Twitter Should Cut The SMS Cord

One of the things that bothers me about Twitter is the endless wrapping of links in tweets in their own url shortener. Many people will say there is the benefit of making sure only “safe” links are enabled, but mostly it is a data gathering activity. Sadly, even t.co links get wrapped in new t.co… Read More Twitter Should Cut The SMS Cord

October 16, 2011 Robert Diana7 Comments

The Fight For Data Intensifies

In a not so surprising move, Google finally released a URL shortener. To start, it is available in the Google Toolbar as well as Feedburner. This will likely spell doom for TwitterFeed unless they come up with some seriously interesting features. Earlier in the day, Facebook decided it wanted to get in on the analytics… Read More The Fight For Data Intensifies

December 15, 2009 Robert Diana2 Comments

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The Fight For Data Intensifies