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12 May 2009 21:47

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Tech, U.S.: Twitter’s so popular now, smart people are doing it from space

  • From orbit: Launch was awesome!! I am feeling great, working hard, & enjoying the magnificent views, the adventure of a lifetime has begun!
  • Astronaut Mike Massimino • In the first Tweet from space. OK, who let this guy bring his iPhone onto the spacecraft? We admit, we misread “launch” as “lunch” and chuckled a little inside. • source
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05 May 2009 12:26

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Biz, Tech: Today’s juicy rumor: Apple to buy Twitter??! WTF!?!?

  • $700 million asking price for the uber-popular startup source
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04 May 2009 10:04

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Tech: URL shorteners are becoming ultra-popular right now

  • 50 million bit.ly links are clicked each week (a number that’s rising) source
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30 Apr 2009 09:36

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Offbeat, World: This is the best worst quote in the history of ever

  • I’m not saying Susan Boyle caused swine flu. I’m just saying that nobody had swine flu, she sang on TV, people got swine flu.
  • British parliament member Sion Simon • Who said this quote on Twitter, by the way. It’s like three of the biggest news trends came together in a single moment to elicit a laugh from some and horror from others. May we venture to say he regrets saying this? • source
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29 Apr 2009 20:52

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Tech: Twitter has a hard time keeping its members around

  • 60% of Twitter users love ’em and then leave ’em source
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27 Apr 2009 22:05

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Politics: Quote of the night, from D.C. journalist Jaclyn Schiff

  • Modern journalists need to help people navigate information overload, sift through the garbage, and identify great information.
  • Jaclyn Schiff • Discussing the swine flu outbreak in general, Twitter’s role in the disseminating information the outbreak, and journalists’ role in informing the public of the outbreak. Ms. Schiff, you’re awesome. We both live in D.C. Wanna go grab a cup of coffee sometime so we can nod our heads in agreement on this particular key fact? I’ll treat. • source
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27 Apr 2009 01:51

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Politics, Tech: Swine flu + panic + Twitter = PANIC!!!!!! (And why this is bad)

  • … having millions of people wrap up all their fears into 140 characters and blurt them out in the public might have some dangerous consequences, networked panic being one of them.
  • Foreign Policy columnist Evgeny Morozov • Discussing the danger of Twitter apparent in many posts about the swine flu scare – that being the effect of a bunch of people writing on mere emotion, because that’s all they have space for, and they’re all unnecessarily freaking out. • source
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26 Apr 2009 22:59

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Tech: Facebook will open up its platform to developers. Woo-hoo!

  • Right now, Facebook, everyone’s favorite pre-Twitter social networking site, is a walled garden. You can do some stuff in it, and it seems open, but you have to do everything within its interface. Twitter has gone out of its way to make the environment open for others, part of the reason it’s thriving. (That and Oprah.) source
  • Facebook’s opening of its garden to outside developers (which they’ll announce officially tomorrow) is mostly a good thing for users, but it’ll have to contend with people who have been burned by the service on issues ranging from privacy to design. Will users agree to yet another policy change? source
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24 Apr 2009 12:14

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Tech: Forget #followfriday, Twitter users! There’s hashtags for every day!

  • Mashable has a pretty darn massive list. Between #musicmonday, #nopantstuesday, #winewednesday, #rtthursday, #followfriday, #sexysaturday and #sinnersunday, there’s always great ways to communicate with the Twitter world at large via hashtags. We recommend using all of these hashtags together, for best effect. source
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21 Apr 2009 23:12

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Tech, U.S.: Gavin Newsom is assisting in Twitter jumping the shark even more

  • It’s official – running for Gov of CA. Wanted you to be the first to know. Need your help.
  • San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom • Who announced his candidacy for California governor today. It’s not nearly as lame as John McCain talking to George Stephanopoulos in a Tweeterview, but it’s still a crass political move at this point in the game. • source
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