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Facebook to Unleash Clickable Hashtags

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:14:02 +0000

Facebook just may be the new Twitter.

Steve Daines Explains Vote to Repeal Affordable Care Act, Talks About Twitter

Jon King — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:56:02 +0000

On May 16, the U.S. House of Representatives voted for the 37th time to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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A Look at What Could Be Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects Tamerlan Tsarnaev's YouTube Account and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Twitter Account

Jon King — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:00:39 +0000

A YouTube account believed to be Tamerlan Tsarnaev 's and a Twitter account that could be Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's has been found. The YouTube account includes 17 videos in four categories, including the one "Terrorists."

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Super Bowl 2013 Blackout Prompts Twitter Outrage, Awesome Oreo Response

Emerald Catron — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:40:03 +0000

What? No lights? A power surge caused a blackout at Super Bowl 2013, which gave people on Twitter plenty of opportunity to move on from Beyonce's half-time performance.

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NCAA Blocks Akron From Using Twitter Handle On Jerseys

Joe Student — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:49:21 +0000

The University of Akron was just trying to attract new followers, uh, fans, but the NCAA declined their request.

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Everyone on Twitter Can't Stop Talking About Michelle Obama's Bangs

Emerald Catron — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:20:28 +0000

Everybody in America who was planning on getting bangs this week is thoroughly miffed at Michelle Obama for stealing their thunder. People sincerely cannot stop talking about the First Lady's haircut

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'Hashtag' Is 2012′s Word of the Year

Donald Deane — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:04:26 +0000

Hashtags may have originated on Twitter, but the popular internet shorthand has since spread to Facebook and even everyday speech. And now, "hashtag" has been declared the 2012 word of the year by the American Dialect Society. #waytogohashtag

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Planning to Tweet or Instagram Your Ballot? You May Be Committing a Felony

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:53:35 +0000

Voting in a presidential election is pretty exciting. And, these days, when we do something exciting we want to tell the world about it through social network sites like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

But while there may be a temptation to take a photo of your completed ballot and post it on the internet with pride, it's not a very good idea. In fact in states like Wisconsin it's a felony to let anybody else see your ballot or a photo of your ballot.

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Best Twitter Reactions to the New iPhone 5

Emerald Catron — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:58:37 +0000

So Apple is releasing a new iPhone (again). It's thinner, lighter, bigger and faster. It comes with headphones that might actually fit your ears. It fits in your hand. It also possesses the ability to explode the Twitterverse. Here's what people are saying.

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Twitter vs. Celebrities

Aaron "Tallest DJ" Traylor — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:46:44 +0000

Twitter has become quite the soap box for Hollywood. How well do you know the celebrities from their sentences in 140 characters or less.

Research Reveals Ways to Identify Dangerous People on Twitter

Mike Adams — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:08:06 +0000

You might think you can distinguish between civil society and the dance of a maniac just by gazing into the hollow, unstable color of a person’s eyes, but a new study finds that it is actually a person’s Twitter account that tells the haunting tale of the mental defective.

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Twitter Users Think 'Double Dare' Host Marc Summers Died, Not Donna Summer

Nick Nadel — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:28:49 +0000

If you read the news yesterday, you’ll know that disco diva Donna Summer sadly passed away at the age of 63 after a battle of cancer. And, like many folks these days, you probably tweeted your condolences. However, as is often the case these days, many Twitter users were a bit confused over which celebrity is actually in the news.

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Trying to Meet All the Kevins On Twitter

Danny Gallagher — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:30:42 +0000

The Internet can be a cold and inhuman place. A lot of social media sites and email services don’t let you have a full name. They stick with you half or even a third of your name and a bunch of numbers, making your moniker sound like some cold prison number.

Cheesegod69 has tried to rectify this in some part by getting the world to get to know all of the Kevins on Twitter.

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Twitter Users Completely Freak Out Over SOPA Blackout [IMAGES]

Nick Romano — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:54:21 +0000

Who would’ve thought that a simple Congressional bill aimed at ending online piracy with the same potential to censor the entire internet community would cause such a mass panic? But that’s exactly what’s going on, especially with Twitter users.

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Is Happiness on the Decline? Twitter says…

Shauna Wright — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:47:26 +0000

Whether you love or hate Twitter, the microblogging site has revolutionized online communication and some scientists are even using it to ascertain worldwide mood. Though, what they’ve found is kind of a bummer.

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How Many Grandparents Are Tweeting and Facebooking? More Than You Might Think

Shauna Wright — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:18:31 +0000

If your grandmother has recently friended you on Facebook or followed you on Twitter, you’re not alone.

The website myvouchercodes.co.uk recently conducted a survey in which it asked people over 60 about their social media habits. It yielded some interesting results.

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What Happens on the Internet Every Minute of Every Day? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Shauna Wright — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:46:17 +0000

The brains at web development and design company Go-Globe created a stunning infographic that breaks down the internet activity happening every minute of the day on sites like Twitter, Google, Facebook, and Skype. And it’s kind of amazing.

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