Everybody loves social networks but not everybody understands the risks associated with it. PleaseRobMe is a great tool that shows you how exposing your location on social networks can make you vulnerable to burglars. It uses actual examples from FourSquare …
Google Trends and Yahoo! Buzz Together!
Google Trends and Yahoo! Buzz are great websites to see what’s popular on the web right now. The only thing better than those websites is a tool that would combine Google Trends, Yahoo! Buzz and Twitter Trends, all in one …
Twitter Speeding Towards 10 Billion Tweets
About one year ago Twitter reached a huge milestone: one billion tweets. Four months ago, 5 billion tweets were served. And now, in about one day, Twitter should reach another very important milestone: 10 billion tweets.
How Twitter in the Classroom is Boosting Student Engagement
Professors who wish to engage students during large lectures face an uphill battle. Not only is it a logistical impossibility for 200+ students to actively participate in a 90 minute lecture, but the downward sloping cone-shape of a lecture hall …
ShoutEm – Create Your Own Microblogging Network
ShoutEm is a free service that allows you to create your own private microblogging network. ShoutEm allows you to make your network public or private. Your ShoutEm network can be as simple as Twitter or as robust as FriendFeed.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/01/shoutem-create-your-own-microblogging.html…
Bill Gates Surpasses 100,000 Twitter Followers in 8 Hours
Eight hours ago, Microsoft founder Bill Gates joined Twitter. Five hours ago, Twitter’s Caroline Mizumoto tweeted about it. And moments ago, @BillGates broke 100,000 Twitter followers.
Five Platforms for a Classroom Back-channel Chat
Many people use Twitter as a backchannel, but there are some people who would prefer a different solution – because, otherwise, audience members must obtain Twitter accounts participate, which they may not want to do, and the conversation may be …
How To Integrate Twitter with PowerPoint: Tweet Presentation Notes & See Instant Feedback
Speakers and presenters at conferences are increasingly finding their audience live tweeting during their presentation. In most cases, the presenter has no clue about what the audience is saying on Twitter. This leads to a disconnect between the true thoughts …
Twitter Declared Most Popular English Word of 2009
The Global Language Monitor, which tracks language trends, has once again compiled and released its yearly list of the most popular words and phrases within the English language. In 2008, the #1 most popular word was “change” (referring to the …
Web Based Twitter Clients – Which Is Right For You?
Web Based Twitter Clients – Which Is Right For You?
http://thenextweb.com/appetite/2009/11/24/web-based-twitter-clients/…