Infographic: The 4 Stages of “Getting” Twitter
This infographic takes you through the four stages of getting Twitter, from a complete inability to understand the purpose to being totally addicted.
Read MoreIs Twitter faster than an Earthquake?
During the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Virginia last week, tweets reached New York City before the earthquake hit the Big Apple. According to Twitter, more than 40,000 earthquake-related tweets were sent within a minute of its occurrence, hitting a rate of about 5,500 tweets per second!
Read MoreTwitter adds image galleries to user profiles
Now when you upload photos to Twitter, they will be featured within an image gallery on your Twitter profile. When you visit a user’s Twitter profile on Twitter.com, you will notice that their profile highlights the most recent four images. To view more images from a user, just click the “view all” button to see several images in a grid view or a detail view highlighting the tweet that was associated with the photo. Images are collected from Twitter’s new photo-uploading tool, as well as other third-party photo apps like yFrog, TwitPic, or my new favorite, Instagram. I...
Read MoreInfographic: How people are using Twitter
Lab42 surveyed 500 Twitter users on how they use the service, how they determine who to follow, etc. What surprised me the most is that majority of the users surveyed access Twitter via Twitter.com (64%). I would have thought Twitter access via mobile phones (16%) would have been much...
Read MoreTwitter adds new activity features
Twitter is rolling out two new activity features on a partial redesign of Twitter.com. The first new feature adds more activities (@mentions, favorites, follows, etc.) to your @[username] tab. Previously, the @[username] tab just displayed your @mentions. I think this feature will be helpful to me as I never know when I have a new follower or if someone has favorited my tweet (because I have the email settings turned off). The other new feature is the Activity tab, which provides activities of my followers – the latest Favorites, Retweets, and Follows. Think of it like...
Read More40% of users follow at least one brand on Twitter
According to data from eMarketer, 40% of users on Twitter follow at least one brand.
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