Twitter Most Linked to Social Site in Email Marketing

According to Email Data Source, Twitter has become the most linked to social media outlet in email marketing campaigns. Email Data Source collects, analyzes, organizes, and archives millions of marketing messages to provide competitive intelligence and analytics to the email marketing community.

Breaking Down Twitter’s New Homepage

On Tuesday, we told you about the launch of Twitter's new homepage. The revamped design sports a sleek look that is pretty easy on the eye. But, once you get past the pleasing aesthetics, you'll also see that Twitter has added a search capability and popular topics, which in turn could mean an influx of Twitterers.

July Was a Good Month for Tweeting

It appears that the number of new Twitter users has slowed a bit over the past month, although it's still growing significantly. Regardless, it hasn't prevented the number of Tweets from jumping.

AP Charges $12.50 To Quote 5 Words

The AP is known for having some fairly unconventional tactics toward the use of their content online. Sure, a company should be concerned with how their content is being used online... but how far is too far? Do you agree with the AP's new strategy? Tell us.

Twitter Quietly Takes Step Toward Security

Security firm F-Secure discovered that Twitter has begun blocking links to malicious sites when users try to post them. Twitter has not acknowledged this with an announcement yet, but users (at least some) are getting the following message when trying to post a link to a known malware site: "Oops! Your tweet contained a URL to a known malware site!"