Social media is great for personal use, but it’s also essential for businesses that hope to increase their exposure to potential clients.
However, many businesses still struggle to manage multiple social media accounts. When several team members are managing social media, it can get even more complicated. Each account needs to include frequent updates, interaction with fans and followers, and helpful or unique links. These 8 tools can help streamline social media management for both …

If you want to be an efficient Twitter user, just like practically everyone else in this social networking site, then these are the best Twitter tools for you!
 
Timely
Timely is a browser app that has a lot of great Twitter functionalities, but mainly allows you to schedule your tweets. Timely also lets you tweet the web page you are presently viewing through a bookmark extension. Timely helps you evenly distribute your tweets during the course of the day, which is a great way to tweet …

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has initiated a review of micro-blogging website Twitter, according to a source with knowledge of the issue, who said the anti-trust arm of the FTC has asked UberMedia for information.

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UberMedia, a sometimes competitor of Twitter, is a company that provides applications that lets Twitter users send and read tweets.  “We intend to fully comply with their request for information” said UberMedia’s chief marketing …

Twitter is purchasing TweetDeck, the popular third-party Twitter client, for $40 million, according to PCWorld.
A report from CNN says that the deal has been finalized, however, the acquisition report is yet to be confirmed by both the parties. Twitter officials refused to comment on the reports. “We continue to not comment on rumors,” said Twitter global PR account. However all the signs suggest that is finally done. The Next Web has also reached the same conclusion while …

Twitter signed a purchase agreement yesterday to buy TweetDeck, the desktop application many users of the micro-blogging website prefer.  According to a report in CNNMoney yesterday, TweetDeck, which organizes and displays tweets, will be acquired for $40 million in stock and cash.

Reports that Twitter would acquire TweetDeck have appeared in the media frequently over the past months, but now it has been confirmed that papers have been signed, although Twitter continues to be non-responsive …

UberMedia came very close to acquiring TweetDeck for $25-$30 million in February, but Twitter, on its own initiative, made a counter offer,  putting the company in play again, and now Twitter has finalized a deal to purchase for between $40-$50 million.

A source with knowledge of discussions said the agreement will be formally announced within the next few days.
 
 
Twitter is buying TweetDeck, a company that makes an Adobe Air application to neatly bring in a multitude of social …

Twitter is nearing the end of talks to buy TweetDeck, which develops an Adobe Air based application that integrates with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media websites, for about $50m.    The report was made in the Wall Street Journal on Monday based on information from people with knowledge of the talks.

UK based TweetDeck, which currently has about 15 employees and contractors, first released its software in July 2008. TweetDeck’s application organizes Tweets and is …

Twitter users were reporting a delay in posting of their tweets and a blank page with the title “@anywhere boosh” that was appearing throughout the day.  The problem seems to have affected a small number of users.  Twitter updated its status page to report that it had fixed the tweet delay problem at 4:38 p.m. UTC time on February 16th.

Websites other than Twitter that use its API were also getting directed to the blank page and users reported delays on Tweetdeck and other clients. …

Internet pioneer Bill Gross, who founded UberMedia, the holding company that specializes in start-ups for Twitter, will acquire TweetDeck for $30 million in cash and stock. TweetDeck is based in London and is the biggest Twitter application not owned by the micro-blogging website.

The deal is not finalized yet but nearing completion and all of TweetDeck’s investors will receive UberMedia equity as part of their payout.  TweetDeck founder Ian Dodsworth and Bill Gross have been trying to …