Twitter posts

Does anyone remember Jaiku? Many Twitter users today don’t know this, but Jaiku was far superior to Twitter in numerous ways. It was better in every single way, and it deserved to be the product that everyone was talking about today. It still, to this day, shocks me as to how Jaiku allowed Twitter to take over. But the reason that this happened was simple: the company failed to open itself up to third-party developers. Even after I urged the owners of Jaiku to open itself up to compete with Twitter, the company failed to do so. Twitter was announcing new APIs and incentives to developers while Jaiku continued…

You can now add one more to the list of reasons that Bing doesn’t suck: Microsoft is now integrating up-to-the-minute search results from real-time services like Twitter into Bing. Using a new feature called social search, users of Bing will soon also see near real-time results – very useful if you’re searching for news on a natural disaster, a local event, or if you just want to know what’s going on at a given moment in time. While the feature hasn’t been rolled out to all users yet, Microsoft say they it will be available to most in the U.S. shortly. You will also be able to see which topics are creating…

And nosy tourists and stalkers are pleased! At today’s Chirp conference, Twitter’s Evan Williams announced that Twitter will soon add a location feature to Twitter called “Points of Interest”. The feature, as Twitter’s Evan Williams put it, is “a way to see where a tweet is coming from but also a way to read all the tweets coming from specific nearby landmarks.”…

For all the chatter about the inanity of Twitter, ultimately it is a pretty amazing resource of what people are thinking and doing at any give time. And any time you hear ‘pretty amazing resource’, you can bet that people will try and monetize that somehow! Google was the first of the big search players to index Twitter results, and now they are introducing a timeline feature. While there are numerous ways to see what people are thinking right now, what the new timeline feature does is present users with a graphical chart representing how much people are talking about a subject over time. Clicking…

The rise and fall of the blog is a heavily discussed topic on the Internet. Many are quick to claim that social media is killing blogs; that blogs are no longer important. But this isn’t the case. The truth of the matter is that blogs have done far more harm to themselves than anything Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Flickr, or any other social media site could have ever done. And, if anything, these sites provide more exposure and opportunities for bloggers. Destruction From Within But all that doesn’t take away from the fact that blog growth has been slowing. There are also quite a few theories…

According to a new survey from Arbitron Inc. and Edison Research, social media is still on the rise and use has doubled since 2008. Pardon? The popularity of social media and networking or the fact that it’s increasing in users doesn’t come as any huge surprise. When the same study was completed in 2008, 24 percent of Americans age 12 and over, were already established on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. By 2010, that number has doubled and now 48 per cent of Americans over age 12 are making a name for themselves in the world of social networking. People might be under the impression…

Ever wondered which of your favorite Star Trek actors are on Twitter and which aren’t? Wonder no more… the ubergeeks at Techi have assembled a comprehensive list. Please note that we have only included the major actors from each series and the last Star Trek movie. We also respectfully do not mention actors that are deceased. Actors listed with fake/unverified accounts have not been officially verified by Twitter to be the “real deal”. Some of them may be real, some of them may not be; we left it up to you to decide. Regretfully, we don’t have them on speed dial. Yet. Star Trek: The Original Series…

As a Mac and iPhone twitter fan, I was personally thrilled to hear that Twitter has purchased Atebits, developer of Tweetie for Mac and iPhone. The Twitter blog provides more information on the story, noting that while Twitter is primarily a web app, there is definitely a need and want for desktop counterparts. “Careful analysis of the Twitter user experience in the iTunes AppStore revealed massive room for improvement. People are looking for an app from Twitter, and they’re not finding one. So, they get confused and give up. It’s important that we optimize for user benefit and create an awesome…

Hewlett Packard recently concluded a study that used Twitter to very accurately predict box office numbers for movies before they were released. The system studied over 3 million messages and accurately predicted box office takes for a number of movies, including the hit film “Avatar”. Bernardo Huberman, head of the social computing lab at HP, noted that their predictions “were incredibly close.” The HP system predicted that The Crazies would take in $16.8 million; it took it $16.06 million. Other movies were similarly close; if you want to check out the research for yourself, you can do so…

Lately, there have been rumblings that much-beloved Twitter might start to turn a little evil and begin to compete with the huge economy of third-party apps that has sprung up around the service. Well, it looks like those rumors are at least partly true, as today Twitter announced an official Blackberry client. Here’s a list of the app’s features: Real-time BlackBerry push of Twitter direct messages Camera and photo gallery integration Browser integration for Tweeting links Customizable interface for changing fonts, hiding tool bars, etc. Inbox integration so you can read your Twitter direct…