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- A Web site and service that lets users send short text messages up to 140 characters in length from their cellphones to a group of people. Launched in 2006,...
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- What a difference a name makes: What if Live Search did Tweet searches?
- The Bing phenomenon continues and one day Microsoft's search rebranding effort may make a great marketing case study. Microsoft renamed its search Bing, added some neat logic, focused on important verticals. Microsoft has even snared a bit of search market share and has generated buzz unforeseen among tech's peanut...
- Tags: Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Tweet, Bing Phenomenon, Web 2.0, Marketing Research, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-02
- Twitter adds better friend management
- Twitter adds better friend managementUm...not reallyI think the new interface is LESS useful. Some important things have been lost. See my post about this: http://tr.im/qsRW Twitter UI change is not an improvementWhen I have to click TWICE to accomplish what I previously did in one click, I don't call that...
- Tags: Twitter, friend management
- Discussion threads 2009-07-01
- Twitter adds better friend management
- tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.zdnet.com/weblife/?p=740'; tweetmeme_source = 'mager'; tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; It looks like Twitter pushed out a new design for it's friend and follower pages. There are two views: the old traditional expanded view, and the new...
- Tags: Twitter, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- To blog or to Tweet? That is the question . . . here is an answer
- I've noticed that many people have abandoned their blogs in favor of real-time blogging on Twitter or on Friendfeed. Their argument is that they can't do both. And it's understandable because it all takes time, lots of it. But it might be worth revisiting that strategy and...
- Tags: Robert Scoble, Blog, Twitter, Friendfeed, Scobleizer, Blogging, Internet, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- News to know: Windows 7, HD-DVD, Twitter, iPhone, SOA
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Christopher Dawson: Windows 7: Good enough to pay for? Andrew Nusca: Quickfire Deal: Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade,...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Richard Koman, HD-DVD, Jason Perlow, SOA, Matthew Miller, Twitter, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- TFAdder Twitter Friend Adder 3.0 (Windows)
- TFAdder is a twitter friend follow adder, its very easy to add follows and get followers to your twitter account using our software. It can add or remove your twitter friends follows automatically. You can get more than 2000 vistors everyday by using TFAdder. Automatic Twitter friends/Follows Adder; Looking for...
- Tags: Friend, Twitter, VOVOSOFT, TFAdder, Microsoft Windows, Branding, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Management
- Software downloads 2009-06-29
- When it comes to Twitter, if you can't beat 'em...
- It's been a month of tweets, hasn't it? First, it was the election in Iran. Now, it's the sudden death of Michael Jackson. Love it or hate it, Twitter has become a key player in the transformation of online communications. USA Today noted in a report this...
- Tags: Twitter, Blogging, Networking, Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- Is Twitter stealing CNN's crown for delivering real time headlines?
- Is Twitter stealing CNN's crown for delivering real time headlines?Real news vs real gossipWhere Twitter can trounce CNN is in the speed at which it can spread information. But at the end of the day, its the media outlets that will always have the responsibility to confirm it all. And...
- Tags: INTERNET, NOW IT, CNN, Twitter, real-time headline
- Discussion threads 2009-06-26
- Is Twitter stealing CNN's crown for delivering real time headlines?
- Interestingly enough, CNN was once considered to be the provider of the most instantaneous, real-time news. If something was happening in the world, you could tune into CNN to get the latest details. Today, that comes from Twitter. Yesterday, as the news of Michael...
- Tags: Twitter, Michael Jackson, CNN, Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- Is Michael Jackson dead? Would Twitter lie?
- Is Michael Jackson dead? Would Twitter lie?Seems to be trueJust heard it on CNN. The L.A.Times is claiming to have confirmed it. ...I'm planning to pass on, in bed, with a bottle in one hand......and a stripper in the other.RE: Is Michael Jackson dead? Would Twitter lie?i think that this...
- Tags: L.A.Times, Michael Jackson, Twitter
- Discussion threads 2009-06-25
- Michael Jackson dies: Twitter's good luck
- Update: title changed to reflect developing news. Michael Jackson has died at aged 50. Yes, yes and yes. The difference between citizen journalism and professional journalism is relatively simple: one isn't paid to report what they see and hear, and the other is trusted and paid accordingly...
- Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Twitter, Michael Jackson, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account compromised; used to deliver malware
- Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account compromised; used to deliver malwareDNS attack on MacCan you check your DNS in the Mac's Network Preferences, to see if the IP addresses are different from what you expect? Or does this malicious DNS change happen somewhere else?
- Tags: Domain names, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, NETWORKING, DNS, Guy Kawasaki, Twitter, malware
- Discussion threads 2009-06-25
- Finjan releases free SecureTwitter plug-in to fight malware in Twitter links
- Finjan releases free SecureTwitter plug-in to fight malware in Twitter linksMaybe it's meFinjan hasn't green-lighted [i]or[/i] red-lighted a single Twitter link for me. I hover the cursor over the link. Nuttin.RE: Finjan releases free SecureTwitter plug-in to fight malware in Twitter linksI loaded the plugin on my firefox browser, and...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Finjan Software Inc., SecureTwitter plug-in, SecureTwitter, Twitter, malware, plug-in
- Discussion threads 2009-06-25
- Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account compromised; used to deliver malware
- ZDNet's own Ryan Naraine reports in his Zero Day security blog that Mac evangelist Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account was hijacked yesterday and was used in an attempt to distribute malware to his almost 140,000 followers. The attack screenshot above included a link to what purported...
- Tags: Malware, Guy Kawasaki, Twitter, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Desktops, Cyberthreats, Corporate Communications, Security, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Marketing, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- The Real Case in Social Media: Zappos CEO Not All Atwitter About Twitter
- The Real Case in Social Media: Zappos CEO Not All Atwitter About TwitterI
- Tags: Zappos, Atwitter, Real Case, social media, Twitter
- Discussion threads 2009-06-24
- Facebook makes status updates available to the public
- I am not one of those people who thinks Facebook is trying to be more like Twitter. They actually had status updates before Twitter, but they were never as public or simple as Twitter. Today, they take a step into the open statusphere by letting you publish your status updates...
- Tags: Facebook, Status, Twitter, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- Want To See (And Talk About) What Your Friends Are Buying? Zappos Set To Introduce 'Social Shopping'
- Zappos, the online retailer of shoes and clothing, is about to become a social networking site, borrowing aspects of Twitter and Facebook and applying them to their customers’ particular passion: buying stuff. CEO Tony Hsieh Wednesday confirmed to Between The Lines that it is working on an...
- Tags: Facebook, Customer, Twitter, Zappos, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malware
- Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malwareMore details about severity of attack[i]On Windows machines, a user falling for the bait gets to a series of Web pages featuring pornographic content and, at the end, a prompt to update a video codec. That fake codec is...
- Tags: Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Apple Mac OS X, malware, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Guy Kawasaki, attack, user interaction, disk image, Twitter
- Discussion threads 2009-06-24
- Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malware
- The Twitter account belonging to venture capitalist and Mac evangelist Guy Kawasaki was hijacked yesterday and used to push malware to some 140,000 Twitter users. The attack screenshot above included a link to what purported to be a "sex tape video free download" linked to Gossip...
- Tags: Web, Apple Macintosh, Malware, Microsoft Windows, Guy Kawasaki, Twitter, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Channel Management, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Domain Names, Desktops, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Internet, Hardware, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- Finjan releases free SecureTwitter plug-in to fight malware in Twitter links
- Security software maker Finjan Inc. has released a free browser plug-in to help users avoid clicking malicious links in Twitter that could lead to spyware and malware. by Jason Hiner
- Tags: Finjan Software Inc., Malware, Twitter, Plug-in, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2009-06-24

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