Tag Archives: Twitter

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James Hanney writes:

@StarbucksIE was set up on September 15th last year. Yesterday it had 1,015 followers (which equates to about 3 new followers a day since setting up). Following the ‘scandal’, today it has 2,033 followers, which means that it has effectively doubled its followers overnight. A shrewd marketing ploy on Starbucks behalf perhaps?


Shitter is a new startup that offers to turn your tweet stream into four rolls of toilet paper for $35. Founder David Gillespie sez:

“Obviously this is fairly tongue in cheek, but we’re reasonably pleased we monetized Twitter in a way that avoided advertising”

Get Shitter here

Turn Your Tweets Into Toilet Paper With The New Startup – Shitter (venturebeat)

(Hat tip: Miranda Wrights)

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.

 

Twitter Stores Full iPhone Contact List For 18 months, After Scan (LA Times)

A dangerous mix.