It was announced this week, that Twitter has created analytics to webmasters (and users) to measure how their content is being shared and also how their buttons are being used. It has been explained that the system will integrate to help see how the content is distributed. Throughout the presentation, Twitter announced that the t.co Read News…

We have seen a number of studies about Facebook posts and Twitter tweets. It has been suggested that if a user doesn’t see a post or tweet within a few hours they won’t see it at all. There is a link shortening service called Bit.ly who has come out with more information on this subject. Read News…

Beyonce’s announcement at MTV’s Video Music Awards that she was pregnant has smashed the twitter record for tweets per second. Twitter users posted 8868 tweets per second (tps) when the singer broke the news on stage at the event. This surpassed the previous record of 7196 tps which occurred after Japan beat the USA in Read News…

Twitter have recently announced a new feature which allows users to tweet easier and safer. Currently the official t.co Twitter shortener will now automatically shorten the URLs from the Tweet box when using the web version of Twitter. The feature shortens links to 19 characters, and will show users a preview of the destination link. Read News…

Ryan Giggs was yesterday named in Parliament as the premier league footballer alleged to have had an affair with Imogen Thomas. A Lib Dem MP named Giggs yesterday during a session of parliament, using his parliamentary privilege to break the super-injunction Giggs had imposed on the UK to prohibit any details of the supposed affair Read News…

Twitter has just revised its preliminary measurements of 4,000 tweets per second from last night’s announcement of Osama Bin Laden’s death, tweeting out the new measurements below. At the event’s peak (11pm Eastern Standard Time) there were 5,106 TPS, beating out Super Bowl 2011 (with 4,064 TPS) but not NYE 2010 (with 6,939 TPS). The Read News…

Now the dust surrounding the whirlwind that is Charlie Sheen seems to have settled,the internet masses have to find a new “hero” for the time being. Internships.com however, who paid at least $100,000 for the Ad.ly campaign (in the guise of a social media intern job post), are reaping the benefits of the two Sheen Read News…

The US has defended its request for the personal details of three Twitter users, as part of its inquiry into Wikileaks. At a court in Virginia, the justice department said it was seeking the account information of three associates of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The trio are fighting against the request, arguing that it is Read News…