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Washington Examiner
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Apr 30, 09 12:30 PM CDT
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Sarah Palin is following some fellow Republicans on Twitter, but she's not showing any love for former running mate John McCain.The Alaska governor is keeping tabs on Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly of Fox, David Gregory of NBC, George Stephanopoulos of ABC, and CNN, but not nemesis Katie Couric—or anyone else from CBS, the Washington Examiner reports.
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Los Angeles Times
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Apr 29, 09 6:30 AM CDT
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A quarter of colleges check applicants' social networking pages or run their names through search engines, according to a new report. The colleges didn't say whether their online findings could make or break an application, but the study's authors believe overly candid online postings have the potential to sink one's chances. "No school wants to give a prestigious scholarship to someone standing on a beer keg and wearing a lampshade," said its author.
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Advertising Age
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Apr 29, 09 1:57 AM CDT
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Twitter's sign-up figures are skyrocketing but the site's reach will remain limited to less than a tenth of online consumers unless it can reduce the proportion of quitters, Neilsen exec David Martin tells AdAge . Over 60% of people who get a Twitter account soon abandon the service, according to Neilsen figures, meaning that surges in user numbers like the recent "Oprah effect" are hugely overstated.
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Time
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Apr 28, 09 4:48 PM CDT
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Facebook has opened its user “feeds” to widget developers, paving the way to a new existence in the decentralized, cross-platform “AfterWeb,” Josh Quittner writes in Time . Though the move is seen by some as a counter to rival Twitter, which can already be accessed in myriad ways, Quittner sees a more radical rationale. Facebook is “blowing up the browser,” he writes.
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Times (UK)
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Apr 28, 09 8:45 AM CDT
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The British government has tried to harness the power of the Internet, but for Gordon Brown, the Web’s been prickly: a video of him picking his nose, for example, has been viewed far more often than recent policy address. Now the prime minister’s team has disabled comments on its YouTube portal, saying that moderating them would be a mammoth task, the Times of London reports.
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Times (UK)
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Apr 27, 09 3:41 PM CDT
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Ireland’s Catholic leader is urging the faithful to engage social networking to spread the word of God, the Times reports. “Make someone the gift of a prayer through text, Twitter, or e-mail every day,” Cardinal Sean Brady said. “Such a sea of prayer is sure to strengthen our sense of solidarity with one another and remind those who receive them that others really do care.”
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InfoWorld
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Apr 27, 09 2:55 PM CDT
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Twitter and other social networks are creating a swine-flu panic out of a molehill with their instantaneous updates, Robert X. Cringely writes for InfoWorld. The quick flow of less-than-dependable information means “people with head colds decide they're really dying from a porcine-borne bug and flood emergency rooms.” And such a strain of internet-enabled paranoia could be a boon for cyberterrorists.
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Advertising Age
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Apr 27, 09 2:36 PM CDT
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Ashton Kutcher’s Twitter triumph over CNN was a win for the little guy, a new-media David bringing an old-media Goliath to its knees, right? Hardly, Simon Dumenco writes for Advertising Age. Kutcher’s no little guy. He’s a TV/movie star, former model, and reality-TV producer. The contest was really between CNN and the Ashton Kutcher Media Company.
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CBS News
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Apr 27, 09 9:11 AM CDT
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Authorities in Rhode Island plan to charge murder suspect Philip Markoff with a third Craigslist-related crime, CBS News reports. Markoff, 23, is expected to be charged in the robbery of a stripper who was held at gunpoint in a RI hotel room; police say his fingerprints match those found at the scene. Charges and the start of extradition proceedings should come early this week.
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Wall Street Journal
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Apr 27, 09 9:02 AM CDT
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More big firms are using blogs and Twitter to keep the world up-to-date on company matters—but personal styles are colliding with federal corporate-communications rules, the Wall Street Journal reports. Firms like eBay are now adding disclaimers to once-casual tweets, leaving some readers cold. “There’s much more of a microscope on what I’m doing now,” says an eBay tweeter.
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BBC
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Apr 25, 09 1:48 PM CDT
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Hint to employees: If you say you're sick, don’t use Facebook. A Swiss woman was fired for doing just that, the BBC reports. She claimed her migraine prevented her from working on her computer and asked to lie in a darkened room—where she accessed Facebook through her iPhone. She asserted her innocence, and accused the company of creating a fake Facebook account to spy on her.
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Wired
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Apr 25, 09 11:47 AM CDT
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Another Twitter first: An Oklahoma City man has been arrested by the FBI after tweeting threats of a bloody rampage against the government at last week’s "tea party” in that city, Wired reports. “START THE KILLING NOW! I am willing to be the FIRST DEATH!” wrote Daniel Knight Hayden. Agents arrested Hayden the day of the event and charged him with making interstate threats. He's in a halfway house pending trial.
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Boston Globe
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Apr 24, 09 10:47 AM CDT
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Investigators tracking the alleged Craigslist killer's actions are turning to the site at the heart of the case to reach out to more possible victims, the Boston Globe reports. They posted an ad in the site’s “Erotic Services” section reading: “Were you attacked or robbed at a Boston-area hotel after placing or answering an ad on Craigslist? If so, you may have information that could be helpful to police and prosecutors.”
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