HootSuite, the Vancouver-based Twitter client, has just launched a 50%affiliate programsurrounding their product recommendations. If you’ve never heard of HootSuite, it’s a powerful Twitter app that we’ve givensome love toin previous posts. Its new program, started this morning, allows HootSuite Pro and Enterprise plan users to earn commissions when a new customer is referred to one of its Pro, Enterprise or University learning programs. In addition to a 50% cut on the referrals upgrading (within 2 months, first payment), its new monetized program brings an analytics dashboard for tracking your marketing campaigns including promotional material like banners....

Earlier this week, The Next Webcovered HootSuite’s achievement of reaching the 2 million user milestone. Considering that the Vancouver-based company has stood the test of time while other social media and Twitter clients have eithersold outor bowed out, this is a remarkable accomplishment. But there’s a lot more to HootSuite’s success than just being a great Twitter client;HootSuite’s riseis a testament to how a great idea that stays the course can reach great heights....

Surely you’re tired of tweeting all day, right? You’ve seen everything that there is to see on the Internet. So have the folks from HootSuite. According to an email that we’ve just been sent, the company has decided that it’s time for a pivot. Things have been going really well at HootSuite for the last while, but after watching the massive growth of Zynga and the likes, I’ve been thinking a lot about if we are in the right business?...

HopStopis a New York City based website that provides directions via subway, bus or walking to and from anywhere you want to go in 37 cities around the world. As a busy 26-year old in the big city with almost no sense of direction, I useits slick iPhone appalmost everyday. The site provides maps marked with nearby subways and bus stops (and restaurants, bars, clubs, hotels etc.), a taxi mode that estimates time and cost of travel and contact information for taxi companies, and the ability to re-route suggested transit plans....

HopStop, a much loved website for public transit, cab, walking andbiking directionscan get you to and from anywhere you want to go in 57 major metropolitan markets throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and Russia. As a busy 26-year old in the big city with a lemming’s sense of direction, I useits iPhone appalmost everyday. The site provides maps marked with nearby subways and bus stops (and restaurants, bars, clubs, hotels etc....