As one of the fastest growing social media platforms in the world today, San Francico based Twitter has risen to fame faster than its developers ever dreamed possible. Along with this phenomenal growth have come a great many challenges that the company has faced as it has yet to generate a profit for investors, something that has become standard fare in the social media world of today. While Twitter may not be scrambling to profit from its venture just yet, it has certainly begun to awaken to its true potential as CNN and other mass media outlets have begun to treat it in the same league as mega sites such as YouTube, MySpace and Facebook, all Web 2.0 mega stars in today’s fast moving web based world. The challenges for Twitter are somewhat compounded by the fact that it has leveraged heavily on outside developers to create applications and features which the company lacked the funding or expertise to develop on their own. As a result, many small developers have sought to find ways to profit from their own contributions to Twitter. While this has not yet posed an issue, experts say it may soon.
At a recent conference known as Chirp, the questions were brewing and insiders at Twitter were forecasting that the company may begin to look for ways to bring in revenue. Since Twitter has prided itself as a company that maintains a free and easy relationship with developers, the company continues to seek ways to let those …

When the news first broke that Apple would be releasing a tablet style digital device, the world reacted with a mixture of curiosity and awe. Now that the iPad is finally in the hands of early adopting consumers and reviewers across the web, reactions have been reported to be mixed. While Apple admits that the device is something of a ‘work in progress’ many consumers have felt that the device was an answer to their desire for a larger screen than the iPod, iPhone or similar devices could offer while still others complain that there are not enough new features to warrant the device itself. Hard core fans of Apple technology were expected to cheer the company’s relief and record numbers of the device have been sold, but the majority of the hi tech blogging sphere has not been fully won over. In fact, some say that the device stands little chance of garnering anywhere near the popularity that the iPhone has enjoyed. Many analysts speculate that it could be the price point which is holding the iPad back since consumers remain unwilling to shell out $500 for the larger screen and similar capabilities to previously existing devices. Market observers believe that if sales pick up with the introduction of outside developer apps, the iPad could take off and show naysayers its true potential. With the current economy, experts warn that it could be a year or more before the iPad realizes its critical mass needed to determine whether it …

In a move that has shocked observers of music rights all over the world, the United Kingdom’s House of Commons recently voted to pen a law that would allow owners of music copyrights to seek the stopping of internet access for those who have been caught multiple times for sharing files in an illegal manner. The vote was 189 to 47, a massively overwhelming victory for copyright advocates, for a new Digital Economy Bill that would empower the UK government to be able to block off access to specific web sites that it suspects are engaged in the pirating of digital properties. The British law is one of the more extreme to be nearing passing in Europe, but still must go to the House of Lords where it was was started from before it can become the law of the land. As expected, copyright owners were quick to celebrate what they see as a break through victory for their business models, but privacy advocates are not so certain that the law itself is even allowable under wider British statutes.
Already, France has passed a similar law in October of 2009 under the current prevailing thought that weak copyright rules wreak economic havoc. The new UK law will seek to target those who are sharing music over file networks intended to propagate such files and who have been given more than one warning. Under the law, the third warning can end up leading to a termination of ISP services to the individual, …