Social Networking

Twitter to try and…. make money?

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 beauty of JobAngels

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 [...]

Twitter meets YouTube – millions rejoice?

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 [...]

Social networking convergence

I was surfing through LinkedIn the other day and saw this article mentioned in one of the groups I belong to. The author, Renee Lemley, talks about her trifecta of social media networking – Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter – and what she thinks people can get out of each venue. It’s an interesting take on the [...]