Twitter started as a simple SMS-text service. By June 2006, more than 65,000 videos were being uploaded every day. It is amazing to me that it started as a SMS-text service and that 60% of users are outside of the United States. removeClass(livefyre-hidden)" class="livefyre-show-comment livefyre-button"> View comment pts Danny moderator Pending approval Rate Down Rate Up px; width: px;"> It makes me wonder if its because Twitters short-form text is so similar to SMS, which has a higher uptake in Europe and Asia than it does in the U.S.? Enjoy! Facebook 1. Twitter 11. MORE >>

And when we had our little earthquake here a few years back, phone did not work tho SMS did! It is simply another trending practice that all marketers would be wise to note: Interruption of any kind is increasingly irritating and unnecessary in today’s world of technology and community. Consider this yet another free tip from your early adopter, Rox. We apparently find voicemail even more excruciating: Studies show that more than a fifth of all voice messages are never listened to.) The bold emphasis is mine. Yet even with you/them I don’t always answer immediately. So true. MORE >>

It combines video, e-mail, Twitter and Facebook account updating, RSS, podcasts, SMS, social bookmarking tools, widgets, and more. Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang Home About Speaking Research Media Contact Subscribe via RSS Connect with Jeremiah: twitter friendfeed linkedin flickr technorati Connect with Jeremiah on twitter @ mattgalloway Wow thanks, I really appreciate that. really love what I do, I hope it shows. The issue of lack of scale is resonating with social strategists –as a result, the market is developing new tools that will help them manage them. like socialoomph too. MORE >>

On March 21, 2006, @Jack sent the first tweet: “just setting up my twttr.” The limit was set because 160 characters was the SMS carrier limit and they wanted to leave room for the username. The History of Twitter. “This is what the naysayers fail to understand: it’s just as easy to use Twitter to spread the word about a brilliant 10,000-word New Yorker article as it is to spread the word about your Lucky Charms habit.” ” -Steven Johnson, author of  The Invention of Air. in San Francisco, California. Twitter Beginnings. Why 140 characters only? MORE >>

80% of people in the US engage with social media, which is equal to the number of people who text via SMS or  equivalent to the ubiquity of those who own DVD players. As George Bernard Shaw observed, “Life is not about finding yourself, life is about creating yourself.&# Such is true for social networks and the digital persona and resulting experiences we create and cultivate. It was the beginning of the shift in behavior toward an era of digital extroversion, self-defined by varying degrees of sharing, connections, and engagement. On Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, et al., In the U.S., MORE >>