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The Democratic Twitter Gap

According to a newly released survey, Republican politicians dominate the congressional Twitter-verse. Meanwhile, Barack Obama just sent his first "Tweet" last month. Twitter Gap! More »

02/08/10

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By John Cook

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Anderson Cooper Not Adopting Haitian Baby, Still Gay

The CNN anchor tweeted a response to the National Enquirer story that said he and his boyfriend were adopting. Don't worry, he will still continue to be a daddy to countless others. His twitter stream is a wealth of information! More »

02/04/10

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By Brian Moylan

#scarythings

Gangs on Twitter: America's Nightmare

Police say that America's most dangerous gangs are increasingly turning to Twitter as a communication tool for their criminal networks. We investigated the Twitter accounts of five notorious sets; the results may alarm you. More »

02/02/10

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By Hamilton Nolan

#daringescapes

Ann Curry Trapped in New York Times Elevator for One Well-Documented Hour

Click here to read Ann Curry Trapped in <em>New York Times</em> Elevator for One Well-Documented Hour

What happens when a group of social media freaks—including Ann Curry—get trapped in an elevator? It is electronically recorded and broadcast over the internet at near-dizzying speed. Welcome to the most thoroughly documented elevator entrapment ever. More »

02/01/10

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By Adrian Chen

#thisagain

Tila Tequila's Baby Daddy Guessing Game Is the Same Publicity Stunt She Pulled Last Year

Is this girl good at manipulating media or what? Tila Tequila wrote a blind item about the contents of her uterus. Blind items, the gossip world's congenital weakness! But wait, didn't she already do this, last May? More »

01/29/10

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By Maureen O'Connor

#twitterfollies

The Dangers of Copying and Pasting: Fox Newser Tweets Hooker Website (Updated Pics!)

Click here to read The Dangers of Copying and Pasting: Fox Newser Tweets Hooker Website (<em>Updated Pics!</em>)

The problem with condensed Twitter URLs: You can't see where they go. White House correspondent Major Garrett tweeted a URL last night, and it went to a Vegas call girl website. Vegas, where some White House folks go next month. More »

01/28/10

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By Maureen O'Connor

#wtf

Why Did the Huffington Post Republish All of Twitter Last Night?

If you're a Twitter user, congratulations: You're also a Huffington Post contributor! For a few hours last night, it appears practically all of Twitter was republished on HuffPo. But now our tweets have disappeared from the site. What's going on? More »

01/26/10

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By Adrian Chen

#donotwant

Twitter Plans Elaborate Geek Orgy

Amid its quest for profits, Twitter Inc. has a proposition for programmers: Whisper a password, hand over five hundred dollars, and prepare to pound the microblogging startup's servers hard, all night. More »

01/25/10

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By Ryan Tate

#mostpopular

Bill Gates attracted 208 Twitter followers per minute on his first day tweeting.

01/20/10

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#thismodernmaternity

Moms on Twitter: A Cautionary Tale from Lil' Bow Wow and His Embarrassing Mama

Mo-o-om! Such was the plaintive, tweeted cry of 22-year-old rapper Bow Wow, who begged his awkwardly @-tweeting, flirtatious mother to quit Twitter last night. But no, she refused to go, and the micro fight got ugly. More »

01/19/10

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By Maureen O'Connor

#cnn

Anderson Cooper Saves Boy as CNN's Haiti Coverage Reaches Strange Apotheosis

Larry King sold his suspenders. Anderson Cooper and Sanjay Gupta saved young Haitians. And Jessica Yellin made a terrible earthquake-related pun. Welcome to the strangest night yet of CNN's unrelenting prime-time Haiti coverage. More »

01/18/10

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By Adrian Chen

#socialnetworks

Ricky Gervais Freaked Out by Facebook's Celebrity Campaign

Twitter has become a magnet for Hollywood celebrities, which explains why Facebook's clearly jealous flacks were conducting interviews on the Golden Globe red carpet last night. Next step: Convincing stars like Ricky Gervais that users are worth the trouble. More »

01/18/10

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By Ryan Tate

#history

Barack Obama's First Tweet (And His Enemy's Punishment)

The president has finally tweeted. Barack Obama's first-ever personally-issued tweet concerned disaster relief in Haiti. It's a worthy topic for any sort of communications debut, so we're sure Obama wasn't trying to reward Twitter Inc. for spanking Karl Rove. More »

01/18/10

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By Ryan Tate

#freakouts

Tila Tequila's Perfect Digital Trainwrecks Merit New Slang: The Tweakout

Tila Tequila's latest unwillingness to acknowledge the universe's "Please: stop." advice has yet again resulted in a stream of Tweets serving as irrefutable evidence that she needs professional help. At the very least, it's disconcerting. People tend to do this! More »

01/17/10

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By Foster Kamer

#trainwreck

Tila Tequila's Manic Twitter Spree Crashes into a Deep Depression

After tweeting that she hadn't slept for four days straight following the death of fiancée Casey Johnson, the internet's favorite oversexed pocket-celebrity, Tila Tequila, went AWOL for two days, only to return by announcing "I HAVE NO FRIENDS!" More »

01/11/10

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By Maureen O'Connor

#breakingearthnews

6.5 Earthquake May Have Hit California's 'Napa Valley of Weed' Particularly Hard

As of right now, major networks and newspapers are failing to report what's being noted on Twitter as a giant fucking earthquake that just hit somewhere around Humboldt County. But Twitter users sure seem to know what's up. More »

01/09/10

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By Foster Kamer

#shutuptwitter

Twinternet Tweaks Out over Vanity Fair Twilebrity Story

Click here to read Twinternet Tweaks Out over <em>Vanity Fair</em> Twilebrity Story

When Vanessa Grigoriadis's Vanity Fair story about female power Twitter users she deemed "Twilebrities" went online the other day, the women in the story freaked out about it. So did their friends. What's the big deal? More »

01/08/10

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By Doree Shafrir

#greatmomentsinjournalism

Three Annoying Habits of the Laziest Journalists on Twitter

Luckily for lazy journalists, there is a permissible way to "crowdsource" the hard work of reporting to the Twitter masses. But there are many more wrong ways to slack. After the jump, a collection of microblogging "don't"s. More »

01/05/10

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By Ryan Tate

#obit

Born Rich: The Life and Death of Heiress Casey Johnson

Born into the Johnson & Johnson clan's billions, Casey Johnson was among the first celebutantes to decamp to Hollywood in search of 21C fame. She died alone in a crumbling Mulholland Drive manse, her body undiscovered for days. More »

01/05/10

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By Maureen O'Connor

#vastconspiracies

The Secret Life of Punky Brewster

For a former child star, Soleil Moon Frye has done some very impressive networking. Her celebrity buddies in Hollywood have kept the 1980s actress in the media spotlight. But she's also insinuated herself atop the Silicon Valley power structure. More »

01/04/10

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By Ryan Tate

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