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Data Shows Twitter Posts That Resonate With Electorate
New York Times (blog)
In Florida, voters responded most when Mitt Romney posted about education and when President Obama did the same about foreign affairs. In Ohio, Mr. Obama's posted about gay rights, more so than any other topic, held the most traction. For Mr. Romney ...
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New York Times (blog)
Twitter: Over 20M tweets sent about Hurricane Sandy
CNET
More than 20 million tweets were sent about Hurricane Sandy between Saturday and yesterday, according to Twitter, and the site says that's probably a conservative estimate as it only tracked certain keywords. The site, which followed the terms and ...
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CNET
Twitter Dress: Nicole Scherzinger Debuts Electronic Outfit By CuteCircuit ...
Huffington Post
Nicole Scherzinger, formerly of Pussycat Dolls fame, stepped out on Thursday night wearing a Twitter Dress, an electronic-powered frock that displayed real tweets in real time. Containing 2,000 LED lights and 3,000 Swarovski crystals, the dress was ...
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Alex Smith rebuts pal's Twitter gibe
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Two days after left tackle Joe Staley alleged that his buddy Alex Smith was looking up himself trending on Twitter in the afterglow of his performance Monday night, the 49ers' quarterback laughingly provided his version of events Thursday.
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How Will MIT's Reverse Engineering Of Twitter's Trending Topics Algorithm ...
Forbes
A group of smart people at MIT can dissect personalization algorithms, but there isn't a similar path to dissecting what it takes to build a product that reaches a huge scale like Twitter's. So, there are plenty of other businesses that can learn from ...
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Twitter Releases Numbers Related To Hurricane Sandy: More Than 20M Tweets ...
TechCrunch
Many turned to Twitter to discuss what they were going through. Today, the company shared some interesting facts and numbers having to do with Hurricane-related activity on the site. What does this tell you? Twitter was a fine replacement for cell ...
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TechCrunch
Brandon Michael Perry: Twitter bragging leads to Naples man's arrest
WPTV
A Naples man accused of punching his neighbor was arrested after police saw him bragging about it on Twitter, according to an arrest report. Brandon Michael Perry's neighbor told Naples police he was in an argument with Perry about Perry's sister.
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WPTV
Twitter Launches Election Map to Track Candidates' State-by-State Messaging
Wired (blog)
Twitter launched a new interactive map on Thursday that measures the effectiveness of President Barack Obama's and Governor Mitt Romney's tweets on a state-by-state basis. This is another election tool, alongside Twitter's daily polling tool, meant to ...
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Twitter War: Donald Trump Gets a Detroit Salute
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Joseph B. White. New York developer Donald Trump waded into the war over the auto bailout Thursday, and got a blunt brushoff from one of Chrysler Group LLC's top executives in return. In a tweet, Mr. Trump — no fan of President Barack Obama — said ...
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Bahrain Twitter user imprisoned for defaming King Hamad
BBC News
A Bahrain court has sentenced an online activist to six months in prison after convicting him for "defaming" King Hamad in comments posted on Twitter. The man, whose name was not released, was among four people arrested last month on the same charges ...
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BBC News
Twitter or Facebook: Where Should You Engage Your Fans?
Social Media SEO
The benefits of social media have been proven, even amongst smaller businesses, and the simple fact that conversion rates for Facebook and Twitter average around double that of most other outlets means that a solid fan base will, simply put, directly ...
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Social Media SEO
Emily Rahimi runs the FDNY's Twitter account, which proved to be a lifeline ...
CNN
Rahimi runs the New York Fire Department's Twitter account, which proved to be a lifeline of sorts for many stranded New Yorkers. She responded to hundreds of tweets pleading for help, most of them in the first hour or two after Sandy made landfall.
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Twitter race row resolved after models reach agreement: SAHRC
Times LIVE
"The comments were accepted as constituting hate speech by the parties," the commission said in a statement. "In terms of the agreement, the respondents made a public apology to the complainants, the commission, and the public." On May 3, Jessica ...
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Jeremy Roenick seeks legal advice on Twitter before beating up a guy
USA TODAY
2012 - Jeremy Roenick sought legal help on Twitter to help "oversee [his] dispute." Perhaps a slightly odd request, but it was the sanest part of the entire conversation proceeded. When a lawyer actually offered to help the former NHL star, Roenick ...
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Kriesel marriage ad elicits profane Twitter reaction from Gimse assistant
West Central Tribune
Kriesel marriage ad elicits profane Twitter reaction from Gimse assistant. Cottage Grove Republican Rep. John Kriesel's opposition to the proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage drew a late-night, profanity-laced response from a ...
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How Government Officials Are Using Twitter for Hurricane Sandy
New York Times (blog)
With Hurricane Sandy, Mr. Christie used Twitter and YouTube again, as did governors, mayors and emergency management officials from North Carolina to Massachusetts, cementing Twitter's role as an emergency broadcasting service. In the aftermath of this ...
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Bahrain activist sentenced for Twitter posts insulting king
Concord Monitor
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 official news agency said yesterday. The activist, whose name was not released, was among four people arrested ...
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MIT researcher develops algorithm to identify Twitter trends before Twitter can
SlashGear
Topics that are trending on Twitter generate huge amounts of traffic and have the potential to generate serious profits for companies able to take advantage of trending terms. A researcher from MIT claims to have developed a new algorithm that is able ...
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SlashGear
More Hate Than Love For Obama and Romney on Twitter and Facebook, Study ...
Forbes
Here's what the conversation looks like on Twitter. And here's how it looks on Facebook. The only other venue where Romney and Obama took similar levels of abuse was on cable news, but there it was a much different picture, with each receiving glowing ...
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Ravi Srinivasan Vs Karti Chidambaram: rules of Twitter journalism
Livemint
I am a little surprised by the reaction of the Twitterati to the case involving Karti Chidambaram , the finance minister's son, and Ravi Srinivasan, a businessman. Surprised because it is the Twiterrati that has argued that new-age media, such as ...
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Livemint
POLITICAL TWEET SHOWDOWN: From across the aisle, cartoonists Bors and ...
Washington Post (blog)
MATT BORS LANDS his satiric blows from the left, and Glenn McCoy delivers the humorous roundhouse from the right. But today, the two political cartoonists can agree on one bipartisan matter: They have no idea what to expect from their mano-a-mano ...
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Kyle Walker returns to twitter after closing it following abuse
Daily Mail
The England right-back explained that he had come off Twitter because he wanted to concentrate on football after what has been a mixed start to the season for the ambitious 22-year-old from Sheffield. Being social: Kyle Walker is back on Twitter. He ...
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Daily Mail
Boot up: Windows 8 'listless', tracking Google's income, forecasting Twitter ...
The Guardian (blog)
The algorithm could be of great interest to Twitter, which could charge a premium for ads linked to popular topics, but it also represents a new approach to statistical analysis that could, in theory, apply to any quantity that varies over time: the ...
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Twitter alert: Marvi Sirmed attacked!
The Express Tribune
ISLAMABAD: A columnist and human rights campaigner, Marvi Sirmed, escaped unhurt when the car she was traveling in came under attack on Friday in Islamabad as suggested by users of social network Twitter. Columnist Nusrat Javeed tweeted that ...
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The Express Tribune
This Week in Review: Truth and lies on Twitter during Sandy, and the pundits ...
Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard
Twitter as both truth and lie generator: As Sandy finally dissipates, millions remain without power, heat, and transportation. The news-about-the-news crowd has moved on pretty quickly to analysis, though, so there's a ton to sift through. First, I'll ...
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Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard

Blogs10 new results for Twitter
 
Researchers Predict Twitter Trends With 95% Accuracy [STUDY]
By Eric Larson
MIT researchers have created an algorithm that they say finds trends on Twitter fasting than the site's existing formula.
Mashable » US & World
Twitter Blog: Twitter goes country for the CMA Awards
By Twitter
Tonight on ABC (8pm ET/ 7pm CT/5pm PT), country music's brightest stars will shine at the 46th Annual Country Music (CMA) awards. And you don't have to be in Nashville to have a front row experience: Twitter will help you keep up with your ...
Twitter Blog
Using Twitter for Link Relationships - Whiteboard Friday | SEOmoz
By RuthBurr
Link building outreach can be unpleasant, but through social media, people have the opportunity to form real relationships to help out with the task of getting your website and content out there. In today's Whiteboard Friday, Ruth Burr shares ...
SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog
Sexy tech: UK's first ever Twitter dress
British tabloid newspapers report British X-Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger wore this dress to a launch event for a new 4G mobile service, EE.
Consumer Tech | WISH TV
C-JeS explains why Jaejoong deleted his Twitter + addresses ...
By carolicity
We previously reported that JYJ's Jaejoong's Twitter account had been deleted. With fans voicing their concerns and false rumors spreading, C-JeS Entertainment has addressed the reason behind the deactivation of the singer's Twitter ...
allkpop
Cisco Blog » Blog Archive » Meet Brett Belding: IT Twitter Superstar
By Christy Park
Did you know that at least a quarter of the entire Cisco IT group's engagement metrics on Twitter come from our SME Champion Brett? An IT Mobility.
Cisco Blog
Twitter's new map shows how people respond to Obama and ...
By Hamish McKenzie
We've said before that this is the Twitter Election. (In fact, 2012 might just be the Year of Twitter in general – more on that another time.) One of the fair criticisms of Twitter's role in the campaign, however, is that it's useful for capturing noise but ...
PandoDaily
Celebrity Twitter Pics Of The Week! The Good, The Bad & The ...
By Leah Ornstein - Radar Features Editor Who were the most snap-happy celebrities during the spookiest week of the year? From reality stars and big screen bombshells to bad boy rappers and controversial country cuties, Hollywood's hottest ...
Radar Online
Would You Wear This Twitter Dress? [PICS] - AllTwitter
By Lauren Dugan
It's no Lady Gaga meat dress, but X Factor judge and former lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls Nicole Scherzinger was sporting a Twitter outfit at Thursday night's EE gala in the UK. EE is the UK's first 4G mobile network, and they wanted to ...
AllTwitter
Twitter's Political Engagement Map tracks how people respond to ...
By Adi Robertson
Twitter has been particularly active this election cycle, offering tweet-based popularity charts of Romney and Obama and selling its first political trending topic. Today, it's added the Political...
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