Tag: twitter
Twitter's first marriage proposal?
WIRED reports that the increasingly popular Twitter microblogging service had its first public proposal of marriage yesterday morning.
Max Kiesler, a San Francisco-based web designer, asked his co-worker and partner of 15 years, Emily Chang, for her hand in marriage…
Snoop Dogg twizzles his nizzle on Twitter
Imagine the problems Snoop Dogg would have if his keyboard’s ‘z’ key packed up. He’d be stuck! Thankfully, it’s not happened yet, and Snoop is proving his Web 2.0 credentials by launching his very own Twitter feed.
OS X Leopard Watch: Launch Day. Live blogging to follow
Liveblogging/Twittering here Today's the day that Mac fanatics around the world have been waiting for — OS X 10.5 (Leopard) arrives. We feel a little stuck in the middle here in the UK. Apple's operating system launches are one…
SpinVox enables voice-driven posts to Facebook, Jaiku, Twitter
SpinVox has announced that its Voice-to-Screen technology is now available to users of the social network site Facebook, and "micro-blogging" services Twitter and Jaiku. Now, simply by calling and speaking text via a mobile phone, these three services can be…
Microblogging site Jaiku sold to Google for undisclosed sum
Very exciting news, everyone! Whilst you’re busy tripping out on In Rainbows this morning, here’s something that will send you into a spin – the microblogging start-up, Jaiku, got acquired by Google yesterday.
Created by possibly the nicest man in the web 2.0 world, Jyri Engeström, they put the news up on their site yesterday. “Wonderful Jaiku users, Exciting news, Jaiku is joining Google! While it’s too soon to comment on specific plans, we look forward to working with our new friends at Google over the…
Daily Tech Hotlinks for 17-Sept-07: Infinite Undiscovery, Facebook Suicide, iPods, Twitter, Bubble-gum
– Microsoft snatches up Square Enix’s Japanese RPG ‘Infinite Undiscovery’ for the Xbox 360 (Daily Tech)
– Rising trend documented, called ‘Facebook Suicide’, which involves deleting your account completely (Valleywag)…
Vaughan Smith, English video journalist, Twittering live from Afghanistan
How many of us actually use Twitter for a worthwhile purpose – or even use it at all, these days? Most of my friends’ Twitter feeds are updated with dry accounts of whether they chose sushi or a sandwich for lunch – not the most interesting read, let me tell you!
Luckily there’s a video journalist out there who’s making all us Twitterers look good by association, and that man is Vaughan Smith…
Luckily there’s a video journalist out there who’s making all us Twitterers look good by association, and that man is Vaughan Smith…
Daily Tech Hotlinks for 21-Aug-07: iTunes, Japan, email, iPhones, Bjork
– A church in Florida is boosting numbers with free iTunes giveaways (Engadget)
– The Japanese government hopes to replace the internet by 2020 (Slashdot)…
Opinion: Facebook is killing personal blogging
Stuart Dredge writes…
I signed into Vox the other day, for the first time in months. It looks like everyone in my personal neighbourhood has been similarly lax too – only one of my friends has blogged in August, and several last posted in May. It’s like a Web 2.0 graveyard.
Opinion: Social networking sites bring people closer, but what happens when you break up?
Katherine Hannaford writes…
Several months into what my mother would deem a ‘casual courtship’ – you know, those brief days/weeks/months/years (oh, I pity you in that extremity), when the officiality of your lip-locking has as yet not been classified, he popped the question. “Would it be ok if I changed my relationship status on Facebook to ‘in a relationship’?”, he asked. I didn’t need to hesitate twice – after all, not only was [redacted] an amazing guy, but with a pitch like that, how could I refuse. Yes, it was the perfect way for one geek to ask a fellow geek if she’ll always be there on his couch to watch re-runs of X-Files and battle over Wario Ware and Rez…
