Tag Archive: Twitter

Twitter opts your privacy in automatically

Twitter recently made a change in how it allows people to find you when they are attempting to add friends.  They can search by phone number or email address, as shown in the screenshot here:

The problem is, this is only seen when you log in via the web interface.  For new users, this is a [...]

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Google Buzz – the Social Destination?

Buzz was a reserved name in Gmail folders for some time, and now it is clear why.  I think Google realized that Wave should not have been the starting point with their jump into the real-time. Something that offered a simpler experience to a larger set of users was needed.  Tapping into Gmail gave them [...]

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Twitter is not a RSS reader no matter what @Scobleizer says

I was listening to a recent TWiT episode with the regular roundtable discussions and Robert Scoble mentioned how Twitter has become his RSS reader.  No matter how you slice it, Twitter is a news source and real-time feed, but couldn’t be considered a RSS reader.
With any current reader, you are able to control subscriptions, read [...]

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