Archive for the ‘Twitter’ Category

Twitter May Be Over Capacity, Again

Oct 22 by James Mowery | 1 comment

As much as I love Twitter, these issues over stability and scaling are really starting to get to me. For the past several days, the message “Loading Tweets seems to be taking awhile” has bombarded my screen. It’s not clear what the issue is, but Twitter obviously more »

3 Out Of 4 Tweets Go Unnoticed

Oct 17 by Toby Leftly | 3 comments

According to yet another lukewarm survey by yet another random analytics company, your tweets are worthless and nobody likes you. Research conducted using 1.2 billion posts over the past 2 months found that 71% of tweets disappear into thin air. Only 6% of more »

Uh Oh.. Twitter Ready To Monetize, And It Ain't Good

Oct 3 by Toby Leftly | 1 comment

Twitter has finally began moving towards paying gigs, probably fed with being only worth a paltry $5 billion. But you might not like what they have in store. Currently, Twitter sells “promoted tweets” for around $100,000 each. These are sponsored tweets that appear at the top of more »

Wearable Device Judges Your Hugs and Tweets The Results

Sep 29 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

“People love hugging”, states designer Celina Alvarado. I dunno, Celina, that’s pretty broad. I mean, I like hugging – hugs are pretty fly. But to say I love hugging implies a level of commitment I’m unsure I’m ready for. …and with apprehension more »

Wanna Follow Me On Twitter? No? Wanna Watch ME Follow People?

Sep 27 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Ever wanted to know what Twitter looks like from someone else’s point of view? Wanna see what @the_real_shaq gazes upon when logging in? I, for one, couldn’t care less, but maybe you do – and apparently, so does investor Shervin Pishevar , who’s collaborated with iTunes Instant creator Stephen Ou over more »

Terror Tweet Twit On Trial

Sep 24 by Toby Leftly | add comment

We’ve all been there. One moment of massive frustration, peaking in a poorly worded outburst. Paul Chambers is one such unfortunate individual. After tweeting the sentence “Robin Hood airport is closed, you’ve got a week and a bit to get more »

Yesterday's Twitter Worm Was All Just A Big Misunderstanding, Guys

Sep 22 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Hey, remember yesterday’s Twitter worm? Wasn’t that fun? Oh, don’t get all frowny, it was a blast. Apparently, it was kicked off by Pearce Delphin, a 17-year-old Australian who honestly had no idea of the chaos that would ensue. “I did it merely more »

Twitter Exploit Wreaking Havoc

Sep 21 by Toby Leftly | 1 comment

Twitter’s new look has been a massive hit with users, until this morning when an exploit was discovered that allows javascript to be executed when the user simply hovers over a link. Some are taking advantage of the loophole to Rick Roll friends, but there more »

The New Twitter Is All About The Attention Economy

Sep 20 by Navneet Alang | 2 comments

So the new Twitter – which we and about a million of other sites have reported on  – is slowly rolling out to users as we speak. On the surface, the new Twitter is all about usability: rather that one main column, it contains two that can adapt to either displaying more »

100-Year-Old Talking Tree is Most Facebook-Savvy in Belgium (and Quite Possibly, The World)

Sep 20 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

My parents don’t know jack about the internet. We’re talking nothing more complicated than basic email. We’re talking, like… you know those real long, embarrassing parental messages they tend to leave on Facebook, because they don’t ‘get’ more »

So, How 'Bout That New Twitter, Yeah?

Sep 15 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Twitterphiles hither and yon, gather and bear witness to the new Twitter.com. At a special event yesterday, Twitter unveiled a new iteration of its website, one with a focus on providing a more robust Twitter experience, among other things. more »

Scary Thought of the Day: Justin Bieber Accounts For 3% of Twitter

Sep 8 by Ty Dunitz | 4 comments

I wish it wasn’t true. Hell, you wish it wasn’t true, too. But alas – according to website designer Dustin Curtis, who’s been rapping with the folks at Twitter ’bout some metrics, the Canadian eunich sensation Justin Bieber accounts for 3% of more »

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