techcrunch.com - 7/1/2009
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We were just forwarded an e-mail conversation between a Twitter API team member and a third-party developer because the latter was using a UI for its web-based service that was admittedly very similar to Twitter’s web application. The startup of course has the right to protect its assets ...
weblogs.hitwise.com - 6/24/2009
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weblogs.hitwise.com —
Iran searches and Twitter | Twitter sending traffic
to online media sites, but not online retailers June
24, 2009 Thanks to everyone that listened to todayâs Twitter webinar - we managed to reach capacity with 200 people logged in!. If you missed ...
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Hitwise Intelligence - Robin Goad - UK
smallbiztrends.com - 7/2/2009
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smallbiztrends.com —
Twitter’s strength comes in its ability to connect
you with other people and to start real conversations.
It’s helped small business owners market to current customers, to engage new ones, and to create partnerships with new friends. But it can only ...
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8 Ways To Find Relevant Followers On Twitter
social-media-optimization.com - 6/26/2009
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social-media-optimization.com —
Buried in the Reuters article last week about
Dell was some interesting information about a small company
that is also finding financial success on Twitter. New Orleans-based Naked Pizza, which turns $1 million in sales annually, is “betting ...
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How Naked Pizza is using Twitter
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Twitter Gets ‘Tweet-itorial’
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim —
... Looks like Twitter is not looking the other way as much these days. TechCrunch reports that there is some concern at the social networking company that developers are using the term ‘Tweet’ too much. Twitter, in fact, is claiming that the use of that trademark in the naming of any third party app is something they are ‘uncomfortable’ with. Here is an e-mail that was passed along to the TechCrunch folks relating to the subject. ...
Is Twitter preparing for a trademark crackdown?
Posts from the Econsultancy blog —
... But is that set to change? Robin Wauters of TechCrunch reports that TechCrunch was forwarded an email conversation that took place between a Twitter employee and a third-party developer who was working with Twitter's API. It states: ...
Twitter Twademarking Tweets
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim —
Twitter is attempting to gain some kind of control of the use of "Twitter" and "Tweet" in a way that reminds me of Google’s attempt back in 2006.
TechCrunch got its hand on an email that was sent out to one Twitter app developer:
Hi,
Twitter, Inc is uncomfortable with the use of the word Tweet (our trademark) and the similarity in your UI and our own. How can we go about having you change your UI to better differentiate your offering from our own?
Thanks,
That prompted an ...
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