The seemingly simple inclusion of an exclamation point in a tweet boosts its chances of getting retweets, new data shows.
The data comes from Dan Zarella, a social media expert, in an article on his site.
According to Zarella, he was prompted to look in to “the relationship between exclamation points in tweets and retweets and clicks” by a question from one of his followers which was aptly-sent through a tweet.
Zarella says that he used a dataset of over 2 million link-containing tweets …

Twitter has recently collaborated with Fox to endorse the programs of the television broadcaster and let advertisers reach television audiences as discussion regarding the shows is going on in the micro blogging social networking

If a person or an organization wanted to spread hate and terror through the use of social media, Twitter should be on top of their list.
Twitter is the best social network to promote hate and terror, the Simon Wiesenthal Center said in an annual report presented on Capitol Hill by the organization on Tuesday.
The global Jewish human rights that tackle anti-Semitism, hate and terrorism in the report gauged how social networks monitored hate and terror groups using their services.

“Twitter is …

Warren Buffett is finally on Twitter using the handle @WarrenBuffett and the billionaire has stirred up a following spree.
According to estimates, Buffett gained a thousand followers per minute on Twitter. Currently, his follower count is at 269,018.
His first ever tweet was 20 hours ago and it simply said, “Warren is in the house.”
As of publication, that tweet already has 33,143 retweets and 9,102 favorites.
Warren is in the house.
— Warren Buffett (@WarrenBuffett) May 2, 2013

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Using tweets from 50 million Twitter users, a happiness index measuring how the world feels in general can now be accessed online. This index, which shows a wavy line graph, can be accessed at www. hedonometer.

Let’s face it. You cannot Google any subject without coming across an orphaned blog—someone’s former beloved brainchild that simply proved to be too much effort. What happens to these strapped-for-time bloggers, and where do their future ideas wind up? Many have opted to tweet.
So why do so many people now choose Twitter over other social media tools to create a brand, to put their ideas out there, and to build their online reputations? Here are a few compelling reasons.

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Twitter partners with Comedy Central to host a laugh festival on the microblogging website. The event will last five days, and will showcase such legends of comedy as Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks, along with other younger comedians. Jokes will be tweeted and video clips posted on Vine during the

Many people are wondering why Twitter entered the music business through Twitter Music app. For Twitter though, this is a way to make users more engaged with the social networking

Twitter now allows advertisers to target their advertisements based on a given user’s Twitter posts. A person who tweets that he or she is hungry may now be able to see ads in his or her Twitter feed related to Domino’s Pizza, for

Twitter is launching its very own Twitter #music app. On Friday, Twitter set up a page with the address music.twitter.com.
Displayed on the page are the Twitter bird – whose name is Larry the Bird, in case you did not know – and the hashtag #music.
The page says “coming soon” along with a sign in button that let’s Twitter users authorize the “Twitter #music web” app.

For now, the app is asking permission to “Read Tweets from your timeline,” “See who you follow, and …