Palo Alto’s Facebook gives marketers access to some data about users so that they can create applications aimed at them and try to sell them stuff. Europe’s “Article 29 working party,” which oversees privacy, warned that such uses might violate European privacy rules.

via European regulators eye privacy at Facebook, Twitter – San Francisco Business Times:.

via The Story so far of Twitter | Manolith.

For a while now, I’ve wanted to write a blog post about Twitter, but there has been so much written about it already, that I didn’t want to bore my readers with the usual. So I began the pursuit of developing my thoughts from a different angle, and I ended up with the most unusual comparison: The Sims.

At first glance, the two seem to be as related as a finger painting is to a coconut, but hear me out.

via Twitter: The Sims of the Internet – Geeks!.

The question comes over and over again: how is Twitter going to make money?

Its coffers are full and healthy: the micro-blogging service has racked several million dollars in venture capital in its two years of existence. But it hasn’t been profitable. The San Francisco company has been in no apparent hurry to find a business model, with its executives saying they have focused their energies on patching up glitches, building up their user base and now turning their attention to adding features.

via The Technology Chronicles : Is e-commerce the answer to Twitter’s future?.

The site’s choice of recommended users remains controversial – but arguments may reflect its critics’ motivations, rather than being a failing of the service

via How much is it worth to be one of Twitter’s suggested users? | Technology | guardian.co.uk.