Facebook, Twitter and MySpace releases Focus on the user Bookmarklet for Google Search
Some developers of Facebook, Twitter and MySpace collaborated together in creating a new bookmarklet named ‘don’t be evil’ as part of a project named ‘Focus on the user’. This bookmarklet would enhance the social results shown on Google search result…
Twitter acquires Summify
Summify has revealed that they have been acquired by Twitter. The company has disabled new registrations. Some features are being removed. Existing subscribers would keep on getting the Summify mails for a couple of weeks. They would eventually shut down…
LinkedIn removing Tweets application from their network
LinkedIn has apparently decided to discontinue the Tweets app on their platform which allowed you to show your latest tweets on your LinkedIn profile. The company recommends connecting your Twitter account with your LinkedIn account so that you can directly…
Proxlet might not be working anymore as it is currently blocked by Twitter
Proxlet is a popular Twitter API Proxy that lets you clean up your Twitter stream for you in compatible clients. The app offers the ability to “block noisy apps, filter annoying hashtags, or temporarily mute annoying users”. Twitter has apparently…
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Google responds to tweets from Rupert Murdoch
Google has now responded to allegations made by News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch through his Twitter account. Murdoch claimed that Google was a piracy leader as it linked to tons of copyrighted material on the web. He further said that…
Twitter CEO: Anti-SOPA blackout protests are foolish
This was sort of surprising. Twitter CEO Dick Costolo tweeted in a response that blacking out your site in protest against SOPA is foolish for any business. He was specifically referring to Wikipedia’s decision to blackout for a period of…
Microsoft announces @MSN New Follower Sweepstakes
Microsoft is running a contest aimed to boost the Twitter followers on the official MSN account. Tell your friends to follow @MSN. New followers through Wed. are entered to win an Xbox 360 w/Kinect! Rules: on-msn.com/yrx6yo — MSN (@MSN) January…
Twopcharts expect Twitter to reach 500 million accounts in around 40 days
Twopcharts is a third party service that monitors the activity on Twitter servers. They have started an unofficial countdown to 500 million accounts on Twitter network. And as per their estimates, Twitter should reach that milestone in around 40 days….
Rupert Murdoch targets Google on Twitter
Here is a tweet he posted just a couple of minutes ago. Piracy leader is Google who streams movies free, sells advts around them.No wonder pouring millions into lobbying. — Rupert Murdoch(@rupertmurdoch) January 14, 2012 He is basically accusing Google…