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Translate Your Tweets?

Not that many English-speaking Twitizens will need to have their tweets translated, but a new service in twinslator.com makes it possible. The Twitter translation tool is powered by Google Translator and Twitter of course. Worth a...

State of Applications from Wakoopa

Software discovery social network Wakoopa published " The State of Apps: Software, Games and Web - Q2 2009 " trend report today. We’ve pulled out a few of the more important findings (leaving out much of the “gaming”...

Pluck & Twitter; A Social Bridging Initiative

The Pluck social media platform (from distributed social media pioneer Demand Media) announced the availability of Twitter functionality. Pluck and Twitter combined will offer users the ability to share conversations from their community...

Daily Tweet: Trending Topics in Detail

For those who use Twitter, you might be intrigued to learn of a new website that follows trending topics on the social networking site in much more detail. Daily Tweet was launched today to track real-time trends happening on Twitter...

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Bizy.Be: URL Shortener with Analytics

VisiStat , a website analytics company specializing in website management announced its URL shortening service, Bizy.be . While there are many URL shorteners already out there for use, the news of Bizy Bee is intriguing because it’s...

Facebook and FriendFeed Mean Business

When Facebook acquired FriendFeed many Web professionals no doubt shrugged their shoulders. On the surface, it's only social media, right? Below the surface of this acquisition lies a major - no, a colossal bit of news for the...

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Twitter: Advertisers Show little Confidence

A recent Harris poll reveals some interesting opinions on Twitter ( access here in PDF ) - most notably that just 8% of advertisers say Twitter is "very effective" for promoting products and ideas. Just under half of advertisers...

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PayMeTweets Pays You to Retweet

Everyone is looking for a way to monetize their “tweets” – but is PayMeTweets the way? The Web-based application essentially pays Twitterers that retweet sponsored tweets. My thoughts? Twitterers have a difficult...

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Stream Video Through Twitter - TwitCam

Streaming video provider Livestream just announced the launch of TwitCam.com today. The free (ad-supported) Web service enables Twitter users to add live video streaming (sort of, just links really) to their Twitter feed. How is this...

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Social Media Eye Tracking Study

A new eye tracking study conducted on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube by digital marketing provider Oneupweb reveals some interesting trends, including the way users interact with paid ads in social media . “We wanted to know if...

Social & Local; Now More Than Ever

Just a quick note: Yelp announced a new feature which makes social media more relevant to your offline (local) business than ever before. The new feature lets users share Yelp reviews with Facebook and Twitter. It's easy to imagine...

Twitter, SERPs and Chicago Hot Dogs

Conduct just about any search and you will likely find some information stemming from a Twitter profile. Businesses have learned that leveraging Twitter is not only a good way to make your company accessible, but also to reach out...

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SERPs, Twitter and Chicago Hot Dogs

At the end of March, 2009, we started searching Google for particular keywords and phrases and noted where Twitter accounts appeared in the search results. What we found was interesting – Google was giving prominent positions...

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Twitter Perks Done Right

By now, every website owner has heard every argument as to why Twitter is a necessary part of your online strategy. Using Twitter can certainly drive traffic, but perhaps its greatest potential is to build a loyal following, expand...

Profiting from TweetPhoto's Open Platform

TweetPhoto, a Photo sharing service for Twitter users, has opened its development platform to the Twitter developer community and released a Developer Revenue Program. TweetPhoto is essentially incentivizing developers to use its API...

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