Facebook Turns to Real Time Web InteractivityMarch 5th, 2009 After it's failed attempts to acquire Twitter, Facebook has come up with new strategies. It has incurred a number of changes to the homepage/newsfeed.
White House joins FaceBook, Twitter, MySpace with updates on flu and other topicsMay 1st, 2009 White House joins FaceBook, Twitter, MySpaceWASHINGTON — OMG. The White House is joining the popular social network sites of Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.
Twitter Denies Facebook on A $500 Million Takeover!November 25th, 2008 Facebook offered to buy Twitter for $500 million of overvalued Facebook stock, Kara Swisher says. Twitter rejected the offer for several reasons:
And they can be,
At Facebook's real valuation, $5 billion or so, the offer only amounted to $150 million (not bad for two-year old company with no revenue, but a far cry from the billion-dollar dream)
Twitter has high hopes for its own secret revenue model which will be announced next year.
Incoming Alaska governor not the Twitter fan that Palin isJuly 8th, 2009 Incoming Alaska governor to tweet less than PalinANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska's incoming governor isn't the tweeter that Sarah Palin is. Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell says he "may or may not" use a new Twitter account his staff established for him this week.
UK's oldest Twitter user is a 103yr old womanMay 15th, 2009 LONDON - While most ladies her age prefer to sit quietly, 103-year-old English lady Ivy Bean loves to Twitter, something that has made her the oldest user of the social networking site. Bean, a great grandmother, decided to join Twitter after she got bored of using Facebook, where she had made 4,800 friends.
Keeping it simple: Twitter's new terms of service show it learned a lesson from FacebookSeptember 11th, 2009 Twitter keeps it simple with new terms of serviceSAN FRANCISCO — Twitter Inc. keeps it simple, even when it comes to updating the legalese in its terms of service.
Google to Acquire Twitter: SourcesApril 3rd, 2009 Washingtonpost today has just brought in a heck of a rumor that Google may be in the last stage of acquiring Twitter. No one knows the price or exact transactional details yet, nor there is any official source to that, but its said that the deal may be well over $250 Million.
China speeding up military transformation, says PentagonMarch 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - China's military transformation has intensified in recent years as it acquires more advanced weaponry and technologies to conduct nuclear, space and cyber warfare, the Pentagon said. The Chinese military buildup poses troubling questions because Beijing has not clarified its intentions and does not publicly reveal all of its defence spending, the Pentagon annual report to US Congress said Wednesday.
After last week's outage, Twitter is down briefly because of another attackAugust 11th, 2009 Another attack downs Twitter, briefly this timeNEW YORK — Twitter has suffered from another attack following one that left the site down for several hours last week. Tuesday's outage was brief.
How to Block Spammers From Your Twitter StreamAugust 5th, 2009 While discussing the top 10 tips to improve your twittering, I had indicated that don't make yourself look like a spammer. In real world, with shooting popularity Twitter has also invited the spammers to have a party.
Hacker attack clamps down Twitter, Facebook also 'looking into' problemsAugust 6th, 2009 Hackers attack Twitter, Facebook also slows downNEW YORK — A hacker attack Thursday shut down the fast-growing messaging service Twitter, and Facebook also said it was looking into possible site problems. Twitter said in its status blog Thursday that it was "defending against a denial-of-service attack," in which hackers command scores of computers to a single site at the same time, preventing legitimate traffic from getting through.
Sarah Palin enjoys huge fan following on Facebook, TwitterSeptember 20th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Former vice presidential US candidate Sarah Palin is enjoying a huge fan following on social networking sites Facebook and Twitter.he politician has 850,000 "friends" on Facebook, which is second to President Barack Obama among most popular politician on the site. Similarly, on Twitter she has close to 140,000 people following her, which again is second only to America's first man.
APNEWSBREAK: US military using Facebook, Twitter to reach new audiencesJune 1st, 2009 APNEWSBREAK: US military tweetsKABUL — The U.S. military in Afghanistan is launching a Facebook page, a YouTube site and feeds on Twitter as part of a new communications effort to reach readers who get their information on the Internet rather than in newspapers, officials said Monday.
Twitter a Threat for Google? Not yet, Never Ever says SchmidtMarch 5th, 2009 Social networking on the internet is fast becoming the sole or most important reason for people to come and spend time online. With the increasing popularity of Facebook, Myspace, Orkut, and newly twitter, the live interaction and real time exchange of knowledge is increasing day by day.
US military using Facebook, Twitter to counter Taliban propaganda, reach new audiencesJune 1st, 2009 US military Tweets to counter TalibanKABUL — The U.S. military in Afghanistan is launching a Facebook page, a YouTube site and feeds on Twitter as part of a new communications effort to reach readers who get their information on the Internet rather than in newspapers, officials said Monday.
Comment Below | 
Email this Article
Loading ...