Tag: Twitter
iJustine: From Geek to Internet Celebrity
Forget going from rags to riches, the hot story these days is going from geek to internet celebrity.
Justine Ezarik, a 25-year-old video blogger and marketing genius living in Los Angeles, has successfully catapulted herself into internet celebrity status by using her geekness to stay on the cutt ...
The 5 Most Influential People in Mobile Tech
Laptop Magazine released their list of the 25 Most Influential People in Mobile Tech last month and it reads like a who's who of creative geniuses.
According to the magazine, this was the criteria to be considered for the list: "It takes a special type of leader to execute in an economy that is ...
What Are You Doing? Tweet Talk
For the newbies on Twitter and for everyone else who are into Twitter and for those of you who are wondering who is behind this micro-blogging site and what is it really all about. We dug up a video from TED site for us to get a closer look at the man and one of the fastest growing social networkin ...
Twitter In Real Life | Taking Twitter to The Streets
Are we all just a bunch of stiffs ans squares? Are we all to afraid to make a fool out of ourselves? Are we just simply too scared to say things out loud and instead use Twitter as a relief for everything we want to say? Sometimes it sure seems like it. Even though a lot of people are more than soci ...
Alyssa Milano Rocks On Twitter
It's always interesting to me to watch how celebrities use Twitter. As we all know, most celebrities tweet about one topic: Themselves. Although I, along with everyone else, am a bit curious, it gets old quick.
Every now and then you run across celebrities like @kathyireland and @collective_soul ...
10 Best Impact Follows For Your Tweets
We all know that following the right people and to interact with them can do miracles for your following as well as for the message you want to spread whether it be business, friendship or just connecting with new people. There are so many "Get Followed Quick" schemes out there that I literally get ...
Facebook, Twitter, Xbox 360, Wii and Sony Evolve
This year at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in June, they announced that Facebook and Twitter apps would be coming to Xbox 360. Since then, James Halton from Microsoft elaborated by saying that these two applications would be standalone downloads (not part of the upcoming dashboard update t ...
Explaining Twitter to Those Who Don’t Get It
Last weekend I went to a charity event sponsored by a national television show. As I watched the sponsors get up in front of everyone and say, "We think it is better to connect with you this way than through Twitter or Facebook." I immediately took offense. I thought, "How dare they insult my precio ...
Owl Tastic – Hootsuite 2.0 Twitter Client is Here!
The wait is finally over! Following the closed beta, HootSuite 2.0 is going live to the public! And what can you expect? The hottest features suggested by its users, all intended to save time and increase efficiency. HootSuite 2.0 was designed to allow you and your team to get the most out of your ...
Twitter Police – Now It’s Serious!
It had to come sooner or later right. Some law enforcement to check up on all of us and everything. I never thought about it until now actually. It's been rumored and told that the government has and are using a system to listen in on any (ANY) cell phone if there is sufficient suspicion that the in ...
Privacy Risk Using Twitter?
If you didn't know already there's huge talk about Internet privacy going around in all kinds of different areas. Whether certain things will invade on our turf or not. But here's the thing I don't get (once again, lol). When I first saw the title of the clip in this article I smiled. I understand t ...
Twitter Search in Plain English – Tutorial
Just when I thought that to search you actually...search. But apperently I was more then wrong and obviously needed a Twitter Search in Plain English tutorial to learn what search does. I know it has been said PLENTY of times before but is there something new about search that I should know of? I me ...
Nano Blogging vs Micro Blogging?
Nano blogging? Since the growth of Twitter over the years, more and more people are asking what is the next best thing? Here is a video created by slate V and if you want to laugh, go ahead and watch this mockumentary about a company that wants to take microblogging to the next level.
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What’s With the Twitter Name?
Did you know that the name Twitter was first spelled as twttr as inspired by the word Flckr and the fact that American SMS short codes are five characters. The developers prototyped with "10958″ as short code, later changing it to "40404″ for "ease of use and memorability." Work on the project ...
Live Feed and Social Media Integration
Technology is truly amazing. After Mashable posted the different links where people could watch the Memorial Service, people flocked on to the different sites. Ustream / CBS, Facebook / CNN, MySpace and MTV plus one can voice their opinion via Twitter by using the keywords "MJ’s" or "MJ me ...