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Dennis Crowley on Foursquare’s future

By Anthony Massucci | July 2nd, 2011
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Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley’s plan is to do for places and experiences, what Amazon has done for books, and Netflix has done for movies. Crowley calls Foursquare a “recommendation engine.” I called it an “anticipation engine” when I caught up with Crowley at the at this month’s 140 Characters Conference in New York City. I asked him what changes are coming that users don’t expect? Will Foursquare evolve in ways that we’re not yet imagining? Watch the 140-second interview to hear what he said.

Ann Curry: “Make sure everything you tweet is accurate, honest and useful.”

By Anthony Massucci | June 15th, 2011
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NEW YORK — Accuracy and maintaining the trust of her audience are Ann Curry’s priorities on Twitter.

“You want to make sure everything you tweet is accurate, honest and useful,” Curry said in an interview. “I’m held to a very high standard, and you need to meet that.”

Curry sets a high-standard each day as host of as NBC’s “Today” show, and when the cameras are off, she maintains her journalism standards when she sends updates on Twitter.

“I don’t want to let people down,” she said. “It’s a lot of responsibility.”

Two years ago at the 140 Characters Conference in New York City, Curry emerged as a social media star because she explained how seriously she approaches each tweet. That won the respect of the crowd and her Twitter following quickly grew from 40,000 to over one million. Curry’s interview with HiAnthony.com took place at last year’s #140conf, as it’s known on Twitter. She will speak again at this year’s 140 Characters Conference, which kicks off June 15 at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan.

Twitter is changing, Curry said, comparing it to the evolution of transportation. “When have generations been able to expereince something, knowing that they’re at the ground stage of something? It’s a rare experience.”

NYC Voices: Jeff Pulver on 140 Characters Conference: New York City #140conf (Video)

By Anthony Massucci | March 5th, 2010
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NEW YORK — Jeff Pulver took a few minutes to discuss what to expect at this year’s 140 Characters Conference: New York City. It’s the second annual conference, referred to as #140conf on Twitter. The #140conf tag has been used every day on Twitter since the conference a year ago, Pulver said. Last year’s conference helped propel NBC News journalist Ann Curry (@AnnCurry) from 40,000 followers to over 1 jmillion and also featured Wine Library TV’Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee). Both Curry and Vaynerchuk are speaking again at this year’s conference. Also speaking at the conference, on April 20 and 21 at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump), Donny Deutsch (@Donny_Deutsch) and MC Hammer (@MCHammer).
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Massucci’s Take: Is social-media making us less social?

By Anthony Massucci | September 22nd, 2009
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Recently, I noticed I’m using fewer cell phone minutes as I spend more time on Twitter and Facebook. It has me wondering, is social media making me less social? Read the rest of this entry »

Massucci’s Take: Teens don’t Twitter? Whatever

By Anthony Massucci | August 8th, 2009
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The day the tweets died: Twitter goes down because of an attack

By Anthony Massucci | August 6th, 2009
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On Thursday, Twitter.com was down for about two hours. In the past, the site has shut down service for upgrades or repairs; this time, the shutdown was not planned. Read the rest of this entry »

Twitter adds search in homepage redesign, moving closer to Google

By Anthony Massucci | July 29th, 2009
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In a move that has to make Google somewhat nervous, Twitter has redesigned its homepage so that non-Twitter members can search topics from Twitter.com, just as they can at Google.com, Yahoo.com or Microsoft’s Bing.com. Read the rest of this entry »

Massucci’s Take: Too late to buy Twitter

By Anthony Massucci | July 28th, 2009
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I ran into Twitter co-founder Biz Stone at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference last week in Pasadena, California. After talking at length about why Twitter matters and how it’ll succeed, I came away with this: It’s probably too late for a tech giant to buy Twitter. Read the rest of this entry »

 
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