FNC Producer Starts A Fight|NY Times Reporter Recounts Personal Debt Crisis | Washington Gov. Talks About Saving Papers|Times Twitters - Posted May 15, 2009
GalleyCat: mediabistro.com a... [FishbowlNY]

WSJ Implements New Conduct Rules For Twitter - Posted May 14, 2009
So it turns out that Twitter can be very helpful to journalists, whether they're promoting their own work, seeking sources or just looking for what everyone is talking about. In fact, it's the perfect way to find out what everyone's talking about. But it's no surprise that media companies like News Corp.... [FishbowlNY]

Twitter News Of The Day - Posted May 12, 2009
Social media monster (or whale?) Twitter is getting a lot of ink today. Here's what people are talking about (in 140 characters or less): Traffic Leader: Thanks to Oprah, Ashton Kutcher... [FishbowlNY]

Task.fm: Reminders That Think Like You Do - Mashable - Posted May 12, 2009
... [semanticweb.com]

San Francisco, We've Got You Covered - Posted May 11, 2009
Our Fishbowl blogs have New York, DC and LA covered, but until now we have neglected that important city by the bay. But, never fear San Francisco, BayNewser... [FishbowlNY]

The Best Twitter Applications To Help You Find A Job - Posted April 22, 2009
So we've done social network applications to help with your job search, the best iphone apps, but how could we possibly forget our new best digital friend Twitter? The answer, we can't, so we won't. Today from the ... [MediaJobsDaily]

Muck Rack; Now A Good Thing For Journalists - Posted April 17, 2009
Journalists have found the power of Twitter! It only took them three years and, oh yeah, people on the site breaking stories like terrorist attacks in Mumbai and pictures of a plane that crashed into the New York City Hudson. Okay, okay, they were a little slow, but at... [MediaJobsDaily]

Hyperlocal Websites Face Same Problem As Newspapers - Posted April 13, 2009
With the shuttering of all these small, local dailies, everyone is wondering where they will find their local news. Well, techies, as usual, have the answer. In the absence of local papers, you can have a hyperlocal website. New websites are popping up every day that are offering local news... [MediaJobsDaily]

Battle of the Twitter Titans? Microsoft and Google Both Express Interest - Posted April 10, 2009
Regardless of the fact Twitter makes no money, and thus far no one has figured out a way to make money from the microblogging service that has saturated the media landscape in the past few months, everyone wants a piece (including ... [FishbowlNY]

How Much Are Your Social Media Connections Worth? - Posted April 9, 2009
So you have a huge number of followers on a specific social media platform. Congrats. Now what? Well, we've all been led to believe that followers=money. But is that true? PaidContent's Tameka Kee... [FishbowlNY]

Twitter Bucks Trend, Goes on Hiring Spree - Posted April 6, 2009
Maybe Twitter knows something the rest of us don't. The company, which doesn't yet pull in any revenue, is hiring! A lot. Also? They appear to be offering benefits. Maybe this is a preamble to a Google takeover? (The post says "We are well-funded and... [FishbowlNY]

No Business Model, But At Least He's Funny - Posted April 3, 2009
Is the future of all news reporting really Twitter? After watching the Colbert Report last night we certainly hope not. Like every site Twitter is still trying to figure out a business model to generate revenue from its astounding traffic. Look if the company can't make money on... [MediaJobsDaily]

Twitter To Recruit - Posted April 2, 2009
Everyone is simply ga-ga over Twitter these days. We're seeing it used in a variety of capacities from news commentary to newspaper mastheads . Now companies h... [MediaJobsDaily]

Need a Job? Become A Ghost Twitterer - Posted March 27, 2009
The expediential growth of Twitter&#151they increased 6.1 million in January to 9.8 million unique visitors in February&#151has made the site a media phenomenon. It's so big even celebs are getting in on the action. You can actually subscribe to the feeds of such mega... [MediaJobsDaily]

Ten Useful Sites to Get a Customized Twitter Background - Posted March 16, 2009
Are you tired of seeing your Twitter profile sporting the same old default Twitter background? And changing the background pic is not enough to please your taste? How about getting a fully customized Twitter background or something that is different from the default one? Here are ten useful sites that offer... [SocialTimes.com]

What Does Your Twitter Flock Look Like? - Posted January 29, 2009
Are you a Twitterer? Want to get a sense of who is in your Twitter flock, so to speak? Give this is whirl. It's an application called Twittersheep, the brainchild of @nickbilton, @tedroden, and @myyoung, which produces a world cloud b... [FishbowlNY]

Actualizing Future Web Knowledge Distribution - Posted January 20, 2009
— DENNIS THOMAS, SANJEEV MISHRAExecutive Summary The future web is expected to evolve into a situation aware web that surfaces the hidden knowledge of enterprises and individuals and enables greatly more powerful paradigms. Actualizing these requirements demands a semantic technology that is magnitudes greater in efficiency and performance than conventional layered techn... [semanticweb.com]

Hacking in 140 Characters or Less! - Posted January 5, 2009
Someone is hacking Twitter! We noticed a warning on our Twitter page when we logged in this morning and it turns out other, far more bolder faces, may have been taken for a bit of a twitter ride. ... [FishbowlNY]

The Shorty Awards: It's Not How Long It Is, It's How You Phrase It! - Posted December 16, 2008
While we're on the topic of Twitter, which we seem to be more and more these days, we thought it might be a good time to re-draw your attention to the ... [FishbowlNY]

The Media is Dying, 140 Characters at a Time - Posted December 15, 2008
So, at one of the media parties we were at over the weekend we found ourselves attempting to explain Twitter to a fellow party-goer (it's always nice to be reminded that not the entire world, or even most of it, spends their time contemplating these things). Anyway the best anal... [FishbowlNY]

Not Too Many Saying Yahoo! To Yahoo!: Layoffs Started Today - Posted December 10, 2008
Yahoo! in California went through with its quasi-announced layoffs today. Hundreds of people were shown the door by security guards (1,500 throughout the state; 200 in L.A.), complete with Christmas gifts in their arms and tears in their eyes. Generally, even though they were being lai... [FishbowlLA]

Twittering Mumbai: Citizen Journalism Gets One Step Closer to the Mainstream - Posted November 30, 2008
Not that long ago people were scoffing at the use of Twitter as viable tool for journalism. Well maybe not so much anymore! The terrorist siege in Mumbai over the weekend has proven once again how useful the mirco-blogging platform can be for reporters. Both the ... [FishbowlNY]

Twitter: Bringing You the World 140 Characters at at Time - Posted September 16, 2008
Remember how ... [FishbowlNY]

When the Twitter Goes Too Far - Posted September 12, 2008
We are big fans of the Twitter. According to Patrick Gavin, our FishbowlDC comrade in blogging, the Twitte... [FishbowlNY]

We've Seen the Future and It Comes in 140 Character Bites - Posted September 9, 2008
We picked up on this via our blogging cousins over at Mobile Content Today. Seems as though CNN's ... [FishbowlNY]

France's Micro-news of 1906, Digitally Remastered - Posted August 13, 2008
I've told you about publishers using Twitter and the buzz they can generate, and I've written about novelists extending their worlds onto mic... [GalleyCat]

AvantGuild: Will Twitter Followers Become Book Readers? - Posted July 16, 2008
Back in January, mediabistro.com ran an article on blogging to promote your book; now Jen A. Miller has written an article for the site about microblogging to raise your profile as an author. On the advice of a marketing consultant, Miller created a Tw... [GalleyCat]

WGA Strike Snippets of News - Posted November 5, 2007
The WGA members seem to be worried about their public image. Maybe if they start the picket lines before 9 (like when the Teamsters go to work), the strikers might be taken m... [FishbowlLA]

Everyone's A-Twitter - Posted March 15, 2007
There's always that One Big Thing that everyone's talking about at SXSW. It was only after we got back and started reading the coverage that we realized one biggie was new music service Slacker, which we didn't hear a thing about. Honestly, it would have been impossible to hear any... [UnBeige]