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09 Apr 2010 10:55

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U.S.: Twitter debates John Paul Stevens’ and Bart Stupak’s retirements



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04 Apr 2010 20:36

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U.S., World: Twitter’s still in total aftershock mode after SoCal quake



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03 Apr 2010 15:34

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Tech: Dear HootSuite: Where did you jerks go? Your app is broken.

  • We’re not geniuses, but it’s unacceptable when a Twitter app that many corporations and users (including us) rely on is down for twelve hours. HootSuite appears to have been down since last night. Our question: Hacking spree? Bots? Long weekend? Fire at headquarters? We deserve an explanation, guys. source
  • Update: App’s up again, but our complaints are still valid. It’s just bad form for a Twitter client to be offline for that many hours.
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23 Mar 2010 10:19

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Tech, World: So, what can you get away with on China’s Internet, anyway?

  • no You can’t use
    sites like Twitter, Facebook, or many
    blogs, because they can spread info quickly.
  • yes Many English
    papers critical of
    China, including
    The New York Times, are easy to
    read in China.
  • yes Despite China
    making an effort to
    block porn on the
    mainland, many
    porn sites are fairly
    accessible.
  • yes People roam
    the Chinese
    interweb and
    get paid to make
    comments by
    China. source
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16 Mar 2010 11:46

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Culture: Tiger Woods Masters Masters Something Something


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16 Mar 2010 10:52

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Tech: Twitter announced a huge initiative. So where’s the spark?

  • I heard on the backchannel that people want me to answer tougher questions. What’ya want to know? Will answer 10. Go.
  • Twitter CEO Evan Williams • In a tweet almost immediately after his keynote address at SXSW yesterday. Williams’ keynote was perhaps the most boring thing in the history of ever, based on audience response. He announced a major new initiative called @anywhere (which sounds just like Apture), yet he did it right away and subjected the audience to an by-all-accounts-awful Umair Haque interview. TechCrunch has some hilarious highlight tweets from the incident. Seems @ev needs to learn a little about suspense. source
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14 Mar 2010 22:13

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Culture: Mission:Impossible star Peter Graves self-destructed. Twitter reacts



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12 Mar 2010 12:04

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Tech: Depressed nerds, you can spend the next week ignoring this post



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10 Mar 2010 08:40

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Culture: Corey Haim reported dead of overdose; Twitter’s totally freaking out



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06 Mar 2010 17:31

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Tech: Trending topic recap: Justin Bieber vs. Jonas Brothers vs. Chile

  • We’re convinced that 13-year-old girls are slowly taking over Twitter, based on this chart. Chile was the most popular of the week (though WhatTheTrend would disagree), but Justin Bieber and “Jonas” (which we used to cover both the Jonas Brothers and Joe Jonas’ solo career) were right behind. Twitter should consider expanding trending topics, because they’re slowly becoming less useful.
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