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Twitter and Fort Hood - Addressing the Inevitable Backlash

Rob — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:16:48 -0800

Any discussion about last week's Fort Hood massacre must inevitably begin with a blanket condemnation of the shootings and conveyance of sympathies for the victims and their loved ones. And so let me do so: the shootings at Fort Hood were unimaginably terrible, and my heart goes out, as do the...

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Project Retweet Arrives on Twitter - Sort Of

Rob — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:45:39 -0800

It's been quite some time since we head from Twitter about the status of the much-anticipated "Project Retweet," Twitter's plan to build Retweets into the Twitter architecture, as opposed to the homespun Retweet solutions people are currently using. Then, last week, we received the news we've all...

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Social Networking for Artists

Twittown Editors — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:38:46 -0800

These days there are so many ways to get in contact with people for communicating and sharing interests to furthering a career. What better place for an artist to be than a social network? Artist are always looking for those who have the "know", who do the same thing, who critique work,...

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The Medical Social Networking Scene

Twittown Editors — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:41:31 -0800

No matter where you look, social networks and cropping everywhere, in every corner you'll find a social network for most any niche you are involved with.     read more

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Can Twitter be an Effective Emergency Management Tool?

Rob — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:28:24 -0800

In all the hubbub about how great Twitter is for real-time communication, we often overlook one potentially critical usage of Twitter - Twitter as a communication system for emergencies of all shapes and sizes. During the unrest in Iran following the disputed presidential elections, we saw...

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@India - Twitter via SMS

Rob — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:50:55 -0800

Although many of us choose to use Twitter clients like Seesmic Desktop, Tweetdeck, or Twitteriffic to access Twitter using computers or mobile devices, much of the world doesn't have convenient or cheap access to these tools. That's where SMS comes in. Remember, Twitter was originally designed with...

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Bing VS Google - Who'll Win in the Battle to Index Twitter?

Rob — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:45:00 -0800

Let the battle to index Twitter begin. Twitter, the microblogging platform that's quickly reshaping how the world thinks about communicating, announced this week in two separate blog posts (@google Nice and Bing Goes the Dynamite) that they've finished negotiating deals with both Microsoft and...

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Twitter Lists Are the Hottest Thing Since Glitter

Rob — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:46:58 -0800

Twitter's much-buzzed "Lists" feature has gone live pretty much everywhere over the last few days, and if the initial flurry of activity is any indicator, Twitter lists are here to stay. The feature itself is fantastic, and promises to change the way that we use Twitter - almost certainly for the...

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Paranormal Social Networking

Twittown Editors — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:24:21 -0700

Just in time for Halloween, we have a spooky special about the paranormal, ghosts and goblins (and of course social networking!) read more

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It All Started With This Baby...The Sony Ericsson P990i

Twittown Editors — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:22:21 -0700

You would just be contented sending out SMS during the olden days. Now it’s WIFI this, or TouchScreen that. Technology has a way of catching you flat footed. You might be sending out messages for now, but tomorrow you’re going to conquer the world by surfing the net - all in the comforts of your...

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