After plenty of speculation and reports, Twitter announced officially today on its blog that the company had acquired popular third-party client Tweetdeck.
“This acquisition is an important step forward for us,” the company wrote. “TweetDeck provides brands, publishers, marketers and …
Twitter today announced on its blog that it has implemented more control over the access third-party applications have on user’s profile information.
The update focused on two main areas of app permissions. The first gives users more control over the …
Most of the world should have been asleep when the British royal wedding took place today, but the event still took over the entire Internet.
In the UK, mobile carrier O2 rolled out additional base stations to deal with the …
Michael Abbott, VP of Engineering at Twitter, will be joining us for an opening fireside chat on Monday. Michael helps lead Twitter’s mobile efforts, working closely with co-founder Jack Dorsey. As such, he can speak to mobile product development. Yes, he was referenced in that recent article by Fortune about the leadership shuffles and strategy discussions happening at Twitter...
We recently wrote about a study from Pace University that showed that the popularity of a company in social media can predict its daily stock price. Now economists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have launched a website that …
Internet behemoth AOL announced today that it has hired Biz Stone, cofounder of white-hot microblogging service Twitter, as a “social impact advisor.”
The move, which comes a week after AOL closed its deal to acquire popular blog and news aggregator …
There is no bubble forming around Silicon Valley or tech startups because white-hot companies like Twitter and Facebook are able to show they have fundamental value and are capable of making money, Phil Black, co-founder at early stage venture capital …
Twitter, according to CEO Dick Costolo, needs to be like indoor plumbing: simple, instantly useful and always present. Twitter users should not have to relearn an interface when they switch between devices. To this end, the company is pursuing deep …
Earlier today PostUp, a service that claims to aggregates the “world’s best tweeters” announced that it has acquired Twitter iPhone and Blackberry client UberTwitter. In that same announcement, the company changed its name to UberMedia, the company’s third name, as …
White-hot microblogging startup Twitter has tongues wagging again, as rumors continue to swirl that the startup will soon lead a new round of financing with an estimated valuation of around $3 billion.
TechCrunch first reported the story. A Twitter spokesperson …
The usage of social networking site Twitter as an agent for political and social change will only increase in upcoming years, predicted cofounder Evan Williams at a public debate today, as the service continues to reach more people in real-time.…
Are angel investors, fund managers and even some retail investors getting in on the back end of privately held multibillion dollar startups by snatching up shares from employees and stockholders now?
A story published today by Fortune says yes, and …
While big brands and agencies have the luxury of resources and money, local businesses don’t. What they need is a social-media dashboard — an all-in-one, Web-based monitoring tool for Facebook, Twitter, and other social sites where customers hang out — …
Engage121, a company that has developed a social media monitoring and engagement tool, is attempting to differentiate itself from all the competing social media monitoring companies by launching a service specially designed for national brands with local franchises.
The new …
Sprout Social, a social media management and monitoring tool for businesses, today announced its official unveiling and public availability to all businesses. The company announced in May that it won backing from Groupon founders Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell, through their recently launched …
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 …
In another move that threatens the health of its developer ecosystem, Twitter has nearly halved the number of times third-party applications can request data from the service.
The information network said it cut the default rate limit, or number of …
Offerpop, a software development company for social media applications, has launched a new marketing app that lets retailers and brands bolster their Twitter and Facebook profiles for maximum impact. Only the Twitter application is currently available to the public, but …
Scoopler, one of the startups that launched during the real-time search craze of last year, has a new way of tracking news on Twitter.
It’s called @wtf. Twitter users can post a message starting with that Twitter handle with a …
The two companies you’d think would be most devastated by Twitter’s recent acquisition of Tweetie and its advertising launch say they’re not fazed.
140Proof, an ad network that serves sponsored tweets in user’s streams, has teamed up with Echofon, which …
