Last week, conservative radio talker Rush Limbaugh began to utilize Twitter as a means of mobilizing listeners against attacks aimed at him for remarks he made about Georgetown Law student and so-called contraception activist Sandra Fluke. (more)
Update: As of 1:30 p.m. EDT, the Twitter account “@smackema1″ has been deleted. (more)
The Federal Reserve must have finally sold off an ingot or two to buy a computer, judging from its shiny new Twitter account. Ben Bernanke’s fiscal playground collected about 12,750 followers in its first 24 hours online. Not exactly Ashton Kutcher numbers, but then most macroeconomists aren’t exactly what you’d call “joiners.” (more)
Twitter closed down a string of accounts purporting to be authored by the Syrian president and the first lady, emails reveal. (more)
During a panel on digital politics at the South by Southwest conference on Saturday, Fox News and Daily Caller contributor Mary Katharine Ham said social media sentiment is a reliable predictor of who will win elections. Ham cited Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts in 2010 while noting that fellow Massachusetts politician Mitt Romney has failed to engage voters as aggressively through social media channels even though he leads the GOP primary pack. (more)
Lady Gaga has established herself as the unchallenged queen of Twitter, becoming the first to have 20 million followers – two million more than any other user on the site. (more)
No matter how funny the comedian, date-rape is no laughing matter. Rainn Wilson, a main character in NBC’s “The Office,” realized that a little too late. (more)
A significant step for Twitter in its international growth: Yandex, Russia’s search giant, today announced that it will carry Twitter data in all of its search results. (more)
After pop singer/ woman beater Chris Brown performed not once but twice during Sunday’s Grammy Awards, some were less than enthusiastic about his appearance at the ceremony after the controversy surrounding the 2009 Grammys incident. (more)
Oprah Winfrey routinely reminds her nearly nine million followers on Twitter to tune into her one-year-old channel, OWN, and chats along with viewers on premiere nights. Those informal messages create a direct connection between one of the most famous women in the world and her fans. (more)
(Reuters) – A young Saudi blogger and columnist has been deported to his homeland to face trial soon after fleeing from death threats triggered by comments on the social network Twitter seen as blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammad. (more)
It all started because of Words With Friends. Who knew the mobile word game could cause so much controversy? (more)
There are definitely some crazy Twitter profiles out there — “Ghost of Peter” for a deceased cat, “A guy’s liver,” “Tower Bridge, London” and the list goes on — but @Oldmansearch takes the cake. (more)
On Wednesday, Alec Baldwin took to Twitter to express his disappointment at the way the office of Harvard professor and Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) responded to an invitation to appear on his podcast, “Here’s the Thing.” (more)
California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein joined Twitter Sunday, following a dig by her newly announced Republican opponent that she was “out of touch” with her constituents because she had failed to embrace social media. (more)
It pays to be famous. Literally. (more)
Twitter is prepared to begin censoring tweets in some countries in the hopes of growing its user base. (more)
The music legend, 65, became the latest notable name to fall victim to an Internet death hoax when “RIP Cher” became a Twitter trend late Thursday night and spread like wildfire into Friday morning. (more)
There’s a team of research scientists at IBM that loves social media, especially Twitter. (more)
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