If you're a bargain hound, here's a great Twitter account for you to follow: @EarlyBird, the latest official Twitter account from the company itself.
It will tweet out time-sensitive and/or limited-quantity deals from various companies and brands - giving special advantage to the retail-obsessed who are also social-media savvy. [Mashable]
What is your search engine of choice? Google? Yahoo? Bing? Try Twitter. According to cofounder Biz Stone, who spoke yesterday at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Twitter now reaches some 800 million search queries per day.
San Francisco microblogging startup Twitter has launched its "earlybird" deals feed - the fledgling site's latest effort to bring in revenue from advertisers. The company put its first post on the feed Tuesday.
Twitter has been having a bit of difficulty remaining stable during the World Cup. But in some ways, it's a nice problem to have - they're seeing higher usage levels than they ever have.
Applications that integrate with Twitter via the API are facing tougher restrictions on the amount of times they can poll the service, causing some of them to fall over. Back in June.
This morning, news began to spread that Miami Heat superstar Dwyane Wade was staying with his current team – the latest twist in the NBA free agency story that is increasingly playing out through social media channels.
Twitter's EarlyBird account is definitely a step in the right direction in terms of ad and revenue strategy, but will it work? I'm glad Twitter is getting serious about making money.
Twitter has introduced another advertising service, hoping to generate revenue this time by promoting special offers, events and one-time deals from marketers. Called @earlybird.
