Twitter buys BackType to dig deeper with big data (Colleen Taylor/GigaOM)
Colleen Taylor / GigaOM:Twitter buys BackType to dig deeper with big data — Twitter announced Tuesday morning it has acquired BackType (see disclosure), an analytics platform aimed at helping companies and brands gauge their impact on social media websites. Post-acquisition, BackType will focus on developing tools …
Bill Gurley Explains How Twitter Will Rule The World And Why Groupon Won’t (Matt Rosoff/SAI: Silicon Alley Insider)
Matt Rosoff / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:Bill Gurley Explains How Twitter Will Rule The World And Why Groupon Won’t — Benchmark Capital led a $35 million investment Twitter back in 2009 before the company was fashionable, and has stakes in other hot young tech companies like OpenTable, Yelp, and Zillow. — Partner Bill Gurley is [...]
Exclusive: Snafus forced Twitter data center move: sources (Alexei Oreskovic/Reuters)
Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:Exclusive: Snafus forced Twitter data center move: sources — (Reuters) – An ambitious plan to prevent “Fail Whales,” the cartoon icon that greets frustrated Twitter users during network outages, has turned into a fail whale of its own. — A new, custom-built facility in Utah meant …
HP research shows mainstream media drive Twitter ‘trends’ to a surprising degree (Ethan Bauley/Data Central)
Ethan Bauley / Data Central:HP research shows mainstream media drive Twitter ‘trends’ to a surprising degree — Who gets to determine the big topics of conversation on social media? And how do they do it? Looking to find out, HP researchers recently examined how popular subjects get to be listed among the top ‘trending’ topics [...]
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is determined to get the last laugh (Jessica Guynn/Los Angeles Times)
Jessica Guynn / Los Angeles Times:Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is determined to get the last laugh — The onetime improvisational comedian wants to prove that the social network can make money. — Reporting from San Francisco — Before embarking on a career as a technology entrepreneur, Dick Costolo took part …
Gawker hack exposes user data, sparks Twitter virus – The Christian Science Monitor
Meanwhile, a related virus seems to be creeping across Twitter … We cannot provide any more information as to how the attack was carried out, because this could be used against us.”
AT&T Labs Mashes Up Voice, TV, Gestures, and Twitter (Jacqueline Emigh/Technologizer)
Jacqueline Emigh / Technologizer:AT&T Labs Mashes Up Voice, TV, Gestures, and Twitter — “Watching TV is supposed to be fun, right?” asked AT&T’s Michael Johnston. In a press event at the AT&T Labs in New York City, Johnston and other researchers showed off iRemote, Talkalytics, and dozens of other projects now under …
Facebook and Twitter Flunk Security Report Card – YAHOO!
Ignorance is bliss, so don’t read any further if you don’t want to panic about Facebook and Twitter security. Digital Society , a self-professed security think tank, has given failing security grades to both Twitter and Facebook. Both sites are vulnerable …
Twitter “wrong credential combination” phishing scheme – Help Net Security
If you have followed a link on a Twitter message from a contact that says “You have to be the first to see these new pictures!! LINK” and entered you username and password when asked, chances are your Twitter account has been compromised. The link takes the vi
Twitter hack traces back to Japanese user trying to expose flaw – Washington Examiner
… week’s Twitter attack that caused a widespread headache for the micro-blogging service appears to have been triggered by a Japanese computer … spurred others like Australian teenager Pearce Delphin of …
