A handful of ominous Twitter jokes apparently got some young tourists kicked out of the U.S. before they could begin their vacation, according to UK tabloids and our own investigation.
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Tourists banned from U.S. over Twitter jokes?
January 31st, 2012 — Tech
Twitter boycotted Saturday by some
January 29th, 2012 — Tech
How do you get the word out about a boycott of Twitter when it’s Twitter that’s needed to get the word out? It was tough, especially in the case of the hastily organized one for Saturday meant to protest the site’s new policy of censoring certain tweets in some countries.
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Twitter to restrict user content in some countries
January 27th, 2012 — Tech
Twitter announced Thursday that it would begin restricting Tweets in certain countries, marking a policy shift for the social media platform that helped propel the popular uprisings recently sweeping across the Middle East.
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Fake Wendi, real Rupert Murdoch on Twitter
January 3rd, 2012 — Tech
Hey, fake Wendi Deng on Twitter: Real Wendi Deng Murdoch, wife of Rupert, might be saving a pie in the face for you, for not being able to pull off a spoof for longer.
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Twitter greets new year with outage, new fail art
December 31st, 2011 — Tech
Twitter, the most popular tool for firing quick utterances across the globe, has buckled under. Our guess: It’s strained by too many international “Happy New Year!” tweets. But in its failing, Twitter did leave us something: New “down for maintenance” art.
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Twitter users react to death of Kim Jong Il
December 19th, 2011 — Tech
The death of 69-year-old Kim Jong Il was confirmed on Monday. As soon as news of the man’s death broke, Twitter users began doing what they do best — rushing to beat each other to every punchline.
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Twitter unveils redesign
December 9th, 2011 — Tech
Just 15 months after introducing a “new Twitter,” the social networking site is undergoing another major redesign.
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How to monitor major Twitter twantrums
December 6th, 2011 — Tech
Who doesn’t like to take little time out to enjoy the grumpy goodness of everyday consumers raging against the machine in 140 characters or less?
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Twitter starts rolling out Facebook-like features
November 11th, 2011 — Tech
Twitter showed off some handy-dandy new website features a while ago and we chuckled because they make the micro-blogging service resemble Facebook a bit. Well, it’s time to stop laughing, because those new features are starting to roll out — whether we like them or not.
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Fidel Castro’s niece trolled in Twitter debut
November 10th, 2011 — Tech
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