UberMedia to make a microblogging service for folks who hate Twitter

Leading developer of Twitter applications UberMedia is planning to create its own microblogging platform to attract users who have voiced complaints with Twitter, according to multiple sources from a CNN report.

A homegrown platform would give UberMedia’s business model more stability by decreasing their dependency on Twitter for the success of their top applications, which account for over 10 percent of daily user activity on Twitter by some estimates.

It also may be a necessary … Continue Reading

12seconds.tv shuts down with tightening Twitter ecosystem

12seconds.tv, which launched two years ago as a service for leaving 12 second-long video status updates (described as a ‘Twitter for video’), announced today that it plans to close up shop on October 22. The service plans to release a download tool for users to backup their videos later this week.

The shutdown is due of a multitude of causes. Co-founder Sol Lipman revealed to Mashable that traffic on the site has remained at the … Continue Reading

Tweetdeck, Twitter's biggest desktop client, shifts focus to revenue

Twitter’s most popular client, Tweetdeck, is set to make a big revenue push this year and says its desktop app has been downloaded 15 million times.

The company’s chief executive Iain Dodsworth pointed out that one of the big trends on Twitter’s platform this year will be “the maturation of the real-time ecosystem into a business.” Indeed, Dodsworth hinted that the U.K.-based company like Twitter will start focusing on its revenue model this year, like … Continue Reading

Myspace to open developer platform — good for web startups

Twitter’s most popular client, Tweetdeck, is set to make a big revenue push this year and says its desktop app has been downloaded 15 million times.

The company’s chief executive Iain Dodsworth pointed out that one of the big trends on Twitter’s platform this year will be “the maturation of the real-time ecosystem into a business.” Indeed, Dodsworth hinted that the U.K.-based company like Twitter will start focusing on its revenue model this year, like … Continue Reading

Facebook looks cozy with Microsoft, Amazon — a challenge to Google?

Twitter’s most popular client, Tweetdeck, is set to make a big revenue push this year and says its desktop app has been downloaded 15 million times.

The company’s chief executive Iain Dodsworth pointed out that one of the big trends on Twitter’s platform this year will be “the maturation of the real-time ecosystem into a business.” Indeed, Dodsworth hinted that the U.K.-based company like Twitter will start focusing on its revenue model this year, like … Continue Reading

Introducing "Causes on Facebook"

Twitter’s most popular client, Tweetdeck, is set to make a big revenue push this year and says its desktop app has been downloaded 15 million times.

The company’s chief executive Iain Dodsworth pointed out that one of the big trends on Twitter’s platform this year will be “the maturation of the real-time ecosystem into a business.” Indeed, Dodsworth hinted that the U.K.-based company like Twitter will start focusing on its revenue model this year, like … Continue Reading