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Twitter Introduces Geo-tagging FeatureAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 20, 2009 - 11:46am.
San Francisco
- Twitter on Friday announced the launch of a new geo-tagging feature for its
API, which will allow users of third-party applications like Seesmic, Birdfeed and Twindroid
to opt-in to include their location information when they tweet. "The added
information provides valuable context when reading your friends tweets and
allows you to better focus in on local conversations," the company wrote
on its blog.
tags: Publishing | Twitter |
Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 Get Facebook, Social Media IntegrationAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 18, 2009 - 12:47pm.
Foster City,
Calif. - A day after Microsoft (NASD: MSFT)
introduced Xbox 360 integration with social media services including Facebook,
Twitter and Last.fm, Sony (NYSE: SNE) Computer Entertainment America announced its own
integration of Facebook on the PlayStation 3 platform.
tags: Games | Social Networking | Sony | Microsoft | Facebook | Xbox 360 | PlayStation 3 | last.fm | Twitter |
Twitter to Replace "Suggested Users" ListAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 16, 2009 - 1:21pm.
San Francisco
- Twitter will do away with its list of "suggested users," some 500
people the company picks out of its 54 million user base to promote to other Twitter
users, the Associated Press reported. "That list will be going away,"
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone told reporters. "In its stead will be
something that is more programmatically chosen, something that actually
delivers more relevant suggestions." AP notes that the list had drawn
controversy, for instance, for allegedly favoring Democrats over Republicans in
California's gubernatorial
race.
tags: Publishing | Twitter |
LinkedIn, Twitter Enable Cross-Posting of Status UpdatesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 10, 2009 - 11:34am.
San Francisco
- Business-focused social network LinkedIn has partnered with Twitter, to
enable users to cross-post their status updates between the two services. On
LinkedIn, a new check-box being added to the Network Updates field will let
users automatically post their LinkedIn updates to Twitter, while users will
need to alter their Twitter account settings in order to post their updates to
LinkedIn.
Twitter Launches Spanish-language Version of SiteAuthored 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 ResultsAuthored 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.
DMW Vlog: Craig Newmark on What's Next For CraigslistAuthored 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 |
Peek Launches TwitterPeek Dedicated Twitter Mobile DeviceAuthored 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.
Google to Include Real-time Twitter Data in Search ResultsAuthored 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.
Microsoft to Add Facebook, Twitter Data to Bing Search ResultsAuthored 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.
Ad.ly Lands $500,000 for In-Stream Twitter AdsAuthored 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.
Five-Billionth Tweet Posted to TwitterAuthored 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 SiteAuthored 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.
Report: Facebook, Twitter See Growth; MySpace in DeclineAuthored 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.
Slacker Web Radio Service Enables Twitter IntegrationAuthored 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.
Report: Twitter in Talks with Microsoft, Google on Search DealAuthored 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."
Should Social Media Websites Be Banned At Work Computers?Authored by Jay Baage on October 7, 2009 - 1:35pm.
MySpace Status Updates Generating Traffic on TwitterAuthored 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.
Twitter Confirms Funding; Reportedly $100M at $1B ValuationAuthored 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.
WSJ: Twitter Close to Raising $100 MillionAuthored 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 |
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