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Hello There, Hellobar. + 5 Invites!

by Jeff Weisbein February 20, 2011

Let’s face it – it’s tough to get people’s attention. Whether it be online or offline getting someones attention can be a daunting task, however, one thing is for sure, the simple and non-intrusive way will typically triumph over the complicated and annoying way. In the words of someone very smart, keep it simple stupid. [...]

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Quora: What’s the Big Deal?

by Jeff Weisbein January 23, 2011

I’ve asked this before, but I think it needs to be asked again. Can someone (anybody) please explain what it is about this Q&A site craze that is going on these days? Every tech guy (except me it seems) is hyping up Quora as the next big thing. While I admit I said the next [...]

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Twitter Users: The Guinea Pigs of the Technology Industry

by Mike Mansell December 14, 2010

Believe it or not, teen pop-star Justin Bieber isn’t the only one who has received extravagant levels of attention on the micro-blogging site Twitter in the past year. This is because the site’s audience goes beyond that of teenage girls and has what appears to be a very technologically savvy user-base, many of whom are more than willing to [...]

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Tweetie 2 for Mac Isn’t Dead, Just Being Developed Super Slowly.

by Jeff Weisbein October 20, 2010

Last week we reported that Tweetie for Mac was in fact dead. It seemed to have come straight from the horses mouth, that of course being, Ev Williams (co-founder of Twitter). Not so fast says Loren Brichter, developer of Tweetie and founder of Atebits software which was acquired by Twitter back in April. Now, since the [...]

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Tweetie for Mac Is Dead. At Least Right Now.

by Jeff Weisbein October 15, 2010

Today is #AskEv day on Twitter. Where you can ask Ev Williams (former CEO and Co-founder of Twitter) basically any question you would like. He has been answering a bunch of questions, but here is one that really stood out to me when it passed by in my Twitter stream. One user, @Chris24 asks Ev, [...]

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Is Twitter Still Interesting?

by Jeff Weisbein July 13, 2010

Is Twitter still interesting? I think that is a legitimate question. I’m not asking if people are still using the service (because they are), what I am asking is if Twitter is up to anything interesting and what they are planning to do for the web. Twitter was always expected to blow our minds with [...]

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Verified Twitter Accounts Still May Not Be The Real Deal

by Jeff Weisbein July 7, 2010

A little over a year ago, we wrote that Twitter had begun to implement an account verification system to people who were subject to impersonation (otherwise known as celebrities or other very well known people). After a year of the account verification system in place, we have seen more and more verified accounts. However, after reading [...]

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The Best Realtime Search Engines

by Jeff Weisbein June 13, 2010

It’s no secret that in the past I’ve been disappointed with realtime search, however, recently my feelings have changed as I discovered two great realtime search engines. The first is OneRiot and the second is Wowd. While both of them are considered realtime search services, their approaches to solve the same problem are different. OneRiot [...]

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Twitter: The Great Link Juicer With A Horrible Aftertaste

by Jeff Weisbein June 10, 2010

In the past, I have both praised and criticized Twitter with regard to its ability to drive traffic to a website. There is no question that Twitter is one of the all-time great link juicing tools out there. It may be the best, most legitimate, and most effective link juicing tool ever created, especially if you [...]

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