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Although Twitter has received millions and millions of dollars in funding so far. They haven’t monetized the service with ads. This has left many of us wondering…what will a Twitter advertising platform look like and how will it affect us Twitter users?

Well, word on the street is that it will look something like Google’s.
At least that’s the general answer of Twitter’s plan, according to our sources. Read the rest of this entry »

UPDATED on 2/24/2010: This is another variation…… “haha. This you???? http://kl.am/7DGS” to the Twitter Phishing Attack (DO NOT CLICK THE LINK IN YOUR DIRECT MESSAGES)A Special Thank you to Betty Fellows @BettyFellows for sharing this update with us.

As reported by Pete Cashmore from Mashable.com

A Twitter phishing attack is spreading rapidly today, attempting to obtain Twitter logins via Direct Messages. If you receive a message reading “lol, is this you”, and linking to a site called “bzpharma”, do not click the link.

Users who do click that link and enter their details are inadvertently letting spammers take over their accounts, which are then used to spam the same Direct Message to all their friends.

If you’re receiving these messages, your account is not compromised, but if you find you’re sending them, make sure to change your Twitter (Twitter) password immediately.

We’ve already notified Twitter of the issue.

Thanks to Laura Fitton (@pistachio), CEO/Founder of “Twitter appstore” Oneforty.com for giving us a heads up on this.

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This is more an opinion of Google Buzz and a few things I believe about it compared to Twitter. My overall thoughts are that Google really needs to stick to handling their other projects rather than open others. I was not impressed with Google Wave. Is there a reason why Google did not just combine the services of the two, or would it have been too much on their servers?

K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Stupid.) That is why I like Twitter. I like a lot of the applications designed for Twitter that I can use to filter and sort out my multiple accounts for the sites I run. Most of them are just as simple. Overall, I do not mind change. That is why I am not beefing about Facebook’s changes in the past week.

For Gmail users, that is great, Read the rest of this entry »

BREAKING NEWS: Google LaunchingTwitter-Killer for Gmail

ALERT: Twitter Discloses Attempt to Steal User Passwords

Being a former professional paperboy (not really) haha. Yes, I actually do have a background in the newspaper industry with sales and marketing and I’ve actually delivered papers before-those were the good ole days. Maybe you can relate? Regardless, I bet you are like me and can not stand hackers who steal peoples stuff. With that said, I wanted to share this post from the Wall Street Journal Blog and alert you of what’s going on. As always be safe.

As reported by By Jessica E. Vascellaro from the WSJ Blog Read the rest of this entry »

You heard it right, Twitter is really hiring. How cool is that?

In these times, I’m willing to bet that you’re looking for a job, seeking a job change or probably know someone that is looking for a job. So I thought I would take a few moments to share how you can tweet for living. Read the rest of this entry »