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  • LinkedIn, the online social network for career connections and working professionals that started in 2002, made its initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Thursday,...

    LinkedIn Stock IPO (Stock Symbol: LNKD) A Success

    LinkedIn, the online social network for career connections and working professionals that started in 2002, made its initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Thursday,...

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  • Twitter addiction is a new form of addiction introduced at the beginning of the 21st century when the popular social networking platform, Twitter, captured the minds of the masses. It’s...

    Overcoming Twitter Addiction

    Twitter addiction is a new form of addiction introduced at the beginning of the 21st century when the popular social networking platform, Twitter, captured the minds of the masses. It’s...

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  • Have you ever had a dilemma on what Twitter clients to use on your new Macintosh or your iPhone? Well, I had some problems choosing Twitter clients since there are so many out in the market. <a href="http://twitdom.com/">Twitdom</a> is your essential Twitter applications directory. Twitdom is a database filled with Twitter-related apps, books, desktop clients and services that are available online.

When you visit Twitdom, there are quite a few categories that you can choose from. Not a Windows user? Well, they also have a Twitter clients list for Mac and Linux. Also, there are lists of apps for iPhone, Android, J2ME-compatible phones, Blackberry, Sony Ericsson and Nokia.

    Twitdom – Your Essential Twitter Apps Directory

    Have you ever had a dilemma on what Twitter clients to use on your new Macintosh or your iPhone? Well, I had some problems choosing Twitter clients since there are so many out in the market. Twitdom is your essential Twitter applications directory. Twitdom is a database filled with Twitter-related apps, books, desktop clients and services that are available online. When you visit Twitdom, there are quite a few categories that you can choose from. Not a Windows user? Well, they also have a Twitter clients list for Mac and Linux. Also, there are lists of apps for iPhone, Android, J2ME-compatible phones, Blackberry, Sony Ericsson and Nokia.

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  • I originally had TweetDeck and Twitterrific Premium installed on my iPod Touch. When Twitter's official iPhone app arrives on the App Store, I downloaded and tried it out. I must say that it's pretty impressive though both TweetDeck and Twitterrifc offer dark and sleek interfaces, which I prefer. As I was playing with it, I noticed that the folks over at the Twitter Mobile team have included an interesting stat that Biz Stone & Co. keep mum previously.

    Twitter Has Over 146 Million Registered Users, according to its iPhone App

    I originally had TweetDeck and Twitterrific Premium installed on my iPod Touch. When Twitter's official iPhone app arrives on the App Store, I downloaded and tried it out. I must say that it's pretty impressive though both TweetDeck and Twitterrifc offer dark and sleek interfaces, which I prefer. As I was playing with it, I noticed that the folks over at the Twitter Mobile team have included an interesting stat that Biz Stone & Co. keep mum previously.

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  • Want to know at which certain tweet did you gain or lose your followers? Well, <a href="http://tweeteffect.com/">TweetEffect</a> does the summary for you! You do not have to sign-in to Twitter. Just enter your username (or user ID, as they call it) and you can know who followed or unfollowed you for certain tweets.  People might not be interested in your tweets, before the ones they unfollowed you at. Or maybe they used bots to unfollow people who don't follow them. Anyway, TweetEffect lists down my tweets and here's some tweets when people followed and unfollowed me:

    TweetEffect – When Did You Lose or Gain Followers

    Want to know at which certain tweet did you gain or lose your followers? Well, TweetEffect does the summary for you! You do not have to sign-in to Twitter. Just enter your username (or user ID, as they call it) and you can know who followed or unfollowed you for certain tweets. People might not be interested in your tweets, before the ones they unfollowed you at. Or maybe they used bots to unfollow people who don't follow them. Anyway, TweetEffect lists down my tweets and here's some tweets when people followed and unfollowed me:

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  • There are more female than male users despite the fact that bloggers or Internet marketers who tend to be males dominate Twitter. Females make up 55 per cent of the entire Twitterverse whereas males 45 per cent,  according to statistics from <a href="http://quantcast.com">Quantcast</a>. Again grabbing statistics from Quantcast, Twitter attracts a more affluent audience, of which 30%  of them have a household income of $100k+.

    10 Things You May Not Know About Twitter

    There are more female than male users despite the fact that bloggers or Internet marketers who tend to be males dominate Twitter. Females make up 55 per cent of the entire Twitterverse whereas males 45 per cent, according to statistics from Quantcast. Again grabbing statistics from Quantcast, Twitter attracts a more affluent audience, of which 30% of them have a household income of $100k+.

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  • My class consists of 36 students. How many of them have a Facebook account? The answer is 33. How many of them has a Twitter account? The answer is 4. Apparently, teens spend a lot of their leisure time on Facebook interacting with their friends and playing web-based games by Zynga, but only a small percentage of them use Twitter. Most have heard about the word "Twitter" but know nuts about what the micro-blogging service actually does. Below are a couple of reasons why teens don't use Twitter.

    Why Teens Don’t Use Twitter

    My class consists of 36 students. How many of them have a Facebook account? The answer is 33. How many of them has a Twitter account? The answer is 4. Apparently, teens spend a lot of their leisure time on Facebook interacting with their friends and playing web-based games by Zynga, but only a small percentage of them use Twitter. Most have heard about the word "Twitter" but know nuts about what the micro-blogging service actually does. Below are a couple of reasons why teens don't use Twitter.

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  • Following the successful launches of Twitter's Japanese, Italian, French and Spanish site, the folks over at the micro-blogging service plan to enter the Chinese market, which currently has over 384 million Internet users. 

During a New York panel discussion on social media and digital activism last month, Chinese activist fired a question to Jack Dorsey, asking him whether he can promise availability of Twitter in China. His reply was a “yes” but added that “it's just a matter of time”.

Twitter co-founders at Wednesday's Chirp conference also revealed that works on developing a Chinese version of Twitter are ongoing, and the site will be make available this year. 

However, as a Chinese who knows the Chinese market pretty well, I believe that Twitter will not succeed in Mainland China. Below are the five reasons why...

    5 Reasons Why Twitter’s Plan To Enter China Will FAIL

    Following the successful launches of Twitter's Japanese, Italian, French and Spanish site, the folks over at the micro-blogging service plan to enter the Chinese market, which currently has over 384 million Internet users. During a New York panel discussion on social media and digital activism last month, Chinese activist fired a question to Jack Dorsey, asking him whether he can promise availability of Twitter in China. His reply was a “yes” but added that “it's just a matter of time”. Twitter co-founders at Wednesday's Chirp conference also revealed that works on developing a Chinese version of Twitter are ongoing, and the site will be make available this year. However, as a Chinese who knows the Chinese market pretty well, I believe that Twitter will not succeed in Mainland China. Below are the five reasons why...

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