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Study Reveals High Levels of Twitter Use at Conferences

Written by Sarah Perez / July 27, 2009 6:08 AM / 8 Comments

A group of scholars from Germany, Austria, and the U.K. recently put together a case study about the tweeting habits of conference attendees. Entitled "How People are using Twitter during Continue reading »

Evolution of a Revolution: Visualizing Millions of Iran Tweets

Written by Guest Author / July 25, 2009 9:20 AM / 12 Comments

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At its peak, a search for "Iran" on Twitter generated over 100,000 tweets per day and over 8,000 tweets per hour. The plot just below shows the growth in volume Continue reading »

The Tweeting House: Twitter + Internet of Things

Written by Richard MacManus / July 21, 2009 12:00 AM / 11 Comments

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I recently spoke to Andy Stanford-Clark, a Master Inventor and Distinguished Engineer at IBM. He's been working on a number of Twitter and real-time monitoring projects, many of them at Continue reading »

Akibot: An Enterprise Twitter Clone Infused with A.I.

Written by Sarah Perez / July 20, 2009 11:30 AM / 9 Comments

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What if Twitter understood what you were saying and could then take action on your messages? What if Twitter wasn't just a place to post your random thoughts, but an Continue reading »

Twitter Changes API, Fails to Notify Developers

Written by Jolie O'Dell / July 18, 2009 8:41 AM / 9 Comments

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SocialToo founder Jesse Stay has alerted us (and the rest of his blog readers) to certain Twitter API changes that may be detrimental to many developers. Stay's main beef with Continue reading »

Facebook and Twitter on TV: Hands-On with Verizon FiOS's New Widgets

Written by Sarah Perez / July 17, 2009 8:22 AM / 14 Comments

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Last night, something amazing happened: Facebook and Twitter came to my TV. No, I didn't go out and purchase some brand-new internet-enabled "TV of the future," I just received an Continue reading »

BingTweets: Microsoft Launches a Twitter Search Engine

Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 15, 2009 8:15 AM / 9 Comments

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Microsoft, in cooperation with Federated Media and Twitter, launched its own full-blown Twitter search engine today. BingTweets mashes up real-time Twitter search with results from Bing, Microsoft's new and increasingly Continue reading »

When Will Twitter Really Go Real Time? And What Will Change When it Does?

Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 13, 2009 10:19 AM / 7 Comments

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In its current state, Twitter is a strange mix of real-time features like search and the slow polling mechanism that desktop clients use to grab new messages. As Twitter puts Continue reading »

Editor's Pick: Does Twitter Deserve a Nobel Peace Prize

Written by Richard MacManus / July 12, 2009 9:00 AM / 2 Comments

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As founding editor of ReadWriteWeb, every weekend I'll pick out 2-3 posts from the past week which I thought were particularly good and worth highlighting. Last week Marshall Kirkpatrick, RWW's Continue reading »

Seesmic Launches Web-Based Twitter Client & New Version of Seesmic Desktop

Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 10, 2009 12:18 PM / 6 Comments

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Today, Seesmic, the developers of one of the most popular Twitter clients, unveiled a web-based version of Seesmic, as well as a new version of the Seesmic desktop. The web-based Continue reading »

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