Well the Twitpocalypse never happened which usually happens with hoaxes, and the mad rush to grab the perfect vanity URL at Facebook is now underway. Amazing the little things that seem so important in the tech blogosphere eh. Needless to say we will be hearing much more as the bitching and moaning starts in … of .. say … about the next half hour or so about people can’t get that perfect Facebook vanity URL.

Betaworks, Accelerator Group acquire majority stake in Twitterfeed via The Inquisitr – incredibly more money changes hands for companies that exist only because of a company that doesn’t know how it’s going to make money.

‘Twitter’ Makes AP Stylebook via MediaPost – so the next time someone makes fun of you for using the word Twitter or that you insist on saying your tweeted someone you can just point them to the AP (Associated Press) style book. After all if it’s in there it’s just gotta be a real word.

An In-Depth Exploration of Twitter via Mark Evans – ah jeezz did we really need yet another in depth analysis of Twitter? *YAWN* who cares that only 5% of the people who joined Twitter are responsible for the majority of the ‘tweets’ (don’t bug me it’s a real word – just check the AP Style Guide).

Twitter begins roll out of verified accounts via TheNextWeb.com So now you can have a nice badge for your Twitter page that says you are verifiably who you say you are. Isn’t that just so cool except as MG Siegler at TwitTechCrunch points out some folks spotting the fancy ass badge didn’t actually do anything to verify their accounts. Duh!

I always dislike the days where my wife and I have to make our monthly trip to the doctor’s. Not only is it an hour drive each way for what amounts to a 15 minute visit with the doctor it also means that I feel like the I am constantly behind the 8-Ball for the rest of the day.

We did manage though, even with Mark being his usual tardy self, to get tonight’s The Cynical Bastards podcast in the can and hopefully it will be ready to post in a little while. In the meantime on with our world famous and incredibly insightful Twitter round-up for the day.

Twurn – a fun ‘decision engine’ for Twitter via TheNextWeb.com – thanks a lot Bing – now everyone wants top be a ‘decision engine’ but at least as bad as the name Bing might be it sure is better than Twurn.

#Urahoe: More Proof Of The Stupidity Of Twitter Trending Topics via Jezebel – trust me it’s all about the hoe – or is it ho?

Twitter developers be aware of OAuth API changes! via TheNextWeb.com – the sooner developers learn you can’t trust Twitter to screw with your business by making changes to the API the better off you will be.

Army Orders Bases to Stop Blocking Twitter, Facebook, Flickr via Danger Room – where the Army once said that social media was a General’s only game they have changed their tune – now the grunts get to play as well.

Floxee Offers Customizable Twitter Directory, Grouping, Statistics via Lois Gray – besides a company name that sounds like a hooker with a lisp (not the programming language you silly geek) you get to play around with yet another Twitter stats service – Whoopee!

Twitter Peaks To Media Overkill, Is Real Time Search Dead? via ToMuse – WooHoo!!!! … more pretty graphs to blind ourselves and fry what is left of our Twitterized brains.

The More Followers You Have, The More You Tweet. Or Is It The Other Way Around? via TechCrunch – I knew the crew at TwitTechCrunch wouldn’t let me down. Not only that but they come bearing pie graphs – cool.

One of the things I really like doing on a Monday evening is chilling out and watching that past Sunday’s Kevin Pollak Chat Show. I first came across the show a few weeks back and after getting caught up with all the past shows I make a point of watching each new show as it comes available. I think Kevin is doing something really cool here but it’s his fault that tonight’s Twitter Corral is running a little late so you can blame him on Twitter (@kevinpollak ) or you can go and watch yesterday’s show.

Sweet tweets, sweet job leads via The Globe and Mail – this is my one and only public service Twitter related blurb for this week but maybe using Twitter wouldn’t be a bad idea if you’re looking for a job.

Twitter Can and Will Drive Business via Kyle Lacy – how Twitter comes to the rescue when looking for a tattoo shop plus of course the requisite Social Media marketing tie-in

Meet The Latest Twitter App Incubator: 140Labs (And The “I’m Big On Twitter” Project) via TechCrunch – It is amazing how many people are buying, selling and building apps around a service that isn’t making any money. Now though there is a Twitter app incubator / startup fund just for those people looking to ride this pig’s coattails.

TwitterFon and TwitVid bring iPhone videos to Twitter via VentureBeat – yup just want we needed – a new service to let you take videos with your iPhone and post it to Twitter. Simple question – HTF are all these unending Twitter parasites planning on making money – after all people need to eat and pay bills don’t they?

Here’s a hint – telling the Twittersphere you’ve left on holidays isn’t a bright idea via The Inquisitr – ya it’s my post so sue me – but you gotta admit broadcasting your whereabouts isn’t really the smartest thing to be doing.

Omen That No One Will Pay for Twitter via Valleywag – got some money you want to throw away then this guy is for you. you to can watch your money go down the tubes with the help of this Twittering (ex) stock analyst – not that this is a good idea.

Wow what a freaking slow day for Twitter related non-news to bore you all with. I mean seriously even TwitTechCrunch had next to nothing to ramble on about today when it came to Twitter. Now how’s a guy suppose to put together a list when the main source is as dry as a …. uhm .. never mind.

How Twitter’s Staff Uses Twitter (And Why It Could Cause Problems) via ReadWriteWeb – the take-away from this is – Twitter employees don’t twitter all that much – Twitter employees don’t follow very many people – Twitter employees are really bad at following developers of Twitter parasites applications. So tell us something that we don’t know … and really no it doesn’t matter in the least.

I’m like Moses, but for Twitter via Paul Carr :: The Guardian Online – Paul let’s rip on all the twits playing Spymaster and comes up with 10 Commandments For Twitter.

The Battle For The Cutest TwtPet On Twitter Is On via Kris Abel – Oh please shoot me now … please.  Aren’t we punished enough with LOLcats now we get cute animals via Twitter. <GAG>

Has Twitter Killed Blogging? Scoble Hasn’t Posted In 5 Days!!! via SiliconValleyWatcher – Tom is blaming the almost death of that blogging industry known as Scobleizer on Twitter.

A while back there was a lot of chatter about the then new Twitter Suggested Users list that gets displayed to all newcomers to Twitter. More than a few people questioned just how the people at Twitter arrived at who went on that list considering that it seemed to be populated by people who usually said nice things about the service. Well Allen Stern is setting about to see if he can fluff or cupcake his way onto the list as he heads out towards Twitter HQ soon. word has it that he is also going to be doing a whole video series as part of his dastardly plan to get on that list – stay tuned for more.

Hmmm .. I wonder if I’ll make the list? … Na….

Is Twitter Evolving from the Facebook to the Myspace of Microblogs? Analyzing Twitter trends and demographics via PR 2.0 – from a mouthful of a headline to a whole lot of (*Yawn*) analysis – with graphs and pretty pictures – we get to read more than we might ever want to know about Twitter.

How to Lose Followers & Alienate Friends, on Twitter via TheNextWeb.com – 12 ways to really piss people off and lose followers. There are some people I wish would take this list to heart – seriously.

Time Puts Twitter on Cover, at Vanguard of American Economy via Valleywag/Gawker – I think I’m going to puke. this is Valleywag’s take on the stupidity of the post about how Twitter is going to change the world. Oh please stuff a sock in it will ya.

Two Big Surprises: Boston Police Department has a Twitter account and two, it has a sense of humour. via TheNextWeb.com – thanks for the laugh guys.

I swear that Twitter will go down in the Internet history books as one of the most talked about companies out of the whole Web 2.0 era. One has to wonder though if it will even be making money by the time Web 3.0 rolls around. That is if we end up calling it Web 3.0 at all because if Scoble has his way it’ll be called something more like 2010 Web.

This of course is Robert’s idea of how we should be approaching the web, which Chris Brogan would like to see Robert expand into a book, and in his post explaining it took a swipe at Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg. However Kara took some time and provided us with an excellent point by point smackdown of Scooby-Don’t.

What did that have to do with Twitter? Nothing but I just wanted to pass along something that gave me a good chuckle today. Now on to our regular scheduled Twitter nausea.

Want Your Service Integrated With TweetDeck? It’ll Cost You A Cool $50,000 via TechCrunch – Once more we see how companies being built on top of Twitter are finding ways to make money; but $50,000 to have TweetDeck include your service inside of their Twitter client is a bit much.

Harvard Twitter Study Uncovers Big Gender Gap Compared With Other Social Networks via SiliconValleyWatcher – gee a gender gap – who woulda thought. Is this even important?

Google Trends shows drops in Twitter news coverage, search volume via VentureBeat – Google Trends might be noticing a drop of some sort but from where the rest of us are sitting it sure doesn’t seem so.

TweetStats Down More than 24 Hours As Twitter Attacks Cache Issues via Louis Gray – ya it makes so much sense to try and build a business, or invest a major development effort, on top of Twitter, a business that is as about as flaky as a hooker on crack.

The “Turnabout is Fair Play” Strategy for Twitter Auto DMs via I’m Not Actually a Geek – turnabout is fair play is right. chalk one up for Hutch’s idea and I vote we adopted this as the preferred method to get back at these DM’ing dickwads.

Mind mapping isn’t the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of Twitter. Maybe mind numbing but definitely not mind mapping. I wonder what would happen if Spock did the old Vulcan mind meld thingie with Twitter? Not that any thoughts like this stopped Steve Rubel from posting that really nifty looking chart like thingie from his recent mind mapping experience with explaining Twitter to a roomful of people. Just think people paid good money to see that at one of those Twitter conferences – so be respectful, k.

Latest Twitter Bug Hides the Use of Third Party Clients via Louis Gray – so Twitter crashes and when it comes back and everyone puts away their Xanax we discover that Twitter is no-longer displaying the 3rd party client ego tags. Yup everyone is posting from the web just the way Twitter likes it.

Twitter search engine Topsy launches with $15M via VentureBeat – Let me get this straight. A company builds a better search engine for Twitter but if Twitter isn’t running that company is basically tits up until Twitter comes back up … and they got $15 mil? Damn.

Study: Young adults haven’t warmed up to Twitter via cnet – So all those high mobile kids with cash in their pockets aren’t big users of Twitter … hmm. And this is the prime group that companies are falling over themselves getting onto Twitter to reach? Oh dear.

The Next Big Feature Of Xbox Live: Twitter! via TechCrunch – Great now we’ll be inundated with snarky assed people showing off high scores.