Social Media Articles

Twitter Link Finds V2

The week might have been slow for you but on Twitter it was a busy one. As the number of people I follow sits near 100 the link drops that happen are a plenty. Below you will find some of the great finds I came across this week.

T Mobile shuts down Twitter Service

It seems that users of T-Mobile are having issues with sending text messages to Twitter. There are reports from Alternageek , CNET, and more at Getsatisfaction with Biz Stone commenting.  It is as if T-Mobile has blocked or shut down service to users trying to send messages to the Twitter.  Nothing like getting “unlimited” texting only to have the service you use it for get blocked.

Power of Twitter – Companies Respond

So today as always I was following news from SEL, SERoundtable, and the various chatter that goes on within Twitter when I watched something interesting. There are often many interesting conversations that take place ranging from personal, to rants, arguments, theories, what people ate, where people are shopping and so on. This was one of the first times I have seen someone suggest something and get action taken by a…

Gooruze initial thoughts

As I verify my blog on a site I might as well do a quick review of it. Oh and here is your code Mr Gooruze: daver.gooruze.com Gooruze.com is a Digg for Marketers with some good content and community going on. I havent spent much time on the site as I have been busy in and out of work but plan to dig deeper into it. I am adding my…

Pownce Invites

So have you heard of Pownce? If not it is another micro-blogging platform similar to Twitter. I am using it off and on and working on a review. I have some large number of invites so if you happen to want to join/use it but cant – let me know. http://pownce.com/ or look me up http://pownce.com/daver/

OpenSocial opening the flood gates on Facebook

Just saw the news that a ever growing list of social sites of various types are joining Google and its OpenSocial idea. As of now the list includes Bebo, Engage.com, Friendster, hi5, Hyves, imeem, LinkedIn, Ning, Oracle, orkut, Plaxo, Salesforce.com, Six Apart, Tianji, Viadeo, and XING. I am interested to see how companies will leverage this and who will be the winner from it all (other then Google as it…