Alexander McQueen's Twitter: Insight in to Grief Over Mom's Death

Alexander McQueen's Twitter page (McQueenWorld), which has now been deleted, may provide insight in to the mental state of the designer and his grief over his mother Joyce's recent death. Google Cache however, still...

World's Longest-Married Couple Share Secret on Twitter for Feb 14

Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher were married in 1924, that's 85 years, but that's not stopping them from getting all tech savvy. One year shy of claiming the title of the World's longest-married couple, the Fishers will...

Ashton Kutcher Uses Foursquare To Promote 'Valentine's Day'

Twitter's biggest celebrity advocate, Ashton Kutcher, has apparently linked his account, @aplusk, to Foursquare. Starring in the upcoming film Valentine's Day, Kutcher's use of the social media game may be for promotional reasons but, regardless, his participation in...

Chavez Freaks Out Over Twitter, Calls #freevenezuela 'Terrorism'

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is freaking out over Venezuelans' use of Twitter to call for his resignation, and for freedom of media. In fact he wants to... wait for it... regulate the Internet, because...

NBC Serves Fried Chicken "in Honor of Black History Month"

I love that headline. But it's true! Questlove, drummer of The Roots-- Jimmy Fallon's house band-- posted a photo on Twitter of a sign in the NBC cafeteria of their lunch specials "In Honor of Black History Month",...

What Are The Shorty Awards? Awards For Best Real-Time Content

The Shorty Awards are often seen trending on Twitter, but many people are still wondering: What are the Shorty Awards? These awards are given to Twitter users (individuals or organizations) who demonstrate a...

Gene Simmons Death Rumours Sparked By The Passing Of Jean Simmons

With a name like Gene, one would think you would be safe against mistaken identity. But, it was not the case when British actress Jean Simmons passed away on January 22. Spartacus star Jean Simmons died of lung cancer at the age of 80. But, as the news of Jean Simmons's death...

Twitter Launches Local Trends: Location-Based Trending Topics

Twitter launched a new service today that is already trending on its own site and creating online buzz. Thousands of tweets are currently rolling out repeating the words "Twitter Launches" concerning the launch of...

Skype Down: Problems Confirmed by Skype Official Blog

Google trends, the Twitterverse, and tech blogs were all abuzz with talk of skype being down today. The official Skype blog was updated earlier confirming the outage issue. " We're having some problems with our sign in server, so you may not be able to sign in to the Skype...

2010 Olympic Winter Games Athletes on Twitter

For Olympics fans hoping to obtain every scrap of information possible, many of the athletes competing at the 2010 Winter Games can be followed on Twitter. Here's a list of 5 Olympians who tweet regularly. ...

Bill Gates Joins Twitter, Gets Over 220,000 Followers In 24 Hrs

Former chief of Microsoft Bill Gates joins Twitter, pumps followers by the thousand, causing Twitter to go over capacity? Hallelujah! Bill Gates is now on Twitter. Microsoft founder Bill Gates joined the ever-growing micro-blogging platform Twitter that lets users...

Sponsored Tweets: Shilling 140 Characters at a Time

Sponsored tweets is an idea whose time has come, and I say this with heavy heart. Celebrities with huge droves of Twitter followers can turn an extra buck by basically sending out spam. Is this considered more...

Obama's First Tweet: U.S. President Tweets For American Red Cross

U.S. President Barack Obama had his first introduction to Twitter today when he Tweeted for American Red Cross. Obama's first Tweet said, "President Obama and the First Lady are here visiting our disaster operation...

Did Goncola Amaral Really Say: F*** The McCanns

On the 14th January 2010, it was reported by the BBC that Ex Detective Chief Inspector Goncola Amaral had been reported to say 'F*** the McCanns', on leaving the Palace of Justice in Lisbon Portugal were he and his...

Nike iPhone App: True City Uses Crowdsourced Info For City Guide

Nike is delving into the world of mobile marketing with their very own iPhone app - True City. This iPhone app is aimed at creating a tiered kind of travel or city guide for six prominent European cities. The...

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