Seeing a “404 error” or the Twitter “Fail Whale” can really kill a good online buzz. Those kinds of service outages, though, occur on the Internet on a daily basis, as the latest numbers from Outage Analyzer illustrate.
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Web suffered 9000 service outages in last five months
After a series of high-profile hackings, Twitter has finally introduced two-factor authentication.
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Prevent a hack attack with Twitter’s new two-factor authentication
Desktop users can have a conversation with Google search (sort of), the Kwikset Kevo locks doors with a finger tap, and Twitter adds a new twist for marketers. [Read more]
Select Twitter advertisers can now use the Lead Generation Card to sign up new customers — no forms required.
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Twitter lets advertisers collect contact info from tweets
Farmers reported their progress via Twitter and Instagram, using hashtags like #plant13
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Farmers Rush to Plant Ahead of Storms, Tweeting All the While
Farmers reported their progress via Twitter and Instagram, using hashtags like #plant13
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Farmers Rush to Plant Ahead of Storms, Tweeting All the While
In a new Pew Report on teens and their social-networking habits, Twitter appears to be offering a resurgence, while Facebook may be losing impact.
Some teens are growing tired of the excessive sharing and “drama” on Facebook and more are turning to sites like Twitter and Instagram to express themselves, according to a new study.
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Teens growing cool on Facebook but warming to Twitter, Pew study finds
The Wall Street Journal is reporting on Twitter that Yahoo’s board has given the green light for the company’s $1.1 billion purchase of the blogging site. [Read more]
Suddenly a lot of big names are offering Glassware for Glass: Twitter, Facebook, CNN, Evernote and more. The early days of Glass are all about not being as paradigm-breaking as you think
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Google Glass apps: Striving for the familiar (hands-on)