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07 Oct 2009 11:01

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Tech: Looking for a loyal social media lover? Look to Facebook.

  • 20% of Facebook users will come back for some more of your blog’s lovin’; Digg users are also loyal source

22 Sep 2009 23:00

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Biz, Tech: The New York Times has Twitter to thank for a traffic spike

  • 10% of the New York Times’ traffic came from Twitter this year source

02 Sep 2009 10:16

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Offbeat: Fighting Paris suburbs pit two one-way streets against each other

  • The conservative French suburb of Levallois-Perret, annoyed by the large amounts of traffic coming from the city, made one of its major roads a one way street, which is kind of selfish. source
  • In response to the traffic buildup caused, a neighboring suburb, Clichy-la-Garenne, made traffic go the other way on the road. At the two towns’ borders, chaos ensued. Yikes. source

01 Jul 2009 10:33

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Culture: Officials expect lots of people to come to Michael Jackson’s funeral

  • 125 miles of traffic jams are expected; no really source

17 May 2009 12:40

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Tech: The British papers’ approach to gaming Digg: Twitter + old lady

15 May 2009 20:33

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Tech: The entire internet broke because of yesterday’s #googlefail

  • -5% decline in Interweb traffic thanks to Google’s brainfart source

24 Mar 2009 22:00

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Tech, World: Yo China, why are you blocking YouTube?

  • China’s Internet is open enough, but also needs to be regulated by law in order to prevent the spread of harmful information and for national security.
  • Qin Gang • A Chinese Foreign Ministry official, on the Internet, which he says they’re not scared of. Despite this, China blocked video-sharing site YouTube Monday night. Because Chinese people need to be protected from a capella singing of Animal Collective songs. • source