Earlier this year, Twitter began integrating Twitter Search (formerly Summize) into its home page. Just about a week ago, it became available there for everybody.
Follow These CEO’s On Twitter
BusinessWeek is reporting on over 50 CEO’s that are using Twitter to some degree or another. Last August the magazine covered just 18 folks of this ilk but apparently there is a lot more to choose from these days. Each CEO has a profile attached to them that gives their handle as well some some insight as […]
Should Companies Restrict Employees Use of Facebook, Twitter?
Update: The original title of this article was "USA Today Publisher Restricting Employees from Using Social Networks?" USA Today called Murdok requesting a change because it made it look like USA Today itself was discouraging social media use, which is apparently not the case.
Twitter’s Follower Limit – Good or Bad?
Twitter has had a limit on how many people a user can follow in a day (1,000) in place for some time, and on Monday the company said this limit was not being consistently applied to all accounts, but that it would be from here on out.
Twitter Looking To Tweet Its Way Into The World Of Search
Twitter is always making news.
Rumors Surface About Apple Buying Twitter
Here we go again. More rumors of Twitter being acquired by some company. This time it’s not Google, Microsoft, or Facebook. It’s Apple. I’m taking this (as should everyone else) with a baseball-sized chunk of salt at this point, but when these rumors start to swirl, we can’t just ignore them entirely.
So here’s what the rumors are based on. Owen Thomas of Valleywag writes:
Rumor Surfaces About Apple Wanting To Buy Twitter
So while we don’t look like we play along when the rumor mill gets started there is ‘talk’ that Apple is looking to purchase Twitter.
Are Celebrities Causing Twitter to Evolve or Devolve?
You’ve no doubt been exposed to mass hoopla surrounding Twitter and celebrities starting Twitter accounts, racing to get the most followers, etc. There’s no question that celebrity Twitter use is good for expanding the social network’s user base, but what’s it doing to Twitter as a communication tool?
Using Twitter for a Fresh Approach to eCommerce
Murdok looked at some interesting research from Forrester and Shop.org this week, which indicated that while online retail sales have been increasing, those for the majority of web-only businesses have actually remained flat or on the decline.
One startup launching this week thinks injecting a little human touch into eCommerce can be a way to combat this. Naturally, Twitter is the medium the company’s using to do this.
Twitter Search for All
Having had Twitter search readily available from my Twitter home page for some time now, I had forgotten that this feature was not available to everyone yet. Sure, the feature was always available if you could find it, but having it right in the right-hand navigation column makes it that much more accessible.