| ||
Twitter bomb joke conviction overturned msnbc.com A British man who joked on Twitter that he would blow up an airport after it closed because of snow has had his conviction for sending a "menacing" message overturned in a landmark ruling for users of social media websites. Paul Chambers, 28, had sent the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ||
Twitter: Data center problems caused outage Businessweek LONDON (AP) — Twitter blamed systems failures — not a crush of traffic around the Olympic games — for an outage on Thursday that saw people around the world experience problems accessing the micro blogging site for more than an hour. The San ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
Lady Gaga makes acting debut in "Machete Kills" Reuters Rodriguez announced the casting on Thursday on Twitter, saying, "I just finished working with @LadyGaga on @MacheteKills, she kicked SO MUCH ASS! Holy Smokes. Blown away!" and posted a link to a poster featuring the singer. Gaga, 26, whose real ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Is Twitter up to the Olympic challenge? CNET Twitter has an Olympic-size headache on its hands. The microblogging site is making a push to be a bigger part of live events -- especially the London Games -- but had trouble keeping its feeds up and running on the eve of one of its biggest. Twitter CEO Dick ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Twitter joke trial man wins appeal ZDNet Paul Chambers, found guilty of sending a menacing message after joking that he would blow up Robin Hood Airport, has had his conviction overturned by the High Court. David Allen Green, Chambers' solicitor, sent two tweets on Friday after the judges ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
British man wins 'Twitter threat' appeal Boston.com Thousands of Twitter supporters retweeted Chambers' message after he was convicted with the tag ''I Am Spartacus'' — a reference to the 1960 movie epic in which the titular hero's fellow rebels all assume his identity in a gesture of solidarity. His lawyer had ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Twitter: Data center problems, not Olympics, caused outage Indianapolis Star Users across the United States, Europe and Africa were reporting outages or sluggishness on the day before the London 2012 Games are expected to cause a spike in activity on the site. Twitter says the outage was an internal error, not due to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ||
Twitter suffers second outage in five weeks Reuters SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A data center glitch brought down Twitter for roughly 2 hours on Thursday, as the micro-blogging service suffered its second widespread outage in 5 weeks and another blow to its reputation and reliability. "I wish I could say that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Twitter Confirms Removing Follow Graph From Instagram's 'Find Friends' Mashable Twitter has confirmed the removal of its follow graph data from Instagram, disabling the "Find Twitter Friends" feature in the photo app. Users can still find people from their phone's contact list and Facebook friends list. "We understand that there's great value ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Memo to Twitter: Failure Is No Longer Amusing TechNewsWorld Long-time users of Twitter may take site outages in stride, but most are probably annoyed, at the very least. Now that the site has expanded and has enough analytic information about periods of heavy tweeting, the small glitches are a little more difficult to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Twitter Hit With 'Is This You?' Photo Malware PC Magazine Twitter users who receive these or similar messages are encouraged to not click on them. The accounts from which the messages are being sent have either been compromised by hackers, or were created by hackers with the intent of spreading mass links, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Twitter Blames Two-hour Failure on Dual Data-center Crashes PCWorld Twitter went down between about 8:20 a.m. and 9 a.m. Pacific Time on Thursday and was back in action by about 10:25 a.m., wrote Mazen Rawashdeh, vice president of engineering. Though some users suspected an overload of Tweets related to the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
Google Fiber Launches; Twitter Outage; Valve Talks Windows 8 'Catastrophe' PC Magazine Meanwhile, Twitter experienced a brief outage yesterday, shortly after Google Talk also went dark. Twitter later apologized for the inconvenience, blaming the outage on an "infrastructural double-whammy." According to a company blog post, Twitter's two ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Instagram blocked from Twitter API CBS News Twitter no longer allows its users to access this information in Instagram via the Twitter API. We apologize for any inconvenience." According to TechCrunch, Twitter has decided to turn off its API for Instagram although other social apps, such as The Fancy and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ||
British court overturns conviction of man convicted of airport 'threat' on Twitter Washington Post LONDON — A British man on Friday won a High Court challenge of his conviction for tweeting that he would blow up an airport if his flight was canceled, a ruling that had made him an Internet free speech cause celebre. Paul Chambers, 28, was convicted and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Twitter joke trial man wins his appeal CNET A man found guilty of sending a menacing tweet threatening to blow up an airport has won a high court challenge to his conviction. In January 2010, Paul Chambers sent a single, frustrated tweet to approximately 600 followers after Robin Hood Airport in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Vermont gives residents reins to Twitter account Huffington Post MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont's tourism department is giving state residents reins to a Twitter account, to get the word out about their state. Each week, a different Vermonter will take over the Twitter handle THISISVT, posting glimpses of life in Vermont for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Twitter apologizes for worldwide outage CNN (CNN) -- Social networking site Twitter apologized for a worldwide outage Thursday that left the site inaccessible for more than an hour. It blamed the outage on a technical fault and said that despite speculation, it wasn't related to the London Olympics, which ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ||
|
| ||
Twitter Blog: Spotlight on Olympic stories By Twitter When it comes to events that capture the world's attention, the Olympic Games have long been the gold standard — and never more so than right now, when Twitter is on hand for every competition. Even today, heading into the Opening ... Twitter Blog | ||
Twitter's Laying Eggs: Many Avatars Missing | TechCrunch By Billy Gallagher Twitter's having a rough day. It was down for nearly an hour earlier today, and now, many users are complaining that their Avatars have been replaced by an egg, the Avatar given to newcomers who have not yet uploaded their own picture. TechCrunch | ||
Twitter Apologizes for Massive Outage By Samantha Murphy Following a lengthy outage on Thursday, Twitter it is "deeply" sorry for the inconvenience it has caused its users. Mashable | ||
Court quashes Twitter joke trial verdict: Britain has a sense of humor ... By Bobbie Johnson It started with an innocuous tweet and turned into a legal saga that critics said threatened free speech online. But, after two years and three appeals, the UK's High Court has overturned the conviction of a man who joked about blowing up his ... GigaOM | ||
Twitter rumored to be pitching in-feed video shows to studios ... By Jon Fingas Twitter has been making a giant push for expanded tweets from content providers. It's only a short logical leap from that to Twitter providing the. Engadget | ||
When disaster strikes, Twitter might save us | Grist By Rachel Nuwer Scientists mine social media, email, and other communication data to prepare hurricanes, heat waves, and other natural disasters. Grist | ||
Tech Report: Twitter Apologizes After Outage « CBS San Francisco By Andre Torrez Twitter apologized for an outage that lasted about an hour Thursday morning just hours before the official start of the Olympic Games in London. CBS San Francisco | ||
Eliza Dushku Crashes Twitter's Hearts (But Not Its Servers ... By Owen Thomas Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, who apparently had a brief visit with Dushku, recently told the New York Times that the company has a special team that works with celebrities, as well as politicians, athletes, and media companies. "We call them ... SAI | ||
Turn Twitter Followers into Blog Subscribers in 2 Steps : @ProBlogger By Guest Blogger This guest post is by Momekh of LifeETC. Too many interesting people out their are not using Twitter effectively. They ... @ProBlogger | ||
Instagram Growth Far Outpaces Facebook or Twitter By John Paul Titlow Instagram is exploding. Sure, the mobile photo-sharing service has been the object of buzz and adoration since day one, but few could have predicted a growth rate quite this phenomenal. Instagram boasts an amazing 80 million users, the ... ReadWriteWeb | ||
As Instagram hits 80 million users, Twitter cuts off their 'find friends ... By Mike Beasley These are impressive statistics, but it seems those 80 million users will have a more difficult time finding their Twitter friends' Instagram profiles. Today's Instagram update removed the option to lookup and follow friends from your Twitter profile. 9to5Mac | ||
Outbreak: Blackhole malware attack spreading on Twitter using "It's ... By Graham Cluley Watch out! Malicious links are being spammed out on Twitter, designed to infect your Windows PC using the Blackhole exploit kit. Naked Security - Sophos | ||
UPDATE: Twitter Says System "Double-Whammy" Caused Blackout ... By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor UPDATE, 2:45 PM: Twitter apologized for today's outage, which it says in a blog post lasted from 8:20 AM PT to 9:00. VP for Engineering Mazen Rawashdeh sa. Deadline.com | ||
Instagram drops 'Find Twitter Friends' feature | Ubergizmo By Edwin Kee The $1 billion dollar company Instagram, which was purchased by Facebook in recent times, has said that they will be dropping the 'Find Twitter Friends' feature, as those who were looking for their friends through their Twitter contacts were ... Ubergizmo |
| ||
The British Library (britishlibrary) on Twitter The British Library. @britishlibrary. Colin Wight is Senior Content Manager at the British Library. Assisted by Hanna Fayaz. Working on Writing Britain, YouTube, ... 199.16.156.9/britishlibrary | ||
Singapore Airlines (SingaporeAir) on Twitter Welcome to the official SIA Twitter page! For specific feedback, share with us via http://bit.ly/pNINCN or contact your local SIA office (http://bit.ly/qmRATA) ... 199.59.149.201/SingaporeAir |
This once a day Google Alert is brought to you by Google.
Delete this alert.
Create another alert.
Manage your alerts.
No comments:
Post a Comment