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Twitter talks up commercial services
As tagline changes to "what's happening?" 20 November 2009 11:02 GMTTwitter boss Biz Stone has unveiled more about the micro-blogging service's plans to make money revealing that paid-for commercial accounts will roll-out this year, in an interview with the BBC.
Stone insists Twitter will stay free for individuals, and for... -
Vodafone offers paid-for SMS retweet option
New Twitter service lets users RT the most recent post 19 November 2009 15:48 GMTVodafone has expanded its Twitter options in the UK by offering a new service that allows Twitter users to retweet messages via SMS.
Vodafone customers can already send and receive SMS Twitter updates and now they can use the same number to retweet the most... -
UK Twitter users profiled
Britain's average Twitterer revealed 19 November 2009 12:31 GMTA study into Britain's Twitter users has yielded some interesting results enabling a general profile of the average user to be revealed.
Here in the UK there are around 5.5 million people that use the micro-blogging service and it seems a typical user is under... -
"Unfriend" named Word of the Year by OUP
Hashtag a runner up as social networking makes a big impact on our vocab 18 November 2009 18:04 GMTAs do other such companies, the New Oxford American Dictionary has revealed the new words it is considering for inclusion, and revealed its choice of "Word of the Year" for 2009.
The 2009 Word of the Year has been named as "unfriend" with the definition reading... -
Email extinction predicted in 10 years
Younger gen prefers tweets and IMs 18 November 2009 9:38 GMTEmail extinction could be a reality in the next 10 years, says TalkTalk, proclaiming the younger generation has no need for such long-winded communication.
No doubt echoing similar studies from 10 years ago that predicted the absolute death of snail mail, this... -
Three ways to get the most out of Twitter
Tips and Tricks from Chris Brogan 18 November 2009 2:29 GMTAs Twitter continues to gain popularity with brands and people alike, how should you go about using it as a tool for communicating rather than a way of telling the world what you just had for lunch?
We sat down to watch the "Mayor" of Twitter, Chris Brogan, at...
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O'Reilly: Ugly times ahead for the Internet
Internet is trying to eat itself 17 November 2009 18:36 GMTWeb visionary, Tim O'Reilly, has suggested that we could be heading into an "ugly time" on the Internet possibly mirroring the browser wars of the nineties.
Talking at the Web 2.0 expo in New York, O'Reilly warned that a number of moves by big organisations like...
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Stephen Fry: "Twitter is people-shaped, not business-shaped"
The beloved twillionaire warns the corporate world over web 2.0 use 17 November 2009 16:18 GMTWith Twitter all the rage as a marketing tool, Stephen Fry gave a stern warning this morning to businesses not to turn the mirco-blogging service into something of their own. The actor, writer and self-proclaimed "twillionaire" was speaking at the 140 Conference today...
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Orange debuts MMS Twitter updates
Send photos with your Tweets 17 November 2009 9:42 GMTOrange has announced a new service for Twitter users that'll allow them to send images to the microblogging service by attaching them to MMS messages. It's called "Snapshot" and is apparently the first service in the world to offer that functionality.
Oh, and...
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iTunes still most popular music service by far
But Swedish upstart Spotify is gaining fast 16 November 2009 16:41 GMTA survey of 2000 internet users in the UK from GfK NOP has found that iTunes still remains by far the most popular music service, but that new entrant Spotify is shooting rapidly up the charts, despite having only just celebrated its 1st birthday.
The survey asked...
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Google makes Wave a little more Twittery
Changes "mute" to "unfollow", and hints at further moves 13 November 2009 11:08 GMTGoogle has introduced a couple of small changes to how its communication platform Wave behaves, in response to public demand. After users complained that public waves were clogging up inboxes, Google has tweaked the functionality so that waves are now "followed", and...
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Xbox 360 social update dated
Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm and Zune Video dropping within days 12 November 2009 18:40 GMTMicrosoft has confirmed that it will be releasing its latest Xbox 360 update on the 17 November to all LIVE members.
The new update, which was first announced in June, will bring with it Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm and Zune video to the console.
The Facebook...
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Shit My Dad Says lands TV deal
Coming to a TV near you 10 November 2009 18:49 GMT@Shitmydadsays, the funny twitterer that supposedly writes down the stuff his 73-year-old dad says has landed a TV deal with CBS in the US.
In what is thought to be the first Twitter TV deal signing, the twitter stream will be turned into a TV show.
According...
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MP Tom Watson forms gamers' pressure group
To help video gamers "find their voice" 9 November 2009 11:00 GMTUK Labour MP Tom Watson has formed a political pressure group called "Gamers' Voice", designed to "discuss how UK video gamers can find their voice in newspapers and government". The MP announced the creation of the group, which currently manifests itself on Facebook,...
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Poppy Appeal calls for Twitter silence on Remembrance Day
No tweets at 11am on 11/11 6 November 2009 14:54 GMTThe Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal has called for the annual 2-minute silence to extend online this year.
The organisation has asked Twitter users to observe the 2-minutes' silence on Remembrance Day by sending no tweets during this period via its Twitter... -
Palestinian street named after Twitter account
"Where are you @?" 6 November 2009 12:04 GMTIt's being reported that a street has been named after a Twitter username in the Palestinian West Bank. In the Askar refugee camp, close to the city of Nablus, a road has been named "@ arjanelfassed tweetstreet", after the user @arjanelfassed.
A Dutch charity,...
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Twitter rolls out retweet feature, slowly
Access granted to a "very small percentage of accounts" 6 November 2009 9:48 GMTTwitter has announced on its blog that it's beginning the rollout of its promised retweets feature. The company said: "We've just activated a feature called retweet on a very small percentage of accounts in order to see how it works in the wild".
Retweets originally...
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Twitter testing new tweet notifictions
Website becomes even more real-time 5 November 2009 9:17 GMTTwitter has dropped a message onto its status blog to say that it's testing a new set of notifications for those who use Twitter.com to interact with the service. If you see a yellow bar at the top of your Twitter stream on the site, then don't be alarmed.
It'll...
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TwitterPeek UK bound?
British people Twitter too 5 November 2009 3:48 GMTTwitterpeek, the dedicated Twitter device announced earlier in the week in the US could be making its way to the UK in the early part of next year according to the company behind it.
"Someday TwitterPeek will cross the pond to the UK. someday could be early next...
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TwitterPeek device aims to appeal to the Twitterholic
Forget everything else - Twitter is the way to communicate 3 November 2009 16:19 GMTPeek, the company that offers a dedicated handheld email device, has today announced a new device just for twitterholics.
The TwitterPeek as it is called, is a dedicated colour screen, QWERTY keyboard sporting device that allows users to dump their smartphones,...
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Twitter widgets brings Twitter to the rest of the Web
Real-time updates in handy widgets 3 November 2009 4:14 GMTTwitter has released a new "goodie" that allows users to display lists on their site as they update.
Called Twitter widgets, the new feature "lets you display Twitter updates on your website or social network page" according to the blurb on the new widgets page.
Users...
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Hallowe'en Twitter Tweance celebs named
List of four is surprisingly Elvis-free 30 October 2009 11:16 GMTThe identities of the four dead celebrities a tabloid pyschic will try and contact in the world's first Twitter seance have been revealed.
The "Tweance", a paranormal publicity stunt for Hallowe'en, will see Jayne Wallace attempt to get in touch with pop star... -
Quick guide to Twitter Lists
Handy how to in creating, managing, deleting and following the new Lists feature 30 October 2009 5:42 GMTTwitter Lists has now come to the masses and with it a host of new questions on what they do, how you can benefit from them, and more importantly how they work.
Let Pocket-lint guide you through the new features whether it's creating, managing, deleting or just...
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Twitter brings Lists to the masses
Open to virtually everyone it seems 30 October 2009 3:22 GMTMillions of Twitter users awoke on Friday morning to be welcomed with a new feature on their twitter homepage - Lists.
Although the new feature was formally announced earlier in the month, Twitter has to date been keeping the use of the list feature, that allows...
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Sonos Software 3.1 with Twitter support released
Update will let users tweet their tunes 27 October 2009 14:25 GMTWe brought you news this was incoming, and it's now been released as Sonos makes the Sonos Software 3.1 available to all Sonos users globally.
The free one-button update integrates Twitter into the Sonos Controller interface, which means Sonos users can send the...
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