Posts Categorized: Twitter

CrunchWeek: Instagram Debuts Messaging, Twitter’s Blocking Debacle, Snapchat Banks $50M

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Description: Three Tech Crunch Writers get together and discuss the week’s hot tech topics including stories on Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat. Source: Tech Crunch Date: December , 2013 The launch of Instagram’s first ever messaging feature called Instagram Direct and the impressive new usage figures announced by Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom, Twitter changing how its… Read more »

HootSuite Partners with Foursquare to Create Online Venue Management Solution for Businesses

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Description: With the new partnership between Hootsuite and Foursquare, the two apps are hoping to utilize each other’s platforms to further grow their companies and engage customers in real-time conversations.   Date: November 21, 2013   HootSuite is partnering with Foursquare to create a venue management solution for businesses. The app integration aims to combine the power… Read more »

TWTR, Inc. Stock Soars as Investors mistake the company for Twitter

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Description: A misunderstanding has the company TWTR, Inc. confused for Twitter.  Twitter has chosen TWTR as their stock symbol when the company goes public. TWTR, Inc investors see a 2,000 percent rise in stock price because of the confusion. Source: canada.com Date: October 4, 2013 Twitter, we’re sure, took it as a good sign that investor… Read more »

Keep Tweeting After You Die with LivesOn

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Description: If a friend or family member passes away, would you want artificially intelligent software to keep speaking for them? If so, you may want to suggest they register for LivesOn. Source: TechVibes Date: March 15th, 2013 A unique new program has been developed that aims to allow Twitter users to continue tweeting long after they’re dead…. Read more »

‘The Bachelor’ Gets Social With Real-Time Tweets on TV

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Description: The way we watch TV has changed. Today, viewers sit on the couch with the TV remote in one hand and their mobile device in the other. This new socially connected audience is bringing about a major change in programming. Source: Mashable Date: March 13th, 2013 The 17th season of ABC‘s quest-for-love reality TV show “The Bachelor” wrapped… Read more »

Don’t Fire An Employee And Leave Them In Charge Of The Corporate Twitter Account

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Description: HMV recently laid off 60 HR representatives including @poppy_powers, the Facebook and Twitter manager. What followed was a live tweeting session of the mass firing. Source: Forbes  Date: February 1st, 2013 Yesterday HMV, the beleaguered British entertainment retailer, laid off 190 employees, in an effort to cut costs and right its balance sheet. The… Read more »

Twitter Rumored To Be Preparing For 2014 IPO

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Description: Rumors are circulating about a possible Twitter IPO in 2014. What’s the initial valuation? $11 billion. Source: FastCompany Date: January 4, 2013 An analytic report from a firm used to sizing up businesses on their way to an IPO is suggesting that Twitter will float in 2014. Greencrest Capital, which has been vocal in its support of recent… Read more »

Social Media Etiquette: Do You Kiss and Tell?

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Description: A recent survey conducted on Zoosk, Facebook’s dating service, has revealed some interesting statistics about romantic technology use. Despite the risk of public romance, many users are still updating their Facebook profiles with romantic posts. Who are these users and why do they do it? Source: Huffingtonpost.com Date: September 18th, 2012   Posting your… Read more »

Is texting making us more creative? Canadian researchers think so

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Description: Some call it a universal form of English. Others argue it’s most definitely ruining the language and producing a generation of illiterates. Source: GlobeandMail.com Date: April 9, 2012 But researchers at three Canadian universities studying text messaging think we may have become more creative because of this new form of communication. The academics from… Read more »