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louisgray.com - 1/22/2009

Every Time I Try To Embrace Twitter, They Push Us Away

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As an advisor to SocialToo , Jesse Stay, the developer of the service, and I trade a lot of e-mail... we also talk on the phone and exchange direct messages via Twitter on how to improve his service. Some of the ideas I've had already have made a small impact on the service, while other pieces ...

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techcrunch.com - 1/25/2009

Twitter Raising New Cash At $250 Million Valuation

— techcrunch.com — Twitter, which just recently turned down a half billion dollar acquisition offer from Facebook (albeit to be... paid mostly with Facebook stock), is dipping back into the venture capital market, we’ve heard from a source with of the deal. ... (more) Twitter Raising New Cash At $250 Million Valuation

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weblogs.hitwise.com - 1/20/2009

Hitwise Intelligence - Heather Dougherty - US: Twitter catches up to Digg

— weblogs.hitwise.com — January 20, 2009 Twitter catches up to Digg Twitter has become a popular pastime for many who... like to update their daily thoughts and activates, as well as for the voyeurs who just enjoy reading the tweets. Last week, the market share of visits to ... (more) Hitwise Intelligence - Heather Dougherty - US: Twitter ...

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blog.twitter.com - 1/20/2009

Inauguration Day on Twitter

— blog.twitter.com — It was a big day at Twitter HQ today and it's not even noon yet. We saw... 5x normal tweets-per-second and about 4x tweets-per-minute as this chart illustrates. Overall, Twitter sailed smoothly through the inauguration but at the peak, some folks did ... (more) Inauguration Day on Twitter

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What’s Twitter’s Real Motive for the API Cuts?
The Inquisitr » Technology — ... logical extensions to Twitter, and perhaps long overdue. Twitter’s problem though is that 3rd party service providers offering this functionality for free would undercut a premium offering along the same lines. Truth be told though they are fully within their rights to do what they have done. The insanity is that VC’s are investing in companies that rely on Twitter API access to begin with. It’s not a solid base from which to build a business. Louis Gray has more on the take from SocialToo’s perspective. ...

The total unadulterated idiocy of building software businesses on the shell of Web 2.0
The Inquisitr » Technology — ... Like Duncan pointed out Twitter will need to find some way to survive because at some point those VCers are going to want their pay-outs. This leaves Twitter with little choice really as it moves forward – it has to start coming up with reasons for people to pay for the service. this means it has to start shedding the freeloaders who are hoping for the magical payout. As Louis points out in a post ...