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• StockTwits Raises $3 Million In Second Round

  PaidContent - 2009-12-02

  Only seven months after raising $800,000 in a first round, StockTwits—which lets investors track conversations about stocks on Twitter—- has brought in another $3 million in funding. The round was led by Foundry Group; existing investor True Ventures also participated. Since May, when it announced its first round, StockTwits...

  Tags: Round, StockTwits, Business Structures, Corporate Communications, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Marketing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Nanopublishing, Companies, Twitter, Joseph Tartakoff

• Twitter's Stone: No Sale But IPO, Alternatives Are Possible

  PaidContent - 2009-11-23

  Twitter’s generous investors—the latest round was $100 million—may be pleased to hear that “2010 is really going to be the revenue year” for the high-profile startup. Or so Biz Stone, one of three cofounders, told reporters at Oxford University Monday, the latest stop on a talky tour of the...

  Tags: Advertisement, Twitter Inc., IPO, Financial Planning, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Advertising, Money, Social Media, Companies, Twitter, Countries, Europe, UK, Staci D. Kramer

• Twitter Premium Accounts Due By Year's End

  PaidContent - 2009-11-19

  So how’s Twitter going to make any money? One of its biggest fans, British actor and polymath Stephen Fry, gave co-founder Biz Stone one idea when the pair shared a Nesta panel in London on Thursday…“Supposing I was to say to someone: ‘you can have my Twitter identity for...

  Tags: Twitter Inc., Financial Planning, Business Structures, Finance, Companies, Twitter, Patrick Smith

• Kodak and TweetPhotos form photo sharing partnership

  Strategy Eye - 2009-11-16

  Kodak is expanding its presence on social media sites by forming a partnership with Twitter service TweetPhotos. The two companies are set to collaborate on projects related to real-time photography and photo sharing on the internet. The company has already released one venture called Event Photostream, a service that...

  Tags: Partnership, Eastman Kodak Co., Social Media, Photo-sharing, Business Structures, Finance, Twitter, Editorial

• Kodak and TweetPhotos form photo-sharing partnership

  Strategy Eye - 2009-11-16

  Kodak is expanding its presence on social media sites by forming a partnership with Twitter service TweetPhotos. The two companies are set to collaborate on projects related to real-time photography and photo sharing on the internet. The company has already released one venture called Event Photostream, a service that...

  Tags: Partnership, Eastman Kodak Co., Social Media, Photo-sharing, Business Structures, Finance, Twitter, Editorial

• Peek reveals Twitter-only mobile device

  Strategy Eye - 2009-11-02

  Twitter is launching a specially designed, Twitter-only mobile handset in partnership with mobile messaging service Peek. The TwitterPeek device has a small colour screen and runs on a high-speed wireless data network, over which users can send and receive unlimited tweets. TwitterPeek retails at Amazon.com for USD99 with a...

  Tags: Mobile, Twitter Inc., Mobile Device, TwitterPeek Device, Advertising & Promotion, Business Structures, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Finance, Twitter, Editorial, Amazon.com Inc.

• Microsoft signs Facebook and Twitter data deals

  Strategy Eye - 2009-10-21

  Microsoft is teaming up with Twitter and Facebook to incorporate tweets and status updates into its Bing search engine. The incorporation of real-time results into Bing makes Microsoft the first major search engine to embrace what many consider the next leap forward in search. Google has also announced a...

  Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Twitter Inc., Microsoft Corp., Business Structures, Search, Web 2.0, Finance, Internet, Twitter, Jasper Jackson

• Twitter in advanced search talks with Microsoft - Rumour

  Strategy Eye - 2009-10-20

  Twitter is reportedly close to signing a search deal that will allow Microsoft to incorporate tweets into its Bing search engine. Tech blog All Things Digital reports that sources close to the negotiations say that engineers and executives from both firms are hammering out details of a non-exclusive deal,...

  Tags: Twitter Inc., Microsoft Corp., Business Structures, Web 2.0, Search, Finance, Internet, Twitter, Jasper Jackson, Google Inc.

• Twitter In Talks With Google And Microsoft About Search Deal

  PaidContent - 2009-10-08

  Here’s one way that Twitter could get a guaranteed revenue stream: Charge Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) to pay to license its data and include it in their search results. Kara Swisher at AllThingsD cites unidentified sources who say that both companies are now in “advanced talks”...

  Tags: Google Inc., Twitter Inc., Microsoft Corp., Swisher, Tweets, Search, Operational Accounting, Business Structures, Finance, Companies, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Joseph Tartakoff

• 5 Ways Twitter Can Save You Money

  BNET - 2009-09-21

  Here's how to find sweet tweets to shave the cost of everything from bialys to BMWs. Forget about Kutcher and Anderson Cooper. Twitter is now a source for saving big in 140 characters or less. Users share tips...

  Tags: Twitter Inc., MoneyWatch, Channel Management, Investment, Financial Accounting, Search, Marketing, Finance, Twitter, Hashtag, Tweet, Retweet, Tweet Deck, JetBlue, Twitter Search, Dell, Hashtags.org, Groupon, Fat Wallet, Ben’s Bargains, Slick Deals, CheapTweet, CouponTweet, thesimpledollar.com, DigitalTrends.com, LocalTweeps.com, Tracking Twitter, Jeff Wuorio