Tuesday, February 19, 2013

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Chavez back in Venezuela, on Twitter with four million followers
Reuters
The normally loquacious socialist leader, who is struggling to speak as he breathes through a tracheal tube, took to Twitter with a passion back in April 2010, tweeting regularly and encouraging other leftist Latin American leaders to do likewise.
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Burger King Apologizes After Twitter Hack
PC Magazine
In just a few short years, Twitter has evolved from the micro-blogging tool of choice amongst tech insiders to a truly mainstream, global phenomenon that major brands use to interact with their customers. But the new landscape of social media-powered ...
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Is Dustin Pedroia on Twitter? Depends when you ask
Boston.com
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Friends and teammates have long pestered Dustin Pedroia to get on Twitter. He would seem to be a natural for 140-character remarks. But Pedroia has been stubbornly resistant to Twitter, saying he doesn't have the time.
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Burger King apologizes after Twitter hacking
San Francisco Chronicle
Monday's appropriation of Burger King's Twitter account was a relatively mild example of cybersecurity problems, which are causing increasing concern in Washington and for industry. Media outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal ...
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San Francisco Chronicle
Burger King's Twitter Account Hacked
TIME
Burger King has been sold to McDonald's — or so claimed the hacker who took over the fast food chain's Twitter account on Monday. Followers of @BurgerKing started noticing some peculiar changes just after noon Eastern time. The company's Twitter icon ...
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TIME
Burger King Twitter hacked, posting under "McDonalds"
CBS News
Updated 11:00 pm EST. The official Twitter for fast food chain Burger King appeared to have been hacked Monday. The picture for the account was changed to the golden arches of McDonalds and the account is tweeting some decidedly un-corporate friendly ...
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CBS News
Jeremy Clarkson vows revenge after Twitter account is hacked by spammers ...
The Independent
Clarkson, 52, had his Twitter account hacked yesterday morning by spammers who proceeded to advertise 'the fastest way to lose body fat in two weeks' to his 1.3 million followers on the microblogging site. Seven hours later it appeared Clarkson had ...
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The Independent
Burger King Twitter hack: BK latest company in social media spotlight
Chicago Tribune
Monday, it was the hacking of Burger King's Twitter account that put it in the spotlight — and not in a good way. Someone changed the @BurgerKing feed to look like that of McDonald's, substituting the McDonald's logo in place of Burger King's. The ...
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Burger King takes down Twitter account after hack attack
Reuters
"It has come to our attention that the Twitter account of the BURGER KING® brand has been hacked," the company said in a statement. "We have worked directly with administrators to suspend the account until we are able to re-establish our legitimate ...
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The ABCs of Twitter, Part I
Entrepreneur
In his book Ultimate Guide to Twitter for Business, online marketing expert Ted Prodromou offers an easy-to-understand guide to using Twitter that will help small-business owners generate leads and connect with customers. This edited excerpt is the ...
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How China's Top Digital Spies Got Outed by Facebook and Twitter
The Atlantic Wire
How's this for sweet social-media revenge in our brewing digital war with China? If it weren't for the strictness of the Chinese government's Internet firewall, security firm Mandiant may never have discovered the identities of the Chinese army's ...
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The Atlantic Wire
McDonald's claims innocence in Burger King Twitter hacking
Yahoo! News (blog)
Burger King's official Twitter account was McHacked about noon EST on Monday and changed to resemble their rival. The pranksters swapped the page's profile image to include a photo of McDonald's iconic golden arches and rewrote the account ...
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Yahoo! News (blog)
Hackers have it their way with Burger King's site
Boston Globe
The tweets stopped after a little more than an hour, and Burger King said it had asked Twitter to suspend the account. Burger King, which tweets several times a week — promoting sales or asking how many bites it takes to eat a chicken nugget, for example.
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Boston Globe
Hacker takes over Burger King's Twitter feed, says chain sold to rival ...
New York Daily News
A hacker hungry for attention told some real whoppers on the Burger King twitter feed Monday. Someone took over Burger King's verified Twitter account at midday Monday and for the next hour gleefully sent about 55 tweets and retweets, including some ...
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New York Daily News
Rob Kardashian Defends His Twitter Attack On Ex-Girlfriend Rita Ora!
PerezHilton.com
Is it just us or did Rob Kardashian have A LOT to get off his chest on Sunday night's episode of Kourtney & Kim Take Miami? As we've already reported, the reality star WENT OFF on his sister Kim and her baby daddy Kanye West, going so far as to say ...
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PerezHilton.com
U R Soooo Going to Tweet Like a Girl Soon :)
Slate Magazine (blog)
Katie Heaney of BuzzFeed reported yesterday on a new study about linguistic trends on Twitter, which found that men and women diverge somewhat in the kinds of slang and stylistic touches they use in their tweets. There's plenty of overlap, of course ...
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Slate Magazine (blog)
Twitter whitewash: Chinese officials pay £130 to have incriminating tweets ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Twitter whitewash: Chinese officials pay £130 to have incriminating tweets wiped from Weibo. Officials in China are paying £130 a time to have incriminating tweets about themselves removed from Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter. Twitter ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Burger King's Twitter Hacked, Made to Look Like McDonald's
KTLA
Hackers took over Burger King's Twitter account Monday and changed it to look like it belongs to McDonald's. The account's profile photo has been changed to the McDonald's logo, and the cover photo and background have been changed to images of ...
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KTLA
Frankie Gavin lets rip on Twitter
The Sun
FRANKIE GAVIN has taken to Twitter to vent his frustration at the politics of boxing. Unbeaten Gavin is keen to build on the momentum built since claiming the British welterweight title from Junior Witter in November. A unanimous points decision over ...
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The Sun
Jeremy Clarkson has Twitter account hacked by spammers who post link to ...
Daily Mail
He's certainly not the type of man you would expect to simply ignore somebody who left him angry. And when Jeremy Clarkson had his Twitter account hacked yesterday morning by someone giving his 1.3million followers a link to 'the fastest way to lose ...
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Daily Mail
"Twitter" Has Changed a Lot Since the 1700s
Gizmodo
"Twitter" Has Changed a Lot Since the 1700s Nowadays, we use words like "twitter" all the time to talk about our everyday social meda-ing. In the 1800s, they said "twitter" too, but it meant something a little different. So did "pin." The times, they ...
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Burger King Twitter gets McHacked
CNNMoney
Two weeks after traces of horse meat were found in beef patties at a European Burger King (BKW) supplier, the burger chain's Twitter account was hacked. Making matters worse, the yet-to-be-identified hackers made it appear as though Burger King was ...
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Burger King Twitter Account Hacked to Look Like McDonald's
ABC News (blog)
You could call it the Big Mac of Twitter hacks. Burger King's Twitter (@burgerking) account was hacked today. The account, which had more than 89,000 followers and was verified by Twitter, was made to look like McDonald's with a McDonald's logo.
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ABC News (blog)
BBC strike: presenters 'subjected to Twitter abuse' during walkout
Telegraph.co.uk
BBC strike: presenters 'subjected to Twitter abuse' during walkout. BBC presenters who managed to work yesterday during the nationwide strike found themselves subjected to online abuse on Twitter. Journalists picket outside the Glasgow headquarters of ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
The Super Easy Way Twitter Could Make All This Account Hacking Stop
Gizmodo
The Super Easy Way Twitter Could Make All This Account Hacking Stop Twitter accounts are getting hacked left and right. Today it was Burger King. Before that, it was the Westboro Baptist Church (Admittedly, they deserved it). And before that, it was us ...
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Pranksters briefly deface Burger King's Twitter account
USA TODAY
Someone swapped out the corporate image associated with @Burgerking/ Twitter, and replaced it with McDonalds' golden arches. The Burger King account listed 85,048 followers. The hackers also changed the name of @BurgerKing to McDonalds at a little ...
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Burger King Gains 30 Percent More Twitter Followers After Account is Hacked
Slate Magazine (blog)
Hackers took over Burger King's Twitter account Monday, changed its profile picture to a McDonald's logo and for more than 60 minutes sent out messages, some of them obscene. "We just got sold to McDonalds!" read the first tweet sent out shortly after ...
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Slate Magazine (blog)
Jessica Sanchez reaches 1M Twitter followers
ABS CBN News
MANILA – Filipino-American singer Jessica Sanchez finished second in the eleventh season of "American Idol" but she's now ahead of her former rivals in social media after gaining one million followers on the microblogging site Twitter. Sanchez has made ...
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ABS CBN News
15 Funniest Parody Twitter Accounts in Sports
Bleacher Report
... fun at sporting personalities provide perfect comic relief for Twitter followers. The funniest Twitter accounts in sports include fake athlete accounts, top broadcasting personalities, false sports media outlets and other miscellaneous sports ...
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Bleacher Report

Blogs14 new results for Twitter
 
Black Keys Drummer Thrashes Justin Bieber on Twitter
By Neha Prakash
Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney dealt with some angry Beliebers by impersonating the pop star on Twitter. Hilarity ensued.
Mashable!
Hackers have it their way with Burger King's Twitter account | The ...
By Josh Peterson
McDonald's: 'Nothing to do with' Burger King's Twitter account getting hacked.
The Daily Caller
Hackers take over Burger King's Twitter account, announce 'sale' to ...
By David Edwards
Subsequent tweets mentioned hacking groups like "LulzSec" and the Anonymous Twitter account @YourAnonNews. A link to a deleted press released on Burger King's official website suggested that the group hacked more than just the ...
The Raw Story
Burger King Twitter account hacked, used to advertise McDonald's ...
By IBNLive.com editor@ibnlive.com
Hackers breached the Twitter account of fast-food chain Burger King, posting the online equivalent of graffiti and sometimes making little sense.
IBN Top Headlines
Dustin Pedroia is on Twitter, Life Now Officially Worth Living - Over ...
By Matthew Kory
A far more in-depth look at Dustin Pedroia's first six tweets than should ever be attempted by someone who isn't in immediate need of psychological help.
Over the Monster - All Posts
Pranksters hack Burger King's Twitter, say it had been 'sold to ...
By Chris Smith
Pranksters hack Burger King's Twitter, say it had been 'sold to McDonalds' - Burger King's Twitter account has been suspended after hackers.
TechRadar: All latest feeds
Fergie Announces Pregnancy On Twitter | Neon Limelight ...
By TJ
The Black Eyed Peas frontwoman has announced she's pregnant with her first child with her actor husband, Josh Duhamel, on Twitter. "Josh & Me & BABY makes three!!! #mylovelybabybump," an elated Fergie tweeted along with an adorable ...
Neon Limelight - Exclusive Music...
Meet The Official Twitter Chef, aka @birdfeeder - AllTwitter
By Allison Stadd
Breaking news: according to Business Insider, Twitter headquarters in San Francisco goes through 280 pounds of bacon a week. The Business Insider team got up close and personal with Twitter chef Lance Holton, better known by his Twitter ...
AllTwitter
Burger King Twitter Hack: No Schadenfreude from McDonald's End ...
By Josh Wolford
If you run the Twitter account for a major international business, take this as a cautionary tale. It's been a pretty bad day for whoever is in charge of fast-food chain Burger King's Twitter account. Earlier this afternoon, the account was hacked ...
WebProNews » Twitter
Burger King Twitter Account Hacked | WBNS-10TV Columbus, Ohio
It appears that Burger King's Twitter account has been hacked.
Central Ohio News Headlines | WBNS 10TV
Burger King's Twitter hacked, made to look like McDonald's | Fox 59 ...
By rebachenowethfox59
Hackers took over Burger King's Twitter account Monday and changed it to look like it belongs to McDonald's. Read more: http://ktla.com/2013/02/18/burger-kings-twitter-account-hacked-made-to-look-like-mcdonalds/#ixzz2LJJFttEW.
Fox 59 News - fox59.com
Leah Fires Back On Twitter - Oh No They Didn't! - LiveJournal
By Meaghan
This Southern belle has gotten her fair share of social media hate thanks to the fact that she cheated on Corey Simms just days before their wedding and got divorced and remarried in less than a year, but she's putting her haters in their place.
Oh No They Didn't!
Twitter may be your best resource for finding a new job - Today's TMJ4
If you're looking for a job, Twitter may be your best resource. Aaron Biebert, a Milwaukee video producer at Attention Era Media, said he looks for potential employees on Twitter.
Local News
Whopping embarrassment: Burger King's Twitter account hacked ...
By Maurice Cacho
Burger King's official (and verified) Twitter account fell victim to hackers Monday, who changed the fast food chain's name and avatar to reflect a buyout from McDonald's.
CTV News - Toronto

Web2 new results for Twitter
 
Twitter Advertising: New Compete study: Primary mobile users on ...
We like to say that Twitter was born mobile. After all, the 140 character limit of Tweets was based on text messaging or SMS constraints. That means our platform ...
advertising.twitter.com/.../new-compete-study-primary-mobile...
State of the Union 2013 and Twitter | Pew Research Center
About Pew Research Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the ...
www.pewresearch.org/.../state-of-the-union-2013-and-twitter/


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