Idlewyld

whatshouldwecallsocialmedia:

WHEN THE CLIENT WANTS TO LINK THEIR FACEBOOK AND TWITTER ACCOUNTS.

This.

onaissues:

“Twitter Inc. has acknowledged that after mobile users tap the “Find friends” feature on its smartphone app, the company downloads users’ entire address book, including names, email addresses and phone numbers, and keeps the data on its servers for 18 months.

The company also said it plans to update its apps to clarify that user contacts are being transmitted and stored. The company’s current privacy policy does not explicitly disclose that Twitter downloads and stores user address books.”

Read more on the LA Times: Twitter stores full iPhone contact list for 18 months, after scan.

reuters:

Disturbing development at Twitter: countries will silence tweets

Yeah, that’s my little photo in the retweeted section.

shortformblog:

peterfeld:

Deleted Rupert Murdoch tweet, via Mediaite.

This is the second deleted tweet from Rupe. The first appeared to be a search for Alan Sugar that he tweeted by accident.

(via shortformblog)

This is what my TweetDeck notifications look like.

Help!?!?

Think I have enough Twitter accounts?

Pinch me. I must be dreaming.

(via thebluthcompany)

shortformblog:

brooklynmutt:

@erickschonfeld, Editor of TechCrunch.

 

I’m Leaving TechCrunch. Here’s Why. by @paulcarr

Fighting in public, on Twitter: That’s pretty much a key tell sign that TechCrunch will not be the same after this. Good God. Can we just call TechCrunch’s sale to AOL a huge mistake already?

AND SO IT BEGINS

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