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DMW Vlog: Craig Newmark on What's Next For Craigslist

Authored by Jay Baage on November 4, 2009 - 6:58am.

DMW Vlog - Craigslist's Founder Craig Newmark was featured in a really interesting luncheon keynote interview at DMW's recent Digital Media Conference West. We caught up with him afterwards and talked briefly about what is next for Craigslist, what he sees as the most interesting online phenomena right now and which social networks he uses himself.
tags: Video | Marketing | Facebook | Events | LinkedIn | Craigslist | Social Media | Twitter | Craig Newmark | Digital Media Conference West |

Twitter Launches Spanish-language Version of Site

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 4, 2009 - 12:29pm.
San Francisco - Twitter has launched a Spanish-language version of its website, co-founder Biz Stone announced in a blog post published yesterday. The site was created with the assistance of volunteers -- similar to how Facebook has used volunteers and software to create foreign language versions of its site.

tags: Publishing | Twitter |

Yahoo Testing Real-Time Data in Search Results

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 4, 2009 - 11:28am.
San Francisco - Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) is experimenting with providing real-time search results from services like Twitter, and has partnered with real-time search providers including OneRiot on the trials, Reuters reported.
tags: Yahoo | Search | Publishing | Twitter | OneRiot |

Peek Launches TwitterPeek Dedicated Twitter Mobile Device

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 3, 2009 - 10:35am.
New York - Consumer electronics firm Peek on Tuesday introduced the TwitterPeek, a mobile device designed exclusively for the purpose of accessing the Twitter microblogging service. The device, which features a QWERTY keyboard, is available for $199 with lifetime unlimited nationwide service, or $99 with a six-month service contract. The TweetPeek lets users send tweets, replies, retweets and direct messages, and also allows users to view pictures on TwitPics.

tags: Mobile | Publishing | Twitter | Peek | TwitterPeek |

Google to Include Real-time Twitter Data in Search Results

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 22, 2009 - 8:57am.
Mountain View, Calif. - Shortly after Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) announced a similar deal, Google (NASD: GOOG) yesterday said that it had signed a deal with Twitter, to include real-time status updates in its search results. "We believe that our search results and user experience will greatly benefit from the inclusion of this up-to-the-minute data, and we look forward to having a product that showcases how tweets can make search better in the coming months," Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of search products and user experience, wrote in a blog post.
tags: Microsoft | Search | Google | Facebook | Publishing | Twitter |

Microsoft to Add Facebook, Twitter Data to Bing Search Results

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 21, 2009 - 8:54am.
San Francisco - Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) announced on Wednesday that it has signed separate deals with Facebook and Twitter, to bring real-time status updates from the services to its Bing search engine. While financial terms of the nonexclusive agreements were not disclosed,  PaidContent cited earlier reports pegging Twitter's take as "several million dollars," in addition to a share of ad revenue.
tags: Social Networking | Microsoft | Search | Google | Facebook | Publishing | Twitter | Bing |

Ad.ly Lands $500,000 for In-Stream Twitter Ads

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 20, 2009 - 10:15am.
Los Angeles - Ad.ly, a month-old provider of in-stream Twitter advertising services, has raised $500,000 in seed funding from GRP Partners, TechCrunch reported.
tags: Deals | VC | Advertising | Publishing | Twitter | Ad.ly | GRP Partners |

Five-Billionth Tweet Posted to Twitter

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 20, 2009 - 8:01am.
San Francisco - A former Current Media executive has posted what is purported to be the five-billionth tweet to the Twitter microblogging service, CNET News.com reported.
tags: Publishing | Twitter |

Digg Acquires Founder Rose's WeFollow Twitter Ranking Site

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 16, 2009 - 7:50am.
San Francisco - Digg, the user-generated Web content ranking service, has acquired WeFollow, a Twitter directory service launched by Digg founder Kevin Rose earlier this year, TechCrunch reports.
tags: Deals | Acquisitions | Publishing | Digg | Twitter | Kevin Rose | WeFollow |

Report: Facebook, Twitter See Growth; MySpace in Decline

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 14, 2009 - 10:54am.
New York - Facebook accounted for 59% of all U.S. social network site visits in September, an increase of 194% from the 19% of site visits that Facebook attracted a year ago, according to data from Internet measurement firm Hitwise. MySpace received the second-highest percentage of traffic among social network sites in September, with 30.2% -- a plunge from the 67% of all traffic it drew a year ago.
tags: Social Networking | Reports | MySpace | Facebook | Research | HitWise | Twitter |

Slacker Web Radio Service Enables Twitter Integration

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 8, 2009 - 11:28am.
San Diego - Slacker, the provider of a streaming radio service and accompanying portable music player, announced on Thursday that it has integrated with Twitter, allowing Slacker users to automatically tweet station changes/plays, favorited songs, banned songs, and banned artists.

tags: Marketing | Advertising | Music | Twitter | Slacker |

Report: Twitter in Talks with Microsoft, Google on Search Deal

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 8, 2009 - 9:00am.
New York - Twitter is in "advanced" talks with both Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) and Google (NASD: GOOG) to add Twitter results to their search services, All Things D reports. Compensation deals being discussed reportedly include an upfront payment of "several million dollars," "along with various revenue-sharing proposals that would give Twitter a piece of the revenue made from search results."
tags: Microsoft | Search | Google | Publishing | Twitter |

Should Social Media Websites Be Banned At Work Computers?

Authored by Jay Baage on October 7, 2009 - 1:35pm.
tags: Mobile | Social Networking | MySpace | Facebook | UGC | Social Media | Twitter |

MySpace Status Updates Generating Traffic on Twitter

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 28, 2009 - 9:21am.
Palo Alto, Calif. - A week after News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) MySpace launched a feature that lets members sync their MySpace status updates with their Twitter accounts, MySpace lnk.ms shortened links have become the second-largest source of that brand of traffic, TechCrunch reported, citing Techmeme data. MySpace links now account for 17% of all passed links on Twitter. Bit.ly claims 68%, while TinyURL accounts for 10.13% of passed links.

tags: Social Networking | MySpace | News Corp. | Twitter |

Twitter Confirms Funding; Reportedly $100M at $1B Valuation

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 28, 2009 - 6:00am.
San Francisco - Microblogging service Twitter on Friday confirmed that it has landed a "significant round of funding," which The Wall Street Journal reported was $100 million at a valuation of about $1 billion -- four times its valuation from earlier this year. The company said that investors included Insight Venture Partners, T. Rowe Price, Institutional Venture Partners, Spark Capital and Benchmark Capital.
tags: Deals | VC | Benchmark Capital | Publishing | Spark Capital | Twitter | T. Rowe Price | Institutional Venture Partners | included Insight Venture Partners |

WSJ: Twitter Close to Raising $100 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 24, 2009 - 6:01am.
New York - Twitter is close to raising as much as $100 million in new funding from as many as seven investors, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the deal. That is double the $50 million figure that several recent reports indicated the company was in the process of raising.
tags: Deals | VC | Publishing | Spark Capital | Investments | Twitter | T. Rowe Price | Institutional Venture Partners | Insight Venture Partners |

MySpace Syncs Status Updates with Twitter

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2009 - 7:31am.
Los Angeles - News Corp.'s MySpace announced on Monday that it has added a new feature that lets all MySpace users sync their status updates with their Twitter feeds, so that their tweets will also appear within their MySpace status and moods.
tags: Social Networking | MySpace | Facebook | News Corp. | Twitter |

Jajah Offers Free Voice Calls on Twitter, Based on Username

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 17, 2009 - 11:40am.
Mountain View, Calif. - Twitter users now have the ability to make free phone calls to other Twitter users, knowing only their Twitter username, through a new beta service offered by Jajah. The free two-minute calls will use the Jajah Internet-based calling service, and work with any Twitter client, including Seesmic, Tweetie, Twitterfon and TwitterBerry.

tags: Social Networking | Jajah | Publishing | Twitter |

Report: Twitter Looking to Raise Funding at $1 Billion Valuation

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 16, 2009 - 11:18am.
Palo Alto, Calif. - Twitter is looking to raise $50 million in new financing at a $1 billion valuation, TechCrunch reported, citing multiple sources who said CEO Evan Williams disclosed the figure during a staff meeting.
tags: Deals | VC | Publishing | Investments | Twitter |

Twitter Updates Terms of Service; Door Left Open to Advertising

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 11, 2009 - 8:05am.
San Francisco - Twitter this week announced several changes to its Terms of Service, to reassure users that they ultimately "own" their tweets, and to "leave the door open for advertising," co-founder Biz Stone wrote on the company's blog.
tags: Advertising | Copyright | Publishing | Twitter |
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