You have to be a real piece of Samsonite to do something like this. These two yabos in Mexico are facing 30 years in prison, accused of claiming on Twitter that gunmen were attacking schools in Veracruz. Gilberto Martinez Vera, 48, a private school teacher, and Maria de Jesus Bravo Read more…
Here’s something worth putting out there on Twitter: The term “tweet” has been added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. No, seriously, it has. http://www.appletreearts.org/pay-day-direct-lender It’s listed as both a noun and a verb, and it joins 100 or so other words released by Merriam-Webster on Thursday. “Even if people had no Read more…
This is great. Twitter has just released a new “Follow Me” button for companies to add to their websites. This new button allows users to simply click the button and immediately begin following the company whose page they are on. Before, you could have Twitter buttons on your site, but Read more…
Anyone remember when Twitter was in its infancy and Guy Kawasaki was one of the big dogs in terms of followers? No? Just me? Okay. Well since then, Twitter has blown up. Once athletes, politicians and celebrities hijacked the micro-blogging site, it really took off. And now Twitter has its Read more…
For those of you who love to tweet on your iPhone, but are tired of using the official Twitter app, you are in luck. The new Tweetbot app has just hit the app store and it will only cost you $1.99. So unless you are like me (never paid for Read more…
One of the things that most people love about Twitter, is it gives them a chance to actually reach and sort of touch their favorite athletes and celebrities. Without Twitter, we’d never know that Chad Ochocinco thinks he’d love to play for the Patriots (at least not until the next Read more…
If you have a small no-name penny stock company and you are looking to get off the ground, we suggest getting 50 Cent to tweet about it. According to the New York Post, the rapper made $8.7 million over the weekend after he tweeted about Clearwater, FL-based H&H Imports, which Read more…
Have you heard about Path yet? It’s apparently the newest social network on the block and it’s model is the complete opposite of Facebook and Twitter. Whereas the latter two are all about building your huge empire of friends, family and associates, Path limits you to just 50 friends. It’s Read more…
Kanye West recently went on the Today Show with Matt Lauer to address some things from his past. Specifically, he apologized to George Bush for saying that he “didn’t care about black people” during a national telethon to raise money for Hurricane Katrina victims. But, they also went on to Read more…
As we continue to watch in amazement as Twitter grows exponentially by the day, it is still baffling that they haven’t really been able to monetize it. Sure, they’ve probably made a couple of bucks, but considering that has an Alexa rank of 9, it should be raking in more Read more…