Friday, August 31, 2012

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News29 new results for Twitter
 
Twitter ads to be geared to users' interests
Chicago Tribune
Twitter Inc. will begin allowing advertisers to target users based on the interests they reveal in their tweets, the social media company said Thursday. No longer content to be a "dumb" bulletin board, with 400 million micro-messages posted daily ...
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#Eastwooding is the Twitter meme of the day
Washington Post (blog)
Actor Clint Eastwood speaks to an empty chair while addressing delegates during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (Lynne Sladky - AP) Twitter went ahead and made our day with the creation of a new meme ...
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Frankie Boyle Paralympics Twitter jokes prove last straw for Channel 4
The Guardian
The comments were made on Boyle's personal Twitter account, but are an embarrassment for the Paralympics broadcaster. Channel 4 commissioned his series Frankie Boyle's Tramadol Nights after he quit BBC2 show Mock the Week following controversial ...
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The Guardian
Chad Johnson says he 'messed up' with Evelyn Lozada on Twitter
Examiner.com
Chad Ochocinco is finally talking about life after Evelyn Lozada, as the former NFL star took to Twitter to not only admit his wrong doing, but also show fans that he's ready to move forward in life. Since the alleged fight between he and his estranged ...
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Examiner.com
LeAnn Rimes' Twitter Detractors Respond to Lawsuit: It's Not an Invasion of ...
Celebuzz
After news surfaced Thursday that LeAnn Rimes' legal team filed a lawsuit against individuals that they call a group of Twitter cyber-bullies, several of Rimes' detractors are firing back with a demand of a clear recitation of the facts. Kelly Mahan ...
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Johnson places Twitter ban on Tech :- (
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
The Twitter-verse will have to LOL without @inyoface50, @Heartbreak_mea and @BIG_O_17 until January. After Georgia Tech players sent out photos of the Yellow Jackets' new helmet from their Twitter accounts Wednesday, coach Paul Johnson banned ...
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Team Romney: Twitter will influence presidential debates
The Hill (blog)
"Twitter will kind of dictate what the conversation's going to be [the next day]," Moffatt predicted during a Google Hangout with other Republican digital strategists hosted by the Republican National Convention on Thursday. GOP vice presidential ...
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Twitter to certify third-party apps for businesses
InfoWorld
On the heels of controversial changes to its developer platform, Twitter is debuting a certification program for third-party business applications that the company deems particularly good and useful. Through its new Certified Products Program, Twitter ...
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Liberals on Twitter respond to Romney's RNC speech with hate, death threats
Examiner.com
On Thursday, liberals on Twitter responded with the usual hate, profanity and death threats as Mitt Romney accepted the GOP presidential nomination, Twitchy reported, with the hate giving rise to a vulgar hashtag. "I wanna bomb the whole republican ...
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Examiner.com
Twitter followers: To buy or not to buy?
AZFamily
"I am constantly on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram," she said. "It all comes down to perception being reality," explained Jen Kaplan, owner of Evolve Public Relations, a company that gets businesses the exposure they want on television, radio ...
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Twitter to Target Ads Based on Interests
Wall Street Journal
Twitter Inc. on Thursday said it will allow advertisers to more easily target their Twitter ad messages to people based on their interests, a shift some advertisers have been demanding of the short-messaging service. Enlarge Image. image. Close. image ...
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Wall Street Journal
Britney Spears shows off toned and tanned bikini body on Twitter while having ...
New York Daily News
Posing inside her California home, the new "X Factor" judge showed off her tanned and toned body on Twitter Thursday while posing in a bright floral-print two-piece. In the photo, Spears only accessorizes her sun-kissed look with thick-rimmed glasses ...
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New York Daily News
Team Robin Roberts: #TeamRobin Twitter Hashtag Supports 'Good Morning ...
International Business Times
As Robin Roberts of "Good Morning America" begins her medical leave to undergo a bone marrow transplant, the Twitterverse and her "GMA" family are supporting the host of the morning program by using the hashtag #TeamRobin on Twitter.
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International Business Times
Charlotte Dawson thanks fans for support after attacks by Twitter trolls
Herald Sun
Dawson has broken her silence to thank fans and Twitter followers for their "incredible support". The Foxtel presenter confirmed she was receiving medical help in the PEC ward (psychiatric emergency unit) of St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, in a ...
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Your Old Tweets Resurface with Twitter's Data Reseller Partners
BostInno (blog)
Yesterday, Twitter announced its Certified Partners Program. There are currently 12 partners in the program, and they specialize in one of three categories: engagement, analytics, and data resellers. Twitter says that the certifications will "make it ...
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Audiences take a dig at Shirish Kunder's 'Joker' on Twitter, read funny tweets
Examiner.com
After giving a massive flop like "Jaaneman" all eyes were on Shirish Kunder's latest sci-fi venture, "Joker" that opened in theaters on Friday, August 31, 2012. While critics have completely trashed the movie calling it the "joke of the year ...
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Examiner.com
Twitter to Certify Third-party Apps for Businesses
PCWorld
The launch comes just weeks after Twitter announced that the next version of its API (application programming interface) includes changes designed to encourage external developers to create applications for businesses that use Twitter, in areas like ...
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Twitter to let advertisers zero in on tweeters
Reuters
No longer content to be a "dumb" bulletin board, with 400 million micro-messages posted daily, Twitter has moved to a strategy of actively sifting through what each user is reading and tweeting in order to discern every individual's interests. Founded ...
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GOP Convention Twitter war lingers after John Rich slams Clay Aiken
Examiner.com
On Tuesday, August 28th, 2012, former American Idol and Celebrity Apprentice contestant, Clay Aiken, came under fire after a tweet he posted didn't sit too well with country music's John Rich. John Rich, of the duo, Big & Rich, slammed Clay Aiken for ...
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Twitter expands advertising to a much broader audience
CNET (blog)
Twitter is preparing to unleash more ads on its users, whether they follow particular brands or not. The microblogging service announced the launch of "interest targeting" for its advertisers, which will allow them to put paid tweets before a much ...
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Barbara Kay: Twitter critics get it wrong on Krista Ford
National Post
Many of Ms Ford's Twitter critics accused her of blaming the victim, just as the Police Constable Michael Sanguinetti was in January, 2011 when he counselled women to "avoid dressing like sluts" if they didn't want to be victims. Neither the constable ...
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National Post
Twitter unveils new targeting tool for advertisers
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter is offering a new way for advertisers to deliver their marketing pitches to the people who are most likely to buy their products and services. The targeting tool introduced Thursday allows ads to be sorted into different ...
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Romney campaign promotes topic on Twitter ahead of acceptance speech
The Hill (blog)
#RomneyRyan2012 appears now at the top of Twitter's list of worldwide trending topics, along with a purple "promoted" symbol that indicates the hashtag was paid for by Mitt Romney for President. Romney's Digital Director Zac Moffatt told ClickZ this is ...
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Jersey Shore Cast Respond to Show Cancellation on Twitter
E! Online
Snooki, Pauly D and some of their roomies took to Twitter to say farewell to what became their big break. Jersey Shore canceled?! Say it ain't so! "Yes, sadly it's true," Snooks tweeted. "This upcoming season of Jersey Shore will be our last. But it ...
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E! Online
Twitter to let advertisers target tweeters
NBCNews.com
Twitter will begin allowing advertisers to directly target users based on the interests they reveal in their tweets, the social media company said Thursday. In an effort to draw advertisers to its paid ads program, the company also slashed the minimum ...
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Twitter Opens up Interest-based Ad Feature After Successful Beta Test
PCWorld
The feature adds to Twitter's other advertising offerings, including Promoted Tweets, Promoted Accounts and Promoted Trends, as it seeks to make the platform productive for advertisers while not alienating its users. During the beta test, advertisers ...
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Reddit founder to Romney: 'Consider this a public invitation'
The Hill (blog)
One of the founders of social news site reddit wants Mitt Romney to follow the president's example by holding a Q-and-A on his site. "I've been trying to back-channel that simultaneously with [Romney's] people. I guess you can consider this a public ...
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Twitter Mailbag: Faber's next move, Fedor vs. Lesnar, MMA cowards and more
MMAjunkie.com
Twitter Mailbag: Faber's next move, Fedor vs. Lesnar, MMA cowards and more. by Ben Fowlkes on Aug 30, 2012 at 8:40 pm ET. What's next for Urijah Faber? What are the odds of Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brock Lesnar actually happening? What's the best city ...
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MMAjunkie.com
Twitter to let advertisers target users based on interest
Los Angeles Times
Twitter is refining the way advertisers can target users, a move that could encourage more companies to advertise with the social network and boost its revenues. The San Francisco company said marketers will now be able to send ads to Twitter users who ...
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Blogs13 new results for Twitter
 
Romney Campaign is First to Buy a Twitter Trending Topic
By Alex Fitzpatrick
Mitt Romney's presidential campaign is becoming the first in history to buy a national trending topic on Twitter on Thursday, the last night of the Rep.
Mashable » Social Media
Twitter Blog: Talking Twitter at the #GOP2012 Convention #2
By Twitter
While we're here in Tampa, we've been talking to journalists, candidates, political pundits and more about the way Twitter has affected the election and their work. Now we're talking with @BretBaier, Anchor of FOX News Channel's Special ...
Twitter Blog
Clint Eastwood's baffling RNC speech leads @InvisibleObama ...
By Devindra Hardawar
Seeing a meme in the making, Twitter accounts have popped up poking fun at Eastwood's odd theatrical performance — one of which, @InvisibleObama, has gathered more than 20,000 followers in around 43 minutes. (Sorry @ClintsChair ...
VentureBeat
Twitter Kills Twisst
By Emil Protalinski
Twitter has (inadvertently?) killed another useful service: Twisst. The clever tool sends you a message on Twitter when the International Space Station (ISS) will be visible at whatever location you have in your Twitter bio. Unfortunately, Twitter ...
The Next Web
LeAnn Rimes Berated A Former Twitter Follower Over The Phone ...
By Perez Hilton
To quote Kyle Broflovski's mom in South Park, "What, what WHAT!?" A teacher named Kimberly Smiley is telling sources that she received an angry phone call...
Celebrity Gossip Follow @Celeblatest
The Consumerist » Twitter Says It's Going To Start Aiming Ads At ...
By Mary Beth Quirk
On the new Twitter, companies will be able to send paid ads as tweets to entire groups of users according to more than 350 interest categories handled by Twitter. The new ads will let companies get at a "very narrow, very specific and ...
The Consumerist
Eddie Cibrian Wanted LeAnn Rimes Off Of Twitter! | Radar Online
By Radar Staff LeAnn Rimes is a prolific tweeter but that was not something her husband supported, and in fact RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that he wanted her off the social media site! As previously reported, the 30-year-old ...
Radar Online
So LeAnn Rimes Went To Rehab For Twitter? - The Superficial ...
By The Superficial
Yesterday, LeAnn Rimes announced she's in rehab - I'm sorry, a patient treatment center. - but not for anorexia or substance abuse because that would make.
The Superficial - Because You're Ugly
Twitter Removes Source from Some and Certifies Others
By Cynthia Boris
Twitter is still marching along on their aggressive campaign to take back control of their data stream. This week, they've ...
Marketing Pilgrim - Internet...
Ten Painless Tactics To Earn Attention On Twitter - Whiteboard ...
By evolvingSEO
Twitter is similar to passing signs at full speed on the highway. How do you get your signs (tweets) noticed and read? How can your profile stand out from the rest? For many, Twitter can be a fun and exciting, yet illusive and challenging social ...
SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog
LeAnn Rimes Sues Twitter Users Kimberly, Lexi Smiley | Privacy ...
By Shari Weiss
LeAnn Rimes is suing two Twitter users, Kimberly and Lexi Smiley, for privacy invasion after they allegedly recorded a conversation with Rimes & posted it online.
Gossip Cop
Twitter Will Do $350 Million In Ad Sales This Year - Business Insider
By Owen Thomas
In 2010, Twitter hired Adam Bain, a former Myspace executive to run sales. While Myspace's business crumbled as its audience abandoned it, the company was on to something with "hyper-targeted" ads, which let advertisers show ads based ...
SAI
Zach Green: Twitter Reveals Obama and Romney Are Ignoring Their ...
By Zach Green
Retweets act as a real-time, national focus group. Each retweet reflects a supporter deciding "I want to spread this." More retweets indicate an issue resonates effectively.
President Obama on Huffington Post

Web3 new results for Twitter
 
Twitter cuts off "find friends" access to Tumblr, too – Marco.org
As with Instagram, the change does not seem to have affected sharing outwards, but will impede users' ability to follow friends that they may know from Twitter.
www.marco.org/2012/.../twitter-cuts-off-tumblr-friend-finding
Twitter unveils new targeting tool for advertisers - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: Twitter is offering a new way for advertisers to deliver their marketing pitches to the people who are most likely to buy their products and ...
news.yahoo.com/twitter-unveils-targeting-tool-advertisers-214...
Twitter Jokes: Free Speech On Trial - Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "On 6 January 2010, Paul Chambers typed a flippant tweet that would turn his life upside-down for the next two and a half years.
yro.slashdot.org/story/12/.../twitter-jokes-free-speech-on-trial


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