The Trouble With Twitter’s @anywhere Service
Twitter CEO Evan Williams announced Monday that the company plans to introduce a new platform called “@anywhere.” The new service will allow Twitter users to connect to their Twitter accounts through third-party Websites such as The New York Times and eBay — similar to the way Facebook Connect allows Facebook users to sign into other [...]
Conan Twitter Tracker: The End
Look, Conan, when you were doing the elusive celebrity Twitter thing — not following anyone but wanting to be followed by all — you were cool. But now that you’ve come out of hiding and announced to the world that you are following a “random” person, we have this to say to you, “You are [...]
Conan O’Brien joins Twitter, asks for help
Conan O’Brien is keeping himself busy by interviewing animals. That’s the word from the former “Tonight Show” host via his new Twitter account. “Today I interviewed a squirrel in my backyard and then threw to commercial. Somebody help me,” O’Brien said in his first tweet. His account bio reads: “I had a show. Then I [...]
Picture of Google’s Experimental Handset Appears on Twitter
A picture of an experimental Android handset given out to Google employees had blogs buzzing over the weekend amid signs that the company could offer a Google-branded smartphone next year. The picture of the touchscreen phone, carried on sites including TechCrunch and Engadget, was posted online by Twitter user Cory O’Brien. O’Brien offered a few [...]
Palin pokes fun at herself at journalists’ dinner
WASHINGTON – Sarah Palin poked fun at herself in a speech to journalists Saturday night, drawing laughter when she announced she “came down from my hotel room and I could see the Russian Embassy.” The 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate also joked that she had orginally thought of titling her book “How To Look Like [...]
