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Twitter

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/ 7 August 2009

Hacker attacks silence Twitter, slow Facebook

Twitter and Facebook suffered service problems from hacker attacks on Thursday, raising speculation about a coordinated campaign against the networks.

By Alexei Oreskovic
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/ 17 July 2009

Twitter: ‘Maybe we can be a company of hundreds’

In the final instalment of our three part chat with Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, he discusses the site’s crucial moments so far.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 15 July 2009

Twitter’s Biz Stone: ‘We got lucky’

I met up with Twitter co-founder Biz Stone to discuss life at the company, and to find out what things are like inside the most talked-about start-up.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 6 July 2009

Twitterati clinch publishing deal

There’s no stopping the twitterati. Two University of Chicago undergraduates have landed a publishing deal to twitter the classics of literature.

By John Crace
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/ 26 June 2009

Michael Jackson’s death on Twitter

Within minutes of people hearing reports of Michael Jackson being taken into hospital, the social networking site Twitter was buzzing with rumours.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 21 June 2009

Twitter: The tweet that shook the world

When President Barack Obama wasn’t concerned with swatting flies or wrestling with Congress last week, he had something else on his mind.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 16 June 2009

Twitter stream breaks Iran news dam

Protesters in Iran on Monday used Twitter for battle cries and to spread word about clashes with police.

By Glenn Chapman
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/ 11 June 2009

Twitter: Newsmakers spread their own soundbites

Thanks to Twitter, delegates to the World Economic Forum on Africa are spreading their own soundbites faster than journalists can file them.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 June 2009

China blocks Twitter ahead of Tiananmen anniversary

Access to popular social networking service Twitter and email service Hotmail was blocked across mainland China late on Tuesday afternoon.

By Lucy Hornby
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/ 12 May 2009

Astronauts ‘tweet’ from space

Mike Massimino blasted off into space on Monday with six other crew members. But thanks to Twitter, the space veteran is staying posted from space.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 May 2009

White House takes leap into Web 2.0

The White House took a major leap into Web 2.0 on Friday, launching pages on social networks MySpace and Facebook and sending its first "tweets".

By Chris Lefkow
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/ 17 April 2009

ANC’s Duarte tweets

In a first for ANC spokesperson Jessie Duarte, she was allowed only 140 letters to reply to questions from the public in a session on Twitter.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 16 April 2009

London developer sells Twitter account to CNN

After setting up Twitter’s most popular account to monitor breaking news, a London web developer has now sold ownership back to CNN.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 27 March 2009

Twitter to try money-making methods

Micro-blogging sensation Twitter plans to begin dabbling this year with ways to pump cash from the fast-growing free service.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 1 March 2009

Twitter takes Washington by storm

The halls of the US Congress are alive with the sounds of Twitter.

By Chris Lefkow
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/ 20 January 2009

Web alive with all things Obama

The web was alive with all things Obama ahead of his inauguration in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, as thousands made use of Twitter.

By Natalya Zinets and Maria Golovnina
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/ 6 January 2009

What are you doing?

Wars have always been waged on all sorts of fronts. They have also, of course, always been about words.

By Aida Edemariam
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/ 14 December 2008

No easy fix for US newspaper industry

Circulation is dropping and readers are going online to get news for free, leaving the US newspaper industry awash in red ink.

By Chris Lefkow
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/ 28 November 2008

Twitter comes of age with fast reports from the ground

From the moment the first shots were fired, the internet provided a kaleidoscopic view of events in Mumbai. hose caught up in the mayhem rapidly provi

By Staff Reporter
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/ 16 November 2008

Obama’s wi-fi White House speaks to the YouTube age

It was a fireside chat for a wi-fi world. Barack Obama on Saturday launched his first regular weekly update to the American voters by YouTube.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 25 October 2008

Terrorist tweets? US Army warns of Twitter dangers

A draft US Army report has identified the popular micro-blogging service Twitter and Global Positioning System maps and as potential terrorist tools.

By Staff Reporter
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