If you’ve always dreamed of being published, but just didn’t have the time to finish a novel/novella/short story, Twitter may be your big chance at fame, fortune, and a spot on Oprah. Okay, okay, only fame. And only a little. For writers who like a challenge, there are a number of Twitter-based ezines that publish short (and …  Read More →

I just had to post about this because it’s really a neat concept I think. (And no, posting about it doesn’t get me any extra entries or benefits in any way.) I got an email from a Mount Royal University student named Peter (PJ Hamilton) telling me about this TwitterLotto project he came up with: I recently released a marketing experiment called “The Twitter Lotto”. Basically it converts publicity and advertising into prize.... 

The curtain has closed on yet another great DEMO conference. The fall 2009 event saw 56 demonstrator companies and 14 AlphaPitch startups debut products to a packed house in San Diego. Produced by Chris Shipley and Matt Marshall of VentureBeat (who will be taking over future events as Executive Producer), the climax of DEMO came earlier this afternoon when the winners of the conference’s top prize – IDG’s million dollar media... 

One of Twitter’s fundamental strengths is its third-party ecosystem. From sending tweets, tracking stats or sharing media, there are web apps, desktop clients, mobile apps and services that add value to the microblogging juggernaut. The only problem with having such a robust developer community is that finding the right add-ons and find out what works — and what doesn’t — isn’t always easy. Other platforms with... 

The URL shortening market has been experiencing a renaissance ever since Twitter’s 140 character limit spurred the necessity of shorter URLs. Since they are relatively simple to implement, we’ve seen hundreds, if not thousands, of new shorteners come to the market, from the useful to the very strange . While this market has a lot of competitors, two big players dominate the space: Bit.ly and TinyURL .  Read More →

The prefix “smart” indicates that smartphones are better than other phones, but this hasn’t been entirely true in the past. Yes, a smartphone can do a lot of things a regular phone can’t, however – by definition – it’s far more complex, has a steeper learning curve, and is generally not the device of choice for most of the population. This has changed in the past couple of years.  Read More →

Twitter is one of the hottest companies around, so it’s no wonder that it’s been the target of numerous acquisition rumors.  Read More →

By Nathan Hangen , follow him @nhangen . I can’t help it…sometimes my Twitter feed makes me want to scream. I’m reading through my DM’s and wondering what people are thinking when they send me this stuff  Read More →