Don’t look now everyone, but as Twitter’s membership, eyeballs, pageviews and other valuable stats continues to grow, it’s many facets continue to evolve. For instance, IZEA well known for they pay-per-post take on blogging has just launched SponsoredTweets – a pay per tweet service. [Read more…] about Twitter Gradually Evolves into a Commercial Platform, Is it Good?
Oh So Now, Twittering is a Cool Job for Summer Interns?
In these trying times, the regular workforce are having a hard time looking for work. What more for newly grads who are looking for a nice internship program to get them by during the summer before their transition into the regular workforce. Thanks to Twitter, some of the these interns have found a new job opportunity – as “Twinterns”.
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Tweetmeme Adds More Buttons for More Retweet Goodness
Are you aware of Twitter aggregator called Tweetmeme? If you are, then you’ll be glad to know that the folks at Tweetmeme will be rolling out some new “image buttons” that you can use in other sites to give your valuable tweets more chances of getting “retweet”. This image button is similar to Techmeme’s retweet buttons which show the number of retweets your post has as well as the link for those who haven’t done so, to retweet your updates.
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Twitter Enhances Following and Follower Pages
In case you have overlooked this short announcement from the Twitter blog, the next time you check your following and follower page on your Twitter account don’t be surprised to see some minor changes in the way those pages appear, along with some new features. [Read more…] about Twitter Enhances Following and Follower Pages
Twitter to Implement Verified Account for Celebrity Profiles
Recently, Twitter had to face a lawsuit filed by St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa relating a bogus profile created on Twitter impersonating the La Russa. When the issue was brought to Twitter’s attention, the Twitter team immediately took action and cancelled the account. And as far as the Twitter management is concern, they have done their part and ensured that the said violation of Twitter’s TOS was immediately uphold. Hence, Twitter is not paying any settlement fees to La Russa nor does they have any plans of paying anytime soon. [Read more…] about Twitter to Implement Verified Account for Celebrity Profiles
Twitter’s Small Settings Update Creates a Big Fuzz
For the Twitter folks, it was nothing but a small settings update, but for Twitter users it was definitely a big issue if you have to take into account the buzz that it has created in the “twittersphere”. If you’re a heavy Twitter user you’d know that I’m talking about the “small settings update” done by Twitter which disabled notification sent to your Twitter account from people you don’t follow. [Read more…] about Twitter’s Small Settings Update Creates a Big Fuzz