This is a 10 minute guide to Twitter for newbies. If you still haven’t figured out what is Twitter and why you should use Twitter then you can start with this post.

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Yesterday, Twitter released Twitter 101 for Business, a guide for getting started and establishing your business using Twitter. It covers all basics of Twitter, how to get started, terms, keywords, and includes case studies. Here is what Twitter says about their business guide:

Every day, millions of people use Twitter to create, discover and share ideas with others. Now, people are turning to Twitter as an effective way to reach out to businesses, too. From local stores to big brands, and from brick-and-mortar to internet-based or service sector, people are finding great value in the connections they make with businesses on Twitter.

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Kazaa is back in music industry with a new business plan. Kazaa, the most popular file-sharing service was shutdown in 2006 as part of agreement with the music industry. Now they are launching a web-based legal music download service with the support of all four major labels. Read the full story

It did not occur to me as a surprise, when StumbleUpon decided to launch their new URL shortening service “Su.pr” back in June, 2009. Starting your own URL shortening service is not a new thing these days, Digg and Twit this services are already doing it.
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Facebook continues to battle against cyber criminals, as they now launch “new verification procedures” to get rid of spammers. Yesterday on their blog, Facebook announced the new tool to Secure Compromised Accounts. Now, if you have ever had your Faceboook account taken over by someone to spam your friends, or if you have been the exclusive spam victim yourself, you should be happy to hear that Facebook is doing something about it. Read the full story

Twitter background images have become an important part of user profiles. Background images really help users build their own brand. On limited platform like twitter, backgrounds are the best way to communicate a little out of the box.

Twitter also offers some delicate simple background designs for all user profiles. But if you are to establish your personal brand, add some more contact info, personal expressions, pictures, and other important links to your profile then creating your own Twitter background image is the best way. Read the full story