Tag archive: Ashton Kutcher

The original celebrity king of Twitter, Ashton Kutcher, has called it quits on the popular microblogging platform, at least until he gets is social media house in order. The star of “Two And a Half Men” and tech entrepreneur revealed the sad news to his more than 8.2 million followers earlier today. “As of immediately I will stop tweeting until I find a way to properly manage this feed,” wrote Kutcher on Twitter.… Read More

The second most populous city in the nation is bracing for an 11 mile closure of the popular I-405 freeway this weekend. Interstate 405 is the main artery of travel for the West Side of Los Angeles and typically handles half a million cars every weekend. The section of freeway is scheduled to be closed for 53 hours starting on 7 p.m. Friday night through 6 a.m. Monday morning to add carpool lanes as well as 18 miles of sound walls. Electronic… Read More

Hot vacation rental startup Airbnb.com just got the Ashton Kutcher bump. The star of “That 70′s Show,” “Punk'd,” and Dude Where's My Car? has made a “significant investment” in the San Francisco-based company, and will serve as a “strategic advisor” to the Airbnb team, according to an announcement posted to the Airbnb blog. While he may have made his name as an actor and… Read More

Twitter announced today that it has added the option to allow all users to sign in to the site using a secure HTTPS login. The update will help protect users from having their Twitter account hacked and their information stolen. To activate the secure login, simply go to “settings,” and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Check the box next to “Always use HTTPS,” the last option, and click “save.” You will… Read More

The microblogging service Twitter is doing rather fabulously—signing up millions of users and landing attention via celebrities like Ashton Kutcher and Oprah. It's also rather famously not making any money: the site doesn't run advertisements (not yet, anyway) and has yet to deploy any monetized services aimed at businesses or commercial users. Now, reports are emerging that Twitter might be looking to mass media as a way… Read More

There's no denying that in the last few months, micro-blogging and social-networking service Twitter has broken out of the Web 2.0 world and into mainstream mass media, with Ashton Kutcher going to war with CNN and Oprah very publicly getting her tweet on. As such, the company has been the subject of a vast number of rumors and reports, the most persistent of which have listed Google, Microsoft, and even Apple as potential suitors for… Read More

If celebrities didn’t already have enough outlets to send messages and news out to the loving public, Facebook has offered up one more podium. On Wednesday, the social networking site revealed its new Facebook public profiles feature, which will offer Facebook users a chance to keep tabs on public figures in a manner similar to Twitter. Just as Twitter users subscribe to feeds from their friends, Facebook now allows its users to peg… Read More