Twitter Inc. faces an uncertain future after Saleforce.com Inc., the last of the companies believed to be interested in buying the troubled social network, said on Friday that it would not make a bid. Twitter and Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey may now have to chart an independent course in the face of stagnant user growth, heavy losses and mounting competition from the likes of Facebook’s Instagram […]

Twitter’s Chief Executive Jack Dorsey apologized on Thursday after the microblogging service let through an ad promoting a white supremacist group. “We made a mistake here and we apologize. Our automated system allowed an ad promoting hate. Against our policy. We did a retro and fixed,” Dorsey tweeted.  The ad titled “‘New Article: The United States Was Founded as a White People’s Republic’ on NEW […]

Mark Zuckerberg, contrary to what you might think, is but a mere mortal. Yes, he runs Facebook and has a large amount of influence over your online life — if you really only use Facebook to see what your friends are up to. Yes, he’s worth a squillion dollars. Yes, he still basically wears the same outfits all the time.  And, yes, he still has his […]

To the average technologically advanced American, Twitter is one of the most visited social media sites. From a popularity contest standpoint, Twitter would be amongst the top winners; however, when evaluating Twitter from a business analytical aspect it might not be a lucrative business venture. The attractive attribute to Twitter Inc. is the fact the sites does not make any of its users pay. Twitter […]

With speculation mounting that Twitter Inc. will soon have a new corporate owner, the 10-year-old social networking service — which has long struggled to define its core purpose — may end up heading in one of several distinctly different directions depending on who ends up paying for it. Companies including Salesforce.com Inc., Walt Disney Co. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google have shown interest in Twitter, which is working with […]

Twitter has suspended several accounts linked to the alt-right movement, a loosely organized group that embraces far-right ideologies including white nationalism, USA Today reported. The accounts suspended by Twitter, which has been criticized for not stopping abusive behavior on its platform, include that of Richard Spencer, who has said he wants blacks, Asians, Hipics and Jews removed from the United States, the newspaper reported on […]

If you are running a social campaign, you have to be analyzing your account’s data. To do that, you have to do some data mining. Unfortunately, it is a time consuming process that brands often hire whole teams to manage, rather than entrusting it to a single person. The good news is that there are tools that make it infinitely easier, and that you can […]

Have you ever felt like a celebrity on social media? I’ve had a moment or two when someone I really like or admire , or when people from across the world happen to come across my content and like or follow. Social media has that unique ability to take non-celebs like me and thrust us  every now and then. Related:  Well now Twitter’s gone one […]