Twitter turns 6 years old today! On March 6th, 2006 Jack Dorsey tweeted his first tweet.
With over 500 million users it is the largest open communication platform on the web. Coming from it’s humble beginnings , it was plagued by frequent downtime. However, stability problems seem to be a thing of the past. Twitter hashtags and handels have become a part of pop culture, … READ MORE
It should come to no surprise that current events are increasingly being mirrored in social media. The savvy social media users, with a watchful eye, are using Facebook and Twitter to get a good idea of how the 2012 election will turn out.
On Monday, the Republican Presidential hopefuls got together to debate our countries current issues. Even before the New Hampshire Republican Presidential Debate, … READ MORE
We’ve all heard them. The stats that tell us that Facebook now has half a billion users and Twitter is seeing more than two billion tweets per month. We all know that social networking is a huge trend right now – across the board among people of all ages. But what kind of content is motivating these stats? Do users add content regularly, or is … READ MORE
Is there any doubt this is a huge announcement? The new Twitter interface is amazing!
Some great write-ups can be found on Mashable and OMC (Online Marketing Connect).
Here in Utah, we can’t wait!
Some interesting notes:
-Twitter mobile users are up 250% year over year
-The new Twitter interface allows more space for ads on twitter.com (they are finally discovering some way to monetize … READ MORE
Do you want to make your tweets more personalized? Wouldn’t social media be more fun if you could actually talk to other people rather than just type? Now there are five programs that can allow you to integrate your own recorded audio into Twitter. You can use this new-found power to sing someone a song, tell them a joke or tell them how much you … READ MORE
Many of us manage one or more fan pages on Facebook.
We can now link each page to update its associated Twitter account.
Prior to this new application, it was very tough to update Twitter from a Facebook FanPage. Now, very easy.
I was surprised at how easy the configuration was as well . . .
-Install the Facebook application by CLICKING HERE and entering … READ MORE
WordPress/Twitter Integration
WordPress has enabled posting to and reading of WordPress.com blogs via the Twitter API. Users can write a status update and post to a WordPress.com blog, have it displayed in the blog reading view and change what blog the posts go to. If geotagging has been enabled, the geolocation data gets exposed as well.
An example (in Tweetie) of what readers will see … READ MORE
Genius!
Twitter co-founder explains a nice e-commerce app he is working on.
This will be a great little app that will help make processing credit cards remotely much easier.
The video quality is not great, but the concept of the app makes that immaterial.
Have you heard?
iTunes 9 will likely include integration with Facebook, Twitter, and Last.fm.
Mashable provides some additional details about that rumor (courtesy of The Boy Genius Report) as quoted below:
At the heart of the supposed features is the ability to broadcast what you’re listening to, as well as an application – separate from iTunes – that would consolidate all of your
I have my personal favorite tools that augment Twitter’s capabilities. However, I stumbled upon this extensive list from Online Best Colleges and thought I had to share it with others. The list makes a great resource.
Twitter Analysis
If your goal is to be popular and influential on Twitter, be sure to check out these tools that will tell you how you’re doing.
1. Twitter … READ MORE