  Twitter to unveil a series of new tools January 30, 2012 - 11:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Twitter will unveil a series of new tools in the next few months, including sophisticated analytical tools, according to Erica Anderson, Twitter's manager for news and journalism. Anderson said the analytical tools will better help publishers track the reach of tweets sent through the microblogging service. She made her comments Saturday at Columbia University's social media weekend in New York. Anderson mentioned the new tools in passing when asked by an audience member about what was next. As described, the tools sound similar to analytical services provided by third-party firms like HootSuite and SocialFlow. Going forward, Anderson expects to see more people using Twitter to predict behaviors by analyzing wide swaths of tweets. She did not make it clear if the new analytical tools will include some features aimed at spotting trends. "The predictive nature of Twitter is still largely untapped," she said. Anderson also said Twitter was working on a new, company-run account and blog that would "highlight great pieces of twitter in real time." The blog would be aimed at showing different ways people are using the service, ReadWriteWeb reported.  Top stories Kim Dotcom demanded access to the data stored on his computers and hard drives that were confiscated during the raid. The game moved 3.5 million copies in the first 24 hours of release, which makes it now the fastest selling game in PC history. HP’s software division grew by over 20 percent to $970 million on the back of its takeover of British company Autonomy. The Museum and Australia’s government research house, the CSIRO, received AUD$2.4m of cash for the project.   |  Latest news Peace mediator Annan to visit Syria soon – spokesman  Fawzi has repeatedly said that Annan, whose plan has failed to stop the violence, would travel to Syria when the time was right.Syria’s Assad invited to NAM summit in Tehran NAM is an international organization of states considering themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.Three sentenced for illegal trafficking of uranium in Moldova A Russian woman was jailed for three years, and her Moldovan accomplice received a sentence of five years.10 people kidnapped by suspected PKK rebels in Turkey Nine men and one woman have been abducted in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır’s Lice district. |
