Twitter now for Teenagers! (And your Dog…)

Twitter demographics poses more opportunities for brand engagement

As you can see from the chart below (and if you give a sh-t), more than 30% of Twitter’s visitors were under 25 up from about 20% of its visitors at the end of 2008; thank you in part to celebrity adoption and the mainstream media mentioning Twitter over 20,ooo times last year on television (can’t find the source). Twitter has also extended its global reach expanding in Indonesia, Japan, Mexico …

Kids Don’t Hate Twitter Anymore! [Chart] (pamorama.net)
Is Twitter getting younger? (liesdamnedliesstatistics.com)

Mattel’s Puppy Tweets Collar

Mattel’s Puppy Tweets collar ($30) is equipped with a motion and sound sensor to help it somehow select which of the 500 pre-recorded Tweets best describes what your dog is doing. It then beams the Tweet wirelessly to a USB receiver, which in turn updates the Twitter account you’ve set up. Christ.

Puppy Tweets: Tweeting Dog Collar Lets Your Dog Share On Twitter (huffingtonpost.com)
Rover’s woofs now limited to 140 characters (news.cnet.com)
Mattel to Launch Puppy Tweets at Toy Fair (shoppingblog.com)
Tweeting Dog Collar Posts Your Dog’s Movements to Twitter (mashable.com)
Puppy Tweets will turn your Pooper into a world-class twitterer (engadget.com)
New device will let your dog Tweet (timesunion.com)
Puppy Tweets For Your Beloved Puppy (ubergizmo.com)