Apr 5 2009

15 Security Vendors Issuing Updates on Twitter

We’ve pored through the enterprise security Twitter feeds to highlight those worth watching and while most don’t have very distinctive voices these 15 offer security tidbits, breach notifications, and commentary as well as press releases and blog postings.

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Apr 4 2009

Why Google Should Buy Twitter

Don’t expect everything about the popular communication service to change if/when Google buys Twitter.

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Apr 3 2009

Google Is NOT in “Late-Stage Talks” to Acquire Twitter

While the “news” that Google was in “late-stage” talks to acquire Twitter, which TechCrunch reported last night, certainly sounds exciting, it isn’t accurate in any way, according to a number of sources BoomTown spoke to close to the situation.

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Apr 3 2009

Is DiggBar Twitter’s New Power Tool?

DiggBar isn’t just a simple toolbar, this is one of the best decisions Digg has made in a very long time.

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Apr 3 2009

Sources: Google In Late Stage Talks To Acquire Twitter

Here’s a heck of a rumor that we’ve sourced from two separate people close to the negotiations: Google is in late stage negotiations to acquire Twitter. We don’t know the price but can assume its well, well north of the 0 million valuation that they saw in their recent funding.

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Apr 3 2009

Digg added to popular Twitter client Twhirl

You can now use the Twhirl popular Twitter client to generate Digg urls

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Apr 2 2009

Top 5 Twitter plugins to incorporate into your blog

As Twitter is becoming more popular and your blog’s target audience is increasingly found there, it is a good time for you to join and incorporate Twitter into your blog.

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Apr 2 2009

Twittering & Watching YouTube Makes Workers More Productive

Have you been caught Twittering or on Facebook at work? Well now you can tell your manager it actually makes you a harder worker. An Australian study found surfing the internet for fun during office hours actually increased employees productivity by nine per cent.

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Apr 1 2009

Twitter fails the uptime test

Micro-blogging phenomenon Twitter experienced more downtime than any other social networking site last year, clocking up over 80 hours, according to new research from application delivery firm Akamai

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Apr 1 2009

Twitter To Kill Off The Auto-Follow

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone sent out an Email earlier this afternoon to a number of users who had previously enabled ‘autofollowing’, stating that the company is planning to shut the feature down. ‘Autofollowing’ allows users to automatically reciprocate whenever another Twitter user follows them.

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