Twitter Leaves LinkedIn In The Lurch
Today, LinkedIn began emailing its members regarding changes to how you can incorporate and tweets into your LinkedIn profiles.
Read MoreBeware … The End Is Near … For Google, At Least.
Pundits web wide are asking if Google is afraid of Facebook based on the latest comScore data regarding time spent on sites owned by each of the megalith internet companies. Well … hold on a minute … last time I checked, actual time spent on Google’s search site averages about 3 nano seconds to return about 150 gazillion results, while Facebook users languish in the throws of interpersonal communication for hours on end. Hardly a fair fight. Yes, I do realize they are talking about...
Read MoreSocial Networking by People 50+ Doubles in One Year Pew Research Reports
A new Internet & American Life Project by the Pew Research Center reveals that social networking use among Internet users ages 50 and older nearly doubled from 22 percent in April 2009 to 42 percent in May 2010, according to a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Social networking use among Internet users ages 50-64 grew by 88 percent over the past year, from 25 percent in April 2009 to 47 percent in May of 2010. During the same period, use among those 65 and...
Read MoreTwitter Wants You To Push Its Buttons … Twitter’s New Tweet Button, That Is
Tweet Twitter has become ubiquitous with sharing information through social media. In fact, according to a recent post on their blog, Twitter shares that nearly a quarter of all Tweets include a link. One of the common complaints surrounding Twitter is the work that is required to share information in the form of a Tweet. Copy. Paste. Shorten the link. Bouncing around between multiple browser tabs. Twitter thinks that this is simply too much work, and in a wave of recent improvement...
Read MoreGrass Roots Social Media Initiative To Save The Kansas City Folgers Plant
Horrors! The delicious smell of roasting coffee as you walk or drive anywhere near Broadway in the heart of down town Kansas City is about to be stanched for ever! Since 1908 the aroma that has been delighting passers-by, its caffeinated tendrils wafting passed the noses and awakening the senses of Kansas Citians for more than a hundred years is about to be snuffed out by parent company, J.M. Smucker Co. According to an article in the Kansas City Star, Folgers Coffee Co. will close its longtime...
Read MoreTwitter Turns Tuesday Into Testing and Tweaking Time
Twitter, the micro-blogging service and social media company founded by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, and Biz Stone among others, has seen steady growth month over month and a combined growth over the past year of 294.26%. So, if you are a social media networking site with 23 million unique visitors, what do you do to attract a revenue stream and more users? Apparently, spend a day testing out some new features and updates. And that is just what they spent today doing. Twitter spent Tuesday doing...
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