10 posts and columns on TwitPic

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In Wake of Instagram Acquisition, Twitpic Launches iPhone App

in Social on May 7 at 6:46 pm PT

Despite having been founded four years ago, Twitpic only launched its first free iPhone application on Monday, complete with basic photo editing tools and comments section. The app debuts as competition increasingly heats up in the mobile photo-sharing space, intensified by Facebook’s recent $1 billion acquisition of similar photo-sharing service Instagram.

Twitter Photo-Sharing Went Through the Roof After Twitter Started Hosting Images

in Social on January 9 at 2:11 pm PT

The number of photos shared on Twitter grew 421 percent over the course of 2011.
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27,000 Reasons Why Twitter Is Rolling Out Its Own Photo Service

in Media on June 6, 2011 at 5:35 am PT

This photo of an almost-empty baseball game became a hit overnight on Twitter–and made money for Twitter photo-sharing service TwitPic. What if Twitter sold that ad inventory itself?
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Before Twitter’s Native Photos Came Out, Twitpic Had 46 Percent Market Share

in Social on June 2, 2011 at 10:24 am PT

Earlier this week–before Twitter came onto the scene with its own native photo-sharing feature–Twitpic accounted for 45.7 percent of all photos posted in tweets, with Imageshack’s Yfrog chipping in 29.3 percent.
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Confirmed: Twitter Plans to Announce Photo-Sharing Service This Week

in D9 on May 30, 2011 at 3:00 pm PT

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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Viral Twitpic: Things Lady Gaga Wants

in News on May 10, 2010 at 1:14 am PT

This Twitpic that just rocketed around Twitter is too funny to ignore–it’s a chart-astic depiction of “Things Lady Gaga Wants.” That would include: Your ugly, your bad romance and, of course, your leather-studded kiss in the sand.

A “Hole-Filler” Gets Funded: TweetPhoto Raises $2.6 Million

in Media on April 13, 2010 at 4:01 am PT

The new conventional wisdom is that photo-sharing systems built around Twitter are toast. But don’t tell that to the TweetPhoto team. The San Diego-based photo service just raised its first big funding round.

Twitter Goes Shopping, Comes Home With Tweetie. Next?

in Media on April 9, 2010 at 6:57 pm PT

Twitter has purchased Tweetie, a one-man company that makes a popular iPhone client for the messaging service. Given the rumblings that have been coming from the company in recent days, it’s likely to be followed by more deals down the line.

Nielsen: We’re Sticking With Our 60 Percent Twitter Quitter Number

in Media on April 30, 2009 at 1:18 pm PT

Nielsen caused a stir this week by releasing data that showed that 60 percent of Twitter users stop using the much-hyped service after a month. Under fire for the survey’s methodology, Nielsen has rerun its numbers–and ended up with the same result.