We know how mundane Twitterers’ updates can be but I never really realized just how boring most people’s update have are. A recent study conducted by the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology revealed that the top five most frequent postings include the words “working,” “home,” “work,” “lunch,” and “sleeping”. According to the study the reason [...]
Last time I warned about being selective of what you post on your social media account for your career’s sake but now an even more pressing reason to be careful about what you post online has emerged – safety. According to a report from Legal and General there is no doubt that criminals (especially burglars) [...]
The popularity of social media is obvious but according to the Consumer Internet Barometer, a quarterly survey of 10,000 households, the pace at which it is gaining popularity is explosive. Recent result have shown that the number of people who go online that use social media sites has almost doubled (43%) compared to last year [...]
The internet’s all abuzz at the latest Twitter security breach. Apparently though the security breach does not affect the actual Twitter accounts of Twitter users but instead affects other online accounts (Paypal, Gmail, Amazon, etc.) of Twitter employees. According to Ev William’s email to Erick Schonfeld of TechCrunch the hacker, who’s using the alias Hacker [...]
Looking to make money via Tweeter? Use TweetROI. TweetROI, as described in their website, “unites influencers with marketers and protects the authentic personality that makes Twitter great. Twitterers recommend, in their own words, stuff they like. Marketers and PR professionals get valuable, previously navailable Social Media exposure.” Not really the most unique of ideas since, [...]
Think social media is just for big businesses? Of course, it’s not. As can be attested by two young freshmen from University of Chicago, Alex Aciman and Emmett Rensin, with one great idea and just one social media platform, Twitter in their case, you can not only do something really cool but even get sure [...]
Twitter users are very much disgruntled with the latest changes. Who would have thought that something as simple as making replies private could cause such uproar? If you are a Twitter user though you’ll understand the value of being able to see everyone else’s replies. So what’s the big hoopla all about? Twitter decided to [...]
Twitter is not content in being the fastest growing social media platform out right now and is looking to expand its search horizons. During a panel last Wednesday, TweetUp with Twitter & LinkedIn, Santosh Jayaram of Twitter revealed to panel moderator, Rafe Needleman, that they will be expanding Twitter Search’s index to include links found [...]
Social platforms were the rave last year and you would think that the big boys in the business would have made a lot of money dabbling in social media, right? I sure did but I was wrong. According to experts, social media did not produce the results that marketers were aiming for. Clickz published a [...]
We have been hearing that if you want to earn or do business today, the money is in online advertising. This covers areas of advertising towards the Internet market as well as earning from online advertising. But while many enjoyed ease as far as earning from advertising programs like Google Adsense or affiliations with companies [...]
