We all know that Twitter has a huge number of users, and keeping track of everything that's going on, even in your own sphere of followers or people you're following, can be difficult; but did you know that you can fix that by using hashtags?

Hashtags (#) are a quick and easy way for you to show that there's a part of your tweet that links back to a larger discussion on the subject. For instance; if you were talking about the subject of hashtags, and wanted people who are interested in the topic to be able to find your tweet, you'd include something like #hashtag in the tweet. Now, when any one does a search for #hashtag, they'll see your views on the subject, too.

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Lady Gaga has done what many in the industry thought to be impossible; she's knocked Oprah Winfrey from the number one position in Forbes 100 Most Powerful Celebrities.

Clearly, having a media empire that rivals that of many small countries isn't quite enough when it comes to taking on the sheer power house of Twitter. Naturally, 10 million followers' trumps a 'mere' 5.9 million any day of the week, and you don't have to have your own production company to get them; but some talent, and an incredible marketing and business brain, helps a lot.

Of course, Twitter isn't the only online platform giving rise to the 'overnight' music phenomena. YouTube, and the 500 million views of a certain music video, jumped Justin Bieber into the public consciousness, and into number 3, with his breakthrough hit [Read More...]

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Twitter is well known as a vehicle for successfully establishing a local brand. Thousands of companies have utilized Twitter to find local followers, make connections, and establish local recognition. Myriad true anecdotes support Twitter's effectiveness as a tool for establishing local brand recognition.

Entrepreneurs may wonder whether Twitter can be used to expand local recognition to create a truly global brand. What features does Twitter boast to help businesses reach a world market? Can Twitter’s usefulness in the establishment of local brands translate into an effective global marketing strategy?

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Without doubt, Twitter is the greatest pervasive social network utilized to date. Twitter is accessible to individuals worldwide, reaching markets that span a broad range of consumer interest, ideology, and location. Anyone possessing a mobile phone with Web service can access [Read More...]

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We are now living in an era where social networking websites, such as Facebook, Plurk and Twitter, play a vital role in spreading your thoughts and your websites. Not only that you will be able to acquire referrals through the use of these social networking websites, you can also gain avid readers, excellent comments and more online friends. Among the social networking sites, most web specialists prefer Twitter as the best vehicle to propagate attention-worthy stuffs. In the real world, the word of mouth is possibly the best form of advertising, likewise over the internet, Twitter is the closest thing you can refer to as ‘word of mouth’.

This only means that you need to get your target audience to tweet about your website. Here are some things [Read More...]

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Social networking sites are again to blame. Gang members use them as a tool to comment against their rival groups and to arrange fights.

According to the New York Daily’s news report, the shooting that took place last month in Lenox Ave, New York, hurting a boy in his leg, might have been the part of the unending fight, between the Harlem gang Original Young Gangsters and their rivals. With the increasing popularity of Twitter, even young thugs are becoming Twitter fans.

The situation is described as “horrible”, by Lieutenant Kevin O'Connor of New York Police Department's gang intelligence unit. He said the police are monitoring Twitter activities of the suspected gang members. This is like call monitoring.

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As social networking sites gain popularity among the younger crowd, Facebook continues to rule among the college students. Coming just next in line, Twitter, is the number one choice of the academic crowd, making expressing yourself easier with microblogging. There are chances that Twitter could be combined with Facebook, because it is now with LinkedIn. But meanwhile, you need different accounts to log into  Twitter and Facebook.

If you are new on Twitter, you must be wondering about the overall working and cool features of Twitter. Worry not; we have a few Twitter tips for you

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So, as all the Twitter maniacs know, retweeting has become a famous feature of Twitter. Ever since Twitter took form, users have been demanding this feature of promoting the tweets they find interesting or appealing. Or, speaking in Twitter’s language, retweeting.

As Twitter is adding new features to it’s site every now and then, this new feature will allow you to retweet via sms, or text messages. So you can retweet, even while you are in the bathroom.

For those, who are still Twitter-illiterate and wondering what a retweet is, here you go:

To retweet someone means to simply repeat someone's tweet. Let’s say you see an appealing tweet and you want to reprint it so that your Twitter followers can also see it, [Read More...]

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Not as long as you are on twitter. Unless you’re ok with your friends noticing those extra pounds building up on you. If you always complain your loved one is not noticing your new slim and trim look, Withings has got just the thing for you.

Withings has launched a new product, which is a Wi-Fi connected bathroom scale, currently priced at $159, which keeps a track of all your weight details. It records your body weight, lean and fat mass, and also calculates the body mass index ( BMI). But isn’t that something that an advanced bathroom scale would do? Wait, it’s got more. It records your details and sends them to a secure web page, your iPhone and your Twitter account!

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Everyone waited for the president’s reply today in the first ever Presidential town hall of China, as the question of Twitter and its use in China was raised here. China has the highest number of people in the world hooked on the net who were tweeting away happily before July, when the Chinese government blocked the extremely famous social networking sites Twitter and Facebook. Fault? Rising criticism after the riots in the Xinjiang province. Solution? Block the site. Simple!

This question was asked over the Internet to the US Embassy. The question was read out aloud by Ambassador Jon Huntsman “In a country with 350 million Internet users and 60 million bloggers, do you know of the firewall?... should we be able to use Twitter freely?"

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1.  By 2010 Gen Y will outnumber Baby Boomers….96% of them have joined a social network 2.  If Facebook were a country it would be the world’s 4th largest between the United States and Indonesia (note that Facebook is now creeping up – recently announced 300 million users) 3.  % of companies using LinkedIn as a primary tool to find employees….80% 4.  The fastest growing segment on Facebook is 55-65 year-old females 5.  80% of Twitter usage is outside of Twitter…people update anywhere, anytime…imagine what that means for bad customer experiences? 6.  Generation Y and Z consider e-mail passé…In 2009 Boston College stopped distributing e-mail addresses to incoming freshmen 7.  The #2 largest search engine in the world is YouTube 8.  There are over 200,000,000 Blogs 9.  25% of search results for the World’s Top 20 largest [Read More...]

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