Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of Netscape and other technology companies, landed the number one slot on Fortune magazine's 2010 list of the top 40 executives under the age of 40, the magazine announced Thursday.
Other tech leaders include Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at number two, followed by Twitter founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone. Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page improved their fifth-place standing of last year, moving up to third.
Other tech leaders include Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at number two, followed by Twitter founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone. Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page improved their fifth-place standing of last year, moving up to third.
- 10/14/2010
- The Wrap
Twitter founder Evan Williams relinquished his position as CEO on Monday to Dick Costolo, the company's COO. We've already examined Ev's reasons for stepping down. "Ev is a visionary," says Ryan Holmes, CEO of Hoot Suite, a third-party Twitter client. "Probably, on the day to day front, he wasn't finding interest in doing his day to day duties." That's a fairly typical assessment of Ev's motives.
But the question remains: who is this Dick? And what does he mean for the future of Twitter?
A University of Michigan graduate, Costolo is the founder of Feedburner, the RSS reader which was snapped up by Google in 2007. In addition to his dabblings in improv comedy, Costolo has held responsibility for Twitter's business strategies since he joined the microblogging service in September 2009 (his first tweet upon joining: "Task #1: undermine CEO, consolidate power."). He is the mastermind behind advertiser services like Promoted Tweets and Promoted Trends,...
But the question remains: who is this Dick? And what does he mean for the future of Twitter?
A University of Michigan graduate, Costolo is the founder of Feedburner, the RSS reader which was snapped up by Google in 2007. In addition to his dabblings in improv comedy, Costolo has held responsibility for Twitter's business strategies since he joined the microblogging service in September 2009 (his first tweet upon joining: "Task #1: undermine CEO, consolidate power."). He is the mastermind behind advertiser services like Promoted Tweets and Promoted Trends,...
- 10/5/2010
- by Ariel Schwartz
- Fast Company
Though Twitter just recently redesigned its homepage, the company announced a much more sweeping, ground-up revamp of Twitter.com at an event in San Francisco today. As related by Evan Williams (who does not, it turns out, have anything to do with the inexpensive yet tasty bourbon of the same name), Twitter's web client is used by almost as many people as every other Twitter client combined. So when Twitter.com sees a major redesign, it's going to affect how millions of people communicate.
The new web app takes inspiration from the Apple iPad's native Twitter app, a two-paneled system. The right-side panel shows everything you'd want to access, helped along by Twitter's added support for a whopping 16 image and video uploading services. That means you can forget about opening links in new tabs or windows--Twitter's right-hand panel will take care of it all.
Click on a tweet, and you'll...
The new web app takes inspiration from the Apple iPad's native Twitter app, a two-paneled system. The right-side panel shows everything you'd want to access, helped along by Twitter's added support for a whopping 16 image and video uploading services. That means you can forget about opening links in new tabs or windows--Twitter's right-hand panel will take care of it all.
Click on a tweet, and you'll...
- 9/15/2010
- by Dan Nosowitz
- Fast Company
Making his rounds in New York City, Kanye West was spotted out and about in the trendy SoHo neighborhood yesterday (September 6).
The “Love Lockdown” rapper looked dapper in a snazzy suit as he stepped out of his uber-luxurious Maybach automobile while the nearby shutterbugs snapped up pictures.
In related news, Kanye has been trying to chat with Taylor Swift via Twitter as of late. He tweeted, "I'm sorry, Taylor. We're both artists, and the media and managers are trying to get between us. She deserves the apology more than anyone. Thank you [Twitter co-founders] Biz Stone and Evan Williams for creating a platform where we can communicate directly."
But Taylor just wishes Kanye would drop the whole 2009 Vma topic. An insider explained, “Taylor is furious that Kanye keeps discussing the VMAs incident. She’s fed up of hearing about it and is disgusted that he has the cheek to use her name to promote his new album!
The “Love Lockdown” rapper looked dapper in a snazzy suit as he stepped out of his uber-luxurious Maybach automobile while the nearby shutterbugs snapped up pictures.
In related news, Kanye has been trying to chat with Taylor Swift via Twitter as of late. He tweeted, "I'm sorry, Taylor. We're both artists, and the media and managers are trying to get between us. She deserves the apology more than anyone. Thank you [Twitter co-founders] Biz Stone and Evan Williams for creating a platform where we can communicate directly."
But Taylor just wishes Kanye would drop the whole 2009 Vma topic. An insider explained, “Taylor is furious that Kanye keeps discussing the VMAs incident. She’s fed up of hearing about it and is disgusted that he has the cheek to use her name to promote his new album!
- 9/7/2010
- GossipCenter
About a year ago, Kanye West's life and career took a bizarre turn when he decided to storm the stage at Radio City Music Hall during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, grab the microphone away from Best Female Video winner Taylor Swift and declare Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)" one of "the best videos of all time ... of all time!" What followed was a bizarre ride for the producer and rapper, as he made a high-profile public apology, then went into hiding for a while before beginning his big comeback that will peak again when he performs at the 2010 Video Music Awards this Sunday, September 12. Though he called Swift personally to apologize shortly after the initial incident, over the weekend West used his new favorite toy — Twitter — to once again apologize to Swift before the one year anniversary of the initial event.
"I'm sorry, Taylor,...
"I'm sorry, Taylor,...
- 9/7/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
As 2010 MTV Video Music Awards gets closer by day and people seem to get nostalgic with what happened last year when he rudely interrupted Taylor Swift's Best Female Video acceptance speech, Kanye West took it to his Twitter to once again say sorry for what he had done wrong. He even revealed about writing a song for the country music singer.
"Even now a lot of articles start there first 2 paragraphs about how much of an a**hole I am," Kanye started. "Some people's truth is Kanye is racist... It's not my truth but I do believe it's my Karma." He continued mentioning about the price he has to pay for his rude behavior, "People booed when I would go to concerts and the performer mentioned my name. If you google A**hole my face may very well pop up 2 pages into the search."
He knows it was a childish thing to do,...
"Even now a lot of articles start there first 2 paragraphs about how much of an a**hole I am," Kanye started. "Some people's truth is Kanye is racist... It's not my truth but I do believe it's my Karma." He continued mentioning about the price he has to pay for his rude behavior, "People booed when I would go to concerts and the performer mentioned my name. If you google A**hole my face may very well pop up 2 pages into the search."
He knows it was a childish thing to do,...
- 9/6/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
'I'm sorry, Taylor,' West wrote on Twitter Saturday morning.
By Paul Cantor
Kanye West and Taylor Swift at the 2009 Video Music Awards
Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic
Kanye West took to his Twitter account Saturday morning (September 4) to readdress the 2009 Video Music Awards, when he fatefully interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech.
"I'm sorry, Taylor," he wrote. "We're both artists, and the media and managers are trying to get between us. She deserves the apology more than anyone. Thank you [Twitter co-founders] Biz Stone and Evan Williams for creating a platform where we can communicate directly."
Expounding on the backlash he received, he wrote, "If you Google a--hole my face may very well pop up 2 pages into the search. ... There are people who don't dislike me ... they absolutely hate me. People tweeted that they wish I was dead ... No listen. They wanted me to die, people. I carry that."
Kanye went on...
By Paul Cantor
Kanye West and Taylor Swift at the 2009 Video Music Awards
Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic
Kanye West took to his Twitter account Saturday morning (September 4) to readdress the 2009 Video Music Awards, when he fatefully interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech.
"I'm sorry, Taylor," he wrote. "We're both artists, and the media and managers are trying to get between us. She deserves the apology more than anyone. Thank you [Twitter co-founders] Biz Stone and Evan Williams for creating a platform where we can communicate directly."
Expounding on the backlash he received, he wrote, "If you Google a--hole my face may very well pop up 2 pages into the search. ... There are people who don't dislike me ... they absolutely hate me. People tweeted that they wish I was dead ... No listen. They wanted me to die, people. I carry that."
Kanye went on...
- 9/4/2010
- MTV Music News
While you were sleeping, innovation was sticking itself in what looks like a Blue Man Group's torture chamber, phoning a friend from his smartphone, and noticing that there are similarities between Apple's antenna testing facility and a vaccination patch.
1. Thad Allen, the man in charge of the Bp leak, is worried that oil may be seeping out from the seabed, and has ordered Bp to start thinking about reopening the cap to funnel oil to the surface. Not surprisingly, the firm's shares have tanked on the news. It has also emerged that the blowout preventer was serviced in China rather than the U.S. in order to save money.
2. Steve Jobs has topped Media Guardian's 100 list, leapfrogging over Sergey and Larry, due to the way he is changing the way we consume stuff. Most interesting fact from the top 10 is that Evan Williams is seen as more powerful than Mark Zuckerberg.
1. Thad Allen, the man in charge of the Bp leak, is worried that oil may be seeping out from the seabed, and has ordered Bp to start thinking about reopening the cap to funnel oil to the surface. Not surprisingly, the firm's shares have tanked on the news. It has also emerged that the blowout preventer was serviced in China rather than the U.S. in order to save money.
2. Steve Jobs has topped Media Guardian's 100 list, leapfrogging over Sergey and Larry, due to the way he is changing the way we consume stuff. Most interesting fact from the top 10 is that Evan Williams is seen as more powerful than Mark Zuckerberg.
- 7/19/2010
- by Addy Dugdale
- Fast Company
Twitter, the darling of social networks, finally announced plans this month to make money on its 130 million (and growing) users. With the vision mapped, it's now about execution. That humdrum blocking and tackling required to grow a small enterprise to big boy proportions. It's about creating processes. It's about building infrastructure. It's about hitting milestones. And it's not what CEO and co-founder Evan Williams is used to.
Williams, 38, likes to start companies. Born on a farm, Williams dropped out of University of Nebraska, Lincoln after a year and a half. He co-founded Pyra and spun off a note-taking tool called Blogger, which he sold to Google in 2003 for $50 million in stock. The following year, he co-founded Odeo, a podcasting company, and then spun off Twitter in 2007, growing it to 50 employees last year. Williams is a classic startup entrepreneur, but he has limited experience managing a large company--and Twitter will employ 350 people by year's end,...
Williams, 38, likes to start companies. Born on a farm, Williams dropped out of University of Nebraska, Lincoln after a year and a half. He co-founded Pyra and spun off a note-taking tool called Blogger, which he sold to Google in 2003 for $50 million in stock. The following year, he co-founded Odeo, a podcasting company, and then spun off Twitter in 2007, growing it to 50 employees last year. Williams is a classic startup entrepreneur, but he has limited experience managing a large company--and Twitter will employ 350 people by year's end,...
- 7/15/2010
- by Lizette Chapman
- Fast Company
Web promotions company uSocial, which offers ridiculous deals such as "1,000 new Twitter followers for $87," has reportedly gotten itself on Twitter's bad side. According to a uSocial statement making its way 'round the Web, Twitter hired an Australian brand-managent firm--named by several news sources as Melbourne It--to express concern over spam messages uSocial sent via Twitter, a charge uSocial denies.
"The definition of spam is using electronic messaging to send unsolicited communication," uSocial CEO Leon Hill said in the statement. "And as we don't use Twitter for this, the claims are false." (Twitter and Melbourne It did not immediately respond for comment--though, to be fair, it's 2 a.m. Down Under.)
Given uSocial's penchant for PR stunts, I'm a little skeptical of this "controversy." This is, after all, the same company that once claimed it helped Michael Jackson's family buy 25,000 Twitter followers and bragged about a receiving a cease-and-desist letter from Digg.
"The definition of spam is using electronic messaging to send unsolicited communication," uSocial CEO Leon Hill said in the statement. "And as we don't use Twitter for this, the claims are false." (Twitter and Melbourne It did not immediately respond for comment--though, to be fair, it's 2 a.m. Down Under.)
Given uSocial's penchant for PR stunts, I'm a little skeptical of this "controversy." This is, after all, the same company that once claimed it helped Michael Jackson's family buy 25,000 Twitter followers and bragged about a receiving a cease-and-desist letter from Digg.
- 8/17/2009
- by Dan Macsai
- Fast Company
In just over a month, Dave Zohrob's Twitter app, LOLquiz, has amassed more than 300,000 users and spawned at least 20 trending topics. Wtf?
If I were a Jonas Brothers song, I would be "Burnin' Up;" if I were a Harry Potter character, I would be Ron Weasley; and if I were a 27-year-old techie who could, on a whim, propel both of these valuations into the upper echelon of Twitter's most talked-about topics, I would be Dave Zohrob, the founder and CEO of LOLquiz.
Chances are you haven't heard of LOLquiz, which is barely four weeks old. But if you've browsed Twitter in the past month, you've seen what it spawns: Annoying, seemingly random half-tweets (Which Disney Channel... Which Mj song... Which Harry Potter...) that consistently trend in popularity above more serious topics, such as "Iran Election." If you dare to click one on these links, you'll see thousands upon thousands of identical missives,...
If I were a Jonas Brothers song, I would be "Burnin' Up;" if I were a Harry Potter character, I would be Ron Weasley; and if I were a 27-year-old techie who could, on a whim, propel both of these valuations into the upper echelon of Twitter's most talked-about topics, I would be Dave Zohrob, the founder and CEO of LOLquiz.
Chances are you haven't heard of LOLquiz, which is barely four weeks old. But if you've browsed Twitter in the past month, you've seen what it spawns: Annoying, seemingly random half-tweets (Which Disney Channel... Which Mj song... Which Harry Potter...) that consistently trend in popularity above more serious topics, such as "Iran Election." If you dare to click one on these links, you'll see thousands upon thousands of identical missives,...
- 7/23/2009
- by Dan Macsai
- Fast Company
"Mallika, the temperature and glamour quotient at Twitter has gone way up!" is what the CEO of Twitter, Evan Williams exclaimed as the Bollywood siren arrived at the Twitter HQ in San Francisco yesterday. Mallika arrived in a stretch limousine, with fans and media channels waiting outside for her. The actress was mobbed for an hour by fans and press, signing autographs and doing interviews. "I'm honored to be the first Asian star to be invited to Twitter. Jai Ho!" gushed an excited Mallika. Mallika greeted fans, signed autographs and posed for pictures outside Twitter's headquarters and then gave some inspirational rema...
- 7/16/2009
- Bollywoodmantra.com
1. Reed Hastings, Chief Executive Officer, Netflix Reed Hastings could have stuck with his first breakthrough idea--Netflix recently mailed its 2-billionth DVD. Instead, he's swiftly embraced streaming online and direct to TV via Netflix-ready devices made by LG, Samsung, Microsoft, and others. So far, it seems to be working: Netflix's stock price has doubled since last November, reaching record highs.
2. Michele Ganeless, President, Comedy Central First came South Park, then The Daily Show and its Colbert spin-off. Now Michele Ganeless is expanding into digital territory. Comedy Central has launched Web sites for all its shows as well as stand-alone sites such as Jokes.com, the largest Internet archive of stand-up videos, plus videos from Sarah Silverman, Carlos Mencia, and Dane Cook.
3. Dave Morin, Senior Platform Manager, Facebook He's Facebook's strategic thinker on the next big thing in social media--identity protection on the Web. The issue is...
2. Michele Ganeless, President, Comedy Central First came South Park, then The Daily Show and its Colbert spin-off. Now Michele Ganeless is expanding into digital territory. Comedy Central has launched Web sites for all its shows as well as stand-alone sites such as Jokes.com, the largest Internet archive of stand-up videos, plus videos from Sarah Silverman, Carlos Mencia, and Dane Cook.
3. Dave Morin, Senior Platform Manager, Facebook He's Facebook's strategic thinker on the next big thing in social media--identity protection on the Web. The issue is...
- 6/17/2009
- by Fast Company staff
- Fast Company
There are plenty of tools out there for adding "friends" to your social network: Glue lets you connect with others who like the same media and entertainment sites as you, Twinkle lets you discover people tweeting near you, WhosHere helps you find "chance encounters" with people--whatever that entails--and social Web browsers like Flock lets you channel the musings of your entire social media constellation into one easy-to-read basin.
The problem: these apps work. Often too well--the basin is overflowing.
When I look at my Facebook News Feed, Google Talk list and my Twitter client, here's what I see: old friends, workmates, acquaintances, and then, in a much smaller group, real friends. In an article this week entitled, "What's a Friend Worth?" BusinessWeek writer John Byrne went straight to the source--Facebook HQ in Palo Alto--to figure out just how many real friends a given Facebook user actually has in his or her network.
The problem: these apps work. Often too well--the basin is overflowing.
When I look at my Facebook News Feed, Google Talk list and my Twitter client, here's what I see: old friends, workmates, acquaintances, and then, in a much smaller group, real friends. In an article this week entitled, "What's a Friend Worth?" BusinessWeek writer John Byrne went straight to the source--Facebook HQ in Palo Alto--to figure out just how many real friends a given Facebook user actually has in his or her network.
- 5/28/2009
- by Chris Dannen
- Fast Company
These days, we're all public figures. We're sharing our friends on Facebook, our photos on Flickr, our music on Last.fm, and our goofy links insightful observations on Twitter.
So when Fast Company set out to capture the personalities of our 100 Most Creative People in Business, we started--where else?--by looking for online profiles. Melinda Gates (#2), for example, has more than 50 Google News hits. J.J. Abrams (#14), Tyler Perry (#21), and Pharrell Williams (#36) all have lengthy Wikipedia entries and flashy professional Web sites. And searching Tyra Banks (#49) on YouTube spawns 21,000 video clips (and several cheap laughs).
But when it comes to sharing themselves--not just their businesses, but their business--our creative class clams up. Only 33 have Twitter accounts. Just 19 maintain personal blogs. And four have Flickr pages. In fact, when we emailed bicycle designer Larry Chen (#89) for a link to his blog or photo account,...
So when Fast Company set out to capture the personalities of our 100 Most Creative People in Business, we started--where else?--by looking for online profiles. Melinda Gates (#2), for example, has more than 50 Google News hits. J.J. Abrams (#14), Tyler Perry (#21), and Pharrell Williams (#36) all have lengthy Wikipedia entries and flashy professional Web sites. And searching Tyra Banks (#49) on YouTube spawns 21,000 video clips (and several cheap laughs).
But when it comes to sharing themselves--not just their businesses, but their business--our creative class clams up. Only 33 have Twitter accounts. Just 19 maintain personal blogs. And four have Flickr pages. In fact, when we emailed bicycle designer Larry Chen (#89) for a link to his blog or photo account,...
- 5/27/2009
- by Dan Macsai
- Fast Company
Ashton Kutcher beat CNN in the race to amass one million Twitter followers, but he may soon be eclipsed by Oprah Winfrey.
The talk show hostess sent her first tweet during Friday's taping of her show — with the help of Kutcher and Twitter CEO Evan Williams — a day after starting her own account. She had accrued more than 70,000 followers — before she tweeted anything. (You can follow TVGuide.com on Twitter, too!)
"Hi Twitters . Thank You ...
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The talk show hostess sent her first tweet during Friday's taping of her show — with the help of Kutcher and Twitter CEO Evan Williams — a day after starting her own account. She had accrued more than 70,000 followers — before she tweeted anything. (You can follow TVGuide.com on Twitter, too!)
"Hi Twitters . Thank You ...
Read More >...
- 4/17/2009
- by Joyce Eng
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Get ready Tweeters your microblogging world is about to bust open wide to a size yet to be measured. Ashton Kutcher ("@aplusk") and Twitter co-founder Evan Williams ("@ev") are set to get their Oprah on Friday in Chicago. Hold on to your Crackberries. The minute I read the "@ev" posting today: "Tomorrow just became a very big day. (Sorry for the teaser -- more later.)" It had mother of media written all over it. Did he forget how many publicists are on Twitter? They see right through that whole "tomorrow is the biggest day of my life " thing. That's right, "aplusk" and "@ev" got sucked into the Oprah. And I have to say I am a little disappointed. Visionaries don't fold this easy, do they? I'll be honest; it took a lot of urging from my friend "@valerotti" to join...
- 4/17/2009
- by Stacie Krajchir
- Huffington Post
Just last year, Twitter's management turned down a buy-out form social networking giant, Facebook. Now rumors are swirling that Google wants to buy the increasingly popular microblogging service.
Twitter's management turned down a $500 million buy-out offer from Facebook late last year, which was an interesting move for a company that made zero revenue at the time. And now the rumors are heating up that Google is in talks with the company and a possible buy-out is on the table.
This may actually have been what Twitter was hoping for--after all, in the ensuing months it's increased its user numbers significantly, been featured as an example vehicle for citizen journalism after the Hudson river plane accident, and has begun moves to monetize its business. All of these events will undoubtedly have increased its value, and Google has more cash than Facebook does.
And if you're wondering why Google may be interested...
Twitter's management turned down a $500 million buy-out offer from Facebook late last year, which was an interesting move for a company that made zero revenue at the time. And now the rumors are heating up that Google is in talks with the company and a possible buy-out is on the table.
This may actually have been what Twitter was hoping for--after all, in the ensuing months it's increased its user numbers significantly, been featured as an example vehicle for citizen journalism after the Hudson river plane accident, and has begun moves to monetize its business. All of these events will undoubtedly have increased its value, and Google has more cash than Facebook does.
And if you're wondering why Google may be interested...
- 4/3/2009
- by Kit Eaton
- Fast Company
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