Posts Tagged ‘twitter’

Via ARS Technica
By David Chartier | Published: December 30, 2008 - 11:40AM CT
Ubiquitous microblogging service Twitter is once again making political news today with the announcement that the Consulate General of Israel in New York will hold a “Citizen’s Press Conference” today. David Saranga, Consul of Media and Public Affairs, will be taking questions about [...]

Via Mashable
from Mashable! by Adam Ostrow

California is yet to pass Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s budget, intended to help correct the huge deficit the state is expected to face over the next year and a half. The Governator has apparently had enough, and is turning to social media to urge constituents of the nation’s most populus state [...]

Via PR 2.0
By Brian Solis
As online conversations continue to gain in prominence and relevance to any customer and market-focused business, it becomes critically important for marketing and service professionals to listen. It’s the listening that serves as the foundation for identifying, guiding, and establishing meaningful engagement.
Twitter is one of the more active and influential communities [...]

Via Tech Crunch
by Michael Arrington on December 28, 2008
If you are the kind of person who can’t help but look when you drive by an accident scene, DMFail is for you. The site, which has been all the rage on Twitter for the last few days, shows direct (private) messages that were sent [...]

Via Mashable

December 14, 2008 - 6:54 pm PDT - by Lon S. Cohen 29 Comments

Lon S. Cohen is a writer and social media strategist. He is @obilon on Twitter.
A Mashable article by Dr. Mark Drapeau was passed around on Twitter this Friday, calling for a ban on brands on [...]

Via the New York Times
By JENNA WORTHAM
Published: December 14, 2008
With staff changes and reductions across the media industry, even a blog post can be too time-consuming a way to announce who is in and out of a job. That is why a public relations employee turned to the instant-blogging platform Twitter to create The Media [...]

Via Media Shift
by Simon Owens, December 8, 2008
It happens several times a day now. Ever since I opened my Twitter account approximately three months ago, the follow alerts have been gradually increasing in frequency to the point that they clutter up my email inbox if I don’t clean them out often enough. “Jessica Kositz [...]

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December 8, 2008 - 3:47 pm PDT - by Jun Loayza 18 Comments

Jun Loayza is the Co-Founder and CMO of Future Delivery. He authors a blog at Junloayza.com.
Twitter is my news stream. I use it to get the best news and information from people that I trust and admire. [...]

Via the New York Times
By BRIAN STELTER
Published: December 7, 2008
CNN says it wants newspaper feedback as it creates a news wire service to compete with The Associated Press and other services. At a meeting last week, one newspaper staff member offered his advice — and shared the framework of CNN’s plans — in real time [...]

Via Tech Crunch
by Michael Arrington on November 27, 2008
Update: CNN says “It was the day social media appeared to come of age and signaled itself as a news-gathering force to be reckoned with.”

Twitter is emerging as a major force in breaking news. But some people disagree.
Today we saw yet another illustration, when people [...]