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Hookers Are Turning Off Twitterers
Hookers Are
Turning Off
Twitterers
OPINION
Sep 2, 2009 6:27 AM CDT

Hookers Are Turning Off Twitterers

Rising tide of porn spam threatens family market

(Newser) - Porn spam is becoming more prevalent on Twitter and the site needs to step up enforcement or risk losing plenty of users, writes Sarah Lacy in BusinessWeek. Prostitutes seem to have flocked to Twitter of late, Lacy writes, noting that her husband received 43 scantily clad "followers" in just...

'Celebs' Who Need a Lil Twitter
 'Celebs' Who Need a Lil Twitter 
OPINION
Sep 1, 2009 1:45 PM CDT

'Celebs' Who Need a Lil Twitter

(Newser) - Though it may seem every celebrity and pseudo-celebrity out there is oversharing on Twitter, there are a few who haven’t started up an account yet—but they really should, writes Andrew Belonsky for Gawker. The top names who would benefit from a little shameless self-promotion:
  • Burt Reynolds: “Burt
...

Tennis Cops Warn Players About US Open Tweeting

Using Twitter during matches could be 'inside information,' violate corruption rules

(Newser) - Tennis authorities are telling participants in the US Open, which begins Monday, to watch their tweeting. Signs are posted in the players' lounge, locker rooms and referee's office at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center with the header: "Important. Player Notice. Twitter Warning." The signs, written...

To Sell or Not to Sell?
 To Sell or Not to Sell? 



Aug 27, 2009 7:35 AM CDT

To Sell or Not to Sell?

(Newser) - The founders of Twitter keep insisting it's not for sale, but perhaps they should think again, writes Ben Parr of tech blog Mashable. Only two weeks ago Twitter looked smart for refusing its suitors—but then Facebook made a series of big moves, from buying FriendFeed to launching a speedy...

'Big Gay Ice Cream Truck' Roams Streets of NYC

Truck fights homophobia with weird toppings

(Newser) - This summer, there’s a new kind of ice cream truck on the streets of New York: the big, gay kind. Doug Quint, owner of the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck, tells Gelf Magazine about his weirdest topping (wasabi pea dust), the definition of a choinkwich (“a freshly-made chocolate...

Grumpy Dad Captivates Twitter
 Grumpy Dad Captivates Twitter 
Aug 25, 2009 5:04 PM CDT

Grumpy Dad Captivates Twitter

(Newser) - An acid-tongued septuagenarian is all the rage on Twitter, the Telegraph reports. The feed, @shitmydadsays, comes courtesy of his son—“I’m 28. I live with my 73-year-old dad. He is awesome. I just write down shit that he says"—and has almost 70,000 followers despite being...

Conservatives Out-Tweet Liberals
Conservatives Out-Tweet Liberals
Aug 24, 2009 12:16 PM CDT

Conservatives Out-Tweet Liberals

Early-adopting GOP Twitterati more organized, numerous

(Newser) - You might assume that Twitter, like most things having to do with the Internet, is dominated by liberals and “netroots” activists. But you’d be wrong, according to Johanna Neuman of the Los Angeles Times. John McCain hit the million-follower mark weeks before the White House did, and he’...

Obama Says 'Wee-Weed'; Press Goes Nuts

Phrase now has own Web site, Twitter handle

(Newser) - Around this time every year, “everybody in Washington gets all wee-weed up,” President Obama said yesterday—and immediately, the media was aflutter, Politico reports. “WTF does wee-weed up mean and how do you spell it?” wondered a reporter for the Hill. Soon after, the jokes started rolling...

Twitter Shot Down on 'Tweet' Trademark

(Newser) - When Twitter founder Biz Stone said last month the company was trying to trademark the word “tweet,” the internet flew into a tizzy, worried that the word would be closed off to independent developers. But they needn’t have worried, writes blogger Sam Johnston. Stone neglected to mention...

Twitter Helps Kill Ugly Buick Hybrid

(Newser) - Irate Twitterers appear to have forced General Motors to scrap a proposed Buick plug-in hybrid based on the Saturn Vue, Jalopnik reports. “VUE, with a touch of Buick,” tweeted one hater. “I dub thee the Vue-ick.” GM cited “the overwhelmingly negative response to this vehicle”...

Armstrong Tweets Invite to Ride; Masses Clog Traffic

(Newser) - Lance Armstrong brought Scottish traffic to a standstill today after more than 200 cyclists answered his Twitter invitation for a casual bike ride. The seven-time Tour de France winner issued the invitation while in Glasgow to watch Irish rockers U2 perform tonight. "Hey Glasgow, Scotland! I'm coming your way,...

Web Apps Keep Tabs on National Mood
Web Apps
Keep Tabs on National Mood
Aug 18, 2009 11:11 AM CDT

Web Apps Keep Tabs on National Mood

They troll mountains of online data seeking economic indicators

(Newser) - Web-based tools have become increasingly adept at measuring a critical economic indicator: the nation’s mood. Whereas old indicators were based on surveys, these applications sift through mountains of online data, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. TweetFeel, for example, looks for select words and emoticons on Twitter. Other systems do...

With FriendFeed, Facebook Aims to Rule Social Media

FriendFeed buy is bid to consolidate Internet

(Newser) - Facebook’s $47.5 million purchase of FriendFeed is about more than competing with Twitter in real-time search, Chadwick Matlin argues for the Washington Post. Facebook could use FriendFeed and Facebook Connect to become a “social media aggregator”—a hub for all content its users create and peruse...

Confessions of a Twitter Addict



 Confessions of a Twitter Addict 
Aug 15, 2009 5:56 PM CDT

Confessions of a Twitter Addict

(Newser) - Last Thursday, the Twitterverse flickered and temporarily went blank. And a writer sat there, staring. “It was funny, in a kind of pathetic, soul-crushing way,” Laurel Snyder writes on Salon. “I stared at the blank screen, hitting refresh over and over.” Her withdrawal worsened as she...

Dude, Ashton's Actually a 'Genius'
 Dude, Ashton's 
 Actually a 'Genius' 
INTERVIEW
Aug 15, 2009 4:27 PM CDT

Dude, Ashton's Actually a 'Genius'

Mr. Demi Moore has reinvented himself and saved his career

(Newser) - Is Ashton Kutcher punking all of America? The former Abercrombie model—whose surfer dude shtick climaxed in the slacker classic Dude, Where’s My Car?—runs his own production company, boasts the largest following on Twitter, and speaks eloquently about genetics. “He’s a guy’s answer to celeb...

Senators Tweet It Out Over 'Death Panels'

Specter accuses Grassley of spreading false info

(Newser) - Arlen Specter and Chuck Grassley engaged in a very 21st-century sniping match today, ABC's Jake Tapper reports. The 79-year-old Pennsylvania Democrat took to Twitter to accuse the 75-year-old Iowa Republican of spreading "myths about health care reform and imaginary ‘death panels.' " He was referring to comments...

Palin Resurfaces on Twitter
 Palin Resurfaces on Twitter 
Aug 14, 2009 2:25 PM CDT

Palin Resurfaces on Twitter

(Newser) - Sarah Palin has changed her Twitter handle to the more civilian-sounding "SarahPalinUSA" now that her old username, AKGovSarahPalin, is defunct, CNN reports. The move sparked speculation that the she may yet tweet again. The former Alaska governor has not tweeted since she resigned, preferring Facebook for her communiqués....

Brown Answers US Health Attack on Twitter

PM, wife hit back at Republicans bashing UK's health service

(Newser) - When a few Republicans called Britain's National Health Service "evil" and "Orwellian," the UK's Twitter users erupted. The hashtag #welovetheNHS has been trending for days now, at one point crashing the site. Yesterday the campaign got a high-profile supporter: Gordon Brown, who tweeted: "NHS often makes...

Tweets Largely 'Pointless Babble,' Study Discovers

(Newser) - Critics who say Twitter just consists of one pointless Tweet after another are only 40% right, a new study finds. Marketing firm Pear Analytics sampled 2,000 Tweets over a 10-day period for their analysis, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Here's how the numbers break down:
  • 40.55% of Tweets
...

Facebook (Mistakenly) Unveils 'Lite' Version

(Newser) - Facebook is testing a stripped-down version called “Facebook Lite” that loads faster but has limited functionality, TechCrunch reports. The beta was mistakenly revealed to a larger-than-intended set of users; some who did see it noticed a similarity to Twitter and Facebook's recently acquired FriendFeed. The social networking site says...

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