5 Must-Have Geek Collectibles
While some people may amass large numbers of porcelain figurines or miniature replica cars, we’ve got five far cooler collectibles for those of a more geeky nature.
From vinyl to plush, we bring you five social media-, online- and tech-themed items that will not only show your affiliation to all things geek, but who knows, [...]
Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week
The Twittersphere is in love with Justin Bieber. Once again the young pop star tops our top 10 Twitter trends chart, even in spite of the devastating Chile earthquake that also peaked this week as a topic of Twitter conversations.
The fresh data, which comes courtesy of the folks at What The Trend, highlights the [...]
Tips and Tricks on Using Twitter for Business
Have you thought about using Twitter to market your business? Twitter is free, and available to small and large businesses. Here are some tips and tricks on using Twitter to promote your business.
Here are four tips to use your Twitter account effectively. Following other Twitter accounts that are in your target demographic will help you [...]
Tweet #RefreshMashable to Support New Location App to Change Your Community
Here in Austin, I just finished introducing SparkHelp, the project Mashable has decided to support for the Pepsi Refresh SxSW Challenge. We’re competing against two other teams over the next few days to help get our idea $50,000 in funding, which will help make it a reality.
The Project
After lots of great submissions from our [...]
Hundreds of Twitter Accounts Hacked
It seems hundreds of Twitter accounts have started to Tweet out “weight loss” product spam today.
Specifically, users who have had their accounts hijacked are Tweeting the message “I lost 20 lbs in 2 weeks!” and links to diet sites. Our source counts over 200 rogue tweets so far tonight.
It’s not just new users getting [...]
New Seesmic for BlackBerry App First to Support Ping.fm
In January Twitter application maker Seesmic acquired Ping.fm. Today the updated Seesmic for BlackBerry application is the first to integrate the Ping.fm service into the fold, which means Twitter users can now use the BlackBerry app to simultaneously update 50 different social sites.
The fresh-faced BlackBerry app also includes multi-account support for Twitter, integration with [...]
3 Reasons Why Bloggers May Prefer Twitter Search Ads Over Google’s Adwords
As you are probably aware of by now, Twitter is finally going to unleash ads upon the masses in order to help keep the lights on.
While rumors are still speculating on whether those ads will be within the tweet stream, it looks like All Things D suspects that Twitter will instead place ads within search [...]
10 Tips for Successful Twitter Fundraising
Twitter fundraising has steadily been on the rise in the last two years. Twitter has been used to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for charities and charitable causes, and has been used to spread awareness about social issues.
But it takes more than posting multiple tweets a day to get the job done. [...]
NBC to Live Stream U.S. vs. Finland Olympic Hockey Semifinal
While NBCOlympics.com has a really cool Twitter Tracker, much of its online strategy for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver has left much to be desired.
In addition to not airing events live to people on the West Coast, the network has made some downright bizarre decisions about what events to stream online at [...]
Twitter Phished? It’s an Easy Mistake to Make
Twitter phishing attacks caught some users off-guard this week, and some expressed surprise that such attacks remain effective.
Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised: Not only do we tend to trust direct messages sent by friends, but the rise of short URLs and a trend towards federated login systems (Facebook Connect et al) may further confuse [...]
