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Tue Nov 3
Tim O’Reilly (@timoreilly) talking about the cloud at PayPal X

Tim O’Reilly (@timoreilly) talking about the cloud at PayPal X

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Watching Tim O’Reilly (@timoreilly) speaking at PayPal X Conference

Watching Tim O’Reilly (@timoreilly) speaking at PayPal X Conference

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Payvment Facebook Shopping platform shares it’s story at PayPal Conference.

Payvment Facebook Shopping platform shares it’s story at PayPal Conference.

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Today we are opening up the PayPal platform (PayPal X) to the World of developers. Scott Thompson, PayPal CEO at #ppxi09
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Scott Thompson, PayPal President at PayPal X Conference

Scott Thompson, PayPal President at PayPal X Conference

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John Donahoe welcomes developers at PayPal X Conference

John Donahoe welcomes developers at PayPal X Conference

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I started by putting the technology people in charge (at PayPal). John Donahoe, eBay CEO at #ppxi09
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Naveed Anwar (@nanwar) kicks off PayPal X Conference

Naveed Anwar (@nanwar) kicks off PayPal X Conference

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Sat Oct 31
Twitter tweeted out yesterday about a Halloween feature if you Tweet “#trick” or “#treat.” Did you figure out the Easter Egg?
It was difficult to figure out at first, but if you tweet either from your Twitter home page (this is key, you can’t enable the feature when you are on a client), your home page background will go “ghoulish” and the avatars on the Tweets on your page will turn into zombies and ghouls. The way to trigger it is by tweeting ONLY “#trick” OR “#treat” with nothing else. If you only post #trick or #treat, it doesn’t actually Tweet it out (if you post from Twitter’s site). Happy Halloween! (via Twitter Tricks And Treats For Halloween)

Twitter tweeted out yesterday about a Halloween feature if you Tweet “#trick” or “#treat.” Did you figure out the Easter Egg?

It was difficult to figure out at first, but if you tweet either from your Twitter home page (this is key, you can’t enable the feature when you are on a client), your home page background will go “ghoulish” and the avatars on the Tweets on your page will turn into zombies and ghouls. The way to trigger it is by tweeting ONLY “#trick” OR “#treat” with nothing else. If you only post #trick or #treat, it doesn’t actually Tweet it out (if you post from Twitter’s site). Happy Halloween! (via Twitter Tricks And Treats For Halloween)

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Have you nominated a business to business organization for the 2nd Annual Business to Business Twitterer of the Year Awards?
The B2B Twitterer of the Year (B2BOTY) award recognizes B2B organizations for outstanding contributions in practicing, promoting, and/or enhancing business via the micro-blogging sensation Twitter.

Unlike social media “popularity contests,” the B2B Twitterer of the Year awards are awarded to qualified, nominated entities, are run by B2B veterans and focus on B2B only.

Have you nominated a business to business organization for the 2nd Annual Business to Business Twitterer of the Year Awards?

The B2B Twitterer of the Year (B2BOTY) award recognizes B2B organizations for outstanding contributions in practicing, promoting, and/or enhancing business via the micro-blogging sensation Twitter.

Unlike social media “popularity contests,” the B2B Twitterer of the Year awards are awarded to qualified, nominated entities, are run by B2B veterans and focus on B2B only.

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@PaulCarr on @23andMe's recent layoffs...

  • Question: What did the HR manager at the valley's leading DNA analysis company answer when asked how many people they were laying off?
  • Answer: "23 and Me"
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Fri Oct 30
So forget about counting your number of followers, or how many retweets you get, or the many “Follow Friday” mentions you land – Those metrics have been blown out for a long time now. The new high fidelity for my vanity is the Twitter list. (via @cheeky_geeky - The Emerging Twitter List Arms Race)
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Thu Oct 29
You should be embarrassed by your first launch. @JayVirdy at #BootstrapMD
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Build something simple, let the market pull you in. @JayVirdy at #BootstrapMD
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