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So you've joined Twitter and have finally started to get the hang of things. You know to put an "@" sign in front of usernames for public replies and you

Tinker, a new service that aggregates Twitter conversations around topics, came out of private beta today. Unlike services that merely attempt to track Twitter hashtag trends or attempt to describe

We've argued in the past that Twitter can be a platform for serious discourse and our own Marshall Kirkpatrick famously stated last year that Twitter is even paying his rent

Over the weekend, Twitter's trending topics were once again the target of an attack, this time implemented by the members of the infamous image board 4chan, the site known for

According to the UK site Blogstorm, Google has started ranking Twitter search pages for topics (think hashtag-style words) higher, often making the front page for certain queries. This is despite

According to the people at Twimbler, the answer is yes, but we're not so sure we see the point. Twimbler is a new Twitter mashup that uses a special hashtag

We got our hands on the new version of popular Twitter desktop app Tweetdeck that will be delivered to all users tomorrow and we're pretty excited about what's been added.

I had a big, long post written up here about how, with a very few exceptions, the speaker lineup at most tech conferences is disproportionately, staggeringly, overwhelmingly male. (And at

Web 2.0 New York starts today and I'm here at the event. I will be Twittering my instant takes (@bernardlunn), summarizing here on ReadWriteWeb when I have time. I plan

We've all heard of the elevator pitch: the brief overview of a product, service, or project that can be delivered in the time it takes to ride an elevator, usually