Tag archive: Tweet

Mentioned within a public Facebook status update on his personal account, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg spoke out against both the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) Internet piracy bills. Within the post, Zuckerberg states “The Internet is the most powerful tool we have for creating a more open and connected world. We can't let poorly thought out laws get in the way of the Internet's development. Facebook… Read More

According to a story posted by the Associated Press earlier today, the murder conviction of death row inmate Erickson Dimas-Martinez was tossed out by the Arkansas Supreme Court because juror number 2 Randy Franco posted several public Twitter updates during the trial. In addition, another juror was sleeping at the trial. Dimas-Martinez had received the death penalty for the murder of 17-year-old Derrick Jefferson as well as life in prison for… Read More

According to a story posted by CNN earlier today, 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin was ordered off an American Airlines flight destined for New York City. Taking off from Los Angeles, Baldwin was spending his time playing Zynga's Words With Friends while sitting at the gate. According to Baldwin's official Twitter account, he stated “Flight attendant on American reamed me out 4 playing WORDS W FRIENDS while we sat at the gate, not… Read More

According to an article published in USA Today, more theaters and performing groups within the United States are reserving seats for Twitter users to live-tweet about the performance. Theaters and concert halls participating in the new trend include Raleigh’s Carolina Ballet, Connecticut’s Norma Terris Theater, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Dayton Opera and the the Indianapolis Symphony. Twitter users that are attending a performance… Read More

San Francisco-based micro-blogging giant Twitter recently launched a site called Twitter Stories. The new website aims to illustrate the impact of social media, moving beyond the mundane and showcasing how much positive a 140 character tweet is capable of; reminding us of the “humanity behind tweets that make the world smaller.” The Twitter Stories launch currently consists of more than a dozen vignettes, with many celebrities taking the tweet… Read More

Micky Arison, the owner of the Miami Heat, got a nasty surprise on Monday from officials at the NBA. Arison was hit with a half million dollar fine for using his Twitter account to respond to fans about the lockout. Arison, also the CEO of the Carnival cruise line, has about 25,000 followers and the account has been verified by Twitter. The tweets that caught the attention of NBA officials occurred on Friday when Arison fired off a series of… Read More

Funnyman and Twitter user Steve Martin has decided to publish a book of his tweets. Whether anyone wants to buy a book of tweets that can be easily viewed online is another matter, but the good news is that profits from any sales will be going to charity.  Martin announced his intention to compile a book of his tweets in, not surprisingly, a tweet.  “Due to absolutely no demand, soon I'm publishing a book of my tweets. Many of your… Read More

In addition to rolling out the Web analytics package for selected websites earlier today, officials at Twitter quietly started pushing its form of advertising, otherwise known as promoted tweets, into the feeds of users. Despite previous plans to only insert promoted tweets into feeds of users that follow the brand involved in the promotion, all users will see advertising within the feed regardless of following status. Brands running the… Read More

What exactly do all those +1 buttons really do? Google first released the +1 button in June, and it quickly took the internet by storm. After using them for a little while people started to notice that clicking the button really didn’t do much of anything. Today Google has announced two new features that will not only make the +1 button more useful, but also give people a reason to click it. The +1 button was so popular it even became more… Read More

When Peter Shankman joking tweeted that he would love to have a Morton's Steakhouse porterhouse waiting for him when he landed at the Newark airport, he probably didn't think anyone was listening. Shankman tweeted to the official @Mortons Twitter account before taking off from Tampa, Florida. He had eaten some grouper for lunch earlier that day, but didn't have any time to pick up a proper dinner before boarding his 4:30 p.m.… Read More

President Barack Obama wrote and published his own tweet today on the @BarackObama Twitter account, asking the American public to “Call. Email. Tweet.” their representatives in Congress to “#compromise” on the solution raising the debt ceiling. “The time for putting party first is over. If you want to see a bipartisan #compromise, let Congress know. Call. Email. Tweet. —BO,” the tweet reads. Earlier this… Read More

Android is now outselling most major consumer product launches on a daily basis. Earlier this morning, Google's Andy Rubin, senior vice president of mobile, tweeted that 500,000 Android devices are now activated by Google each day and that rate is growing at 4.4 percent week over week. For reference, Google celebrated 400,000 activations per day at its Google I/O conference in May and Andy Rubin announced that the company hit 300,000… Read More

Twitter is built around the idea of sending short messages of no more than 140 characters. With the unveiling of its new photo service, some will argue that limit has been extended to a thousand words. Rumors surfaced just a couple of days ago regarding the micro-blogging site's intention to unveil its own photo service, and this was officially confirmed on Wednesday. Announced simultaneously at the D9 conference in California and in a… Read More

According to a report by the BBC, Japanese doctors are applauding the social networking and microblogging site Twitter, calling it “an excellent system” that allows them to communicate with patients to let them know where they can obtain vital medication. The doctors' appreciation of the service came to light on Friday after letters were published in The Lancet, one of the world's leading medical journals. While the March 11 quake… Read More

With the recent revolutions that swept across the Middle East, Twitter has secured a firm position as a necessary tool for any anti-government group that seeks to communicate with supporters and the media to get its message out to the world. Those anti-government groups have generally been suppressed peoples trying to break free from the strangleholds of dictatorial regimes. Until now: The Taliban has its own Twitter account, reports the… Read More