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- Pa. drops charges in G20 Twitter case
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- State charges were dropped against two Pittsburgh Group of 20 protesters accused of posting information about police activity on the Internet, a lawyer says. Elliott Madison and Michael Wallschlaeger were ... - Peek launches twitter-only device
NEW YORK, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. electronics company Peek launched a one-purpose web gadget Tuesday dedicated to those who like to tweet, tweet, tweet. The device is called the TwitterPeek and in a world where phones have become as ver... - Lewd e-mails uploaded to county's Twitter
GRETNA, La., Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Officials in Jefferson Parish, La., said an employee accidentally uploaded lewd e-mails about an old flame to the parish's emergency information Twitter feed. The parish's Emergency Management Departmen... - Microsoft, Google integrating Twitter into search
by Glenn Chapman SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Microsoft began integrating Twitter messages into its new Internet search engine Bing and arch rival Google announced plans to do the same.Microsoft u... - Microsoft, Google integrating Twitter into search results
by Glenn Chapman SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Microsoft on Wednesday began integrating Twitter messages into its new Internet search engine Bing and arch rival Google announced plans to do the same. - Microsoft to work with Facebook, Twitter
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. said it had formed partnerships with two social networking Web sites, Twitter and Facebook. The deal with Tweeter gives users the ability to search Twitter's real-t... - Twitter optimistic despite slowing US growth
by Glenn Chapman SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Twitter chief executive Evan Williams has spoken optimistically about the popular microblogging service's future despite slowing US growth and no clear plan ... - Twitter still seeking ways to cash in
SEOUL (AFP) -- Micro-blogging pioneer Twitter is still looking for ways to make money despite taking much of the world by storm, co-founder Biz Stone said.Stone, a former Google employee who helped set up the social networking site ... - NASA invites Twitter fans to space shuttle launch
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- NASA invited fans on Twitter to get front-row seats for next month's launch of the space shuttle Atlantis from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Registration for a NASA "Tweetup" will open on Friday, and the f... - M. Cyrus urged by father to rejoin Twitter
NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. pop star Miley Cyrus should get back on Twitter and use the social networking service to inspire her fans, her father, singer Billy Ray Cyrus, says. The elder Cyrus responded to his 16-year-old daughte... - Astronaut on Twitter gets 1M followers
HOUSTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- NASA says U.S. astronaut Mike Massimino -- the first astronaut to tweet from space -- now shares his daily experiences with more than a million tweeters. Massimino, known as Astro_Mike on Twitter, flew... - NBA prohibits use of Twitter, Facebook during games
NEW YORK (AFP) -- The National Basketball Association is initiating new social media guidelines for its players, banning the use of web sites like Twitter and Facebook during games.League o... - Twitter lands new venture capital round
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- The co-founder of U.S.-based social networking site Twitter.com says his company has received a new round of venture capital funding. Evan Williams revealed the funding in a blog post but did not disc... - Twitter gets "significant" new funding
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Twitter said it closed a deal on Friday for "significant" new financing that will enable it to continue ramping up the wildly popular microbl... - Twitter gets "significant" new funding
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Twitter said it closed a deal on Friday for "significant" new financing that will enable it to continue ramping up the wildly popular microbl... - Twitter gets "significant" new funding
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Twitter said it closed a deal on Friday for "significant" new financing that will enable it to continue ramping up the wildly popular microbl... - Twitter to raise $100 mln in new funding: WSJ
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Twitter is close to raising up to 100 million dollars in new funding in a deal which values the hot micro-blogging service at one billion dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.The newspaper, citing "... - Astronaut uses Twitter and blog
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, who is in training to command the next International Space Station mission, is using Twitter to document his Russian training. Williams, whose Twitter username is Astro_Jeff... - Athletes plagued by fake Twitter accounts
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Washington Capitals defenseman Jeff Schultz says he is one of a growing number of professional athletes plagued by imposter Twitter accounts. The NHL player said the @jeffschultz55 account available thro... - Twitter's terms open door to advertising
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- California's Twitter Web site changed its terms of service to open the door for a revenue stream it has not tried before -- advertising. The changed terms, effective this week, include the addition th... - Abdul wishes DeGeneres luck via Twitter
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Former American Idol judge Paula Abdul said on her Twitter page she thinks Ellen DeGeneres will make a great judge on the show. Fox Television Wednesday announced DeGeneres is to join the show ne... - Twitter opera to make limited debut
LONDON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The Royal Opera House in London says it only played a 25-minute portion of the world's first Twitter opera Saturday because of length concerns. The Daily Telegraph said the full Twitter opera, whose abbreviat... - Stars grieve for DJ AM via Twitter
NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Lindsay Lohan, John Mayer and Ryan Seacrest were among the celebrities to Tweet their condolences after hearing DJ AM was found dead in New York Friday. The circumstances surrounding the 36-year-old disc j... - Twitter being used to deliver medical news
BOSTON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Twitter, the social networking tool, is emerging as a potentially valuable tool of real-time, healthcare information and medical alerts, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Joseph C. Kvedar, director of the Center for... - Twitter out to make money from businesses
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Micro-blogging sensation Twitter says it is making progress on ways to pump cash from the free service.Twitter co-founder Biz Stone had the blogosphere buzzing anew on Friday with talk of generating revenue fr... - Twitter to show whereabouts of tweeters
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Twitter is adding location to its globally popular microblogging service in a move that will let people see where "tweets" are coming from."We're gearing up to launch a new feature which makes Twitter truly lo... - Senators use Twitter to continue clash
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Two U.S. senators used technology to continue a clash over end-of-life provisions in healthcare reform legislation, Twitter files revealed Thursday. Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., used Twitter to comment on a... - Baltimore doctor to 'Twitter' surgery
BALTIMORE, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The social networking site Twitter is to keep parties updated as surgeons in Baltimore perform a gastrectomy on a morbidly obese man, doctors said. The 40-year-old man weighs 362 pounds. His ideal weight w... - Twitter CEO's wife tweets baby's birth
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- The wife of Twitter's chief executive officer spread the news of her baby's birth -- how else? -- by tweeting. In fact, Sara Williams gave a play-by-play account from the time she broke water to the f... - Wife of Twitter CEO 'tweeting' child birth
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The pregnant wife of Twitter chief executive Evan Williams is delivering updates on the birth using the microblogging service co-founded by her husband."Dear Twitter, My... - Wife of Twitter CEO 'tweeting' delivery
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The pregnant wife of Twitter chief executive Evan Williams is delivering updates on the birth using t... - Cyber attacks at Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Twitter, Facebook and LiveJournal said they were continuing to fend off cyber attacks that last week derailed the popular Internet services."The attacks continued but we got better at dealing with them such th... - Elizabeth, Hough confirm split on Twitter
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. movie actress Shannon Elizabeth and dancer Derek Hough said in Twitter posts they have ended their romantic relationship. Elizabeth, 35, and Hough, 24, posted matching statements Friday through the s... - Blogger says Twitter attack was political
LONDON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- The denial of service attack against the U.S. networking site Twitter was politically motivated, the Georgian blogger believed to be the target says. George, whose Twitter account was identified by secu... - Twitter, Facebook and Google hit by cyber attacks
by Glenn Chapman SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Cyber attacks hammered Twitter, Facebook, and Google, disrupting the hip micro-blogging service and causing stumbles at the h... - Twitter, Facebook hit by cyber attacks
by Glenn Chapman SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Cyber attacks forced wildly popular micro-blogging site Twitter offline on Thursday and caused performance problems for hot s... - Denial of service attack shuts Twitter
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- A denial of service attack shut the U.S. networking site Twitter down almost completely Thursday, site officials said. A similar attack on Facebook was less effective, The Washington Post reported. Most... - Hackers bedevil Twitter-Facebook
by Glenn Chapman SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Hackers knocked wildly popular micro-blogging site Twitter offline for several hours Thursday and caused performance stumbles... - Twitter down after 'malicious' cyber-attack: company
by Glenn Chapman SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Hackers knocked wildly popular micro-blogging site Twitter offline for several hours Thursday with a malicious cyber-attack o... - Twitter down after 'malicious' cyber-attack
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The wildly popular micro-blogging site Twitter went offline Thursday after a malicious cyber-attack on its systems, the company said.Twit... - Twitter down after 'malicious' cyber-attack
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The wildly popular micro-blogging site Twitter went offline Thursday after a malicious cyber-attack on its systems, the company said."On ... - Twitter down after 'malicious' cyber-attack
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The wildly popular micro-blogging site Twitter went offline Thursday after a malicious cyber-attack on its systems, the company said.Twitter was down for more than two hours before engineers at the California fir... - Twitter down after 'malicious' cyber-attack
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The wildly popular micro-blogging site Twitter went offline Thursday after a malicious cyber-attack on its systems, the company said."On this otherwise happy Thursday morning, Twitter is the target of a denial of... - Is Twitter Down?
LOS ANGELES, Ca., Aug. 6 (TOTI) -- Is Twitter down, social networking addicts are asking? The answer is a simple "Yes." Twitter services are not reachable, as the company appears to be the victim of a Denial of Service attack. ... - Airlines turn to Twitter for quick deals
NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Two U.S. airlines have turned to Twitter, a real-time Internet network, to make flash announcements of eye-grabbing travel deals, the airlines said. Company spokesman Morgan Johnston said JetBlue had turned ... - Company sues over Twitter comment
CHICAGO, July 28 (UPI) -- A Chicago management firm is suing a tenant for $50,000 over a Twitter post that complained of a moldy apartment, authorities said. Horizon Group Management is suing Amanda Bonnen for writing: Who said sl... - White House bans staffers from Twitter
WASHINGTON, July 26 (UPI) -- White House staffers have been blocked from using Twitter at work, press secretary Robert Gibbs said. Gibbs disclosed the block Friday, saying he doesn't use the popular social networking site himself bec... - Australian police Twitter to target drink drivers
MELBOURNE (AFP) -- Australian police said they were joining the Twitterati Thursday, using the micro-blogging service to discourage drink-driving among young people.Victoria state police deputy commissioner Ken Lay said he would twe... - Schwarzenegger defends knife-wielding Twitter video
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger defended a video on his Twitter page which shows him brandishing a huge hunting knife as he talks about the state's budget crisis.Schwarzenegger, under fire for a budget... - Taser being marketed via Twitter, Facebook
LAS VEGAS, July 22 (UPI) -- The new Taser X3 stun gun is being marketed to U.S. young adults through the social networking offerings Facebook and Twitter, a company spokesman says. Taser spokesman Steve Tuttle said his company is usi...
