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Rupert Murdoch joins Twitter, the world laughs
06 Jan 2012 by Dave Parrack
I never thought I’d live to see the day Rupert Murdoch joined Twitter. But it’s happened. And it’s wildly entertaining watching the most-famous n00b in the world try to get his head around the micro-blogging social network. Long may it continue. Rupe Is No Dupe If a celebrity or famous face isn’t on Twitter then there will be an account either claiming to be them or openly ...
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Why Ashton Kutcher, aka “aplusk”, hates Twitter
17 Nov 2011 by Dave Parrack / 2 Comments
I can’t say I’ve ever been a particular fan of Ashton Kutcher. But his erroneous, ill-informed tweet and subsequent throwing of toys out of his Twitter-branded pram has me thinking he’s an absolute idiot. In a nutshell: Kutcher claims to have heard about the firing of Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno in passing without hearing the full facts. He tweeted in defense of Pa...
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Real-Time Search and Improved Hashtags Now Supported in Google+
24 Oct 2011 by Brian Nelson
Vic Gundotra, the mind behind much of Google+, made a rare video appearance recently to show off two new features that will keep Facebook on its toes and probably elicit a disgusted groan from Twitter. Real-time search and improved support for hashtags will help Google+ contend with the established utility of Twitter by allowing users to see trending topics, as well one-up Facebook by supporting ...
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When Twitter Goes Bad: Celebrity Promotion
11 Oct 2011 by Dave Parrack / 5 Comments
I don’t believe Twitter was conceived as a tool for celebrities to voice their opinions and promote their latest moneymaking venture, but that seems to be what it has become. And I’m sick of it, quite frankly. I know, I know, I can just unfollow the handful of celebrities I currently receive tweets from, but that’s not really the point. What is the point is that many of these cel...
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Louis C.K. Invokes the Power of the Bootlegger on Twitter
10 Oct 2011 by Brian Nelson / 1 Comment
Louis C.K. knows how to treat people; particularly, people who illegally record and (probably) intend to share his shows online. After a recent show in Ashville, NC, Louis posted this to Twitter: Naturally, most bootleggers wouldn’t respond to such a request fearing repercussions. Louis tried to dispel any distrust by quickly following with this: It didn’t take long for pmartin6245...
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Why Klout Has No Clout
19 Sep 2011 by Dave Parrack / 1 Comment
You have no doubt seen people boasting of their Klout score, and how they’re specialists in their chosen field of interest and able to influence dozens of people on certain subjects. You may even have a Klout score yourself, whether you actually chose to be involved with the social media startup or not. It’s a shame then that none of it actually means anything. Klout has no clout. Inst...
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Review: Official Twitter App for Windows Phone 7
14 Jul 2011 by Bryant Sombke
Overall, the official Twitter app for Windows Phone 7 is a great app, providing all of the functionality you would expect from Twitter.com. While I haven’t had the opportunity to spend time with competing apps, this one more than whets my tweeting whistle.
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TweetDeck for Chrome is a Flexible, Lightweight Version of its Desktop Counterpart
19 Apr 2011 by Evan Wondrasek / 7 Comments
TweetDeck Desktop is arguably one of the best desktop Twitter clients for power users. It offers endless columns of information, multiple account support, and many features that Twitter itself had to copy. This app can basically do it all, and might even be getting purchased for $50 million by Twitter. My only major complaint is that TweetDeck Desktop runs on Adobe Air, and while I have no qualms ...
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Add a Splash of Color to Your Twitter Background (and clothing and walls, too!)
14 Apr 2011 by Kate Bedrick
If you’re like many of my Twitter friends, or about 70% of the Techerator staff, you have a default Twitter background. There’s nothing wrong with it, unless you want the same unique look as 80 million other people in the Twitterverse. There’s the option to cruise Google or Bing for wallpapers large and shapely enough to make your background look sweet without tiling the image. And sure, t...
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Three simple ways to back up your tweets
16 Mar 2011 by Scott Nesbitt
If you use Twitter, you probably know how difficult if can be to find a tweet that you posted a couple of weeks ago or more. Maybe it was a pithy quote. Or maybe it was a link to an interesting article or website. But once those 140 characters get mixed up in that sea of tweets you might as well kiss them goodbye. Or maybe not. While you can’t save your tweets from within Twitter itself, the...
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