Last week Twitter rolled out its new profile design to all users. By now you’ve probably converted to the wild side and installed the new design. Your new profile features a full-width header image, a larger profile picture, pinnable tweets, enlarged engaging tweets and new tweet filters. These changes have given your profile a completely… Continue reading 4 Ways to Make Your New Twitter Profile More Engaging
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Try the New Twitter Design on Your Profile Today
If you’re dying to make your Twitter profile look more like your profile on Facebook, you’re in luck: Twitter has rolled out its profile redesign to all users this week. So go for it – that eye-catching widescreen header image you’ve been wanting to upload is now fair game. The new Twitter profile allows you… Continue reading Try the New Twitter Design on Your Profile Today
Unstoppable: the 118th Boston Marathon, in Pictures
Over 35,000 runners and nearly half a million spectators attended the 118th annual Boston Marathon. The event was momentous for many reasons, not the least of which the fact that it was the first Boston marathon since the 2013 bombings. The 2014 Boston Marathon saw its first American winner in 31 years, Meb Keflezighi, with… Continue reading Unstoppable: the 118th Boston Marathon, in Pictures
6 Ways to Get More Social Shares
Whether you’re linking to your latest blog article on Facebook or posting your latest thought on Twitter, it’s clear that you’re sharing with others. And, while it’s easy for you to compose tweets and status updates, it’s more difficult to craft social media postings that have the potential to be shared and re-shared. Below are… Continue reading 6 Ways to Get More Social Shares
All 5 Boston Sports Teams Tweeted Together To Commemorate The Boston Marathon Bombing
Today marks the one year anniversary of the tragic Boston Marathon bombing that killed three and injured 264 runners and spectators. To honor the victims, survivors, and heroes, all five of the region’s professional sports teams tweeted the same exact tweet, at the same exact time. At 10:00 am, the Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, Patriots… Continue reading All 5 Boston Sports Teams Tweeted Together To Commemorate The Boston Marathon Bombing
Twitter Gets Serious about Data, Acquires Social Company Gnip
With over 500 million messages tweeted each day, Twitter is rich with publicly available information useful to academics, journalists, marketers, developers, politicians and more. After its latest acquisition, Twitter will be taking the next step to making this information as accessible as possible. Twitter announced today that it’s agreed to acquire social data company Gnip.… Continue reading Twitter Gets Serious about Data, Acquires Social Company Gnip
Twitter Gets Chatty With Interactive Pop-Up Notifications
Twitter can be a great place for keeping in touch with friends and interacting with followers in real time. Its interface, though, hasn’t been the ideal facilitator of such types of communication. In a recent blog post, however, Twitter announced upcoming real-time notifications on Twitter.com that should make it easier than ever to interact with… Continue reading Twitter Gets Chatty With Interactive Pop-Up Notifications
Pop Goes the Internet Sector?
On Friday, the tech-heavy NASDAQ stock market index closed at 4,000, down almost 10% from its post-recession high. That’s got Wall Street recalling the burst of the dot.com bubble. In March 2000, creator and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg was 15 years old. That same month the NASDAQ peaked at 5,132 points. And then the… Continue reading Pop Goes the Internet Sector?
