Tag Archive: Twitter
The new, new Twitter: 10 big takeaways
Dec. 8, ‘11: Twitter launched a major new version of its service today with many components: A significant redesign; a more common user experience between Twitter-the-website and its various apps; more features for brands; and new versions of TweetDeck for the web, Mac, … Continue reading →
Path and Instagram are making Facebook look incredibly uninventive at mobile
Nov. 30, ‘11: As the “mobile Internet” becomes the Internet, one big question about Facebook is: Will it remain the dominant mobile social network, or will it be replaced by a mobile-first or mobile-only social network? Size is on Facebook’s side. The company … Continue reading →
What the cable industry could learn from Twitter
Nov. 22, ‘11: Something awesome happened last weekend: I downloaded an iPhone app — BTN2Go from the Big Ten Network — logged in with my Time Warner Cable credentials, and a few seconds later, was streaming a live football game on my phone. … Continue reading →
3 random, meaningless stats, because I love you
Nov. 16, ‘11: 55.5 million people “Like” Facebook on Facebook, or about one for every 14.5 of its 800+ million users. @Twitter has 6.8 million followers on Twitter and has tweeted 1,222 times. Google has “About 12,240,000,000 results” for “google”. (Bonus: If you … Continue reading →
Apple’s huge week was big for Twitter and Facebook, too
Oct. 17, ‘11: Last week was huge for Apple: It sold 4 million of the new iPhone 4S, and more than 25 million people are already using iOS 5. It was also a big week for Twitter and Facebook, according to iPhone App … Continue reading →
Wait, wasn’t Twitter supposed to be dead by now?
Sep. 9, ‘11: Twitter announced yesterday that it has reached 100 million active users, with 50 million active each day. But… “Is Pownce the Twitter or Jaiku Killer?” (Jul. 2007) “Is Plurk the Twitter killer?” (Jun. 2008) “Will Google use Jaiku to kill Twitter?” … Continue reading →
Twitter sets a new record: 8,868 tweets per second
Aug. 29, ‘11: Twitter PR: Last night at 10:35pm ET, Beyonce’s big MTV #VMA moment gave Twitter a record bump: 8,868 Tweets per second. The good news for MTV is that its awards show can still draw an audience: A record 12.4 million viewers, via … Continue reading →
Twitter improves photo sharing again with user photo galleries
Aug. 22, ‘11: Twitter now aggregates all of the photos you’ve shared across a bunch of different image hosts — including Twitter’s own photo service, Instagram, Twitpic, and Yfrog — into a single gallery on your profile page. Overall, pretty neat and useful. … Continue reading →
Finally, Twitter is building stuff again
Aug. 11, ‘11: The other thing I missed yesterday was Twitter’s soft launch of new activity streams. I haven’t had a chance to try them out yet, but they look interesting. This feature made Facebook a lot more addictive, and I’ve found it … Continue reading →
NYT Twitter account followers add up to 16 times the circulation of the paper
Aug. 8, ‘11: Jim Maiella: Bill Keller’s gone-but-cosmically-cached Twitter rant is even more surprising when you consider that The New York Times is arguably the most active media outlet in the world on the platform, and you don’t have to take my word for it. … Continue reading →
