Twitter Is Still Growing Rapidly [STATS]

Maybe Twitter doesn’t have a growth problem after all. According to new stats out today from Royal Pingdom, Twitter saw an all-time high of more than 1.2 billion tweets in January

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Hovercards: Twitter Launches New Profile Preview Feature

Twitter has just introduced a new feature for its users: Hovercards, a new way to access profile information without actually visiting someone’s profile. In an announcement , Twitter Spokesperson Jenna Sampson discussed how the new feature works: “Hovercards are cards which appear when you hover over a username or avatar. The cards display additional information about the person and allow you to interact with them while staying within the context of your page.” If you hover over a person’s username in your timeline, their profile information, location, and whether you follow them will appear

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New Facebook Feature Combats Dodgy Friend Requests

Facebook is testing out a new feature that lets you identify strangers who attempt to friend you, according to a report published today by the Inside Facebook blog. Facebook confirmed it’s testing the feature in an email to Mashable. Ever encountered someone who just can’t take the hint, “I don’t know you, so, no, I do not want to be your friend,” and attempts to friend you over and over again despite numerous rejections?

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2009 As Seen Through Twitter Hashtags

Chris Allison is a social media strategist at NeboWeb , where he helps clients make the most of the social web. You can follow him on Twitter as the voice behind @Neboweb

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The Year in Review Captured On a Google Wave [VIDEO]

From the same folks at Whirled Interactive who brought us the excellently funny “Pulp Wave Fiction” comes another intelligent use of Google Wave as a video production medium — this time it’s used to encapsulate the year in news and social media.

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