Tag Archive: Twitter
Twitter buys Bagcheck: The start of a Twitter commerce play?
Aug. 8, ‘11: Bagcheck is a site I wish I’d come up with in college when I was selling camping gear: A place where people curate and share all the gear they own and use, for backpacking, cooking, sports, tech stuff, whatever. It’s … Continue reading →
Food Network’s Alton Brown: Why I left Twitter
Aug. 5, ‘11: Food Network host Alton Brown, who seemed to be having a ball on Twitter just a few weeks ago and has since vanished: I didn’t leave Twitter because my wife started tweeting. I left Twitter because a parasitic troll fraudulently … Continue reading →
Google+ is the fastest website to reach 25 million users
Aug. 3, ‘11: And it’s growing at around 1 million users per day, Reuters’ Alistair Barr reports. In contrast, it took Facebook about three years to attract 25 million visitors, while Twitter took just over 30 months, according to comScore. Perhaps, but Google+ … Continue reading →
The only thing that matters about Twitter’s new ad product is that it exists
Jul. 28, ‘11: Twitter has been planning in-stream ads for how long? — more than a year? — and they’re finally here. And that’s what counts. As the old Apple adage goes, real artists ship. Twitter, under the leadership of CEO Dick Costolo and Chairman … Continue reading →
Twitter’s in-stream ads are launching today
Jul. 28, ‘11: Peter Kafka has the details at All Things D. Important points on the launch: You’ll only see “promoted tweets” from companies/brands you already follow You’ll only see them on Twitter’s web site, not in apps like Twitter for iPhone or … Continue reading →
5 years after launching, Twitter serving up 350 billion tweets a day
Jul. 15, ‘11: Cool stat. And more context from Twitter: There were 224 Tweets sent on July 15, 2006. Today, users send that many Tweets in less than a tenth of a second. You’re following @splatf, right?
The benefits and costs of running your own Twitter photo server
Jul. 12, ‘11: Want to post your Twitter photos to your own domain, keep your traffic and identity in-house, and maybe make a few bucks in the process? If you’re running a self-hosted WordPress blog, and are up for getting your hands a … Continue reading →
