Posts Tagged ‘twitter’
3 reasons check-in apps aren’t going to make it
I wrote a while back about why I was down on Foursquare. That post was specific to Foursquare, which I still think is a great tool but my conclusion is that in its current state, I’m not cool enough to appreciate it. But I’ve been studying the “check-in” apps for quite a while now and…
Read MorePrediction: LeBron is going to announce his decision via Twitter
You heard it here: The King is going to announce his big decision on Twitter. LeBron James is currently deciding which team he’ll be with next season and we’ve certainly seen teams using social media to help swing the vote in their favor. See how the Knicks tried to do just that (and failed). Now…
Read MoreIs Twitter going to make it?
One quick look at Twitter’s growth over the past year will tell you that something is up. About nine months ago Twitter was seeing massive growth, but over the past 10 months the site has actually seen a drop in traffic. Perhaps some of this could be attributed to compete.com not picking up mobile traffic? …
Read MoreVisiting Twitter HQ
While I was in San Fran last week for F8, I (and Josh and Andrew) had the opportunity to meet with a friend of a friend (thanks to @delross for the intro) that now works at Twitter. At Twitter headquarters. Which, for all of us geeks, is a frickin’ pretty cool thing. I was struck…
Read MoreDiscussion: What is the future landing place for location-based marketing?
Location-based marketing is here to stay, in some form or another. The ability to connect and market based on immediacy and location is extremely powerful and we’ve only just started playing in the space (Foursquare, Gowalla, etc). I think we can all agree that the current state of having many services to check-in on and…
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