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Company Sues Former Blogger Over His Twitter Account

by Jeff Weisbein December 30, 2011

We may soon find out how much a tweet or Twitter follower costs in dollar terms. An interesting lawsuit filed by PhoneDog Media L.L.C. against Noah Kravitz, a former blogger for PhoneDog.com.

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This Is What Separates Google from Everyone Else

by Jeff Weisbein December 8, 2011

What is it that makes Google so successful? And why hasn’t any company tried to mimic the company’s success?

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Twitter Exodus Proves Jack Dorsey Is Taking Control

by Jeff Weisbein November 11, 2011

Twitter is currently experiencing some employee shakeup, since late July Twitter has either been clearing house or losing talent such as Loren Brichter (developer of Tweetie, acquired by Twitter), Mike Abbott (VP of Engineering), Sean Garrett (Head of Communications), and most recently Pam Kramer (VP of Consumer Marketing). Even some investors are heading for the [...]

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New Facebook Features Further Blur the Lines Between Social Networks

by Jeff Weisbein September 17, 2011

While Facebook continues to add new features such as subscriptions and smart lists, the lines between social networks are becoming less defined.

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Twitter and Bing’s Awkward Tweet Conversation Raises Questions

by Jeff Weisbein September 6, 2011

In a rather odd and clearly scripted conversation on Twitter (screenshot below), it appears that both Twitter and Bing may be working on some kind of new partnership. It could be further integration of Twitter within Bing or perhaps even other Microsoft services and products. Whatever it is, we don’t know at this point. Nonetheless, [...]

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BitlBee Review: The IRC Addict’s Dream Come True

by Mike Mansell August 15, 2011

I am by all means an IRC addict. My IRC client, Textual (written and maintained by BestTechie contributing author Michael Morris) is the first application that I open and look at in the morning and is the last application I check before closing the lid on my MacBook Pro at night. That said, a great [...]

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Google Plus Taking a Nose-Dive Already?

by Mike Mansell July 29, 2011

It seems that users have been fed up with Facebook and Twitter for nearly as long as each respective service has been around, and if only in day-dreams I think it’s safe to say that just about everyone has wished for the “perfect” social network to come along at one point or another. After opening its doors as an invite-only service on June 28th, yesterday officially marked the one month milestone for Google Plus.

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Why Does Twitter Want to Acquire TweetDeck?

by Mike Mansell April 20, 2011

With rumors that Twitter is in the works of acquiring Tweetdeck, what does the social networking site stand to gain from the estimated $50 million acquisition?

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