Archive for February 4th, 2010

The Young Prefer Facebook To Blogging, Twitter – WUSA

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
WASHINGTON ( USATODAY ) -- A new report paints a picture of how teens and young adults are using social media these days. "Out of all the data, we think in some ways it's most surprising to see a decline in blogging," says Pew researcher Amanda Lenhart, who co-wrote the report, "Social Media and

Sun CEO Mournfully Resigns Via Twitter – PC Magazine

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
The future of corporate communications? 140 characters, apparently. The now former CEO of Sun Microsystems made history this week by offering up his resignation via Twitter. "Financial crisis/Stalled too many customers/CEO no more," Jonathan Schwartz ...

CarMax’s Car Giveaway Contest on Twitter is Pretty Tweet – Forbes

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
BusinessWire - CarMax, Inc. (NYSE: KMX) the nation' largest retailer of used cars, is reporting that its "Tweet Yourself to a New Ride" contest on the popular social networking website Twitter, has been increasing in popularity with just four weeks ...

CarMax’s Car Giveaway Contest on Twitter is Pretty Tweet – Newsblaze.com

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
RICHMOND, Va. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - CarMax, Inc. (NYSE: KMX) the nation' largest retailer of used cars , is reporting that its " Tweet Yourself to a New Ride " contest on the popular social networking website Twitter, has been increasing in popularity ...

The First CEO to Quit Via Twitter—and It’s a Haiku! – CNBC

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
It’s fitting that the first CEO to start a blog is also the first CEO to quit via Twitter. Jonathan Schwartz, master of open-source software and Twitter haiku—Twaiku. After a string of Tweets about corporate milestones, strategic direction and ...

Twitter.com Users Get New Hovercards Feature (WebProNews)

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Twitter has introduced a new feature for Twitter.com called Hovercards. These are simply little windows that pop up when you hover over any name on your timeline. It's important to note that a lot of people use Twitter through different applications and never even see Twitter's actual site. It is nice to see that Twitter recognizes that people do still use Twitter.com. Hovercards display ...

Twitter introduces Hovercards (Geek.com)

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Twitter has introduced a new feature for those of us who regularly visit and use Twitter.com to read tweets. It’s called Hovercards and is meant to make it easier to find out more information about Twitter users as well as follow them. One of the problems with following a timeline on Twitter.com is it’s difficult to [...]

Twitter.com Users Get New Hovercards Feature – WebProNews

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Twitter has introduced a new feature for Twitter.com called Hovercards. These are simply little windows that pop up when you hover over any name on your timeline. It's important to note that a lot of people use Twitter through different applications ...

Twitter Intros “Hovercards” – Appscout

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
"Hovercards" aren't quite as exciting as they sound, but they're a cool new feature, nonetheless. Twitter is introducing the feature this week, which lets you get more information about a user simply by hovering over their name in your Twitter ...

Mexico May Crack Down On Twitter (WebProNews)

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
In what might be record time, Twitter has made some enemies in Mexico.  The site became available in Spanish only three months ago, and now, certain authorities are looking to regulate it because delinquents and criminals have become heavy users. Michael E. Miller reports that Mexico City officials were originally interested in prosecuting Twitter users who broadcast the location of police ...

Surprise, Surprise: Tila Tequila Jumps Back On Twitter (DimeWars)

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
"Tila Tequila launched her all-new Twitter page early Thursday, jumping headfirst back into the world of micro-blogging her random thoughts for all of cyberspace to enjoy.The reality TV star abruptly cancelled her original account on Tuesday, after becoming one of the most vocal presences on the popular Web site, saying her time “on Twitter has run it's course!” before deleting the page.

Mexico May Crack Down On Twitter – WebProNews

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
In what might be record time, Twitter has made some enemies in Mexico. The site became available in Spanish only three months ago, and now, certain authorities are looking to regulate it because delinquents and criminals have become heavy users ...

Twitter haiku: a great new way to deliver bad news – The Guardian

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
CEO no more." Schwartz doesn't include the seasonal reference which is key in the traditional Japanese haiku but I think we can forgive him – and perhaps there's a hint of winter in the gloom of the financial crisis stalling those customers, in the ...

Fantasy Baseball: Why You Need To Be on Twitter – Bleacherreport.com

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
The idea for this article is not original to me, so there is no need to take credit for it. In fact, a friend of mine over at FantasyHurler.com put together such a piece not too long ago. I could refer you to read that one, but it would not be ...

Will Facebook Be the Biggest News Source on the Web? – WebProNews

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
I have a question for you. Where do you get the majority of your online news? Is it from a feed reader? Is it from Twitter? Is it from Google News? Yahoo News? Do you spend your time simply checking specific news publications? There is talk that ...

Tila Returns To Twitter – The Gaea Times

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Tequila, real name Tila Nguyen, has hit headlines in recent weeks after announcing her first pregnancy on Twitter just days after the sudden death of her fiancee Casey Johnson ... Tila Tequila becomes surrogate mother for her brother December 21st ...

Why has China banned Facebook & Twitter – Yesterday – Daily Mail

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
You have 4000 characters left. Alert me to any new posts on this debate. wrote... charlie i agree with you in some ways but my problem with facebook is how little control you have over it, if i had a page and the only people who could access it were ...

The young prefer Facebook to blogging, Twitter – Courier-Post

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
A new report paints a picture of how teens and young adults are using social media these days. Teens are eating up Facebook but are not so keen on Twitter, and they are not blogging as much as they used to, according to the Pew Internet Project's report. "Out of all the data, we think in some ways

The young prefer Facebook to blogging, Twitter – Asbury Park Press

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
A new report paints a picture of how teens and young adults are using social media these days. Teens are eating up Facebook but are not so keen on Twitter, and they are not blogging as much as they used to, according to the Pew Internet Project's ...

Current Twitter trends: Sun CEO tweets his resignation, modern haikus (Independent)

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
A short post from Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz has taken Twitter by storm on the morning of February 4.