Business and Technology

Future of Twitter

Tuesday, 16 March 2010 12:24 DA

Indonesia has the world's fastest growth in Twitter users. How this phenomenon could be taken advantage of by businesses however, is still not clear. But one thing is sure, the future of Twitter could only get bigger, as the following article from Time Magazine illustrates.

Wednesday, May. 27, 2009
The Future of Twitter
By 24/7 Wall St.

Microblogging platform Twitter has 32 million users, an increase from about 2 million a year ago, according to research mentioned in the Wall Street Journal. Some Internet measurement services show that figure increasing 50% to 100% month over month. While it is not clear that Twitter will become as large as social networks MySpace and Facebook or video-sharing site YouTube, the company could certainly have 50 million visitors by the end of the year.

To Tweet or Not To Tweet

Friday, 18 December 2009 19:18 DA

Every morning as soon as I get up and on the way to the office I update my status on my mobile Twitter with words on the lines of ‘good morning people’ or ‘on my way to ...

The Joys and Pains of Multitasking

Thursday, 25 June 2009 23:22 DA

I can barely remember the days when life was not all about multitasking. When one did things one at a time, and if you wanted to do a lot of things, then it was a matter ...

Twitter Twit

Monday, 15 June 2009 02:11 DA

When I was in high school I used to hate it when my French teacher called me a twit. Every time I did something stupid, she’d say, “You’re such a twit, aren’t you?” with ...

Hold That Stimulus

Thursday, 12 February 2009 17:16 DA

I am somewhat disconcerted by the world’s obsession with the need for so called economic stimulus as if it is a panacea for all the unfortunate things happening on this p...

In search of good investments

Tuesday, 18 November 2008 14:18 DA

Increasingly numbers and figures are becoming the means by which we define our lives. We measure our joy in yields and gains and track our emotions in the rise and fall ...

Greed and Fear

Tuesday, 28 October 2008 13:31 DA

The global financial meltdown is proof that Money indeed makes the world go round. Not only that, it shakes the world beneath our feet, robbing us of our rationality and...

The Joys of Facebook

Friday, 26 September 2008 12:33 DA

For those of you who have been too busy with work to commune with the Internet or who are lucky enough to have a rich and fulfilling real (as opposed to virtual) social l...

Bill Gates: in praise of the computer

Wednesday, 16 April 2008 11:36 DA

Shaking hands with and talking to one of the world’s most successful men, Bill Gates, I half expected to feel awe at being at such close proximity with a living manifesta...