Lies, All Lies, Says @Ev: Twitter Does NOT Plan to Monetize with Shopping Recommendations

In the tech blogs this weekend, there have been several confident statements and posts surrounding the comments of a supposed Twitter board member.

Todd Chaffee, actually a board member of a company that has invested in Twitter, was quoted on the New York Times Bits site and Silicon Alley Insider as having said that Twitter would be offering advice on purchase decisions as part of its monetization strategy. However, Twitter CEO Evan Williams roundly countered these remarks yesterday in blog comments.

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  This week was dominated by two big stories: the iPhone and the Iran election crisis. Apple released the iPhone 3.0 OS upgrade and a brand new iPhone, the 3G S. Tweetdeck also jumped into the Twitter app race with its own free iPhone application.
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  A couple of weeks ago at a townhall event in New York, DiggDigg announced that it was removing its “Shout” feature in favor of sharing diggs via Twitter and Facebook.
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  Security sites are warning web users to beware fake Twitter invites in their email inboxes. The reports, based on an alert on Wednesday from Symantec, say the emailed invites come with a malicious attachment which…

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