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News28 new results for Twitter
 
China's Twitter-like Weibo poses danger, opportunity for new leaders
Chicago Tribune
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - As China prepares for a generational power shift in the next two weeks, a similar shift is happening online that is testing the limits and displaying the evolution of China's legions of state-directed censors. Since its launch ...
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How Truth and Lies Spread on Twitter
Businessweek (blog)
As power went out in lower Manhattan on Monday evening, many residents turned to Twitter and Facebook (FB) on their smartphones to learn exactly how the hurricane was impacting their neighborhoods. CBS (CBS) estimates three and a half million tweets ...
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Claws out on Twitter over Red Line feline
Boston Herald
A South Boston feline whose stroller ride on the Red Line sparked a rush-hour row and daylong claw fest in the Twitter--verse is not the pampered pet his detractors scoff at — but a lovable kitty who adores kids and spreads cheer in nursing homes in ...
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What Lady Gaga is seeing on Twitter, right now
CNET
It's always been easy on Twitter to see someone else's @-replies, simply by doing a search for say, "@LadyGaga." But what if you wanted to see more than that. What if you wanted to pretend you were the global pop superstar and fashion icon and peek ...
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Twit does damage to Twitter
Boston Herald
E-mail · Printable Print · Comments (0) Comments Larger Smaller Text size Bookmark and Share Share. It took a 29-year-old hedge fund analyst and political operative with a sick compulsion for inciting panic to expose the dark side of Twitter earlier ...
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Govs Use Twitter to Help Save Lives
ABC News
In past weather emergencies, Americans have tuned in to radios and televisions to get information on how to handle disasters, but with Hurricane Sandy, some governors used Twitter as a new way to reach their citizens. Governors in every state where ...
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Bahrain activist gets prison term for Twitter posts critical of king
Washington Post
MANAMA, Bahrain — Bahrain says a civil court has sentenced an online activist to six months in prison on charges of insulting the Gulf nation's king in Twitter posts. The activist, whose name was not released, was among four people arrested last month ...
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MIT prof knows Twitter trends better than Twitter
Boston.com (blog)
An MIT professor has developed an algorithm that can predict, hours in advance, when #Beiber will inevitably start trending again on Twitter, but the machine-learning algorithm could also have usages beyond social news — if the computational power is ...
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Delonte West Using Twitter To Find New Job
ESPN
I dislike this. Add to. Share Flag as inappropriate. Loading... Alert icon. Sign in or sign up now! Alert icon. Loading... Published on Oct 31, 2012 by ESPN. Marc Stein discusses former Mavericks guard Delonte West using Twitter to try to find a new ...
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On Twitter, Sifting Through Falsehoods in Critical Times
New York Times
Twitter says it cannot possibly regulate the millions of messages on its service, and that a bit of misinformation and mischief is to be expected. But in recent years, the service has become an indispensable funnel of information in critical times for ...
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Twitter reactions: Ajay Devgn's legal notice to YRF for 'Son of Sardaar' release
Examiner.com
The release of "Jab Tak Hai Jaan" and "Son of Sardaar" on Diwali day had created big waves in the Bollywood industry. The news of the two biggies Shahrukh Khan and Ajay Devgn clashing had generated several headlines. Looks like the two are now in a ...
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Examiner.com
Shooter Jennings calls John Mayer a 'king douche' on Twitter
Entertainment Weekly (blog)
Shooter Jennings took to Twitter yesterday to bash the "Your Body is a Wonderland" singer's guitar skills, country cred, and overall douche-y ways. The "Wild & Lonesome" rocker, who was apparently enraged by a Rolling Stone article on Mayer, also ...
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'Is Twitter Wrong?' became central to debunking during Hurricane Sandy
Poynter.org
Tom Phillips, an international editor at MSN based in England, started "Is Twitter Wrong?" in August to debunk misinformation coursing through the social sphere. His Tumblr rose to prominence quickly this week as he sorted real photos from fake ones ...
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Poynter.org
Twitter reactions to Riyadh blast, a mix of solidarity and speculation
Al-Arabiya
Pictures and videos of unidentified dead bodies flooded the social media platform, compelling one tweep to ask fellow twitter users to stop. "Please guys be considerate & stop sharing photos of the victims! It's inappropriate. It's heartbreaking for ...
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Al-Arabiya
Twitter, other big names embracing Windows 8 with apps
GMA News
"Windows 8 has given us a chance to re-imagine the user experience. The app for Windows 8 will put all our content into one application. It also takes full advantage of Windows 8 functionality — snap view, semantic zoom and live tile. Without ...
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Aaron Sorkin Finally Joins Twitter
Hollywood Reporter
In what can only be described as the biggest "You cannot be serious" moment the Twittersphere has experienced in a long time, Oscar-winning screenwriter and The Newsroom creator, Aaron Sorkin has finally joined Twitter. Sorkin has repeatedly scoffed at ...
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Hollywood Reporter
Twitter: Outcry over man's arrest for tweets against Chidambaram's son
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The arrest of a Pondicherry-based businessman on Tuesday for posting "offensive" tweets against Karti Chidambaram, son of Union finance minister P Chidambaram, has again stoked the free speech and internet governance debate.
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Relief Valves for Flooded Social Networks
New York Times
Twitter posts can be generated at the rate of several thousand per second for some news events. Fortunately, there are easy ways to manage Facebook, Twitter and Instagram so that your brain feels less engorged by feeding tubes of information ...
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LeAnn Rimes planning even more lawsuits against several Twitter followers
Examiner.com
LeAnn Rimes wants to make sure she is fighting for her rights, as she is added several more defendants to her lawsuit, according to a new "Radar Online" report released on Oct. 31. The original lawsuit involved LeAnn suing high school teacher Kim ...
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Examiner.com
Would-Be-Jedis Take To Twitter;Share Feelings About Disney Purchase
WLTX.com
Many would-be Jedis took to Twitter to express both their joy and their doubts about what such a showbiz marriage might mean to one of Hollywood's longest-running and most profitable franchises, whose worldwide box office stands at $4.5 billion.
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WLTX.com
20 Of The Best Fitness Experts Worth Following On Twitter
Huffington Post
When it comes to incorporating fitness in our lives, we could all use a little help staying motivated. That could take the form of a running buddy, personal trainer, beloved DVD coach or, for many, a coterie of the best fitness experts online. Twitter ...
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Sam Pitroda to hold first global press meet on Twitter on Friday
NDTV
"Sam Pitroda, Adviser to the Indian Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations and Chairman, National Innovation Council will host the first global press conference on Twitter to discuss 'Global Innovation Roundtable'," an ...
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NDTV
Adele Quits Twitter After Newborn Son Receives Death Threats From Internet ...
Entertainmentwise
Adele has reportedly quit Twitter after receiving nasty death threats about her newborn son from trolls on the social networking site. The 'Skyfall' singer gave birth to her first child with boyfriend Simon Konecki on October 19, and while she mostly ...
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Entertainmentwise
Priyanka Chopra starts Twitter campaign, says it's cool to repeat clothes
Hindustan Times
She has urged her Twitter followers to come up with cool, innovative and fun reasons and post it with the hash tag- itscooltorepeat on the micro-blogging website. Talking about the campaign, she told HT Cafe: "Why should celebrities not be able to ...
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Hindustan Times
Danny Baker in Twitter row with BBC over show cancellation
Telegraph.co.uk
The sports and music journalist and broacaster vented his frustration on the social networking website, highlighting the irony that he had been told his show would be axed a week before the BBC will induct him into the Radio Hall of Fame: ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Mayor Bloomberg uses Twitter to announce safe tap water in NYC
Examiner.com
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has a lot to do, so he politely refused a visit from President Obama today for that very reason. There is so much to be done, but the Mayor is already doing a good job getting rolling with recovery. After reopening the New York ...
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Can your Tweets predict your vote?
Fox News
For good measure, you can also link the app to your Twitter, Facebook and Gmail accounts. While that may sound creepy, the intent is to better understand how you write in order to guess more accurately what you are trying to type. Testing the app in ...
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Lindsay Lohan: Victim Of Twitter Hacking!
PerezHilton.com
Lindsay Lohan: Victim Of Twitter Hacking! As if the gurl needs hackers adding dramz to her life! When we first heard Lindsay Lohan's Twitter was hacked our first thought was, "thank GAWD she didn't actually write that cray cray stuff about Hurricane Sandy!
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Blogs13 new results for Twitter
 
Yelling fire in a crowded Twitter? | FP Passport
By Joshua Keating
New York City Councilman Peter Vallone (via Twitter, naturally) says he's talking to the Manhattan District Attorney about the possibility of charges against hedge fund analyst Shashank (@comfortablysmug) Tripathi, who intentionally spread ...
FP Passport
LeAnn Rimes Ready To Sue More Twitter Users | Radar Online
By David Perel - Executive Vice President/Managing Editor Radar LeAnn Rimes may be suing more Twitter users, adding them as defendants in her lawsuit against high school teacher Kim Smiley and her daughter, RadarOnline.com is ...
Radar Online
Hurricane Sandy Twitter Jokes
By Kim LaCapria
As Hurricane Sandy humor abounds on Twitter, we're compelled to ask ... too soon?
The Inquisitr
Aaron Sorkin Just Joined Twitter | Prefix
If you noticed someone tweeting under Aaron Sorkin's name in the past couple of days and thought it was a fake account, you're wrong: sharp observers are.
Prefix
On Twitter, A Meme Captures The New York Times Headline Format ...
Twitter has finally captured The New York Times' signature headline comma usage. Using the hashtag "#nytbooks," observant readers are rewriting book titles so that they reflect the paper of record's style. Some of our favorites include "Of ...
Observer
Muslim Twitter Users Urged to Stop Gloating over U.S. Storm - Atlas ...
By Pamela Geller
Toy: A doll's head can be seen among the charred remains of a house destroyed by fire in the aftermath of the post-tropical storm (courtesy Daily Mail) Whole lotta love in that religion: "Arab tweeps should stop gloating over Sandy disaster: ...
Atlas Shrugs
Sandy Twitter Troll Outed and Shamed - PRNewser
By Patrick Coffee
ComfortablySmug–the Twitter "troll" who posted false messages during Hurricane Sandy claiming that Con Ed was about to shut off power to all of Manhattan and that the New York Stock Exchange had experienced severe flooding–has been ...
PRNewser
Power Down, Jim Cantore Turns to Twitter with Updates on Sandy ...
By Chris Ariens
We caught up with Cantore in Battery Park, a part of Manhattan that felt Sandy the worst. He had recently come from filming a guest appearance on Letterman on CBS (and was filmed in front of no audience). Cantore told Lost Remote how ...
TVNewser
New MIT Algorithm Predicts Twitter Trends Hours in Advance ...
By Sean Patterson
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have announced a new algorithm they say is capable of predicting Twitter trends far in advance. The algorithm is claimed to predict with 95% accuracy the topics that will show up ...
Top News - WebProNews
Brad DeLong: On Twitter, Nate Silver Explains Thing in Numbers of ...
By J. Bradford DeLong
Twitter / fivethirtyeight: 7 polls released in Ohio in ...: >fivethirtyeight: 7 polls released in Ohio in past 48 hours: Obama +2, Obama +3, Obama +3, Obama +3, Obama +5, Obama +5, Obama +5. #notthatcomplicated >Julie Johnston @Julia_JJ: ...
Brad DeLong
Celebrities Twitter Messages on Halloween 2012 | Gossip Cop
By Shari Weiss
Celebrities are tweeting Halloween wishes and messages on Twitter. See star reactions and costume photos here.
Gossip Cop
IDEAS IN FOOD: Peeling Chestnuts: a twitter technique
By Aki and Alex
Chris Windus pointed out that peeled raw chestnuts are amazing. The process is not. The results are worth the effort. I replied to him wondering if he could use a pressure chamber to blow the shells off. Putting the chestnuts...
IDEAS IN FOOD
Twitter Buzz: October 2012 | DyKnow
By Abbey Wilson
Twitter Buzz: October 2012. Thursday, November 1st, 2012. By: Abbey Wilson. Temperatures outside may be dropping but the web is still hot with education technology trends and conversations. It's hard to believe we've breezed through yet ...
DyKnow

Web4 new results for Twitter
 
LEETERRYNE (LEETERRYNE) on Twitter
LEETERRYNE. @LEETERRYNE. Proudly serving the 2nd District of Nebraska in the U.S. House of Representatives. Omaha, Nebraska ...
https://ja.twitter.com/LEETERRYNE
Is Twitter Wrong? • Is that really a picture of Hurricane Sandy ...
Is that really a picture of Hurricane Sandy descending on New York? No. " Amazing picture of hurricane #Sandy decending in New York ...
istwitterwrong.tumblr.com/.../is-that-really-a-picture-of-hurric...
Hurricane Sandy: The Latest Pictures From Twitter
Hurricane Sandy: The Latest Pictures From Twitter: These are images people instagrammed and tweeted as water quickly submerged many pl...
www.buzzfeed.com/.../hurricane-sandy-floods-the-east-coast
Shouting Flood In A Crowded Twitter - The Dish | By Andrew ...
When Twitter user @comfortablysmug starting spreading false information last night, Buzzfeed's Andrew Kaczynski went after him - first by tweet, then by tumblr: ...
andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/.../dont-mess-with-twitter.ht...


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