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Over at Twitter there is a new money maker in which those with a large following are sending advertisements to their followers. The new advertising scheme is being use by celebrities, bloggers and others on Twitter who are allowing advertisers to send to their personal contacts on social networks advertising.
According to a recent Times news [...]

Twitter has a new spam program it is introducing that it hopes will stop spammers in their tracks. Twitter users will be able to report sites and followers they suspect are spamming and can opt out from contact with the spammer. Though the program won’t actually close down a spamming follower, it will hopefully protect [...]

Since Thursday I have been away attending a conference of about 30 adults and I discovered some surprising facts. Two of the people in the group did not own computers. It wasn’t that they could not afford a computer, they just didn’t see a need to have one. The second thing I learned is that [...]

Over at Twitter their blog states they they are in the process of offering a feature call ‘List’ for all account users. The new feature will allow users to share groups with other Twitter users. According to the blog article it also states that:
Lists are public by default (but can be made private) and the [...]

Over at the Washington Post it appears that one of their editors got himself into a pickle when he posted his opinion to friends and associates on Twitter. The Tweets covered some of the political hot topics that currently are in the news, including being covered by the Washington Post. So now the newspaper has [...]

Over at Tweet Grade you can enter in your Twitter user name and receive a letter grade of how you are influencing the social networking site. The site states the following:

Welcome to TweetGrade!
Find somebody on Twitter that you want to follow but aren’t sure if they’re worth your valuable ‘follow’? Or just want to get [...]

The social networking site MySpace has announced that both MySpace & Twitter users will be able to sync their status. This will allow users of both social networking sites to allow friends and followers to interact with the content they post Web-wide. In a statement from the Senior Product Manager of MySpace, Sharon Nguyen, [...]

Want to make a call to another Twitter user using your landline or cell phone? Well Twitter is currently beta testing JAJAH@Call, which will allow two-minute VoIP calls. The beta version is only by invitation, so you need to check your account to see if you received an invitation or not.
This Tweet blurb further states:

Putting [...]

AT&T has had a sweetheart of a deal as being the sole provider for those who purchase an Apple iPhone. Along with buying the iPhone you also get to pay AT&T up to $2,000 for a 2 year service contract. But here is the best part. If you don’t pay your bill, you get terminated [...]

The NFL is taking a position that they do not want any NFL personnel to Tweet during game play. The problem goes back to the NFL draft when some personnel were Tweeting to fans their selection of players. Because of Twitter and Facebook availability to almost everyone in the world, The NFL is taking a [...]

Tweeting could get you a cheap seat on one of JetBlue or United flights and may fill up those seats that otherwise would go empty. Both airlines are trying what they call ‘cheeps’ to fill those empty seats at bargain pricing. The first ‘cheep’ seat was advertised by JetBlue on July 6th when they offered [...]

AT&T has been Twitting about their latest offers for getting a refurbished Apple iPhone 3G with 8GB for only $49.00 after discount. The iPhone can be had at this price after signing up for a 2 year commitment with the company.
AT&T describes their refurbished devices as:
“Refurbished phones are previously owned devices that have been unused [...]

Do you love to Tweet? Well make sure your Tweets don’t involve an apartment complex in Chicago. It seems that Amanda Bonnen posted a Tweet about her living with mold in a previous apartment she lived in that has drawn the ire of the company that manages the complex. The company, Horizon Group Management LLC, [...]

Celebrities are finding it hard to know who is who on Facebook. Some are complaining that they are not able to distinguish friends from people who are just plain bored with their lives. Because of this some are making the switch to Twitter.
In a recent article it states that::
After Bill Gates recently admitted that he [...]

At first it seemed that the hacking of Twitter in which some 300+ documents were stolen, could be blamed for by lax security in the cloud. Twitter was storing their sensitive data using Google apps., and it seemed that Google was to blame for the theft. But as more information is coming to light, it [...]

Over at TechCrunch they have their hands on some 300 documents that were allegedly stolen from Twitter and Twitter employees. A hacker known only as ‘Hacker Croll’ sent a zip file containing the documents to TechCrunch, which are going to publish some of the documents that they feel is newsworthy.
On their site they also state:
Let’s [...]

I read an interesting article which covered what Steve Ballmer had said about Google and their new Chrome operating system. The interview took place at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans and the following sentence caught my eye:
As for Microsoft’s own plans, Ballmer said the company did not see a need for a [...]

Google has taken to Twitter like the rest of the world and currently has over 40 Twitter accounts. The list of accounts seems to cover all aspects of Google and will continue to grow over time. On the Google blog site they state the following:
Like lots of you, we’ve been drawn into Twitter this year. [...]

This is a great way to record your screen and voice at the click of a button. This simple to use software works with all major operating systems and popular browsers. It is also optimized to work with your Twitter account which is a nice touch. But here is the best part. It is 100% [...]

I just happened to stumble onto an article by Mark Cuban and his take why everything that is free will eventually fail. He makes mention of some of the web’s favorite freebies such as Twitter, Facebook, and also Google. His theory is that there is what are called “Black Swans” who will have a better [...]