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News30 new results for Twitter
 
NYPD goes after Twitter to ID user who threatened 'people are gonna die' at ...
New York Daily News
Mike Tyson with Spike Lee, who directed the former boxing champion's one-man show, 'Undisputed.' The NYPD is scrambling to find a Twitter user who threatened to kill people at Mike Tyson's one-man show on Broadway. The tweets, apparently posted from ...
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New York Daily News
How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking
Wired News
Had I used two-factor authentication for my Google account, it's possible that none of this would have happened, because their ultimate goal was always to take over my Twitter account and wreak havoc. Lulz. Had I been regularly backing up the data on ...
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Twitter Rumor Sparked Oil-Price Spike
Wall Street Journal
A Twitter account claiming to represent Vladimir Kolokoltsev, the Russian interior minister, tweeted at 9:59 a.m. New York time that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had been killed or injured, followed by two tweets claiming to confirm the death ...
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Ana Veciana-Suarez: Olympics' Twitter problem: TMI
Sacramento Bee
For those (and there are still many) not tethered to the 140-character aggregator/gossip mag/town square site known as Twitter, it may appear as if the drama of these Social Media Games is unfolding around the pool, the balance beam and the basketball ...
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Curiosity lands on Mars, Twitter humor follows
Los Angeles Times
Twitter also features a growing number of #FakeCuriosityFacts, many courtesy of@lockwooddewitt: "Mitt wants to know if Curiosity has found any likely looking spots to offshore more of his hidden cash assets." "Opportunity and Curiosity rapidly ...
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EYES ON LONDON: Bolt, bling envy, hurdles carnage
San Francisco Chronicle
BOLT'S SWEDE EVENING. Usain Bolt claims he had a low-key celebration after winning the 100 meters. But what's that on Twitter? The world's fastest man tweeted a photo of himself and three Swedish handball players in the wee morning hours after his win.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Twitter Has A Big Problem With Fake User Accounts
Business Insider
We asked Twitter to comment on the fake account problem in general and this research in paticular. Twitter declined comment on this research but did confirm that it is a violation of the company's terms of service to sell followers, buy them or use a ...
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How Topsy Tames Twitter's Big Data Fire Hose
InformationWeek
One of greatest potentials of big data is the ability to let users search and analyze streaming data in real time. A television network, for instance, could get immediate viewer feedback on a new show airing for the first time. And journalists would ...
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TWITTER HOTTIE! Kim Kardashian posts sexy underwater bikini snaps
Hindustan Times
Tabloid. TWITTER HOTTIE! Kim Kardashian posts sexy underwater bikini snaps. Hindustantimes.com. New Delhi, August 07, 2012. First Published: 14:07 IST(7/8/2012) Last Updated: 14:26 IST(7/8/2012) ...
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Hindustan Times
Reuters blogging platform and Twitter account hacked
Network World
Thomson Reuters' news service has confirmed that both its blogging platform and Twitter account were hacked this weekend, where false stories were posted relating to the ongoing disputes in Syria. The Security Industry All-stars. On Friday, Reuters ...
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Twitter Now Available in Basque, Czech, Greek
PC Magazine
Twitter last year launched Translation Center, a crowd-sourced effort to make more languages available in its 140-character format. It taps into a volunteer force of about 350000 people around the world, and it's currently looking for translators for ...
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Twitter user sends hoax message on Assad's health
Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Twitter user sent a hoax message on Monday that quoted Russia's ambassador to Damascus as saying Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may have been killed, forcing Russian officials to quickly deny the report. A user on the social ...
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Amanda Bynes Strips Twitter Account—Is Reported Hit-and-Run to Blame?
E! Online
The 26-year-old actress stripped down her Twitter account Monday, leaving only her name, avatar picture and a link to her WhoSay page on her verified @AmandaBynes page. Bynes went minimalistic on the microblogging site just after a report was ...
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E! Online
Almost Half A Million Twitter Mentions Of Malaysian Olympic Badminton Player
Forbes
According to Twitter*, there were 16847 tweets per minute mentioning about the outcome of the Sunday match. The mentions of Lee Chong Wei himself have spiked to over 9200 tweets per minutes! In total, Lee Chong Wei garnered nearly 500000 mentions ...
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Forbes
Twitter apps that complement Android's Ice Cream Sandwich design elements
Android Apps Appolicious
When Google unleashed Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich last year, many people were excited about its cleaner look and feel compared to previous versions. Now that the operating system is finally achieving a greater level of penetration, it's worth ...
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Twitter buzzing after Canada's heartbreaking loss in women's soccer
YorkRegion.com
Twitter buzzing after Canada's heartbreaking loss in women's soccer. MANCHESTER, ENGLAND—Canada's 4-3 extra-time loss to the United States in the women's soccer semifinal at the London Olympics had Twitter abuzz both during and after the game.
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Andy Murray's Olympic Win Goes to His Dogs, on Twitter
ABC News (blog)
The 25-year-old tennis star, who, with his victory became the first Briton to take home a men's singles gold medal, adorned his hard-earned medals on the necks of his pooches, Maggie May and Rusty, in a picture sent out on Twitter by his girlfriend ...
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ABC News (blog)
Ellen Page gets 'murder' threat on Twitter: Which celeb got the creepiest ...
Fox News
In June, Page received the following messages on Twitter, according to TMZ: "I'm going to murder Ellen Page. She's dead," and, "Ellen Page if you continue to date Alexander [Skarsgard] I will K-1-L-L you in public in the next year ... Be it in a club ...
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Pete Carroll welcomes TO, via Twitter
NBCSports.com
For now. Yes, the socially media savvy Pete Carroll took to Twitter to welcome Terrell Owens to town. After, of course, Terrell Owens initiated their conversation on Twitter. @terrellowens welcome to the land of the #12thMan Terrell, see you in the ...
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NBCSports.com
Olympic tickets-alert feed on Twitter reinstated
BBC News
A Twitter feed helping people buy Olympic tickets for events that have empty seats has been reinstated. The @2012TicketAlert was blocked on 2 August after changes to the official Olympic ticket website. Adam Naisbitt's computer program checks the ...
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BBC News
USA vs Canada Women's Basketball: Grades, Twitter Reaction and Analysis
Bleacher Report
The women of USA basketball might be the most impressive and dominant team in any sport being played in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. They have been absolutely destroying the competition and Tuesday morning's matchup against Canada was ...
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Bleacher Report
Twitter handle gets New Jersey man thousands of Saudi followers in a day
Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
A New Jersey man with whose Twitter handle--STC--is also the name of a Saudi Arabian telecommunications company has attracted thousands Saudi followers on the micro messaging service. The man--who goes by his college nickname, St. Chris--has ...
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Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
Athletepath Is Like Twitter For Runners
Wired News
Racing is about more than winning. For most people, anyway. It's about setting goals, doing your best and being part of a community. For many runners, this community includes the friends family who cheer them on. Oregon startup Athletepath is tapping ...
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Twitter boasts seen by ex-lover's wife exposed doctor's NHS fraud, court hears
WalesOnline
A doctor accused of cheating the NHS out of £30000 was 'exposed' by her hospital consultant ex-lover after his wife spotted her boasting about "megabucks" on Twitter, a court has heard. Dr Lucy Dawson, 45, allegedly tweeted she was getting "a stupid ...
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Twitter #Weekendeats highlights: Getting fruity
Los Angeles Times
This morning's #Weekendeats chat on Twitter got pretty fruity as people shared their photos and recipes of fruity desserts, drinks and snacks from over the weekend. Peaches and blueberries seemed to be favorites, making appearances in everything from ...
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Average User Rating
CNET
The good: Slices for Twitter has a great-looking and intuitive interface, tools for managing the people you follow into categories, and discovery options, making this app an excellent way to browse Twitter. The bad: You can't schedule tweets, and some ...
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This Twitter client is fun, gorgeous, and utterly doomed
VentureBeat
We've been keeping an eye on Twheel, an absolutely stunning Twitter client for iOS. It's a fun, thumbable carousel that presents tweets in an entirely new and totally gorgeous interface. Too bad it was doomed from the start. You see, although the ...
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VentureBeat
Olympics 2012: Welcome to the world's first Twitter Games
Washington Times
Now there is an updated contemporary version of that adage, and it is known as Twitter. London has become home to the world's first Twitter Games. Through the magic of social media, there is perhaps more depth and insight into the world of sports than ...
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Washington Times
USA vs. Argentina Olympic Basketball: Grades, Twitter Reaction and Analysis
Bleacher Report
Argentina made a game of it—in the first half—but Team USA was able to pull away in the third quarter to finish group play undefeated and head into the elimination stage of the tournament on a high note after a 126-97 win. The United States walked ...
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Bleacher Report
Campus Connection: UW-Madison researchers scour Twitter for bullying language
Capital Times (blog)
But Zhu is one of the leaders of a UW-Madison research team that has programmed a computer to scour millions of Twitter posts each day for cases of bullying in a unique, interdisciplinary project designed to compile vast amounts of information on this ...
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Blogs14 new results for Twitter
 
Twitter announces it's now available in three more languages: Greek ...
By Edgar Alvarez
Early last year, Twitter kicked off its Translation Center efforts in hopes of bringing support for more languages to the site with help of amicable.
Engadget
Twitter Blog: #OnlyOnTwitter: Curiosity
By Twitter
We often say "You never know where Twitter will take you," but here's one that (almost) defies imagination. Last night, we saw that NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (@NASAJPL) was live-tweeting the journey to Mars. As Curiosity, the ...
Twitter Blog
Ellen Page: police investigating Twitter death threats | News Briefs ...
By Erin Strecker
Los Angeles police detectives are looking into a series of death threats sent to Ellen Page on Twitter that coincided with threatening calls to the L.A. Film Festival making similar remarks, a Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman ...
News Briefs
Study shows 15% of Mitt Romney's Twitter followers are fake ...
By Christina Farr
Research has revealed that more than 15 percent of the presidential hopeful's followers are likely fake and are generated by paid services that artificially inflate social media influence.
VentureBeat
Police: NYPD To Subpoena Twitter After Threats Against Broadway ...
By skschust
Police are trying to figure out who is posting messages on Twitter threatening to carry out an Aurora-style shooting rampage at the Longacre Theatre in Midtown.
CBS New York
BiCuriosity Rover, Parody Twitter Account, Comments On Ryan ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Thanks to live-tweets from Curiosity's official Twitter account, the people of the Twitterverse were some of the first to celebrate when the rover landed on Mars early Monday. I'm safely on the surface of Mars.
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Social Media Newsfeed: Apple Drops YouTube | Twitter Languages ...
By Tim Sohn
Social Media Newsfeed: Apple Drops YouTube | Twitter Languages | Amazon Games.
SocialTimes
Ellen Page death threats on Twitter spark police investigation - 08 ...
'Juno' actress Ellen Page received alarming death threats on Twitter over her reported relationship with Alexander Skarsgard, which sparked a police investigation.
OnTheRedCarpet.com Entertainment News
Cowboys Training Camp Open Thread And Twitter Feed - 8/6/12 ...
By One.Cool.Customer
... Cowboys continue practicing in preparation for the game against the Raiders next Monday. Use this as an open thread for any Cowboys related topic during today's practice and follow what's happening in Oxnard via the Twitter feed below.
Blogging The Boys
LAPD Investigating Ellen Page Twitter Death Threats - Business ...
By Ana Douglas
Ellen Page is receiving death threats via Twitter. The Los Angles Police Department is looking into a series of death threats posted on Twitter regarding actress Ellen Page. The "Inception" actress has received multiple threatening messages ...
Business Insider
Azealia Banks Beefs With Jim Jones on Twitter | XXL
By mlelinwalla
Azealia and Capo argue about the definition of Vamp...
XXLMAG.COM
Today in APIs: Advanced Twitter Filtering, OAuth Voice of Reason ...
By Adam DuVander
Gnip The Gnip API continues its focus on social data, providing new ways to filter the Twitter firehose. There are a lot of complaints about OAuth, but one presentation warns not to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Plus: New York Times ...
ProgrammableWeb
Taylor Swift Becomes Twitter Death Hoax Victim
By Amy Sciarretto
Taylor Swift is not dead. The 22-year-old songstress joins a not-so-illustrious group that includes country superstars like Reba McEntire and Garth Brooks,
Taste of Country
The Battle of the iPhone Twitter Clients | iPhone.AppStorm
By James Cull
With the sheer range of Twitter clients out there on the App Store, choosing a Twitter client for your iPhone can be a long-winded process. Your choice of Twitter client really depends though, on what kind of Twitter user you are, and whether ...
iPhone.AppStorm

Web1 new result for Twitter
 
Tom Perriello (tomperriello) on Twitter
Tom Perriello. @tomperriello. Proud Populist and Virginian. President and CEO, Center for American Progress Action & former US Representative (VA-05) ...
199.16.156.6/tomperriello


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