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Brit Court Serves
Injunction Via Twitter

Order means days of spoof Twitter accounts may be numbered

Oct 2, 09 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain's High Court has delivered what's believed to be the first-ever injunction served via Twitter. An anonymous Twitter user who created a spoof account called "Blaney's Blarney" using the photo of lawyer and right-wing blogger Donal Blaney has been sent a message via the site telling him to stop... More »

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social networking • blogger • Britain • Twitter • court order • microblogging

UK Court Serves Injunction Over Twitter

Conservative blogger uses tweet to notify impersonator of injunction

Oct 1, 09 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a micro-blogging first, the UK’s High Court has ruled that a court order may be served via Tweet. The case concerns an anonymous wag who has been impersonating right-wing blogger Donal Blaney on Twitter, sending out tweets under his name with “mildly objectionable” content, the BBC reports.... More »

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social networking • United Kingdom • blogging • Britain • High Court • Twitter • microblogging

Addicted to Facebook? You're Likely Urban and Affluent

MySpace users tend to be poorer

Sep 29, 09 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Facebook and Twitter users are more likely to be urban and affluent than the rest of the US population, according to a new Nielsen study, while MySpace aficionados tend to have lower incomes. People in the top third of the income bracket are 25% more likely to use Facebook than... More »

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social networking • MySpace • Facebook • Nielsen • Twitter • demographic trends • affluent

 Mountain Gorillas 
 Take Fight to 
 Survive 
 Online 

Ugandan animals' advocates embrace social networking

Sep 28, 09 6:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not only can your online buddies be any age and in any location, they don't even have to be your species. Tech-savvy advocates of the endangered mountain gorilla are about to launch an umbrella site, friendagorilla.org, that will feature videos, social networking, and blogs—by park rangers, not gorillas.... More »

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endangered species • Africa • Facebook • gorilla • Rwanda • Uganda • mountain gorillas • Twitter • Congo • Jason Biggs


 How TV's Trying 
 to Woo You Back 

...and back on the couch where you belong

Sep 23, 09 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Networks know we’re watching our favorite shows online instead of on TV, but they’re not taking it sitting down. Here’s what they’re doing, smart or otherwise, to bring us back, writes Stephanie Schomer for Fast Company:
  • Cutting commercials: ABC is going to do without
... More »

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television • list • commercials • Hulu • TV industry • Twitter • Neil Patrick Harris

THE Internets

 GOP Legislators 
 Dominate Twitter 
 —but Does It Matter? 

Republicans have more followers, but benefits are unclear

Sep 23, 09 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you think Twitter is the preserve of skinny-jeaned urbanites, think again; in the corridors of power, Republican microbloggers are leading the way. Politico reports that 101 GOP members of Congress have Twitter accounts to only 57 Democrats, and Republican legislators posted 932 messages over two weeks this summer—nearly... More »

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John McCain • Republican • Senate Republicans • Joe Barton • House Republicans • Twitter • Congressional Republicans

 How to Get 
 Yourself 
 Retweeted 

Data analysis tells you words to use and when to build your brand

Sep 22, 09 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - You might think all you need to do to get your 140-character gems rebroadcast on Twitter is make them, well, good. Wrong. Fast Company looks at some data-proven tips from Hubspot's Dan Zarrella:
  • Links work—If they're the right links: Retweets (or RTs) are three times more likely to
... More »

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social networking • Internet • Web 2.0 • blog • Twitter • tweet • follower • retweet

10 Webapps Worth
Tweeting About

Create chatrooms and manage voicemail with these lesser-known programs 

Sep 19, 09 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not all webapps are blessed with Twitter’s marketing push and word-of-mouth, so Lifehacker profiles a few worth tweeting about:
  • TinyChat: Connect with up to 12 people using live video in a chatroom. The rooms aren’t password-protected for non-paying chatters, but did we mention it’s all for
... More »

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Internet • iPhone • smartphones • voicemail • customer service • Web apps • Twitter

Facebook 'Suck Sites' Have Their Day in Court

Defamation lawsuit against angry student may set a precedent

Sep 19, 09 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A lawsuit filed by administrators at an Illinois beauty school may set a precedent regarding so-called “suck sites,” the Chicago Tribune reports. Nicholas Blacconiere, a student at the Salon Professional Academy of Elgin, welcomed classmates to criticize teachers on a Facebook page. After students posted accusations of teacher... More »

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social networking • MySpace • Facebook • Internet libel • parents • web • Twitter • students

Traffic Tweets Send Mixed Messages

States send updates, but prohibit drivers
from reading them

Sep 19, 09 7:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Safety experts complain that states are undermining their own no-texting-while-driving laws by offering motorists constant Twitter updates on traffic conditions, the AP reports. At least 22 states with laws that essentially ban drivers from using smartphones and similar devices behind the wheel provide such information, and, in some cases, readily... More »

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cell phones • driving • smartphones • car safety • texting • Twitter

 Chad Ochocinco to Fly 
 Twitter Fans to His Games 

Bengal wide receiver, annoyed by ban, shows the love with tickets

Sep 18, 09 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cincinnati Bengal Chad Ochocinco really likes Twitter, so he wasn't happy about the NFL's new policy banning tweets before, during, and after games. He tried to do an end run—vowing to use hand signals to pass messages to a tweeter in the stands, but the NFL banned having a... More »

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social networking • NFL • football • Cincinnati Bengals • Twitter • Chad Ochocinco

OPINION

 Fickle User Base 
 May Doom Facebook 

Users with no brand loyalty are a shaky foundation to build a long-lasting business on

Sep 17, 09 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - These are rosy times for Facebook, but there's no guarantee the social networking juggernaut will even be around 5 years from now, Gary Andrew Poole writes for True/Slant.  The newly profitable site is riding high, with 300 million users. But as fallen giants like AOL and veterans of the... More »

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social networking • Internet • MySpace • user generated content • Facebook • profits • Internet startups • Twitter

 Twitter Hits $1B Valuation 

Company will raise $50 million this round

Sep 17, 09 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Twitter soared to $1 billion in valuation in its most recent round of venture capital funding, TechCrunch reports—up from $250 million in a round earlier this year. CEO Evan Williams shared the results with Twitter employees during a recent meeting. Sources say the company will raise about $50 million;... More »

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social networking • venture capital • Internet startups • Twitter

 Hello? I'm 
 Calling 
 From 
 Twitter 

Tweeters can use microblogging service to make phone calls starting today

Sep 17, 09 1:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Twitterers will be able to use the microblogging service to make phone calls beginning today, reports CNET News. A third party system by Jajah will make it possible to call any Twitter account by typing @call@username. The calls, which can be made for free, will be limited to two minutes... More »

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cell phones • Twitter • tweet • microblogging • Jajah • telephone calls

 Brown Begins 
 Community Service 

Singer cleans up in Va. as punishment for Rihanna beating

Sep 16, 09 7:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Singer Chris Brown today began the community labor that’s part of his sentence for beating girlfriend Rihanna, MTV reports, with the singer posting a photo from the work to his Twitter feed. His 6 months of labor will include picking up trash in his native Virginia; Brown, 20, also... More »

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entertainment • garbage • domestic violence • Virginia • probation • community service • Rihanna • Twitter • Chris Brown • R&B • Jay-ZTV • Twitpic

 Google's New 
 UFO Mystery Solved 

Somebody's obsessed with HG Wells

Sep 16, 09 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google has apparently been abducted by aliens. The search engine sent Twitterers on an extraterrestrial mystery hunt this week after Tweeting map coordinates and posting "Google" written in crop circles as its ever-changing Internet logo. The coordinates led to the English town of Woking, which was the landing site... More »

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Google • UFO • extraterrestrial life • aliens • ET • Twitter • outer space • tweet • HG Wells • War of the Worlds

 Obama: Kanye's a 'Jackass' 

Off-the-record remark gets on Twitter; rest is history

Sep 14, 09 10:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama got in on the Kanye West-bashing today, calling the rapper a “jackass” for his interruption of country star Taylor Swift during an MTV awards show Sunday. Obama made the remark in an off-the-record portion of an interview with CNBC, the Huffington Post reports, but that didn’t... More »

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entertainment • ABC • CNBC • Kanye West • insult • Twitter • President Obama • Taylor Swift • MTV Video Music Awards • jackass • off the record • Terry Moran

Wilson Enlists Personal Tweeter

Part of a new-media push to take on critics, raise campaign cash

Sep 12, 09 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Joe “You Lie” Wilson has hired a new-media strategist, intent on responding to his now-numerous critics, the Hill reports. So far, that strategist’s chief job seems to be to send Twitter messages—Wilson dispatched 15 within 5 hours of hiring him, four shy of his total for all... More »

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Congress • House of Representatives • hecklers • Twitter • social media • Joe Wilson

 British Bridges Duel on Twitter 

London Bridge Tweeters mercilessly mock Tower Bridge's dreary updates

Sep 12, 09 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain's best-known bridges are battling it out on Twitter, the Daily Telegraph reports. The steady stream of monotonous updates from London's Tower Bridge's official Twitter feed—"I am opening for the SB Lady Daphne, which is passing upstream"—inspired someone to set up a spoof account for nearby... More »

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social networking • London • bridge • Britain • Twitter • Tower Bridge

TECH REVIEW

 Facebook Lite 
 Is Twitteresque, 
 and That's Good 

Pages are easier to read and faster to load, but that may not survive advertising

Sep 11, 09 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - As far as Facebook is concerned, the “liter” the better, writes Rafe Needleman for CNET. The site’s scaled-down “Lite” version is now available in the US and India, and the "new layout feels simpler and faster, almost Twitter-like.” Gone is “most of the navigation... More »

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social networking • Internet • online advertising • Facebook • website • Twitter • redesign • Facebook Lite

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