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  • August 2008

    • Twitter Helps Chinese Blogger Tell His Story

      Globe and Mail  |  Aug 14, 08 8:06 PM CDT

      Twitter Helps Chinese Blogger Tell His Story

      (Newser) - Twitter gets a bad rap for its often less-than-substantive musings, but every now and then the service proves its "true potential" as an Internet tool, writes Mathew Ingram in the Toronto Globe and Mail . Case in point: When a Chinese citizen journalist recently traveled to Beijing, the authorities hustled him out of the city on false pretenses. Fellow Twitterers picked up his story and translated his posts. More »

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      China  • Internet  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Beijing  • censorship  • blogger  • Twitter

    • Twitter Doesn't Sweat the Profit Margin

      Portfolio  |  Aug 5, 08 8:13 AM CDT

      Twitter Doesn't Sweat the Profit Margin

      (Newser) - Twitter, a unique blogging service that lets its users update every minute detail of their day using a computer or cellphone, is steadily growing in popularity, but founder Biz Stone isn't worried about making money from the site yet. With millions in venture capital stored up, Stone is more focused on Twitter's infrastructure and design than on its business model, Portfolio reports. More »

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      Internet  • social networking  • website  • Twitter

  • July 2008

    • New Site Lets Microbloggers Post Short Videos

      Mashable  |  Jul 24, 08 5:30 PM CDT

      New Site Lets Microbloggers Post Short Videos

      (Newser) - Sick of spreading your message by text alone on sites such as Twitter, but not ready to actually talk to your friends face to face? Worry not: a new site, “12 Seconds,” allows you to post video updates from home or on your mobile device, Mashable reports. The only catch? You’ve probably figured it out already: each video must be 12 second or less, which is probably just about as much as the average netizen can stand. More »

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      social networking  • blogging  • digital camera  • mobile devices  • Twitter  • web video

    • Web Crashes Take Bigger Toll, Fuel Bigger Outrages

      New York Times  |  Jul 5, 08 7:59 PM CDT

      Web Crashes Take Bigger Toll, Fuel Bigger Outrages

      (Newser) - A crashing website once was no big deal, but now it can cost a company millions and send customers into fits of rage. In a sign of the times, one San Francisco web engineer has started downforeveryoneorjustme.com, allowing visitors to see whether a site is down or if it's just their connection. He says surfers expect the Internet to work 24/7, "and people are looking for answers when it turns out not to be true.” More »

      Tags

      Internet  • Amazon  • Twitter  • computer servers  • websites

  • June 2008

    • Subway's Jared: Alive, Thank You

      Radar  |  Jun 27, 08 9:24 AM CDT

      Subway's Jared: Alive, Thank You

      (Newser) - Reports of the demise of Subway pitchman Jared are greatly exaggerated, a company rep said yesterday in response to an Internet hoax spread via Twitter posts. "Jared sounded very much alive when I talked to him today," a spokesman told Radar . The fast-spreading rumor claimed Fogle, 30, died after gastric bypass surgery and directed the worried masses to a fake mourners' site. More »

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      Twitter  • Subway  • Internet hoax

    • In Internet Age, No Story Can Be Held

      New York Times  |  Jun 23, 08 7:26 AM CDT

      In Internet Age, No Story Can Be Held

      (Newser) - When Tim Russert died on June 13, NBC News held off reporting his death until it had notified the broadcaster's family. But by the time Tom Brokaw announced the news, NBC had been scooped—by Wikipedia, which broke the story 40 minutes earlier. As the New York Times reports, the Internet is ending traditional media's ability to hold a story, for better and for worse. More »

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      media  • NBC  • Wikipedia  • Tim Russert  • NBC News  • Twitter

  • May 2008

    • Twittering the Golden Age: 'When Obama Wins ... '

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 12, 08 5:15 PM CDT

      Twittering the Golden Age: 'When Obama Wins ... '

      (Newser) - A new pastime rocking the Twitter-verse is to envision the many ways life will become perfect when Barack Obama wins the presidency, the Wall Street Journal reports. A few examples: When Obama wins... we will all shower in beer, and soap will be replaced by bacon . When Obama wins... Charlie Brown will finally kick that football. When Obama wins... people will stop making bad remixes of Billy Jean . More »

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      Barack Obama  • Twitter

  • April 2008

    • Post to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter In One Shot

      MIT Technology Review  |  Apr 9, 08 8:15 PM CDT

      Post to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter In One Shot

      (Newser) - Several new services join personal Internet feeds into a single space, meaning you don’t have to re-post the same new information to YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. The CEO of Seesmic, a video-conversation service, says it’s frustrating to pick through 10 different social networks—and his company has just bought Twhirl, which allows users to post on three different feeds at once, Technology Review reports. More »

      Tags

      Google  • Facebook  • YouTube  • social networking  • Twitter  • FriendFeed

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