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How Twitter made the news in 2011

A Storify round-up of the tweets and tweeters at the heart of some of the biggest news stories of the yearPlease note: this column is put together using Storify, which does not work on our mobile site and apps. If nothing loads below this paragraph,Zeitgeist is an experiment in showing trending news, topics and articles from the Guardian. Find out more inFollow all the top stories of the day on Twitter...
Source : Guardian |
Category : Editorial

Celebs played key role in spreading Osama bin Laden’s death news

found that opinion leaders and celebrities played key roles in spreading news of Osama bin Laden’s death in Twitter after he was killed by US Special Forces.Nearly a year after the killing, the events of May 1, 2011 remain one of the busiest traffic periods in Twitter history.More than 5,000 tweets were sent per second when Twitter became the first source with news of bin Laden’s death. But how did...
Source : DNA |
Category : International | City : Mumbai

India activist ends hunger strike with a sip of coconut water

Twitter,More World - world news, international news, foreign policy news, foreign affairs news - latimes.comwow....
Source : Los Angeles Times |
Category : International

Twitter embarrassed by fake Wendi Murdoch account

company.News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch (L) and his wife Wendi Deng attend the eG8 forum in Paris May 24, 2011.REUTERS - Twitter, the popular microblogging site, apologized on Tuesday for incorrectly verifying a false account for Wendi Deng, the wife of News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch.The fake account with the handle @Wendi_Deng popped up on Sunday soon after a real Twitter account was...
Source : Reuters India |
Category : Others

Fox News hackers claim Barack Obama assassinated

Hackers took control of an official Fox News Twitter account and posted false updates claiming that President Barack Obama had been assassinated.Fox News's Politics Twitter feed has apparently been hack by a group identifying themselves as 'The Script Kiddies'Fox News's Politics Twitter feed has apparently been hack by a group identifying themselves as 'The Script Kiddies'Fox News's Politics Twitter...
Source : telegraph |
Category : Science N Technology

Why Rupert Murdoch joined Twitter

Rupert Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, had no option but to join Twitter after his annus horribilis during 2011, writes Emma Barnett.Just when you thought every high profile person possible had joined Twitter, from US president Barack Obama, to the Dalai Lama, along comesVery few people would warrant a personal introduction onto the site from Twitter’s co-creator Jack...
Source : telegraph |
Category : Science N Technology

What's online follow and engage ST Online

News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom...
Source : Straits Times |
Category : Sports

A Laws unto himself

Please enable JavaScript to use My News, My Clippings, My Comments and user settings.Twitter...
Source : Sydney Morning Herald |
Category : Headlines

Rupert Murdoch begins tweeting

News Corp. chief executive opines on politics, movies and his vacation in his first Twitter feeds.Members of the media gather around News Corp. chief executive Rupert Murdoch in Sun Valley, Idaho in this July 2011 photo.beyond the hacking and bribery scandal that blackened the media conglomerate in 2011.Murdoch's first public gesture as the calendar changed, though, had nothing to do with the bad business...
Source : Los Angeles Times |
Category : Entertainment

Britain to abolish rule of male succession to throne

World - world news, international news, foreign policy news, foreign affairs news - latimes.comhttp://curtrice.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/the-royal-glass-ceiling-why-cant-women-be-kings/Oh...
Source : Los Angeles Times |
Category : International