Kanye West Calls out Fake Twitter Account

Celebrity Twitter accounts are nothing new — but finding ones that have the actual celebrities managing them is much less frequent. This time, it turns out that the supposed Kanye West Twitter account -...

Six Apart Buys Pownce, Shuts it Down

Pownce gets pwned.The former micro-blogging rival to Twitter is being purchased — and shut down — by Six Apart.In light of Pownce's shutdown, it will be interesting to see what the future holds for other...

Pour Some Twitter on Me

Hilarious new tribute to twitter (Twibute) from Columbus, Ohio Internet Marketing Agency, Webbed Marketing. This is performed to the tune of Pour Some Sugar On Me. This song has a great beat as well as informative lyrics.

Mumbai: Citizen Journalists Provide Glimpses Into Attacks

The following New York Times article comments on the merits of Citizen Journalism during the horrid moments of the recent Mumbai terrorist attacks. It only quotes the information as provided by Twitter....

Watch out, journalists - the amateurs are catching up on their reporting

Once more we have seen it happen: The terrorist attacks in Mumbai have demonstrated how amateurs and and social networks are playing an essential role in distributing news in major events.  More and more readers are finding that they get the news faster - and sometimes...

Mumbai Terror: Twitter, Flickr & YouTube = Cutting-Edge News Media

Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and other people-driven new media are increasingly the front lines of news coverage on important breaking events. While they sometimes include erroneous information, they are proving to be a valuable resource for firsthand reports, and local knowledge...

Mumbai Attack: Citizen journalists told to stop using Twitter to update

" NowPublic Mumbai Channel A coordinated series of attacks took place across Mumbai on November 26, 2008. Follow updates on this unfolding story from NowPublic members, consult Mumbai resources and emergency...

Twitter Delivery Cut in Canada

Just as Twitter is cementing itself in the news firmament, the microblogging platform is cutitng its SMS delivery service in Canada."Canada is the latest country to lose SMS Twitter alerts after the company failed...

Twitter and Journalism: Mumbai's Citizens Report

As the dust starts to settle, the analysis begins. As with other major news incidents in the recent past, Twitter featured heavily in the coverage of the Mumbai terror attacks. Reflexively, the term "citizen...

Tweetsgiving brings Twitter together to raise $10,000 for charity

Tweetsgiving has turned Twitter's ability to bring out sarcastic and witty comments in its users into an online chairty that is trying to raise $10,000 for a class of Tanzanian students. Run by Epic Change,...

Lack of skills and budgets hold companies back from exploring increasingly vi...

Almost two thirds (65.1%) of marketing professionals in the UK and Ireland recognise the importance of online PR*, and believe that it will be completely integrated with other corporate communications channels by 2012, finds new research from Citigate Dewe Rogerson**. ...

Twitter Ignores Facebook's $500 Million Friend Request

Facebook poked Twitter, but the growing start up denied their $500 friend request. At least that's what some industry bloggers and writers are saying, quoting high ranking people within both parties as saying that...

JetBlue Twitterer gets customer a wheelchair

Wanda Morillo needed a wheelchair for the plane and decided to send out a Twitter plea to @JetBlue instead of contacting customer service at the airport. " ...

TweetDeck hits 0.20 and AIR at 1.5 making a powerful Twitter combination for ...

Twitter users one of our favourite Twitter apps has just gotten a lot better. TweetDeck was updated to version 0.20 which also coincides with AIR bumping up to ver 1.5.Combined together TweetDeck is faster, more stable, and easier to use than ever."With the update to AIR this...

Motrin Angers Moms with Patronizing Ad, Social Media Fires Back

Motrin ran an ad this weekend that has garnered the ire of moms, bloggers and bystanders - especially on social media sites like Twitter.com."PR-advertising agency Taxi NYC made a site-promotion for Motrin...

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