Groupon and Twitter copycats abound
Every day more and more online websites are offering local deals in an effort to cash in on the market made so attractive by the success of Groupon, and it looks like Facebook is the latest copycat to join the game.
Facebook just started advertising the creation of Facebook Deals, a service that is an...
Best Marketing social media site?
There has been much debate in recent times as to which of the most popular social networking sites – Facebook or Twitter—is the best tool to use for marketing. Even if business owners feel they can read the trends of the market on these sites, it is still hard to truly understand the general way...
Twitter forced to divulge information
Last Friday a federal court judge gave the verdict: Twitter must release private user information in relation to the case against WikiLeaks. The reasons that the prosecution is demanding this information is still unclear, and there is no indication as to the significance of this data in relation to the...
Twitter slams Third Party developers
Twitter slammed third party developers last week, stating that they lack the adherence to privacy and terms of service that make Twitter one of the top social networks in the world. Twitter has complained that all third party developers are making the social network look back, due to lack of consistency...
YouTube outshines Twitter and Facebook in satisfying users
Facebook is undisputedly the largest social network available, and over 70% of people questioned in a recent survey stated that they had visited Facebook within the last week. Less than 50% of people had used YouTube in the previous week. However, when it comes to pleasing its users, Facebook takes second...
Getting rich off Social Networks
Investors in social network companies are finding that their dividends are pleasing indeed. According to reports of investments, the combined worth of the major online companies is over 90 billion dollars. This includes Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Groupon, and others, whose value reportedly has tripled...
Twitter to be Bankrolled by JP Morgan?
JP Morgan Digital Growth Fund is a fund designated by JP Morgan to invest in burgeoning companies that seem to be profitable. The New York Times quotes JP Morgan’s goal to “invest before the companies go public with stock sales.”
If the goal of the JP Morgan Digital Growth Fund is to invest in...
UberTwitter and Twidroyd suspended by Twitter
Twitter has posted a help document called “I’m Having Problems Logging In to UberTwitter or Twidroyd”, without elaborating further on this issue. We have to say that this allows a little hope to an instant fix, as it seems that the company has taken the decision of suspending both apps. These...
Turkish President, a pirate?
The best way to keep the people informed about what celebrities and world leaders are doing is, of course, Twitter. Being so popular, it can lead though to some weird situations. For example, yesterday evening, the president of Turkey Abdullah Gül, who evidently has a Twitter page, posted that he enjoyed...