“Apple appears to have expanded its Twitter presence with a new account dedicated to App Store information and promotions,” MacNN reports. “The first tweet simply states that followers can ‘discover new apps, get exclusive offers, and share with friends.'”
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MG Siegler reports for TechCrunch, “Early on, the only official Apple accounts belonged to various iTunes properties, which utilized the service for promotions. Then Apple secured a deal with Twitter for Ping, their social network within iTunes. Then some Twitter executives starting joining in on the fun (though some more vocally then others). Now it appears that Apple is taking another step into official Twitter land today with an account for the App Store.”
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MacDailyNews Note: Apple’s App Store in Twitter is here.
Never got into the Twitter thing. Facebook, yes. Twitter, no.
I’m the opposite — Facebook was a huge time-sink for me, but Twitter suits my short attention…oooh, look, shiny!
I think that both FB and Twitter are radically overrated. And continually blown way out of proportion by the media echo chamber.
But hey, what do I know?
It’s Twitter that requires a long attention span. If you don’t follow someone all the time you don’t really know anything about them. Facebook has photos and a real profile and lots of other info you can look at. You know… Content.
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@ Bon
A lot of people don’t understand that you get out of Facebook what you put in. (kind of) They just create a profile and wait for something to happen. It doesn’t work like that. The more involved you are, the more others will be involved with you.
Now I’m going to get involved in another beer.
Faceturd and twitter = alot of people who live in the poverty of a lack of real life friends.
Those that have a wealthy social life have a balanced usage of faceturd & twitter.
Whilst I’m no expert because I do not have a footprint on either, I have friends & family who do, so sympathise with some but not all of their views.
@ C1
I’m not entirely certain that the ultimate ramifications of attention span engagement viz Twitter v Facebook are completely — squirrel! …
I like Facebook, it’s a great way to stay in touch with people I know all over the world.
Twitter, well I just don’t get it. I go to someone’s page and I see loads of messages and ‘retweets(?)’ from people I don’t know.
I’m a convert to both… Facebook is great for maintaining relationships that would otherwise be dead, and Twitter is a great replacement for radio and a fun addition to my work day.
I can relate to the skeptical attitude, but seriously if you are just taking a cynical and condescending position because you haven’t actually *tried* these things then that’s just sad.