Where to Find Santa Claus Online This Year
It stands to reason that in these days of social media awareness, one of the easiest ways of adding credibility to the Father Christmas myth is to point your kids in the direction of his Facebook or Twitter account. The problem …
KFC Asks Students to Tweet for $20,000 College Scholarship
Usually high school kids have to write more than 140 characters to get a college scholarship. Now, thanks to KFC, students who attach the hashtag #KFCScholar to a tweet could end up scoring $20,000 for their college …
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Screenshots: Take a Gander at the New Twitter Design
Rolling out over the next few weeks, Twitter’s new design aims to simplify things a bit with four prominent tabs—Home, Connect, Discover and Me. The new look and feel will be consistent across Twitter’s standard website, mobile …
Tweet Eternal: Pros and Cons of the Library of Congress Twitter Archive
Tweeters of the world, feel proud: You are creating history, 140 characters at a time… even if you didn’t know you were doing it, or even intended to. Thanks to a deal between Twitter and the United States Library of Congress, …
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Why Twitter?
What’s the point of Twitter?
That’s a question I asked my own Twitter followers yesterday, prompted by ambivalence and confusion after reading two recent Pew Institute studies relating to what was once called a …
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Court Rules Government Can Get Your Online Personal Data Without Warrant
A new legal precedent was set yesterday with the decision by a U.S. District Court Judge that the government can, in fact, collect information about you through your internet use without a warrant.
The ruling by Judge Liam …
The Hashtag Game: Waste of Time or Art Form?
Dismiss the call/response form of tweeting if you will, but the entertaining distraction can yield some comic gems.
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