After I wrote earlier this week about some steps to protect yourself from Facebook identity thieves, I got a few questions about how to tweak and customize your Facebook security and privacy settings. It’s actually a lot easier than you think – the problem is that Facebook doesn’t make it… This is a content summary only, please visit twittown.com for the full article.  Read More →

We’ve been hearing a lot about Facebook identity thieves, social networking, privacy and personal information lately – especially in light of Facebook’s recent decision to strengthen its privacy policies after the Canadian government found that Facebook’s prevailing privacy policies were “woefully… This is a content summary only, please visit twittown.com for the full article.  Read More →

For those of you old enough to remember the first Twitpocalypse, you’ll remember the horror – people rioting in the streets, overturning police cars, burning tires; you’ll remember the panicked runs on groceries, fuel and water; you’ll remember the rampant, unbridled terror as millions of people… This is a content summary only, please visit twittown.com for the full article.  Read More →

Viorel Spinu, co-founder of Sety, wrote in today letting us know about this twitter story last Friday in Bucharest, Romania. “Friday, the 18th of September 2009, the first auto-tweet has been sent from a helium balloon during the local WebStock IT NewMedia conference. As an example of… This is a content summary only, please visit twittown.com for the full article.  Read More →

Is Twitter really worth $1 billion dollars? According to the latest round of venture capital for the microblogging platform, they’re worth at least that much – if not more. Startup site TechCrunch reported this week that Twitter has engaged in yet another round of funding, this time securing US… This is a content summary only, please visit twittown.com for the full article.  Read More →

Monopoly City Streets was supposed to be a breakthrough in social media and gaming, one of the first truly mainstream massive multiplayer social media games; the game was supposed to change how companies with established brands (like Hasbro and Monopoly) look at social media and online gaming; it… This is a content summary only, please visit twittown.com for the full article  Read More →

One thing we hear over and over about Twitter is what an excellent marketing tool it can be, for people, brands and companies of all shapes and sizes.  Read More →

If you’re a hardcore Facebook user, you may have heard of (or noticed) the so-called “Facebook Lite” site that launched internationally this week. It’s Facebook, except without all of that crap that irritates you and wastes your time every time you try to use Facebook. It’s fascinating – like using…  Read More →

In the wake of Facebook’s recent TOS fiasco, microblogging platform Twitter has recently updated their terms of service – although some users are up in arms about what the Twitter TOS changes may mean to Twitter users. The changes, which came last week, are extensive – updating, revising and… This is a content summary only, please visit twittown.com for the full article.  Read More →

Whenever we say the word Facebook, one of the first things that pop to our minds is the blue and white well defined webpage design, friends, pokes, pictures, and comments. Yes, Facebook had indeed become a word that is almost as well known as the famous touristic sites of France's Champs…  Read More →

@Facebook – This is really getting ridiculous. Facebook announced on their Facebook Blog today that they will be putting in place “tagging” people in status updates – using an @ symbol preceding the person’s name  Read More →

Just a few months after an intrepid developer launched his “Month of Twitter Flaws,” bringing to light each day a new security hole or flaw with a third-party Twitter application, another developer out there is sticking it to Facebook with his “Month of Facebook Flaws.” For each working day in the… This is a content summary only, please visit twittown.com for the full article.  Read More →

While there are many social networking websites available in our world today, such as MySpace , Twitter , LinkedIn, they are all different and each may provide an advantage that another may not.  In looking at the quality and quantity of people who have joined these sites, you can get a better… This is a content summary only, please visit twittown.com for the full article.  Read More →

As if there weren’t enough ways for porn spammers and disinteresting exhibitionists to broadcast themselves throughout the interwebs, now they can use Twitter, thanks to a new application called Twitcam that launched recently. Twitcam lets you broadcast the fact that your webcam is live on Twitter,… This is a content summary only, please visit twittown.com for the full article.  Read More →

Let’s face it – sometimes it’s hard to keep track of what’s going on with Twitter – especially if you use an auto-follow-back feature like I do. Every time a user follows me, I automatically follow them back – but if they stop following me, I don’t automatically unfollow them  Read More →