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US Skier Trashes NBCs Olympics Coverage On Twitter — And It Gets Automatically Posted To NBCs Web Site

18 February, 2010 (08:56) | By: Michael Prassel

Share We are pleased to say that NBC covered Lindsey Vonns amazing downhill run live today…  on its blog. The network wont actually show the race until tonight, of course, when everyone knows the results which most people now do, because the NBC TV network may be the only news organization on the planet that hasnt [...]

Gmail Banned By Iran; Is Twitter Next?

11 February, 2010 (09:29) | By: Michael Prassel

Share“The Iranian government has officially banned the use of Gmail in the country, reports The Wall Street Journal. In place of Google’s email platform, Iran will allow citizens to use a State-sponsored national email service.” via Gmail Banned By Iran; Is Twitter Next?.

Twibs and Growing our Twitter Presence

26 March, 2009 (09:00) | By: Michael Klear

ShareA lot of companies are trying to grow their following on Twitter and I think it has the potential to be a great marketing tool.  It’s also a great discussion tool with your followers.  Hopefully some day it won’t be as hard to get followers.  With that said there is a wonderful small site called [...]

What is Twitter?

3 March, 2009 (08:00) | By: Michael Klear

ShareWhen I read the news, blogs, or watch TV.  I am constantly surrounded by Twitter.  Yet only about 10-15 of my friends are actually on it. I think that is partly because people don’t understand what it is for or why they would want to use it, or even how to use it. I am [...]