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According to an interview with Twitter co-founder Biz Stone in the British trade magazine Marketing a few days ago, the micro-blogging site could be planning to charge companies for using the site. As Stone said: “We are noticing more companies using Twitter and individuals following them. We can identify ways to make this experience even more [...]

The idea of JobAngels is so simple that I feel stupid I didn’t come up with it myself. It started on Twitter, where the person behind it posted this: “Was thinking that if each of us helped just 1 person find a job, we could start making a dent in unemployment. You game?” He had a [...]

I was just looking through my Mashable feed and came across an article about Tweetube, which allows Twitter users to share video. When I initially read this, I thought that meant the video would be embedded into the person’s Twitter page – and thus all that person’s followers. That had me thinking, um, no, not [...]

Last week, I was reading a chat session by the Sports Guy, Bill Simmons. I’ve been reading Simmons regularly since a friend introduced me to his columns back in 2001. Back in 2007, he began doing podcasts as well. During the chat session, he mentioned his feelings on what he sees happening with podcasts: “It’s [...]