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Twitter Celebrates 5 Years and 200 Million Users
By Susanna Baird - AOL News"just setting up my twttr" Jack Dorsey typed this simple phrase, 24 characters long, on March 21, 2006, kicking off an experiment called "twttr." Users were allotted a meager 140 characters, spaces included, to "tweet" about anything they wanted. Techies like Dorsey and co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams embraced Twitter's simple concept. Even the most loquacious users became Hemingway-esque masters of the spare, relying on an abundance of wit rather than an excess of words to convey what they were doing, thinking, eating, wearing ... whatever. AFP / Getty ...
Opinion: Gov. Walker Bargains With Unions ... on Twitter
By Eve Tahmincioglu - AOL NewsIs Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker against bargaining with state employees or not? The nation is watching a battle going on in Wisconsin between union workers and the governor, who says he wants to strip state unions of their bargaining rights on everything except wages. "We are not negotiating," Walker declared in a Fox News interview. But on Saturday he tweeted this: .bbpBox38954888884916220 {background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/169977935/openforbusiness.jpg) #C0DEED;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px ...
Red Cross' Rogue Beer Tweet Brings in Donations
By Susanna Baird - AOL NewsWhen an American Red Cross employee accidentally tweeted a beer-related post to the charity's Twitter account, rather than to her personal account, the Red Cross responded with humor. The casual, positive handling of the incident has inspired a slew of Web donations. "Ryan found two more 4 bottle packs of Dogfish Head's Midas Touch beer.... when we drink we do it right #gettngslizzerd." Gloria Huang, apparent fan of Delaware craft brewery Dogfish Head and social media specialist for the American Red Cross, tweeted the post to the wrong account late Tuesday night. For those not up on their ...
Hosni Mubarak: See? He Gets It.
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Skype Is Down; What Twitter Is Saying
By Nathaniel Jones - AOL NewsCould a surge of transcontinental holiday greetings have slammed Skype's servers? Skype, the free video-chat service, crashed for millions of users across the world this morning, just weeks after Skype celebrated a new record for simultaneous users: 25 million. Not ones to take this sort of thing lying down, Skype users quickly unplugged their webcams and took to Twitter to share their outrage. Some expressed concern that the problem was confined to individual accounts: .bbpBox17634083316170752 {background:url(http://a0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/101608563/vyugbyhio.jpg) ...
Top 10 Little-Known Washington Wins of 2010
By not in system - AOL NewsEveryone knows about health care reform, the tax cut deal, the end of "don't ask, don't tell." But in a contentious election year, Washington also managed to do much that, while it got little attention, will nevertheless make a difference in the lives of millions. So we asked our network of contributors on AOL's Seed to pore through the record and find the overlooked, underreported achievements. And here are the 10 best things Washington did in 2010 that you probably didn't know about. More Quiet Time By Chris Raphael It may not be Wall Street reform, tax cuts or health care, but ...
The Universe Courtesy of the Twitterverse: Aurora Borealis From Space [PHOTO]
By J. Richard - AOL News(Nov. 8) -- NASA astronaut Douglas H. Wheelock was in perfect position to navigate the Twitterverse today as he and fellow members of Expedition 25 -- a mission to the International Space Station for experimental research -- passed over Europe on the spacecraft Soyuz TMA-19, giving the crew a stunning view of the aurora borealis. Wheelock (@Astro_Wheels) tweeted: Aurora Borealis in the distance on this beautiful night over Europe. The Strait of Dover is pretty clear as is Paris, the City of Lights. A little fog over the western part of England and London. It is incredible to see the lights ...
Comedians' Top 11 Funniest Election Tweets
By J. Richard - AOL News(Oct. 18) -- Comedians are taking to the Twitterverse as the 2010 midterm elections heat up. Surge Desk rounds up our top 11 favorites so far:.bbpBox27238440722 {background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/105728410/onion_twitter_plain.gif) #ffffff;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px solid ...
If a Twitter User Tweets and Nobody Retweets, Does It Matter?
By J. Richard - AOL News(Oct. 12) -- "A lot of times my wife and I sit across from each other and tweet. ... It's the same reason you send roses to a woman at work. Sometimes people like to be adored in public," Ashton Kutcher told audience members at a Tel Aviv technology conference Monday while speaking about the uses and influence of Twitter, where he commands an army of more than 5 million followers. Unfortunately for Kutcher, not every status update on Twitter has the global impact of a Justin Bieber heated-toilet seat tweet, according to a recently released study examining how users of the microblogging site ...
Joe Miller Gets Ahead of Himself, Tweets About Picking Office Furniture in D.C.
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyNote to Joe Miller: Everyone can read your Twitter feed, even your opponents. With still over a month to go before the election, the Republican Senate nominee in Alaska is already measuring the drapes in Sen. Lisa Murkowski's office. Miller was in Washington Wednesday and his tweets from there straddled the fine line between confidence and presumptuousness. The offending messages were quickly deleted, but not before Murkowski was able to seize on them and use them against her fellow Republican. "Think I'll do some house hunting while I'm in DC #teaparty #tcot #tpp #alaska #ak," wrote ...
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