Archive for November 3rd, 2009

Tweetrad.io: Listen to Twitter Search Results

Here’s something fun and amusing. We just happened upon Tweetrad.io, a site that treats tweets from your Twitter searches like tunes on an old school radio channel, so tweets are read aloud by an automated Twitter DJ as they roll in. [ READ MORE ]

Twitter Launches in Spanish

Let Twitter’s international expansion commence. Less than a month after announcing it was launching a translation project where users volunteer to help make the site available in other languages, Twitter has launched in a new language: Spanish. [ READ MORE ]

Purdue University Adds Twitter and Facebook to Class Participation

Students at Purdue University are experimenting with a new application developed at the school called Hotseat that integrates Facebook, Twitter, and text messaging to help students “backchannel” during class. [ READ MORE ]

99 Cent iPhone Recession Case Gets a Makeover From You [Pics]

Who can forget the iPhone Recession Case that costs just a buck? The lure of owning such a real-life buzz-generating case, with Sharpie script, was enough to make the geek in me whip out my credit card for the insignificant .98 charge. [ READ MORE ]

Get High Search Engines Ranking For Your Small Business – Media Channel

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Triangle Direct Media’s SEOtool, Selected to Present at Internet Summit 2009 … – Reuters

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Banning Social Media Is Counterproductive

Just as we now look back on the movie “Footloose” as being rather silly, the same will probably apply to the social media site bans at work and in schools. … [ READ MORE ]

Facebook 101

The basics to know before joining the popular social media site, including tips on setting up your account, privacy, and helpful applications. … [ READ MORE ]

Google Rolls Out Ad Sitelinks for Adwords

It’s the first significant change to Adwords in what seems like, well… forever. Google announced today the addition of Ad Sitelinks, a new AdWords feature that will allow advertisers to extend advertisements by providing up to four additional destination URLs to content within a website on the actual sponsored section of the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit [ READ MORE ]

4 Ways News Organizations are Using Twitter Lists

Though Twitter Lists are new to most users, some news organizations are trying to stay ahead of the curve by taking advantage of the new feature and implementing it quickly. Whether by creating staff directories to make their journalists easier to find, or recommending tweeps to follow on specific subjects, Twitter lists are giving news [ READ MORE ]

Peek Launches Its Twitter-Only Mobile Device

Last week we covered the early emergence of the TwitterPeek, a handheld device made exclusively to provide Twitter service on the go. Now that it’s officially announced, we wanted to follow up with the final pricing and more details. [ READ MORE ]

Pizza Hut’s iPhone App Has Generated $1 Million in Sales

More and more companies are creating iPhone applications as a way to reinforce branding and to gain new customers. Some companies are even seeing increased sales thanks to iPhone apps. [ READ MORE ]

Twitter Lists: Frequently Asked Questions and Strategies

Liz Pullen is a sociologist/ethnographer who is working on a qualitative research project on online social communities with a focus on Twitter. She Tweets as @nwjerseyliz and blogs at Spiral Scratch. [ READ MORE ]

New Moon Takes Over MySpace

The extensive collection of exclusive content and marketing we’ve seen on MySpace for the new Twilight movie – New Moon – seems to be exactly what the company has in mind with its new direction as an online content company. [ READ MORE ]

Rich Media Visibility Metrics

How do you know how much “visibility” your rich media ads are receiving? Short answer – you don’t… but you do now. EyeWonder rolled out its Ad Visibility Suite yesterday, a set of metrics designed to give advertisers and publishers analysis of the real time an online ad is physically within the viewable area of a browser. Among… [[ This [ READ MORE ]

Verizon’s Droid: $15 Per Month Extra For Exchange Support

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Greenhill SAVP Completes Investment in Altruik – Reuters

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Expert offers SEO insight – DirectNews

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Xperia X10 – The Android Device We’ve Been Waiting For?

Sony Ericsson’s first two smartphones from the Xperia series, although packing some powerful hardware, were not what we’ve hoped they will be, and I dare say it’s due to one reason only: they were based on Windows Mobile OS. [ READ MORE ]

Opera Mobile 10 Beta Promises Speedier Browsing for Nokia Owners

With Opera’s mobile browsers, things are quite simple: if you’re not happy with whatever browser came with your smartphone, you’d probably do well to try either Opera Mini or Opera Mobile. The difference between the two often confuses users: Opera Mini is Java-based and works on almost all phones, while Opera Mobile is aimed at [ READ MORE ]