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Here’s another installment of our weekly feature called Week In Twitter, a chance for you to catch up on some of the headlines making news from our favorite social media site:
Twitter for Android Update
One of the more popular mobile applications for social media gets a software update this week, and we’ve found the details on usability for you:
Twitter Blog: Twitter for Android – new and improved
Twitter for Android is one of the fastest growing Twitter applications. Six months ago, it wasn’t among the top 10 most-used Twitter applications. However, in the last two months, usage has doubled, and now it’s among the top five …
Publish Date: 02/10/2011 15:50
Twitter 2.0 for Android Review | Android Community
Twitter has released their second big official app version in 2.0 for Android, and it looks fabulous. The first major change you’ll notice is the reduction of.
Publish Date: 02/11/2011 10:51
Twitter updates Android app, we go hands-on in more than 140 …
If you’re an avid Twitter user and an avid Android smartphone user, you’ve been waiting for this day. The day where those developers at Twitter’s.
Publish Date: 02/10/2011 16:45
Political Updates
These days, politics are never far from Twitter, and this week is no exception. Among the headlines catching eyeballs and interest, Egypt bows to popular sentiment with the resignation of Mubarak, and a historic news conference on the site is planned:
Hosni Mubarak’s Resignation: Twitter Reacts (TWEETS)
Egypt has erupted on the news that President Mubarak has stepped down, and the internet is abuzz with messages of congratulations and joy. While Egypt’s future remains somewhat uncertain, the tremendous joy felt across the internet is …
Publish Date: 02/11/2011 12:28
UN Secretary Rice On Facebook And Twitter: “Governments Are …
American UN Ambassador Susan Rice gave an unprecedented livestreamed townhall at Twitter HQ today,
Publish Date: 02/10/2011 19:40
Twitter App Store Refocuses
Affectionately known as the Twitter App Store, the social site OneForty vows to focus more on business developments around the world’s most popular social media site:
Oneforty Moves Beyond Twitter App Store Into Big, Bad World of …
You might think that someone with 75000 Twitter followers would be just plain annoying. But Laura Fitton (@pistachio) has some very useful things to share—on.
Publish Date: 02/11/2011 9:00
Twitter App Store Oneforty Refocuses On Helping Business Users …
When Oneforty launched two years ago as an app store for Twitter, the startup undoubtedly filled a hole in the media platform. The brainchild of Laura Fitton, the startup provides a comprehensive e-commerce marketplace where third-party …
Publish Date: 02/11/2011 8:47
Twitter For Sale?
By far the biggest story for tweeters this week is the speculation that their beloved social outlet is highly valued, and that the possibility of a wholesale takeover from Google or Facebook is at least being entertained:
Please Twitter, Don’t Sell to Google or Facebook: Tech News and …
Twitter has been having talks about a possible acquisition by either Google or Facebook, according to a WSJ report — and both companies could probably benefit from such a deal. But would an acquisition by either one be good for the …
Publish Date: 02/10/2011 11:27
PSFK ” Would Facebook Or Google Ruin Twitter?
Marshall Kirkpatrick, the esteemed social networking watcher, says Twitter being bought out by either Google or Facebook would be “terrible” for all involved, in large part due to a difference in culture at the high-valued internet …
Publish Date: 02/10/2011 12:24
Twitter Valuation Gets Blogosphere Tweeting and Blogging – Digits …
The idea that Google and Facebook would be interested in acquiring Twitter shouldn’t come as a surprise, but the $8 – $10 billion valuation reported in last night’s WSJ story has tongues a-wagging.
Publish Date: 02/10/2011 9:56
A Bit of Levity
Enough serious talk – here are a couple of quips to lighten the mood of the week’s news a little:
Top 10 Funny YouTube Videos About Twitter
We’ve scoured YouTube to bring you 10 funny Twitter-themed videos. From parody to satire to the downright silly, click here for some LOLs from the Twitterverse.
Publish Date: 02/10/2011 11:44
The 21 Most Obnoxious Abbreviations on Twitter
Someone in the newsroom this morning asked, “hey, what’s MT mean on Twitter?” That got us thinking it might be useful to compile a list of common Twitter abbreviations. Here is what we’ve come up with so far.
Publish Date: 08/02/2010 12:49
Celebrity Tweetables
We’ll end on a celebrity note, since we know many of our readers have to know what’s going on with the more popular accounts on the site:
Lindsay Pleads Her Innocence On Twitter (And Throws Us A Shout-Out …
Hey girl! So glad to know you´re following along with us! Yesterday, Lindsay Lohan took to her Twitter to clear up a few things for her fans and followers. She posted a personal message, (a…
Publish Date: 02/11/2011 10:10
Courtney Love’s Slanderous Twitter Account Suspended
Courtney Love’s highly-entertaining Twitter account, CourtneyLoveUK, has been suspended! And this just days after she was hit with the world’s first-ever Twitter defamation lawsuit, stemming from a 2009 tweet-based rant.
Publish Date: 01/07/2011 19:03
James Blunt Talks Lies on Twitter and Being Gay (or Not) on …
James Blunt must be a fun interview. Perhaps not a very productive interview, but still fun. He talked about his chronic lying on Twitter to.
Publish Date: 02/09/2011 23:01
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