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... number of nearly monosyllabic tweets and not much more. “Yeah.” “Wow.” “LOL!” do not make for good content. Google “ Twitter primer” and start reading. While you’re at it, please check out Twitter Etiquette on the Twitter Fan Wiki . ... Thinkery: Large-Team Class Wiki Projects, A Dialogue: Part I This year, my friend Kenny Fountain at Case Western and I are working on an article about Twitter and the RNC, and I know the class discussions will help me think more about that for a few weeks. And no matter what, teaching with wikis ...

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If the economists are right, 2009 could be another rocky year. But Jason Sadler, a 26-year-old from Ponte Vedra Beach, has a plan to make some extra cash. He is taking the old expression "selling the shirt off your back" and putting a modern, Twitter-age twist on it. He is selling shirts onto his back - or perhaps more significantly, onto his chest and iwearyourshirt.com. ... Man missing after shark attack (Channel 4) Authorities launched a massive search operation for a missing man police suspect was attacked by a shark while snorkeling in Western Australia.

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Rescue workers were combing through piles of concrete and glass in an ongoing search for survivors from an apartment building explosion in southern Ukraine. Man missing after shark attack (Channel 4) Authorities launched a massive search operation for a missing man police suspect was attacked by a shark while snorkeling in Western Australia.

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When gunmen started spraying Mumbai with bullets and seizing the city's landmarks, countless people around the globe turned not to the television or the radio for news, but to each other. Mumbai Terrorism, Worm Warning, Holiday Woe (PC World via Yahoo! News) A wave of coordinated terrorist attacks across Mumbai late Wednesday dominated the news this week, with bloggers and people using Twitter helping to get information to families and friends of those affected. Multinational technology companies are not expected to change their business strategies as a consequence of the stunning attacks, which targeted westerners.

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Search Ads on Twitter Search - As Twitter search becomes more popular (and it will, not just for obsessed Twitterers but brand managers and reputation analyst but for regular users and marketers and researchers, too), placing relevant ... Real Time Terrorism Captured on Twitter - Mumbai Attacks Mumbai ... T errorists are killing people at western hotels in Mumbai India of what people are calling the Mumbai attacks. This is real time and being captured on Twitter . Here is the twitter search string that you can follow. ...

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A wave of coordinated terrorist attacks across Mumbai late Wednesday dominated the news this week, with bloggers and people using Twitter helping to get information to families and friends of those affected. Multinational technology companies are not expected to change their business strategies as a consequence of the stunning attacks, which targeted westerners. 1. Mumbai terrorist ... Mumbai Terrorist Siege Over, India Says (New York Times) The scope of the horror and desperation of the terrorist attack on Mumbai began to come into focus after commandos took control of the last nest of resistance.

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The competition for the next wave of enterprise computing has heated up since Microsoft announced its Windows Azure strategy a month ago. While the jury is out in some quarters about Microsoft's ability to actually deliver the reliability, security, and even the interoperability that is promised, the timetable has accelerated the plans of competitors and forced some to define themselves in ... Mumbai Terrorism, Worm Warning, Holiday Woe (PC World via Yahoo! News) A wave of coordinated terrorist attacks across Mumbai late Wednesday dominated the news this week, with bloggers and people using Twitter helping to get information to families and friends of those affected. Multinational technology companies are not expected to change their business strategies as a consequence of the stunning attacks, which targeted westerners.

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The top 10 tech stories of the past week include help through Twitter and bloggers to victims of terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Top 10: Mumbai terrorism, worm warning, holiday woe (InfoWorld) A wave of coordinated terrorist attacks across Mumbai late Wednesday dominated the news this week, with bloggers and people using Twitter helping to get information to families and friends of those affected. Multinational technology companies are not expected to change their business strategies as a consequence of the stunning attacks, which targeted westerners. 1. Mumbai terrorist ...

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A wave of coordinated terrorist attacks across Mumbai late Wednesday dominated the news this week, with bloggers and people using Twitter helping to get information to families and friends of those affected. Multinational technology companies are not expected to change their business strategies as a consequence of the stunning attacks, which targeted westerners. Twitter, blogs provide riveting accounts of Mumbai attacks (TODAYonline) An Indian Army soldier runs to take a position outside the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai.

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The main difference between this post and the previous one, is that Twitter Search API currently does not support XML response, and supports only atom and json. So, in order to search for specific terms, I’ll have to take another ... Real Time Terrorism Captured on Twitter - Mumbai Attacks Mumbai ... T errorists are killing people at western hotels in Mumbai India of what people are calling the Mumbai attacks. This is real time and being captured on Twitter . Here is the search string that you can follow. ...

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Twittering reality. Posted on November 27th, 2008. At search. twitter .com, the query “near:mumbai within:15mi” will bring you a remarkable stream. (Via Rick Levine.) We are thinking of you, Mumbai. [Tags: twitter mumbai ] ... Real Time Terrorism Captured on Twitter - Mumbai Attacks Mumbai ... Real Time Terrorism Captured on Twitter - Mumbai Attacks Mumbai India Attacks Terrorists are killing people at western hotels in Mumbai India of what people are calling the Mumbai attacks. This is [...] [...] ...

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Barack Obama has been called everything from the Facebook President to the YouTube President, but just what is on his hi-tech agenda and who will be his first tech Czar Armistice Day: Live (Guardian Unlimited) 11:35am: Angry Aussie urges Australians to remember the sacrifice of their countryman on the Western Front and not just Gallipoli. 11:24am: Lots more people share their experiences of Armistice day on Twitter. " Got somewhat irritated with all the people yakking on the phone during the 2 mins Armistice silence," says natbentley. " Warming u p after a chilly Armistice service ...

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Pioneer Press staff were out and about all day and night Nov. 4 posting the latest news from hot election races throughout the suburbs. Follow us on the social networking site Twitter. Oh, dear, here come the 'Facebook to buy Twitter' rumors (CNET) Web 2.0 conference organizer John Battelle decides to mess with everyone's head by suggesting Twitter is "just a feature" and perhaps Facebook could consider acquiring it.

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VoiceCon - Space station visible for 4 minutes early Tuesday (Orange County Register) Orbiter can be spotted above western horizon.

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“Extremist and terrorist use of Twitter could evolve over time to reflect tactics that are already evolving in use by hacktivists and activists for surveillance,” [The report by the 304th Military Intelligence Battalion] said. Do you Twitter ? We will have an Election Day Twitter feed Nov. 4 as our team of reporters and editors check in from polling places, campaign headquarters and Election Day parties around the Western suburbs. You can follow us — at any time — on Twitter ...

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We will have an Election Day Twitter feed Nov. 4 as our team of reporters and editors check in from polling places, campaign headquarters and Election Day parties around the Western suburbs. You can follow us — at any time — on Twitter ... Tweeple Twak Offers Twitter Metrics The rise of Twitter has led to a plethora of new applications that make use of Twitter ’s data. While these tools are useful for individual users, they lack the metric base that corporate users like to see and need if they are going to ...

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On Nov. 4, Pioneer Press will provide updated local election news and happenings through the social networking site Twitter. Readers are encouraged to follow us on Twitter, www.twitter.com , through the name "pioneerelection." Twitter Tops List of Fastest Growing Social Networks (Portfolio.com via Yahoo! Finance) Twitter's audience has shot up 343 percent since September 2007, making it the fastest growing social network in the U.S., according to the latest report from Nielsen Online. Just behind the microblogging site, in terms of growth, were Tagged.com, a ...

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Update at 4:42 p.m. ET: USA TODAY's Donna Leinwand has filed this report: All main campus and BG Community College classes on south campus have been canceled for the remainder of the day and this evening. The South Campus building on Nashville Road was evacuated earlier following reports that one or more persons were observed in the building with weapons. WKU Police, Bowling Green Police and ... Today's video: Minn. man loses legs from strep-throat complications (USA Today) Rick Kemna lost his legs because of complications from strep throat. The stay-at-home father of triplets tells Minnesota's KARE-TV that he had been ignoring a sore throat for about three days when he lost feeling in his extremities. Surgeons had to remove both legs. How did this rare complication develop? "For some reason some of these patients don't fight the infection well," Dr. George Peltier ...

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Facebook has cut across generations and added a different dimension to how people communicate, build relationships and reconnect with old friends. Tubular (Wichita Falls Times Record News) You can slog through cyberspace, reading and watching videos of the latest comments, quotes and spins from the presidential candidates and the media covering them, or you can log onto TubetheVote.com, where cyber sleuths/student journalists — including those at Midwestern State University — do it for you.

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Appaloosa is fantastic. Best Western since Unforgiven. Ed Harris deserves Best Director. Editing a little uneven, Art Direction superb. #; Yes, the TWiT Army Canteen is down. Laconica and Red Hat Enterprise + Plesk just don’t seem to ... Grab Your Free Copy of “The Twitter Report” Twitter is a fast growing “micro-blogging” service and social network all wrapped into one. After some bumpy roads & strong growing pains the free service that allows hyper-connectedness & an interesting way to express “what you’re ...

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