- Twitter follows Google lead with reports on governments' demands for user information The Associated Press - AP - 5 hrs ago
SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter will provide biannual reports about U.S. and foreign government demands for information about its users, just as Google has been doing for the … More »Twitter follows Google lead with reports on governments' demands for user information
SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter will provide biannual reports about U.S. and foreign government demands for information about its users, just as Google has been doing for the past two years.
- Twitter shares info on gov't demands for user data AP - 5 hrs ago
Twitter will provide biannual reports about U.S. and foreign government demands for information about its users, just as Google has been doing for the past two year … More »Twitter shares info on gov't demands for user data
Twitter will provide biannual reports about U.S. and foreign government demands for information about its users, just as Google has been doing for the past two years.
- Euro 2012: Who Won on Twitter? [INFOGRAPHIC] Sam Laird - Mashable - 6 hrs ago
is history, with Spain taking home its third straight major international tournament. More »Euro 2012: Who Won on Twitter? [INFOGRAPHIC]
- GM talking with Facebook about advertising again: sources Ben Klayman and Gerry Shih - Reuters - 6 hrs ago
DETROIT/SAN FRANCISO (Reuters) - General Motors Co and Facebook Inc are discussing the return of the U.S. automaker as a paid advertiser almost two months after GM said … More »GM talking with Facebook about advertising again: sources
DETROIT/SAN FRANCISO (Reuters) - General Motors Co and Facebook Inc are discussing the return of the U.S. automaker as a paid advertiser almost two months after GM said it would stop running ads on the social networking website, sources close to the situation said on Tuesday. Although the two companies remain far from reaching …
- What will Twitter do in the case of the subpoenaed tweets? Ron Scherer, Kevin Loria - Christian Science Monitor - 7 hrs ago
Prolific tweeter Malcom Harris was close enough to the front of the crowd that surged onto the Brooklyn Bridge during Occupy Wall Street's march on Oct. 1, 2011, that … More »What will Twitter do in the case of the subpoenaed tweets?
Prolific tweeter Malcom Harris was close enough to the front of the crowd that surged onto the Brooklyn Bridge during Occupy Wall Street's march on Oct. 1, 2011, that he was one of the more than 700 people whom the police encircled, arrested, and charged with disorderly conduct.
- Chad Ochocinco Invites Widowed Twitter Follower to Wedding Joann Pan - Mashable - 7 hrs ago
NFL athlete and social butterfly won our hearts on Tuesday by inviting a recently widowed fan to his July 4th wedding on . Ochocinco will be marrying his reality star … More »Chad Ochocinco Invites Widowed Twitter Follower to Wedding
- Prices of Facebook stock since long-awaited IPO The Associated Press - AP - 9 hrs ago
Facebook Inc.'s stock gained 1.4 percent Tuesday after falling for four trading days. More »Prices of Facebook stock since long-awaited IPO
- Estonian nurse slammed for Facebook posts of dying baby AFP - 9 hrs ago
A nurse came under media fire in Estonia Thursday after she posted a photo of a dying three-month-old baby on her Facebook profile along with the child's confidential … More »Estonian nurse slammed for Facebook posts of dying baby
- @Sweden Welcomes @Netherlanders to Twitter Amanda Pittman - Mashable - 10 hrs ago
The latest international trend? So-called Rotation Curation accounts which represent a given country, and are hosted by a different individual each week. These curators … More »@Sweden Welcomes @Netherlanders to Twitter
- Are Tailored Trends Ruining Twitter? Lance Ulanoff - Mashable - 11 hrs ago
Snape and Servus are trending, my obsessed daughter told me. "On Twitter?" I asked. Yes and the theory she had was that it had something to do with a push for a National … More »Are Tailored Trends Ruining Twitter?
Snape and Servus are trending, my obsessed daughter told me. "On Twitter?" I asked. Yes and the theory she had was that it had something to do with a push for a National Harry Potter Day or that Potter's fictional birthday is on July 31. She was excited that the Tweeting world shared her obsession -- except it didn't.
- Oregon expands tax break that brought Facebook JONATHAN J. COOPER - AP - 11 hrs ago
Oregon is expanding the type of tax breaks that brought Facebook Inc. and Apple Inc. to Crook County. More »Oregon expands tax break that brought Facebook
Oregon is expanding the type of tax breaks that brought Facebook Inc. and Apple Inc. to Crook County.
- J.K. Rowling's New Cover; Hemingway Lookalike Crowned on Facebook Esther Zuckerman - The Atlantic Wire - 11 hrs ago
Today in books and publishing: The world sees the cover for J.K. Rowling's newest work, Tim Kreider's book increases in sales after New York Times column; a hotel in … More »J.K. Rowling's New Cover; Hemingway Lookalike Crowned on Facebook
Today in books and publishing: The world sees the cover for J.K. Rowling's newest work, Tim Kreider's book increases in sales after New York Times column; a hotel in Britain replaces its Gideon Bibles with Kindles; a start-up looks at e-books in libraries; Richard Costello wins Hemingway lookalike contest on Facebook; evaluating …
- Can General Motors' Return Help Facebook Save Face? Rebecca Greenfield - The Atlantic Wire - 12 hrs ago
Since General Motors has come to symbolize everything that's wrong with Facebook's business model, it's no wonder the social network is attempting to win the carmaker's … More »Can General Motors' Return Help Facebook Save Face?
Since General Motors has come to symbolize everything that's wrong with Facebook's business model, it's no wonder the social network is attempting to win the carmaker's ad dollars back. As you may recall, GM pulled its money from Facebook just as the social network was prepping to IPO, making its widely reported advertising …
- Facebook Rolls Out Same-Sex Marriage Icon Rosa Ramirez - National Journal - 12 hrs ago
Gay couples who tie the knot can now share their relationship status with Facebook friends using a same-sex “cake topper,” instead of the bride and groom figurines often … More »Facebook Rolls Out Same-Sex Marriage Icon
Gay couples who tie the knot can now share their relationship status with Facebook friends using a same-sex “cake topper,” instead of the bride and groom figurines often used for straight married couples.
- Twitter index: 'The Amazing Spider-Man,' 'Sexy, Free & Single' Relaxnews - 13 hrs ago
On Tuesday, July 3, Twitter users are buzzing about The Amazing Spider-Man and the latest single from K-pop group Super Junior. More »Twitter index: 'The Amazing Spider-Man,' 'Sexy, Free & Single'
- Twitter Engineer Tweets World Series of Poker Journey Brian Anthony Hernandez - Mashable - 15 hrs ago
Twitter engineer Ian Chan is taking the idiom "laying cards on the table" to a whole new level, tweeting his progress during a three-day World Series of Poker event in … More »Twitter Engineer Tweets World Series of Poker Journey
- GM in Talks With Facebook About Buying Ads Again Todd Wasserman - Mashable - 16 hrs ago
General Motors, which very publicly its $10 million in advertising from a few days before that company's IPO in May, is in talks to return as an advertiser, according … More »GM in Talks With Facebook About Buying Ads Again
- The Best of Alec Baldwin's Now-Dead Twitter Page Hannah Miet - The Atlantic Wire - 21 hrs ago
Alec Baldwin, prolific tweeter and anti-paparrazi activist, (who is also -- we've heard -- an actor), quit Twitter on Monday. His parting words: "It's been fun." More »The Best of Alec Baldwin's Now-Dead Twitter Page
- Why You Should Embrace Twitter Lurkers Ted Rubin - Mashable - Mon, Jul 2, 2012
is a leading social marketing strategist and the chief social marketing officer at . In 2009, Rubin started using the term ROR, Return on Relationship™, a concept he … More »Why You Should Embrace Twitter Lurkers
- Ad exec sues Interpublic over Facebook investment Jonathan Stempel - Reuters - Mon, Jul 2, 2012
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's explosive growth has spawned a $380.6 million lawsuit by a former Interpublic Group of Cos executive seeking payment for having persuaded the … More »Ad exec sues Interpublic over Facebook investment
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's explosive growth has spawned a $380.6 million lawsuit by a former Interpublic Group of Cos executive seeking payment for having persuaded the advertising giant to make an early, enormously profitable investment. Ray Volpe, a former senior account executive at Interpublic, said his former employer …
- U.S. police behind most requests for Twitter information Gerry Shih - Reuters - Mon, Jul 2, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Law enforcement agencies in the United States are behind the overwhelming majority of requests for Twitter users' private information, the social … More »U.S. police behind most requests for Twitter information
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Law enforcement agencies in the United States are behind the overwhelming majority of requests for Twitter users' private information, the social media company revealed Monday in its first ever public report on the subject. Of the 849 total government requests for user information during the period …
- Twitter Turned Over Information to the Government Hundreds of Times This Year Adam Martin - The Atlantic Wire - Mon, Jul 2, 2012
Occupy Wall Street protester Malcolm Harris is not alone in having his tweets subpoenaed: according to Twitter's semi-annual first semi-annual report, the company said … More »Twitter Turned Over Information to the Government Hundreds of Times This Year
Occupy Wall Street protester Malcolm Harris is not alone in having his tweets subpoenaed: according to Twitter's semi-annual first semi-annual report, the company said it has produced information in 75 percent of the 679 requests it has received so far in 2012 from U.S. government agencies, and fulfilled 75 percent of those …
- Twitter says government requests rising in 2012 AFP - Mon, Jul 2, 2012
Twitter said Monday in its first "transparency report" that the number of government requests for user information or to block content is rising in 2012. More »Twitter says government requests rising in 2012
- 20 TV Shows With the Most Social Media Buzz This Week Allegra Tepper - Mashable - Mon, Jul 2, 2012
Sunday night's broadcast of the BET Awards 2012 tops this week's social TV charts, leaving the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship game between Spain and Italy in … More »20 TV Shows With the Most Social Media Buzz This Week
- Twitter sees new record during Euro 2012 final AP - Mon, Jul 2, 2012
Twitter says its users fired off more than 15,000 tweets per second when Spain scored its fourth goal in Sunday's European Championship final, setting a sports-related … More »Twitter sees new record during Euro 2012 final
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