There’s no better time than the new year to start afresh, and today, we ask you to turn your attention not within but without. More specifically, it’s your Twitter and Facebook friends we need to talk about. That’s right—it’s time to trim the fat.
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Creating and watching short looping Vine videos has been possible for a while now from the Android and iOS apps, but those who prefer to browse from the comfort of … Continue reading
Vine, Twitter’s looping 6-second video app, is making the leap from mobile to the web today.
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The fourth annual rankings of the use of social media among world leaders has been published by the Digital Policy Council. The report looks at the number of world leaders … Continue reading
Microsoft’s Skype has had their Twitter account, Facebook account, and blog of hacked this afternoon by the Syrian Electronic Army. This hacker group appears to have taken the holiday opportunity … Continue reading
These are the words that appeared most often in my Twitter timeline. I know this thanks to Vizify’s fun new tool that pulls highlights from all of your 2013 tweets—including popular topics, Vines, photos, and followers—and assembles them into a delightful short video.
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This article was written on September 30, 2009 by CyberNet.
It’s not often that I write about iPhone apps, but there are a few reasons why I want to point out SimplyTweet [iTunes links: free or paid]. First, I have to say that it hasn’t gotten nearly the amount of recognition that it deserves. It has one of the largest set of features out of any of the Twitter clients on the iPhone. If you decide to spring for the $4.99 version you’ll even get push notifications for mentions or direct messages, which is surprisingly something very few Twitter apps offer at this point.
The thing that originally drew me to SimplyTweet was one particular feature that I had been longing for. I wanted a way to load all of the unread tweets regardless of how many that was. Yes, I realize that the Twitter API has a restriction on how many requests can be made each hour, but if I want to max out those requests then, well, do it. And SimplyTweet does. It won’t load just 100 or 200 tweets, it will load as many tweets as it needs to in order to get back to the point where I left off. So when I go for 8-10 hours without loading the app it will grab all 400-500 tweets that I have yet to read. This is, of course, optional.
The main reason, however, that I wanted to cover the app is because of the developer himself. I’ve interacted with a lot of application developers for desktop apps, iPhone apps, and websites. I do my best to give useful feedback, and often reach out to my friends to get their feedback as well. I’ve also been involved in a good number of Beta programs for iPhone apps including the one for SimplyTweet. What makes this developer stand out is that he promptly responds to feedback. I’ve made several recommendations and requests, and the developer has acknowledged all of them… regardless of whether it was over his Twitter account or through email. His responses, however, weren’t just the common “that’s a great idea and we’ll look into adding it.” I’m pretty sure all of the things I’ve asked for have been implemented at this point, and, heck, some of the things I asked for were things that were already in the app but I just didn’t realize it.
The only other thing I want to see this app include is the ability to cache tweets. That way if I open SimplyTweet to load up my tweets, close the app, and reopen it all of the tweets will still be there without having to fetch them again. There are a few apps that do this, but SimplyTweet loads them fast enough that it doesn’t bother me too much. It would still be nice to have though.
I’ve bought other iPhone apps like BirdFeed, Twittelator, and Tweetie. Most of them have their own niceties, but SimplyTweet takes the cake. Robert Scoble also seems to agree.
SimplyTweet [iTunes links: free or paid]
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Recently it came to blindingly bright light that teens don’t like Facebook because that’s where their moms and dads are. Surprise! Teens don’t like their parents knowing what they’re up … Continue reading
One of the biggest initial public offerings in 2013 came from Twitter. The microblogging network finally went public, it was touted to be the second biggest technology related IPO after Facebook last year. Twitter stock price soared in days that followed after the IPO, ballooning its market capitalization, but it appears that the surge might have been temporary. Once again, Twitter’s share dropped at market opening today down to $60.27 as opposed to the $63.75 closing price on Friday. On Friday alone shares dropped 13 percent, wiping $5 billion in market cap.
A number of analysts have raised questions about the company’s profitability. Yet to make any profit whatsoever, analysts believe that the company won’t be able to turn a profit until 2015. Ben Schachter has already downgraded Twitter stock while Bespoke Investment Group believes that the average price target of the microblogging network’s shares is at $44.27, roughly 35 percent under the current trading price. A major source of revenue is going to be advertising and with its announcement of retargeted ads, Twitter saw the stock reach an all time high on December 26th, which it touched $73.31 and added $15.7 billion in market cap. What is being referred to as the honeymoon period has now ended, and even though Twitter burst on the market with a 74 percent increase in stock price on IPO day, no ones forgetting that it all hinges on profitability.
Twitter Stock Price Tanks As Analysts Raise Questions original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Social networks have made their place in our daily lives. Imagine telling someone to spend one day without Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Google+ etc, they’ll probably not respond in kind. Latest numbers released by the Pew Research Center reveal that 73 percent of U.S. adults now have a presence on online social networks, with Facebook leading by a colossal margin.
Facebook is the world’s largest social network with nearly 1.2 billion users, and its certainly popular in the U.S. as well, with 71 percent of all U.S. adults using it. Pew Research Center notes that the figure has gone up four points from the same time last year. The second most popular social network among U.S. adults is LinkedIn, which calls itself a “professional social network,” with 22 percent share, up from 20 percent last year. Pinterest comes in third place with 21 percent of U.S. adults, a respectable leap from just 15 percent last year and overtaking Twitter in the process. The microblogging network holds on to 18 percent of all U.S. adults, up just two points from 2012. Instagram comes last with 17 percent share, a four point improvement from last year’s 13 percent. Notice that Google+ isn’t mentioned in the stats, that’s not because no one uses it, its actually because Pew didn’t include Google’s social network in its survey questions.
73% Of All U.S. Adults Can Be Found On Social Networks original content from Ubergizmo. 
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