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Twitter Needs a Spam Filter? No, We Need a Marketer Filter
Written by Sarah Perez / July 3, 2009 6:16 AM / 36 Comments
Has Twitter spam gotten a little out of hand? According to today's top story on Techmeme, it has. Apparently, marketers are calling for Twitter to filter out spam and other Continue reading »


UPDATED: Sometimes, You Get What You Need: Twitter Improves UI on Follower/Following Pages
Written by Jolie O'Dell / June 30, 2009 10:38 PM / 10 Comments
Twitter has announced some changes to their follower and following pages interface design and functions. Now, when web users click to see lists of the people they follow or who Continue reading »


Look Out, Twitpic: Flickr Now Tweeting Images
Written by Jolie O'Dell / June 30, 2009 1:03 PM / 8 Comments
According to an announcement today on the Flickr blog, it's open season for image-sharing via Twitter on the gargantuan photo site. Users can now share posted content on their Twitter Continue reading »


A New Way to Mute the Backchannel: ParaTweet for Live Events
Written by Sarah Perez / June 25, 2009 6:35 AM / 5 Comments
If you've ever been to a conference or some sort of large event, you've probably seen a live Twitter stream in action. Up on a big screen in a prominent Continue reading »


Twitter Drives a Lot of Traffic to Media Sites, but Doesn't Bring a Lot of Customers to Online Retailers
Written by Frederic Lardinois / June 24, 2009 10:23 AM / 5 Comments
According to the latest data from Hitwise about Twitter users in the UK, Twitter has become an important source of traffic for entertainment sites, other social networks, and news and Continue reading »


BotKiller to Target Twitter Spam
Written by Jolie O'Dell / June 22, 2009 2:11 PM / 11 Comments
According to spam-filtration service BotKiller, Twitter spam comprises up to 3.69 percent of all tweets. They've been working on a solution to cleanse the stream of Twitter spam; their new Continue reading »


Twitter's First 2009 Revenue to Come from Large U.S. Corporations
Written by Jolie O'Dell / June 22, 2009 12:37 PM / 9 Comments
According to a recent Bloomberg report, Twitter plans to target a handful of large corporations currently using the service to generate its first revenue this year. While he would not Continue reading »


Lies, All Lies, Says @Ev: Twitter Does NOT Plan to Monetize with Shopping Recommendations
Written by Jolie O'Dell / June 21, 2009 5:57 PM / 7 Comments
In the tech blogs this weekend, there have been several confident statements and posts surrounding the comments of a supposed Twitter board member. Todd Chaffee, actually a board member of Continue reading »


Twitter Censoring Trending Topics? Isn't It About Time?
Written by Jolie O'Dell / June 18, 2009 10:33 PM / 34 Comments
Tonight, the bored and lonely segment of Twitter users banded together to push three sexy, raunchy, and totally inappropriate terms into the trending topics leaderboard. Within minutes (as far as Continue reading »


Tweetdeck Launches iPhone App and Better Version of Desktop Client
Written by Frederic Lardinois / June 16, 2009 5:50 PM / 9 Comments
Tweetdeck, one of the most popular Twitter clients on the desktop launched its iPhone app today, just in time for the release of the iPhone 3.0 update. That, by itself, Continue reading »


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