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Twitter User Sued by Ex-Employer: Who “Owns” Your Corporate Twitter Account?

So, finally, we have a test-case for an individual being sued by his employer for taking his Twitter account with him when he left the business. Noah Kravitz used to work for cell phone news and review site, Phonedog, and had amassed 17,000 Twitter followers to his ...
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Twitter Extends the Lifetime of the Humble Tweet

One of the major problems with Twitter, especially for Marketers, has been it's ephemerality. A report in 2010 suggested that the active lifespan of a Tweet was effectively 1 hour - in that 92% of all the re-Tweets happen during that single hour. After that, you might...
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Twitter Buys TweetDeck: What it means for TweetDeck users

So Twitter finally stepped in to stop Ubermedia (which already owns Echofon and Tweetup) from extending their influence within the Twittersphere by acquiring TweetDeck, the leading dashboard, for a reputed $40-50 million. Nice for Twitter. Terrific for the Briti...
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5 Reasons Why Social Media is Not the Next Bubble

A recent Financial Edge article suggested that social media is the next bubble, with over-hyped valuations, waiting to burst on an unsuspecting throng of investors. I have my doubts. Here are 5 reasons why I think the valuation of social media companies is largely ...
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