Anyone that follows the Associated Press on Twitter just heard "news" of an unprecedented national crisis. "Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured," the AP's account tweeted moments ago. Thankfully onlookers were quick to call fake on the tweet, no doubt aided by the fact that no other news agencies ...
RIP TweetDeck: Twitter Sets May 7 Kill Date for Program
on 4.22.13
Back in March, Twitter announced that TweetDeck AIR, TweetDeck for Android and TweetDeck for iPhone would be killed off. At the time they gave a general ‘early May’ estimate, but today they’ve nailed down the date that they’ll actually go dark: May 7th. At that time, an update to the TweetDeck blog states, the apps ...
Twitter #Music Users Favor Spotify Over iTunes, Rdio
on 4.22.13
Twitter’s #Music app is out at last for the Web and iOS, following an extensive rumor cycle. If you are behind the times, head here for a detailed explanation of the service. Data from the launch of #Music and the popularity of the various music services that it supports was recorded by the fine folks over at Simply ...
The White House is Now on Vine
on 4.22.13
Last week Vine made its debut in the political world with the fist 6-second animated attack ad. On Monday, the White House joined the Vine bandwagon, publishing its first Vine through its official Twitter account. The Vine was posted to announce the annual White House Science Fair, an event at which President Barack Obama ...
What is Vine? 6 Ways Twitter’s New Tool Changes Your Career
on 4.21.13
Twitter. New feature: Vine. 6-second videos. Can also share on FB and blogs. I’m guessing that line took you about six seconds to read, which is perfect because six seconds is all I had. Mark down January 24, 2013 as the day our attention span shrank once again — as if we hadn’t already hit rock ...
BBC America, Twitter Sign Deal for In-Tweet Video
on 4.19.13
Now that Twitter Music has been revealed there will be more anticipation of potential TV integration, and it appears BBC America will be among the first to participate. The network, which is owned both by BBC Worldwide (the Beeb's commercial arm) and Discovery Communications, sent out a tweet say it's signed up to "offer ...
Twitter #Music is Now Available to the Masses
on 4.18.13
You no longer have to be Ryan Seacrest, Ne-Yo or Jason Mraz to play with Twitter's new music discovery app. After testing the app with music artists and influencers, Twitter #Music will be available starting today at https://music.twitter.com and as a separate app for the iPhone through the App Store. So what does the ...
Twitter Looking to Add Video, Talking to Viacom, NBC
on 4.16.13
Now that Twitter has very tentatively launched Music integration, Bloomberg is reporting its next media target is TV. According to unnamed sources, Twitter is "close" to cutting deals to integrate video clips into the timeline, and sell advertising next to them. As we've seen with the new Cards it revealed earlier this ...
How Technology Helped in Response to Boston’s Bombings
on 4.15.13
As everyone knows by now, Boston was the scene of two bombings on Monday at the Boston Marathon and the JFK Library. For coverage of that news, Boston.com had a liveblog that it was continuously updating, and CNN had more details and coverage. Here’s what big technology companies did in response: Twitter is the news of ...
LA Woman Uses Twitter to Fight Street Crime
on 4.15.13
News traveled at a much different pace before the Internet came of age. In 18th century England, town criers rang bells on street corners — "Hear ye! Hear ye!" — and shouted the city's announcements to passers-by. In Holland, they banged gongs from rooftops and bellowed news out to the market shoppers below. That time ...
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