Posts Tagged “Twitter”
The evolving picture of public (and private) discourse
by Tony Hung on November 28, 2010
Then in the last year something new has happened, which I see as the combined rise of mobile Internet technology and Facebook. While smartphones have made us more e-mail-enabled than ever, I think people are actually sending less total e-mail as (…)
Teens Not Twittering? Absolutely. Here’s the Evidence.
by Tony Hung on July 13, 2009
No, I didn’t conduct the research myself, but as astutely pointed out by Ben Parr, the recent report commissioned by Morgan Stanley regarding one teen (and his friend’s) internet / technology related activities may seem the sweeping generalizations of a (…)
The Many — or Singular? — Problems of Friendfeed
by Tony Hung on July 10, 2009
The most prolific Friendfeeder of them all (to give you an idea of how Robert-Scoble-as-lifestreamer >> Scoble-as-blogger, just look at the number of comments on his Friendfeed vs. Blog … currently a ratio of 10:1 as of this writing) gives (…)
Bing Bigger Than Digg? Twitter? Not Quite.
by Tony Hung on July 9, 2009
Ben Parr at Mashable says Bing, Microsoft’s latest search engine offering, is doing well. So well, in fact, that its bigger than Digg, Twitter and CNN. But none of that matters if Bing doesn’t grow and find a way to (…)
Holy Moly! Google OS Lives! (… As A Net-Only Cloud-Based Linux-Based OS)
by Tony Hung on July 8, 2009
You know, it figures 5 minutes after I pre-order Windows 7 (home premium, if you must wonder) off of Amazon.ca do I learn that Google OS is coming to netbooks far and yonder in the next few months. Google’s own (…)
Twitter Scams Suckering In Gullible, Desperate
by Tony Hung on July 7, 2009
And I supppose in desperate times, there are more desperate folks (and to be fair, perhaps “unsophisticated” rather than “gullible”). The Los Angeles times reviews the proliferation of Twitter scams, offering to teach people how to make buckets of cash (…)
How These Six Words Could Energize Friendfeed on the Mainstream Media
by Tony Hung on June 14, 2009
Well, who knows if it really would — but I think one of the biggest inflections in Twitter’s popularity over the past 6-12 months has been the mainstream media’s push, and obvious love affair with socia media. Of course, CNN (…)