Twitter’s Massive 2008: 752 Percent Growth

I’m a few days late to mention this but Twitter has grown from this thing used by only hard-core geeks to . . . well, I still don’t know how to describe Twitter but a WHOLE LOT of folks are using it now. 752 % growth last year? One million new users in...

Denver Plane Crash: Twitter as Usual

Twitter continues to gain momentum and elevate its status as a “news” medium as a passenger on board the Denver plane crash was one of the first to break the news . . . and he did it by tweeting about it!Denver Plane Crash: Twitter as Usual

Forrester: Social Web Now Mainstream

New Forrester research indicates widespread acceptance and adoption of social media, with up to 75% of respondents reporting some usage of social media in 2nd quarter of this year. What’s included in social media? Well, a lot of the usage is among folks reading...

Use Twitter to Find Gas Stations

Looking for gas in Atlanta? Here are some online sources to help out. (By the way, it’s fascinating how the web connects people on subjects like this, and how everyday folks are using web 2.0 tools to help one another out.)Twitter has a group of folks posting...

Social Networking for Spooks

The government has found a way to use social networking: they have created a MySpace for spies, an online social hub where spies can hook up and share classified data. Social networking in this arena is really a fancy way to say “online collaboration,” but...

Top Social Marketing Blogs

Looking to increase your social media/marketing I.Q.? This list of 142 top social marketing blogs ought to keep you more than up-to-date. (Of course, you can always check in with our blog and we’ll try to hit the highlights for you.)Read more here: Top Social...