“Apni Ruchiyan follow Karen. Aapke Mitron, Audhyogik Visheshyagyon, pasandida celebrity ke, aur duniya mein kya ho raha hai ke updates.” Don’t be stumped if you land on this Twitter screen. Translated in English, the message reads: “Follow your interests. Instant updates from your friends, industry experts, favourite celebrities, and what’s happening around the world.”...
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Some of the questions that come to mind when one talks about Twitter are: How often do people tweet? How often do people access Twitter? Why do people join Twitter? How do people decide which users to follow? Answers to these questions can be found in a study done by Lab42, a unique market...
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Today, on the tenth day of Anna’s fast, no tweet connected with Anna Hazare’s fast is trending. You do not see Ramlila Maidan, Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal, corruption, Azad Maidan or any other word connected with Anna Hazare or his fast on the India trends list. What is surprising is that even the big...
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If you are a journalist and you do not mine Twitter for news leads or source development then you are making a mistake. Here are seven reasons you should start spending time on Twitter: 1. Embedded link: Every tweet includes an embedded hyperlink that guides Twitter users to your news report. More readers get...
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You may not agree with this definition, but this is how Twitter plans to change your search experience. It is now rolling out a new version of Twitter search that will not only fetch the most relevant tweets but also display related photos and videos on the results page. Twitter is so excited about...
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The “Follow” war has hotted up on the net. Taking a cue from Facebook’s Like button, Twitter has launched its Follow button. Websites can now connect to Twitter directly, and their visitors can follow their Twitter feeds from the Follow button. They will be directed to the Profile page of Twitter, where the latest...
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The biggest challenge before a journalist is identifying tweets that can be used in a news report. Often, people post tweets using assumed names. This makes identification difficult, and puts a question mark against the legitimacy of a tweet. But this does not mean that journalists should avoid using Twitter as a news source....
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