International Business News - Twitter http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif LinkedIn and Twitter have linked up. Starting immediately, users of LinkedIn and Twitter can cross-file to each other's services, by checking a box on either Twitter or LinkedIn. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223806-a-twitter-page-is-displayed-onlaptop-computer.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091110/linkedin-and-twitter-link-up.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091110/linkedin-and-twitter-link-up.htm Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:32:02 EST Office workers that spend more than 40 minutes a week on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace are costing businesses around $2.3 billion a year in lost productivity, according to a new survey. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/222958-twiiter.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091025/workers-on-twitter-facebook-cost-businesses3-millionyear.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091025/workers-on-twitter-facebook-cost-businesses3-millionyear.htm Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:06:14 EDT Popular micro-blogging site, Twitter, is raising around $50 million at a $1 billion valuation, TechCrunch's Michael Arrington reports, citing "multiple sources." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/220590-biz-stone-twitter.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090916/twitter-raising-capital-atbillion-valuation-report.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090916/twitter-raising-capital-atbillion-valuation-report.htm Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:30:58 EDT A company called uSocial has been offering a service that sells Twitter followers to people at a set rate, and announced Thursday that it will start selling "friends" on Facebook. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219706-usocial.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090903/facebook-usocial-twiiter-buy-facebook-fans-facebook-friends.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090903/facebook-usocial-twiiter-buy-facebook-fans-facebook-friends.htm Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:38:25 EDT Social networking sites have become the latest target for burglars as they seek out new targets, according to a report from insurance company Legal & General warns. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219421-facebook-and-twitter.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090830/burgulars-using-facebook-twitter-target-victims.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090830/burgulars-using-facebook-twitter-target-victims.htm Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:37:31 EDT The Georgian blogger targeted by a cyber attack last week that affected millions of Internet users across the world said Wednesday that Russian hackers were to blame, but that he would not be silenced. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090812/georgian-blogger-says-will-not-be-silenced.htm Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:00:10 EDT Facebook Inc. said it has acquired FriendFeed, a start-up that allow users to share links and status updates online, folding in a potential rival that struggled to take off. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090810/facebook-marries-friendfeed-most-important-acquisition-social-media.htm Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:00:52 EDT On Thursday evening, the Microsoft Xbox Live service was unreachable, joining the likes of Twitter and Facebook which also went down this week, crippling millions of its users around the world. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090807/xbox-live-down-twitter-facebook-microsoft-xbox.htm Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:22:22 EDT The distributed denial of service attack on Thursday that targeted Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal, and several Google sites may have been politically motivated. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/218180-twitter.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090807/twitter-down-facebook-livejournal-google.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090807/twitter-down-facebook-livejournal-google.htm Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:56:18 EDT Twitter is down because of a "denial-of-service attack" and Facebook's been sluggish and unresponsive on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/218138-twitter.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090806/twitter-down-status-blog-crash-broken-facebook-down-problem.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090806/twitter-down-status-blog-crash-broken-facebook-down-problem.htm Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:36:41 EDT Twitter is down for an hour Thursday morning shutting millions of users from using the online messaging service. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090806/twitter-down-twitter-problems-twitter-outage.htm Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:18:15 EDT The U.S. Marine Corps banned use of social web sites such as Twitter, MySpace and Facebook on its networks, citing security risks, while the Pentagon also said it will consider implementing similar bans. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/218045-facebook.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090805/marine-corps-bans-troops-from-facebook-twitter-and-myspace.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090805/marine-corps-bans-troops-from-facebook-twitter-and-myspace.htm Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:59:22 EDT Twitter plans a marketing campaign starting in the next few days to educate users, individual and corporate, about ways to make money off the popular microblogging site. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/217330-twitter-co-founder-biz-stone-speaks-at.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090724/twitter-to-pitch-add-on-tools-to-businesses.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090724/twitter-to-pitch-add-on-tools-to-businesses.htm Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:56:04 EDT Audiences are voicing snap judgments on movies faster and to more people than ever before on Twitter, and their ability to create a box office hit or a flop is forcing major studios to revamp marketing campaigns. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090717/movie-studios-try-to-harness-twitter-effect.htm Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:32:03 EDT Facebook has passed News Corp.'s MySpace domestically in traffic, according to online metrics firm comScore. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/215258-facebook-myspace.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090616/myspace-facebook-traffice-comscore-americans-twitter.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090616/myspace-facebook-traffice-comscore-americans-twitter.htm Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:09:36 EDT Dell Inc. said Friday that the company's promotions on popular social-networking site,Twitter, have brought in an estimated $3 million in revenue since 2007. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090612/dell-thanks-3m-sales-twitter.htm Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:34:12 EDT Facebook is letting their 200-plus million users customize their profile URLs starting this weekend, according to a post on Facebook's official blog. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/214944-facebook.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090610/facebook-rolls-out-personal-url-039misses-rsquo-revenue-opportunity.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090610/facebook-rolls-out-personal-url-039misses-rsquo-revenue-opportunity.htm Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:19:18 EDT Only a tenth of all Twitter account holders are responsible for sending over 90 percent of all the messages sent on the site. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/214585-twitter.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090602/twitter-users-not-an-active-bunch-online.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090602/twitter-users-not-an-active-bunch-online.htm Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:14:59 EDT How's this for a tweet? Twitter is coming to a television near you. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/214153-biz-stone-twitter-co-founder-speaks-during.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090525/twitter-eyes-foray-into-tv.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090525/twitter-eyes-foray-into-tv.htm Mon, 25 May 2009 23:40:04 EDT The latest rumor making the rounds of the blogosphere suggests that Apple is in "talks" to buy Twitter for as much as $700 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/213121-twitter.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090505/bloggers-battle-over-039-apple-twitter-takeover-039-rumor.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090505/bloggers-battle-over-039-apple-twitter-takeover-039-rumor.htm Tue, 05 May 2009 17:35:50 EDT