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Sep 10

Twitter’s 20 billionth tweet sent by Japanese user

Twitter’s 20 billionth message didn’t make much sense, but it spoke volumes about the rapid global growth of the microblogging service.

…Go was inundated with congratulatory
messages from around the world for hitting the social networking milestone.
The user bio changed shortly thereafter.

“I’m grateful and humbled by those who are visiting because of my 20
billionth tweet. Be warned, I tweet a lot about baseball.”

While it took Twitter four years to reach tweet number 10 billion earlier this
year in March, it took less than five months to double the figure thanks to
its increasing popularity worldwide.

Twitter Chief Executive Evan Williams traveled to Tokyo earlier this month to
celebrate its success in Japan.

“We’ve come a long way in two years especially in Japan,” he told an
enthusiastic crowd of about 500.

Japanese Twitter users set a world record when the whistle blew in the World
Cup game, in which Japan beat Denmark at 3,283 tweets per second, mostly
believed to have been Japanese. About 16 percent of Japanese Internet users
tweet, surpassing the 9.8 percent of online Americans.

The company launched a…

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24
Aug 10

N. Korea Says That It’s Not Using Twitter/Facebook/YouTube

For the last two weeks, North Korean propaganda has flooded the Internet–courtesy of the Internet, interestingly enough, and not North Korea.

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For the last two weeks, North Korean propaganda has flooded the Internet courtesy of the Internet, interestingly enough, and not North Korea.
A North Korea government official tells Forbes that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is not using Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, as reported by thousands of publications worldwide. The accounts are run by government supporters, not government officials, living in Japan and China, not North Korea.
Those social media sites are still banned in North Korea, says the official.

Any kind of IT-based communication is interesting for the DPRK, emails Alejandro Cao de Benos, a special delegate for North Korea’s Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. But don’t be fooled: Such websites will never be run by our Government directly.
Forbes Video Network: North Korea Not On Twitter
If true, it’s a hilarious twist to a two week long carnival of coverage surrounding North Korea and social media. After news of a Twitter account broke, reports…

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Aug 10

Kat Von D on why she’s a perfect match for Jesse James ‘

Kat Von D briefly posted a message yesterday on her Twitter account announcing that yes, she and Sandra Bullock’s ex-husband, Jesse James, are dating….

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Aug 10

Twitter to roll out ‘promoted tweets’ to third party service

witter is preparing to roll out ‘promoted tweets’, its advertising platform, to third party services, such as Twitpic and TweetDeck, in its ecosystem.

…Stone said in his April blog post: Twitter ranks as one of the most popular
sites on the internet. Over the years, we’ve resisted introducing a
traditional web advertising model because we wanted to optimise for value
before profit. The open exchange of information creates opportunities for
individuals, organizations, and businesses alike. We recognized value in
this exchange and planned to amplify it in a meaningful and relevant
manner We hope you’ll share in our enthusiasm as today we unveil a simple
service we’re calling ‘Promoted Tweets’. It’s non-traditional, it’s easy,
and it makes a ton of sense for Twitter….

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Jul 10

5 Ways Twitter Can Crush The Facebook Empire

These two services were, at a time, very different from each other. They both had separate methods to their madness: one focusing on a tight-knit network of close friends and the other offering massive community with plenty of networking opportunities. But now they grow more alike with each passing day.

…celebrities, managing these interactions is quite difficult and unintuitive. Twitter presents these interactions in a simpler manner, which allows for better interaction. So as Hollywood continues to establish its presence on social media, Twitter will continue to benefit.

4. Third-Party Support

Facebook and Twitter are stacked nicely in the third-party support department, but Twitter has the edge in experience. Whereas developers typically create platform-specific applications for Facebook, developers for Twitter are much more free in this regard. The freedom that Twitter provides could prove more appealing to developers. You could liken this to the iPhone (which is simple and closed) versus Android (which is chaotic and complex). That said, Twitter needs to stop stepping on its third-parties’ turf.

5. Simplicity

And one of the last things Twitter can do to steal the throne away from Facebook is to remain simple. Facebook has become a complex experience, with complicated privacy controls, hundreds of…

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Jul 10

Twitter is the world’s fastest growing search engine

Twitter now supports 800 million search queries per day, according to Biz Stone, the site’s co-founder, making it the fastest growing search engine, outpacing Yahoo! and Microsoft’s Bing combined.

…Twitter has search partnerships in place with Google, Microsoft and Bing.
These deals, completed in the last nine months for unknown amounts of money
and lengths of time, allow each search engine to index all of Twitter s data
and pull it into the main body of search results. Each search engine
realised that Twitter s own search engine was outpacing them with real-time
results on live events and wanted a piece of the action….

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4
Jul 10

Ronaldo Becomes a Father

Footballer announces news on Twitter but keeps mother’s identity secret.

…As agreed with the baby s mother, who prefers to have her identity kept
confidential, my son will be under my exclusive guardianship. I request
everyone to fully respect my right to privacy (and that of the child) at
least on issues as personal as these are.”

The statement concluded with the 25-year-old saying that no further
information would be given….

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Jun 10

Iphone Social Networking Applications

IndiaNIC offers iPhone Social Networking, Facebook on iPhone, Twitter on iPhone, My Space on iPhone and IndiaNIC can integrate your iPhone Apps with Social Networks like Facebook, Twitter, My Space.

…iPhone Social Networking Applications

No other phone has generated hype as big as the iPhone in the Mobile technology market. Equipped with all the right features, iPhone has created a new benchmark for mobile technology.
Due to Its open source nature iPhone is the best iphone social networking device. The ability to easily and comfortably access email and internet as well as variety of popular social networking sites like Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and internet tools using native iPhone applications places it at the top of the heap.
With the iPhone, you can integrate social networking with your existing iPhone applications, to share information, games score, contacts, messages, and other information. The iPhone is so compatible with social networking sites that it is almost no use owing an iPhone if your usage goal does not involve some form of social networking tools.
The ability of the iPhone to swiftly access the Internet via 3G or WiFi, depending on availability and the fact that just about any and…

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24
Jun 10

How Twitter can work for your Business?

Twitter thrives on spontaneity and its immediacy is its biggest advantage. The beauty of Twitter or any other social networking site lies in the way you use it to achieve your objectives.

…s being said is tracked. An RSS feed can be set up to receive the search results in Google Reader.

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Recruitment And Jobs
Well, if you are someone who never thought of finding employees on Twitter, then you are lagging far behind than everyone else. The whole world is moving so fast and Twitter can easily be considered a recruitment agency that does everything for free.
We have all experienced the traditional methods of recruiting people and understand the time it takes and the hassles that go with it. Twitter is your savior. Employers post tweets looking to hire people and the responses they get from Twitter are unbelievable. Twitter is more and more being used by highly qualified and experienced people looking for the best opportunities.

Twitter is also being used these days to get a correct picture of the candidates. There are HR department heads that look through Twitter to see if the short-listed candidates are on this social networking site. As one employer states,…

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Jun 10

Utah attorney general announces execution on Twitter

Utah’s attorney general announced to the world he had signed off on the firing squad execution via the micro-blogging site Twitter.

…execute a killer. Mourn his victims. Justice.”Gardner, 49, chose to die by firing squad - an option open to him because he was convicted before Utah adopted lethal injection in 2004. He was strapped to a black metal chair surrounded by sandbags to stop ricochets. A white target was then pinned over his heart, a hood placed over his head, and five volunteer marksmen armed with .30-caliber rifles opened fire from behind a wall. Only four of the weapons were loaded with live rounds and one contained a wax bullet, allowing the marksmen to retain some doubt over whether they fired the fatal shot. He was pronounced dead at 12:17 am. The executioners were all certified police officers who remain anonymous. They stood about 25 feet from Gardner….

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