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Marketing Twitter By MikeBoydJr on Jun 29th

Photo inspired by a favorite movie clip of mine. Recently, I went searching for a Twitter application that would allow me to see how many of my followers were also following any given account.  Luckily for me, my search was short as the ever-resourceful Shaun Chapman pointed me toward Overlapr.com.  [...]

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Searching for Breaking News

Twitter Search By Matt Sitomer on Jun 24th

The other day, sadly, Manute Bol passed away. When I first heard this rumored, I consulted my trusty breaking news source: search.twitter.com. I was quickly able to confirm the rumor with information from multiple verified sources, saw people’s various responses, and chimed in with my own memory of the former [...]

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My Twitter Birthday – A Time to Reflect, Review, and Retweet

Twitter By David Zhang on May 4th

It’s my birthday and I’ll hashtag if I want to. In reality, my first Twitter-versary was back on April 6th.  I was just a bit preoccupied breaking the next billion-dollar company at the time, and couldn’t properly celebrate. Yes, Twitter itself is almost 4-years old now, so I did arrive [...]

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Social Media and the Blockbuster: Part Deux

In my last post, I explained why humans are, by nature, attracted to sharing experiences with others.  I further concluded that social media’s ability to break down barriers to sharing experiences would lead to increasingly popular “blockbuster” content.  In this post, I’d like to delve into what’s currently limiting these [...]

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Hip Hop’s Use of Twitter

Twitter By MikeBoydJr on Feb 8th

The hip hop community is one that quickly embraces new social media technology. Artists started using Ustream and Twitter long before the average person picked up those tools. All of your favorite rappers, from Jay-z to Chingy, have created accounts to further their personal brand. However, just like putting rhymes [...]

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