Daily Tech and Gadget

A new study from security firm Barracuda Labs provides some interesting insights into the state of the Twitterverse. Unfortunately for the microblogging startup, the stats say that most of its users aren’t very active. The study looked at around 19 million Twitter accounts (PDF) in order to figure out how people are using Twitter. It started with one assumption: ..Read More

We’ve seen many, many iterations of the popular tower defense games over the years, but this one has a special meaning for all you Twitter fans out there. Based on a tried and true concept, Tweet Defense is an iPhone game that lets you fight zombies with various tower defense units, but with a social twist: it grabs your ..Read More

­Women make up the majority of Facebook users and their presence on the social network has not gone unnoticed by department stores, who have set up shop on Facebook (literally, in some cases) in an effort to foment a relationship with their customers as fans. We recently reported that women in the U.S. constituted over 56% of the overall ..Read More

When the tweeting craze was heating up last year, I dished about the 10 celebs you should be following . Thankfully, there’s a new class of luminaries who have hopped on the Twitter train, and are pumping out the hilarious and entertaining tweets. Find out who you should add to your “Follow” list now in this slideshow! View Slideshow ..Read More

Microsoft today began rolling out its new MSN homepage , but not everyone will be getting it at once: the update will trickle out over the next few weeks to the site’s 100 million US customers. The software giant is touting the new version as “its most significant homepage redesign in over a decade.” It comes with a new ..Read More

Whether a website sells off your email address or forces you to install some pop-up plagued toolbar just to get 10% off your next online purchase, searching for online coupons can involve treading in dangerous waters. Enter CheapTweet , which uses both algorithms and crowdsourcing to verify its content, and suddenly looking for the best deals online isn’t quite ..Read More

Today at the #140tc Twitter Confernece in Seattle, Washington (which I keynoted this morning), Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes announced that its popular Twitter application will be integration with both MySpace and Foursquare, starting this week at the South by Southwest Interactive conference. Hootsuite is one of the more popular Twitter applications, one specifically geared towards power users and businesses. ..Read More

I’m a huge fan of mobile technology and a firm believer that there’s opportunities-a-plenty awaiting savvy developers. Here’s one man’s story of how he hit a homer with his idea. Indeed there’s no Geo story here, however, with the huge interest in Geo technologies and…

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Last week, Twitter reached a milestone by hosting its 10 billionth tweet ! Unfortunately, the world will never know what the tweet said, since the account holder keeps her account on the down low – as in, private. I’m very curious to see what this person was tweeting about, just like I was super excited to learn what the ..Read More

First launched back in April 2009, TweetPhoto has been steadily building out its service with multiple useful features, including Foursquare integration and a  partnership with Kodak. Today, the site is getting a huge overhaul with more social features and a new iPhone app. TweetPhoto has now added the ability to sign in with Twitter OAuth, Facebook Connect, MySpace OAuth ..Read More