Social media may have been credited with driving a lot of the uprisings and revolutions in the Middle East recently, and now it may be the best way to keep track of what’s happening in each of them. Al Jazeera has launched a Twitter dashboard that tallies daily the number of tweets about political developments in Egypt, Libya, Yemen and …
Loving and Hating Twitter’s New Quick Bar
Judging by the number of tweets with the hashtag #dickbar, Twitter annoyed a large number of users with last week’s iPhone app update that added a non-removable Quick Bar showing trending topics to the top of the screen.
The row has rumbled on over the weekend, with Twitter CEO Dick Costolo – after whom the bar was nicknamed by pundit …
Courtney Love to Pay $430,000 in Twitter Defamation Settlement
If you’ve been wondering just how much trouble Twitter can get you in, the answer may be “$430,000 worth of trouble.” That’s how much Courtney Love is expected to pay as settlement in her court case with designer Dawn Simorangkir over comments made on the 140-character service.
Simorangkir had claimed that Love ruined her business …
Twitter Co-Founder: We’re Too Busy to Sell
Rumors that Twitter is for sale or looking for funding are just rumors, according to co-founder Biz Stone. Google and Facebook have both been reported to be in talks to take over the company, and a recent Financial Times story had JP Morgan looking to buy 10% of Twitter stock, but Stone says that the company is too busy to think about …
Twitter Scam Hooks at Least 10,000
At least 10,000 Twitter users fell for a scam that spread like wildfire across the social networking site early today.
Quick action by link shortening service bit.ly – as well as thousands of people retweeting warnings – brought the scam attack under control in a few hours.
Graham Cluley of security company Sophos raised the alarm …
As Twitter Shuts Down More Offerings, Where Does It Go Now?
What exactly is Twitter? That’s a question some are asking as the company continues to close down services from competing companies that are based around the core 140 character social phenomenon. The latest to be affected is TwapperKeeper, which has been forced to shut down its API and archiving features after Twitter complained that the …
How To Stage A DIY Mass Protest
Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post by Conor Friedersdorf.
No matter if you’re aiming to overthrow your government, or to simply shame your local state legislature, some best-practices for a D.I.Y. revolution have emerged of late.
As Egyptians revolted, Malcolm Gladwell argued in The New Yorker that the least interesting …
NFL Players’ Twitter Use Expresses Discontent In Real Time
Why wait for your official spokesperson to make a comment or until you get that TV time to say what you really feel about football? The New York Times reports that NFL players are taking to Twitter to express their unhappiness about the current bargaining going on between the NFL and the NFL Players Union regarding the collective …
Twitter Reinstates UberMedia Apps
Yesterday, Twitter restored access to a few of UberMedia’s previously banned apps. UberSocial and Twidroyd for Blackberry were among two of UberMedia’s Twitter clients that were shut down Friday for policy violations.
“We’ve given the developers of twidroyd and UberSocial for Blackberry (formerly UberTwitter) access to the Twitter API …
Survey: Twitter’s Trending Topics Reinforce User’s Love Of Mainstream Media
Big media still rules when it comes to Twitter, it seems. Hewlett-Packard researchers have been looking into where Twitter’s Trending Topics come from, and the answer may be somewhat depressing to those convinced that the internet is all about democraticizing information.
According the HP report, Trending Topics are all about the …
U.S. Tries To Improve Relations With Iranians With Farsi Twitter Feed
In an effort to reach out to Iranians across the world, the U.S. launched an official Farsi Twitter feed late Sunday. Twitter is increasingly becoming a way to reach out to people in far off distances and encourage discussion, and the Farsi feed has over 2,000 followers already.
“US State Dept recognizes historic role of social media …
Twitter’s Promoted Trends To Cost $20,000 More
Brands that want a little piece of that sweet Twitter action are going to have to pay a little extra in the future, if rumors about Twitter increasing the cost of “promoted trend” ads by tens of thousands of dollars are true.
According to the All Things Digital blog, Twitter has started telling buyers that the price of a one-day stint …