Twitter passes 10 Billion Tweets sent

• 05 Mar 10
• Written by John Carnell

Twitter_512x512.png" width="48" height="48" />That little Social Network Twitter just passed a big milestone, over 10 Billion messages (Tweets) have been sent so far. Now I'm sure Facebook does that a month but for Twitter a relatively new network this is really good news.

Sadly it appears that the 10 billionth tweet was by a protected user so it can't be importalised for all time and looked back on by future generations as the defining words of a generation.

Maybe not....

Twitter becomes "places" Aware

• 03 Mar 10
• Written by John Carnell

Twitter have announced that they will soon be adding "Places" to their location Api, if your not aware "Places" is the way Foursquare and other location check in services work. Instead of just asking the GPS in your device to tell it the longitude and latitude of your position "Places" allows you to say your at a Shop or Park instead of just a string of digits that mean little.

This will also improve location security as well you could set Home as just the street you live on rather than the exact location of your house, likewise when trying to arrange a meet up a place is a much easier target than a set of coordinate on a map.

This is good news for Twitter users and better location data and improved security will make it a more widely used aspect of Twitter on the move.

Twitter Charity Webinar - Still time to register

• 03 Mar 10
• Written by John Carnell

charity-webinar-still-time-to-register.html">Twitter_512x512.png" width="54" height="54" />My first Twitter Social Media Charity Webinar will be held on March the 9th starting at 10:30am GMT, I have designed the webinar session to be low cost only £16.02 and together we will explore Twitter and you can ask what ever questions you may have.

We will be getting practical to show you how to get the best from Twitter and not just why to do things.

To mark my first webinar I will be giving away £20 of Twitter Advertising and a campaign assisted by me, a great opportunity to reach out to Twitter users and let them know about your services or organisation.

You can register here and if you can't make the March session I will be running it again in April.

Apple's NEW iPhone Policy SCREWS Charity / Non-profits

• 25 Feb 10
• Written by John Carnell

So the BullyingUK app version 3 has been rejected, you remember version 2 was rejected because Apple ban donation buttons from their apps they want us to give them a 30% cut... well get this NEW policy time from Apple and this one is the biggest STUFF U's to Non-profit I have ever witnessed by a corporation.

Now Apple says you must include content from multiple sources in your iPhone apps, so that means any advice charity will have to include information from other sources not just their own websites RSS if your using sites like APPMakr, all though this new policy seems to be across the board even if your having a bespoke app built.

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Facebook is Down!

• 20 Feb 10
• Written by John Carnell

Facebook is down, users are reporting on Twitter they can't login and that for some when they can they are seeing the Old Facebook layout. My guess is that is a local cache issue rather than Facebook switching back.

More as we get it....

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Twitter and your Geo Location Privacy

• 20 Feb 10
• Written by John Carnell

I have written up a guide to your Twitter Privacy, it's up on Cyberbullying.co.uk a companion site from BullyingUK in this guide I tell you about how to block profiles as well as detail the Geo Location Privacy options and why you may want to leave them turned off.

"Twitter's location feature known as GEO Location, is OFF by default and we would suggest you keep it that way!"

A Guide to Your Twitter Privacy and Location Safety

Change your Facebook NewsFeed from 250 to 5000 and fix Facebook

• 17 Feb 10
• Written by John Carnell

When Facebook launched their latest redesign lots of people started to complain about not seeing update from their friends or stuff appearing out of order, well now we know why.

It seems Facebook made a significant change to the number of updates you can see at anyone time it used to be 5000 now its 250 this means the system has to filter the updates to only show you what is most relevant.

Thanks to Skippy we can now put it back the way it was and restore the feed to its preredesign behaviour:

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Setting up your Charities Buzz Profile

• 14 Feb 10
• Written by John Carnell

If you are thinking of setting up a Google Buzz account I have a tip for you, don't tie it directly to any of your existing Google Email addresses or Accounts instead create a new Gmail address This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and an associated Google Account and Public Profile.

In that Google Account add the email addresses of the staff who will be using the Buzz account as secondary email address (handy to recover passwords).

If you integrate your Google Profile (your charities brand in Google Buzz) with an existing single staffs Gmail account what happens if they leave?

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Google Buzz Search Commands

• 14 Feb 10
• Written by John Carnell

I just spotted this list of Search Commands for Google Buzz, via a Google Buzz from BuzzUsers very handy if you want to filter your stream by Source, Author or commenter.

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Google Buzz - Total Genius?

• 14 Feb 10
• Written by John Carnell

So after a few days of Buzz, a rant and then time to think and experiment and actually Buzz shows a fair amount of promise. Google have been quick to roll out fixes and new features in response to the community including a revamp to the way privacy and discovery of buzz contacts will work.

In my Sunday ramble this week I wanted to share some observations I have made over the last few days about Google Buzz.

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