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Twitter Comment Costs Greek Athlete Spot in Olympics
New York Times
Paraskevi Papahristou, 23, who is known as Voula, was not considered a medal contender in the triple jump, which is scheduled to start Aug. 3. The comment, posted in Greek on July 22, made a reference to Africans in Greece and West Nile virus and was ...
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Twitter partners with NBC for event page
Yahoo! Sports
LONDON (AP) -- Michael Phelps sends pictures of his dogs in swimming gear. Jordyn Wieber and the rest of the U.S. gymnasts posed for a snapshot with Ryan Lochte. Track star Lolo Jones updates her followers on her training and television habits. Many of ...
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Greece expels Olympic triple jumper Papachristou over Twitter comments
Fox News
Papachristou's Twitter account ((at)papaxristoutj) contains several retweets and postings of YouTube videos promoting the views of Golden Dawn, a formerly marginal extreme right party that entered the Greek Parliament in the recent two national elections ...
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Twitter Is Working on a Way to Retrieve Your Old Tweets
New York Times (blog)
Trying to remember that pithy, brilliantly composed tweet about the latest Wes Anderson movie that you fired off a few months ago? You're out of luck: Twitter gives users access only to the last few thousand posts made to the site. But Dick Costolo, Twitter's ...
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Athlete ousted from Olympics for Twitter comment
Detroit Free Press
LONDON (USA TODAY) — The Twitter Olympics has begun, and Greek triple jumper Voula Papachristo is the first casualty. Papachristo has been expelled from the London Games by Greece for her Twitter comments on African immigrants and expressing ...
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Mitt Romney's Fake Twitter Follower Problem
Slate Magazine (blog)
On a typical day in the past month, Romney's Twitter account has gained 3000 to 4000 new followers, according to Zach Green, whose blog 140elect.com tracks campaign-related Twitter trends. So when Romney's follower count began growing by the ...
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EYES ON LONDON: Elevated queen, giving up Twitter
Fox News
NO-TWITTER ZONE. What's Britain's star gymnast Louis Smith doing now that he's sworn off Twitter? Shaving his head, apparently. Smith, who's become a crossover star since winning Britain's first Olympic medal in 80 years in Beijing, showed up for ...
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Olympics 2012: Organizers' love-hate relationship with Twitter
Washington Post (blog)
The British are calling it the first “social media Olympics” -- or at least the first summer Olympics in which social networks are playing a prominent role. Twitter, for example, has been highly involved in the hype and coverage surrounding London 2012. A team ...
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Voula Papachristou Expelled From Olympics: Greece Boots Track Star Over ...
Huffington Post
I would like to express my heartfelt apologies for the unfortunate and tasteless joke I published on my personal Twitter account. I am very sorry and ashamed for the negative responses I triggered, since I never wanted to offend anyone, or to encroach human ...
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Greek athlete suspended from Olympic team for offensive remarks
CNN
(CNN) -- Athlete Paraskevi Papachristou has been expelled from Greece's Olympic team for posting an offensive comment about African immigrants on Twitter, a team spokeswoman said Wednesday. "With so many Africans in Greece, the mosquitoes from the ...
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Greece expels Olympian over racist tweets, prompting effusive apology from the ...
Washington Post
By Associated Press, AP. ATHENS, Greece — Triple jumper Voula Papachristou was expelled from Greece's Olympic team Wednesday for her comments on Twitter mocking African immigrants and expressing support for a far-right party. The Hellenic Olympic ...
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Twitter, Hollywood Working on In-Stream Video Series
Adweek
based company and Hollywood executives (producers and networks) are discussing possibilities in distributing original video series through Twitter, according to sources. One project in particular could debut this year, potentially as early as the fall, according ...
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Twitter Inching Closer To Giving You All Your Tweets, But Search Has A Long ...
Search Engine Land
About six months later, Google announced a Twitter archive search tool that started with about two months of tweets, but Google said it planned to offer tweets all the way back to Twitter's beginnings in March 2006. This eventually became part of Google ...
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Search Engine Land
Twitter Working on Way to Retrieve Old Tweets
PCWorld
In fact, Twitter has evolved into an important real-time news feed and communication tool. Consider, as examples, just a few events that have chalked up some of the highest tweets-per-second within the last year: Madonna's Super Bowl half time show (10245 ...
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Greece Expels Olympic Athlete Over Racist Tweets
ABC News
Triple jumper Voula Papachristou was expelled from Greece's Olympic team Wednesday for her comments on Twitter mocking African immigrants and expressing support for a far-right party. The Hellenic Olympic Committee said Wednesday that Papachristou ...
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ABC News
Ferdinand defends use of Twitter
FOXSports.com
Ferdinand is reportedly under investigation by the Football Association after re-tweeting a controversial comment from another user about Chelsea defender Ashley Cole. But the 33-year-old said: "I treat it (Twitter) as fun. I don't take it too seriously, to be ...
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FOXSports.com
Twitter Prepping Tool to Let Users Troll Through Old Tweets
PC Magazine
If you want a good laugh, try looking at the 140-word gems you posted to Twitter in 2006. Back then, when Twitter was still in its infancy, you might have been tweeting about your MySpace profile layout, a new gadget called the iPhone, or your displeasure ...
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Greek athlete suspended from Olympic team for offensive Twitter remark
CNN (blog)
An Olympic athlete from Greece, Voula Papachristou, has been suspended from her country's team after making an offensive comment on Twitter about African immigrants in Greece, a spokeswoman for the Greek Olympic team said Wednesday. Papachristou ...
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Twitter Dorsey Becomes Billionaire as Square Value Soars
Bloomberg
Twitter Dorsey Becomes Billionaire as Square Value Soars. By Brendan Coffey - 2012-07-25T15:00:28Z. Twitter Inc. co-founder Jack Dorsey, 35, has joined the ranks of the world's billionaires. Dorsey's mobile payment company, Square Inc., is in the process ...
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Bloomberg
Olympics 2012: Greece kicks triple-jumper Voula Papachristou off team for ...
New York Daily News
The Hellenic Olympic Committee expelled Papachristou from the team after the 23-year-old Greek mocked African immigrants on her Twitter account. The committee said that Papachristou was "placed outside the Olympic team for statements contrary to the ...
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New York Daily News
Greek Triple Jumper Suspended From Olympic Team For Inappropriate Tweets
NPR (blog)
Greek track star Voula Papachristou has been suspended from her country's Olympic team, after she made a comment about Africans who live in Greece. The comment was widely noticed on her Twitter feed, and resulted in her removal from the London 2012 ...
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Greek Triple Jump Athlete Expelled From Team Over Twitter Post
San Francisco Chronicle
July 25 (Bloomberg) -- The Greek Olympic Committee expelled triple jump athlete Voula Papachristou from the national team days ahead of the London Olympics over remarks she made on Twitter concerning West Nile Virus and African immigrants in Greece.
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This Is The Face Of Mitt Romney's Fake Twitter Followers
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
These accounts were one of thousands to follow Romney over the weekend, when the candidate gained Twitter followers in two giant waves at a faster rate than he ever had before. This change was noticed by Zach Green of 140elect.com, which tracks Twitter ...
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U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Olympic athlete expelled over Twitter comments
Inside Bay Area
The Hellenic Olympic Committee has removed triple jumper Voula Papachristou from the team taking part in the upcoming London Olympic Games over comments she made on twitter making fun of African immigrants and expressing support for a far-right ...
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AJ Allmendinger makes first public statement since test failure, on Twitter
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
AJ Allmendinger (Getty Images)Just hours after the revelation that his B sample tested positive for a still-unrevealed stimulant, AJ Allmendinger took to Twitter at about 2 a.m. Eastern to make his first public statement on the matter. All words sic'd: "I just want to ...
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Yahoo! Sports (blog)
EYES ON LONDON: Giving up Twitter, peeking in
Atlanta Journal Constitution
A group sit on a set of Olympic Rings floating in the River Thames off of Battersea park Tuesday, July 24, 2012, in London. The city will host the 2012 London Olympics with opening ceremonies scheduled for Friday, July 27. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Soccer League Has Twitter Rules For Players
KERO-TV 23
... on the subject. Only this week Chelsea and England defender Ashley Cole caused a storm when he joined Twitter and responded to the barbs from fans of his former club Arsenal by mocking them as to how many trophies he had won since leaving.
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Why Mitt Romney Probably Didn't Buy Twitter Followers
Huffington Post
It was reported this week that U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney received two massive, sudden spikes in his Twitter followers. The general feeling is that he, or let's at least assume one of his representatives, have paid for these new followers ...
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Twitter As A Media Company?
RedOrbit
Micro-blogging site Twitter is a lot of fun to use. It's great for sending quick messages to friends throughout the day, keeping up with breaking news and even discussing popular television shows live and as it happens. Yet, for all the things Twitter is good for, ...
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Blogs14 new results for Twitter
 
Is Twitter a Media or Technology Company? - NYTimes.com
By By NICK BILTON
In a meeting at The New York Times, Dick Costolo, the chief executive officer of Twitter, discussed the company's advertising and media strategy. Read more...
NYT Bits
2012 Olympics: The Must-Follow Athletes on Twitter
By Sam Laird
There are more than 10000 athletes in London for the 2012 Olympics. These are the 25 you need to follow on Twitter.
Mashable
Twitter Debuts Targeted Tweets
By Anita Campbell
Twitter already offers a Promoted Tweets feature to help advertisers try to reach more people, but now it's rolling out a new enhancement that will help.
Small Business News, Tips, Advice...
Why Twitter's Olympic Coverage is Good For All Marketers
By Cynthia Boris
Later this week, a huge portion of the world's population will be tuning in to watch the Olympics on TV, ...
Marketing Pilgrim - Internet...
Twitter, Hollywood Working on In-Stream Video Series | Adweek
By Tim Peterson, Mike Shields
Forget the debate over whether Twitter wants to get in the media business. Twitter wants to be a media player. The San Francisco, Calif.-based company, along with multiple Hollywood producers and network execs, are in serious talks about ...
AdWeek : All News
Disturbing: Women on Twitter Think James Holmes Is 'Hot,' 'Sexy ...
By Tracie Egan Morrissey
On Monday the world got its first look at accused Aurora movie theater gunman James Holmes in action at his advisement hearing, telecast from a Colorado courtroom. Evidently the 24-year-old murder suspect made a good impression on ...
Jezebel
Twitter CEO: we're working on a way for users to access all their ...
By Laura June
It's long been a desire of many Twitter users to have access to their old tweets. Currently, a user can go back only so far in their timeline (or someone else's, for that matter), and the bar for how...
The Verge - All Posts
Twitter Really Needs to Add These Features Immediately
By Casey Chan
As much as Twitter has grown over the years, it's still a pretty bare bones service. Take for example its take on famous accounts, all Twitter does is slap a verified tag on it. But isn't there more potential there? Couldn't Twitter use verified badges ...
Gizmodo
How's Taste My Tweet Tweet? MMA On Twitter - Sonnen Texts ...
By Anton Tabuena
The week's most interesting bits from the MMA and UFC twitter world as compiled by Anton Tabuena of BloodyElbow.com.
Bloody Elbow
Twitter Marketing & Revenue Strategies [Infographic]
By Richard Darell
Twitter marketing and revenue options explained. Great insight into how Twitter intends to allow marketers to utilize their service.
Bit Rebels
Twitter to add way to download old posts - Neowin
By John Callaham
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo says that the company is working on a way to let its users download all of their older posts in a file, but didn't say when that feature will launch.
Neowin
Twitter Working On Way to Retrieve Stuff You Said Months Ago ...
By Rollin Bishop
Remember that absolutely hilarious analogy comparing toast and Darkwing Duck you made on Twitter a couple months ago? Twitter doesn't. At least, there's no way to easily find that specific tweet using the service. Due to the growing ...
Geekosystem
Twitter Updates for 2012-07-25
By Robert Koehler
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The Marmot's Hole
Mars Orbiter Adjusts, Rover Gets Twitter Account – Greg Laden's Blog
By Greg Laden
Curiosity Rover is now tweeting its stuff. Things are going to get pretty exciting over the next few days as the space ship comes in for a landing on the Planet Mars. Meanwhile, the Mars Orbiter has made positional adjustments that will facilitate ...
Greg Laden's Blog

Web2 new results for Twitter
 
Frank R. Lautenberg (FrankLautenberg) on Twitter
@FrankLautenberg. Official Twitter feed for Senator Frank R. Lautenberg ... We cannot let them co-opt the conscience of our country pic.twitter.com/v5okuKaf ...
199.59.148.102/FrankLautenberg
Tina Amini (TinaAmini) on Twitter
I think I'm in the last known restaurant in NYC that lets you sit down to wait for your company to arrive. Expand Collapse. Reply; RetweetedRetweet; Delete ...
199.59.150.42/TinaAmini


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