microblogging
Cheat Sheet: Microblogging
Cheat Sheet Microblogging? Microblogging has been described as enabling a sort of 'social sixth sense' - by keeping you aware of developments as they happen (Nasa's MarsPhoenix Twitter will tweet you the latest... [02 Sep 2008]
Tweet to boost your CRM cred
News In tough economic times businesses are being urged to exploit web 2.0 microblogging service Twitter to boost their customer service and help reduce churn. However, while Twitter may offer a relatively cheap customer... [10 Feb 2009]
Twitter? Not for me, thanks
News It appears silicon.com readers don't have a lot of time for microblogging at the moment. This suggests the general silicon.com readership is less interested in the microblogging sensation than... [26 May 2009]
Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams
AS Profile Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams are the holy trinity who co-founded Twitter, a service that popularised the business of broadcasting up-to-the-minute personal status messages to whoever wants to listen (a practice known as... [07 Oct 2008]
Teens don't use Twitter - so who does?
Comment As businesses get savvy about using microblogging, knowing who they can reach with which service becomes ever more important. Further evidence that Generation Y is not switched on to microblogging:... [21 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.03.09
Round-Up Actually, at the moment, the Round-Up has a suspicion the microblogging service is getting more coverage and column inches than the recession. The argument from users is that if they wanted to focus purely on... [27 Mar 2009]
Web 2.0, cloud computing 'to transform business'
News Fenn said many new entries on the hype cycle - including microblogging (i.e.services such as Twitter) and social networking - are making an initial impact in the consumer world, before influencing business. [11 Aug 2008]
Twitter goes down as another attack hits
News Twitter's servers were on the fritz again on Tuesday, with members receiving server timeouts and third-party applications unable to access the microblogging service. This appears to have begun around 18:45 (BST). [12 Aug 2009]
Salesforce.com tech to turn customers' Twittering into useful feedback
News Twitter integration automates manual processes for monitoring the microblogging site for finding tweets related to customer-service issues, engaging in support conversations using Twitter, and tracking that conversation. [10 Sep 2009]
Twitter's malware filter has 'disappointing results', say security experts
News Hacking is another challenge the popular microblogging site faces. Twitter's new malware filter is a sign the social media site is stepping up efforts to stem attacks but the measure has its shortcomings, say security... [04 Aug 2009]
Photos: The top tech Twitterers
Photo Microblogging app Twitter is no longer merely the preserve of web 2.0 geeks. Which IT gurus are getting in on the microblogging action? It's been appropriated and publically embraced by politicians such... [23 Mar 2009]
Evan Williams
AS Profile It's been a spectacular year for Twitter, the microblogging site that started life back in 2006 as a side project for staff at a San Francisco start-up but has since mushroomed into a social networking juggernaut,... [29 Sep 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 31.07.09
Round-Up Twitter is known for its brevity so it was inevitable that Whitehall's guidelines for departmental microblogging would stretch to 20 pages. The guidance note on the government use of Twitter went viral this week after... [31 Jul 2009]
O2 does free Twitter SMS alerts
News O2 customers will shortly be able to get free SMS alerts from Twitter - a year after the microblogging site pulled the plug on its free text alert service in the UK. Twitter has seen its popularity increase dramatically... [14 Jul 2009]
Morning glory: Office workers fire up email first
News There may be more ways to communicate than ever - from mobile phones to IM and even microblogging sites such as Twitter - but email is still the first port of call for the majority of UK office workers, according to the... [30 Jul 2009]