Bottlenose Is a Web-Based Twitter Client for Power Users

Bottlenose, a Web-based social media dashboard, is using natural language processing and “crowd computing” to try to be smarter than the many other available options.
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Why Betaworks Broke Up the Band

Andy Weissman jumps from the incubator/holding company to become a full-time investor at Union Square Ventures. That wasn’t the plan a few months ago.
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Confirmed: Twitter Plans to Announce Photo-Sharing Service This Week

Twitter will announce a photo-sharing service at the D9 conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. this week, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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Exclusive: Q&A With TweetDeck CEO Iain Dodsworth on His Sale to Twitter

Now that it’s finally, really, a done deal, here’s what’s going to happen to next.
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Ashton Kutcher Has a Twitter App. Why?

Actor and social media guru Ashton Kutcher is launching a custom Twitter client built with UberMedia. A.Plus is an Adobe Air desktop client featuring content channels curated by Kutcher as well as a built-in browser to view content linked in tweets.
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Flipboard Triples Daily Usage in Two Months After Speed Improvements

Flipboard, the leading social news app for iPad, has tripled daily usage in the last two months, CEO Mike McCue said in a chat on Thursday. The app now sees eight to nine million daily “flips.”

Hey! What Happened To TweetDeck's UberMedia Deal?

Good question! This one was supposed to wrap up months ago–but never did. And now Twitter is reportedly in the mix. Step inside for known knowns, known unknowns, and more!

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Twitter in Talks to Buy TweetDeck

Twitter Inc. is in advanced talks to buy TweetDeck Inc. for around $50 million, people familiar with the matter said.

Q&A: Twitter's Jack Dorsey on Priorities, Products and Getting Punched in the Stomach

In his first sit-down since coming back to the fold, Twitter’s original CEO talks about the challenges he’ll try to solve as product boss: “We have a lot of mainstream awareness, but mainstream relevancy is still a challenge.”

Stats Show Twitter Power Users Still Prefer Third-Party Apps

Third-party Twitter clients such as UberSocial, TweetDeck and Echofon generated 42 percent of the service’s tweets on a recent day, according to the social media business intelligence firm Sysomos.