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Daily Archives: 26 April, 2010

Four ways to use Foursquare for business (via Schwarzenegger)

By Hugh Salmon // 26 April, 2010 – 2:07 pm // 1 Comment

Foursquare attendanceIf you wanted more confirmation that Foursquare is becoming quite unstoppable came with news that the governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger is using the social media service highlighting how it can be used for  business as well as pleasure. Read More »

Twitter acquires text-messaging service Cloudhopper

By Dan Leahul // 26 April, 2010 – 11:12 am // 1 Comment

Twitter is returning to its roots with the acquisition of text-messaging company Cloudhopper, which will allow more users, especially those in developing countries without web-enabled smartphones, to begin tweeting. Read More »

Boobquake takes Twitter and Facebook by storm

By Dan Leahul // 26 April, 2010 – 10:36 am // 3 Comments

An Islamic cleric’s suggestion that “immodestly” dressed women are the cause of earthquakes has resulted in nearly 200,000 women around the globe pledging to show their cleavage today to prove him wrong, in an online phenomenon aptly named “Boobquake”. Read More »

Future of Twitter is in a Tokyo Flash all in the wrist

By Dave Barros // 26 April, 2010 – 8:42 am // 1 Comment

Good news for Twitter lovers everywhere who will no longer have to dig out their phone to check for updates they will simply be able to glance at their wrist.

Tokyo Flash, the procurer’s of futuristic binary watches, have unveiled one of their latest concepts on their blog. Cleverly codenamed ‘Instant Trend’ their latest idea is to incorporate news feeds direct to your watch making it ideal for real time updates from services like Twitter.
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