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ReadWriteWeb  4 days ago:

Sorry, Internet: Tumblr Founder David Karp Is Not A Billionaire -

On Monday, Yahoo announced it was buying Tumblr, the blog network, for $1.
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CNET News  May 15 13 :

Twitter users in Bahrain jailed for allegedly insulting tweets -

As the Middle Eastern country is in the midst of a popular uprising, six people are sentenced to a year in prison for allegedly posting offensive tweets about King Hamad.
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Engadget  May 13 13 :

ESPN and Twitter widen their deal for in-tweet video highlights -

Twitter would really, really like to make ad-driven TV experiences central parts of its service, and it just confirmed that laser-like focus through an expanded deal with ESPN.
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CrunchGear  May 10 13 :

Tweetwall, The Twitter Display Provider Used By The Big Guys, Goes Self-Serve & Launches On iPad -

Tweetwall, a Twitter display provider for events (you know, for “tweet walls”), which has been used by customers including CNN, PayPal, Yahoo, Intel, eBay, Microsoft, the Obama campaign, Sprint, and more, is today launching a revamped version of its service.
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TUAW  Apr 30 13 :

Tennis player tweets out love for Samsung Galaxy S4... from his iPhone -

Look, famous people. I don't think anyone believes you endorse the products you endorse because you believe in them.
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Mashable  Apr 30 13 :

Retwact May Solve Twitter's Misinformation Problem -

Even worse than the pornbots and trolls, one of Twitter's enduring drawbacks is that there's no reliable way to issue corrections with the service.
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Mashable  Apr 24 13 :

Bill Clinton Officially Joins Twitter -

Bill Clinton received a warm welcome from Twitter, after the former U.S. president officially joined the microblogging network Wednesday night

Welcome to Twitter @billclinton, 42nd President of the United States and founder of @clintonfdn.
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TechDirt  Apr 17 13 :

Authors Guild Shuts Itself Off From Public Criticism, As People Realize It Represents Publishers, Not Authors -

We've written numerous times about Scott Turow during his time as head of the Author's Guild, and the amazing thing to me is that despite the fact he's been getting blistering criticism from a variety of people -- including tons of authors -- he never, ever seems to even acknowledge the points of his critics, but continues to just say the same debunked crap over and over again.
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Webdesigner Depot  Apr 14 13 :

Our favorite tweets of the week: April 8, 2013 – April 14, 2013 -

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.
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TechDirt  Apr 09 13 :

Teri Buhl -- 'Jurno,' Private Tweeter And Lawsuit Enthusiast -- Sentenced To 30 Days In Jail For Harassment -

This is most likely the last Teri Buhl update, but it is with a small amount of schadenfreude that I point your attention to this news item from the New Canaan Journal.
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Boy Genius Report  Apr 05 13 :

Microsoft exec tells critics of possible always-online Xbox to ‘deal with it’ [updated] -

While we still don’t know for certain if Microsoft (MSFT) will really require an always-on Internet connection for its next-generation Xbox, one Microsoft executive doesn’t see why anyone should be upset about the prospect of being online as a prerequisite to playing games.
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Search Engine Land  Apr 05 13 :

How To Measure Content Engagement And Effectiveness With Analytics & WordPress -

For many of us that own blogs and generate excellent relatable content, engagement seems to linger just beyond our reach.
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Engadget  Apr 04 13 :

Bloomberg terminals now pull in real-time Twitter feeds -

Now that the SEC has given companies its blessing to share business data over social media, Bloomberg has begun to pull live Twitter feeds into its market terminals, known as the Bloomberg Professional service.
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Econsultancy blog  Apr 04 13 :

29 useful Twitter tips for beginners -

I blogged a while back offering five simple suggestions to optimise Tweets. As it went down well I thought it worthwhile expanding on this and giving my insight on growing a follower base and increasing engagement.
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CNET News  Apr 04 13 :

NFL star tweets North Korea should bomb New England -

The Buffalo Bills' Stevie Johnson outdoes Dennis Rodman and Google's Eric Schmidt when it comes to digital diplomacy.
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Search Engine Journal  Apr 03 13 :

What Could Facebook Hashtag Adoption Mean for the Social Giant? -

The hashtag, which has long been ubiquitous with Twitter as a way to group tweets into specific conversations, and has also been employed by Google+ and, the now Facebook-owned, Instagram.
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CrunchGear  Apr 02 13 :

Twitter Introducing New Card Types, Mobile App Installs And Deep Linking, At Developer Meetup -

Well, it looks like the developer meetup over at Twitter is underway and information is making its way out over Twitter about it.
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Silicon Alley Insider  Mar 31 13 :

Angry Twitterers Are Threatening To Switch To Bing After Google Honors Labor Leader Cesar Chavez On Easter -

Google's decision to celebrate Cesar Chavez's birthday today in its Doodle, rather than Easter, has spurred some mixed reviews on Twitter.
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Gizmodo US  Mar 27 13 :

Meet the Lucky People Who Suddenly Owe Google $1500 (Updating) -

We already knew about the lucky six who will officially have the honor of paying Google $1,500 in exchange for Glass and the adventures and (highly likely) ridicule that will soon follow.
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Advertising Age  Mar 25 13 :

'Stay Off of the Social Networks! Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Instagram and Blogs!' -

See the headline above? That is verbatim advice given by the Uniformed EMTs, Paramedics & Fire Inspector's Union to its members in a recent newsletter, according to the New York Post.
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