TWITTER popularity and TWITTER trends

"That September, Tyler Clementi and Ravi were freshman roommates at Rutgers University, in a dormitory three miles from the courtroom. A few weeks into the semester, Ravi and another new student, Molly Wei, used a webcam to secretly watch Clementi in an embrace with a young man. Ravi gossiped about him on Twitter: 'I saw [...]

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Romney and Paul...

A federal court decided on Tuesday to uphold a ruling from 2010 that declared the ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional — and it cause…

Ravel Morrison has started his West Ham career by writing a homophobic message on Twitter. The midfielder, 19, responded angrily after been antagonised on the social networking site.

A picture is worth a thousand words. But for this photo Jesse Tyler Ferguson of "Modern Family" spelled out 11 of them after a federal appeals court Tuesday declared California's ban on gay marriage under Proposition 8 unconstitutional. Ferguson, who is gay and plays a gay character, Mitchell, on the ABC sitcom, sent out the picture above in a Twitter blast, saying: "Mitch & Cam ha...

It's been a big year for Ashton Kutcher. He replaced Charlie Sheen as the star of Two and a Half Men, got into a Twitter war of words with the Village Voice and brought Punk'd...

A cat which took centre-stage at the Premier League clash between Liverpool and Tottenham was getting used to life as an Internet sensation Tuesday after acquiring more than 30,000 Twitter followers.

The End of Academic Library Circulation? Print on the Margins: Circulation Trends in Major Research Libraries Teens join Twitter to escape parents on Facebook: survey Teens slowly migrating to Twitter Academic E-Books: Innovation and Transition Is Facebook Really a Good Business? Who Does Google Think You Are? A tool tells users what the company infers about your interests and age Social Me...

Undergoing treatment in the United States for a tumour between his lungs, India all rounder Yuvraj Singh took some time out to thank his friends, fans and well wishers, on Twitter.

SYDNEY  - Australian pop star Kylie Minogue has alerted police to an online stalker — a “deluded weirdo” issuing threats over Twitter, she wrote on the micro-blogging site on Tuesday. The diminutive singer told her more than one million followers on the site that she adored her supporters, but one among them was not her ‘lover’ — her nickname for her ...

La cacique general de la Comarca Ngäbe Buglé abrió una cuenta en la red social para difundir las presiones contra el gobierno y exigir que se frene la explotación en sus tierras

Facebook may be the last great company of the desktop age. It's beaten back Friendster, MySpace and a half-dozen other pretenders, and ? at least so far ? is successfully holding off both Twitter and Google+. Its desktop display advertisements make the company billions of dollars in revenue. But that's not nearly enough. Now, Zuckerberg has to further capitalize on the growth of mobile to exten...

Flush with new capital, Klout, the startup that measures influence on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Foursquare, Google+ and other social apps, is making its first acquisition. Klout is purchasing mobile and local neighborhood app Blockboard. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Blockboard develops a neighborhood app through which neighbors can interact with one another. They...

Social media influence scorer Klout has made its first acquisition: a local app maker called Blockboard.

Last week, Jon Ralston, a veteran Las Vegas Sun columnist, dared reporters to ignore Donald Trump's unveiling of his presidential endorsement -- with low expectations about how that might play out."I suggest media boycott of @RealDonaldTrump event in Vegas," Ralston tweeted. "Anyone with me? That's what I thought."Ralston knew, of course, that the nation's political reporters -- the sa...

This is the latest heartache for the St Albans-based actor after he and wife Helen lost four babies, each still born due to a rare condition, since they married in 2003.

Actress Roseanne Barr -- a surprising, yet well-known name -- appeared on the California Secretary of State's list of presidential candidates Monday.

David Beckham on his bashful side and the Twitter row with Queens Park Rangers footballer Joey Barton over his £9.99 H&M pants.

David Beckham on his bashful side and the Twitter row with Queens Park Rangers footballer Joey Barton over his £9.99 H&M pants.

Kylie Minogue hat mehr als eine Million Follower auf Twitter. Sie liebe alle davon, schrieb der australische Superstar nun. Alle, bis auf einen. Wegen des Mannes hat die Sängerin sogar die Polizei eingeschaltet.

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The All The Lovers singer, 43, revealed via Twitter that she had taken action against the individual who sent her threatening messages.

Kylie Minogue has called in police after being threatened by a stalker on Twitter. This is not the first time the Australian pop star has attracted unwanted attention.

SINGER blasted creep on Twitter as a 'deluded weirdo' for sending threats

SINGER blasted creep on Twitter as a 'deluded weirdo' for sending threats

Within days of its debut on the Twitter, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) is exploring ways to best utilise the social networking site by addressing grievances of common people apart from looking at the possibility of having a Facebook account.

Computer scientists have discovered the four factors that make news stories popular on Twitter Twitter has revolutionised the way millions of people receive news and the type of news they get. So it's no surprise that there is huge interest in predicting what kind of stories are likely to spread furthest and fastest.

Enough about the Giants and the Patriots. How about the Super Bowl commercials!?

An Ottawa man jailed in Bahrain was released from prison on Monday, according to his supporters

SOCCER: Liverpool 0 Tottenham 0:“POR FIN llego el dia,” was the message Luis Suarez had posted on his Twitter account. “Finally the day has come,” it translated. This was his first game back since the nine-match suspension that threatened to blow a gaping hole in Liverpool’s season and, almost immediately, was reacquainted with yet more of the controversy he finds it hard to shake off.

POP princess Kylie Minogue says she's contacted police over a Twitter follower who has been making threats.

Nuevo rifirrafe tuitero entre Buenafuente y un internauta, que dijo seguir al showman catalán, «para ver si dice alguna gracia o se ríe del ERE del Terrat. ¿Hará un monólogo sobre ello?». Andreu le respondió directo: 'Tú eres un cretino'. Y luego tuiteó una explicación a la comunidad virtual: «Los que tenemos empresas, pasándolas putas y luchando y los demagogos faltones dale que te pego, manda...

Within days of its debut on Twitter, the Prime Minister's Office is exploring ways to best utilize the social networking site by addressing grievances of common people.

Il centrocampista colombiano, neo-acquisto dell'Inter, ha affidato a Twitter le proprie sensazioni. Il suo obiettivo è mettersi quanto prima a disposizione di Ranieri.

Survey of BlackBerry users finds most smartphone owners could not resist impulse to check social media

The New York Giants CELEBRATED THEIR FACES OFF on the plane ride home from the Super Bowl ... singing and dancing like crazy ... and it was all captured on tape.Linebacker Mark Herzlich posted a video on his Twitter page ... featuring running back…

YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr: Die Königin von England, Elizabeth II., lässt im Web Einblicke in ihren Alltag zu. Auch mit iPad, iPod und Handy weiß die 85-jährige Monarchin umzugehen. Von FOCUS-Online-Autorin Claudia Frickel

YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr: Die Königin von England, Elizabeth II., ist auf vielen Kanälen im Web unterwegs. Auch mit iPad, iPod und Handy weiß die 85-jährige Monarchin umzugehen. Von FOCUS-Online-Autorin Claudia FrickelMehr zum ThemaTrekstor Liro Color - Der Wälzer unter den E-Book-ReadernHandy-Vergleich - Die 50 besten MobiltelefoneHacker kapern Homepage - Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg w...

Der Franzose teilte den Anhängern der „Spurs“ via Twitter mit, dass er beim Gastspiel an der Anfield Road nicht mit von der Partie sein kann.

In my experience, pundits tend to be risk-averse in calling out a very rich person on their economic or financial analyses.  There's a couple of intuitive logics at work here:  1)  Most pundits don't know much about economics, and so are leery of entering those waters; 2)  The really rich person likely became really rich because they demonstrated a shrewd understanding of the markets -- t...

EU-Politiker nutzen Twitter, um sich direkt an die Bürger zu wenden. Für die Internetgemeinde ist das ein großer Spaß, etwa wenn Neelie Kroes darüber spekuliert, sie trage "Chanel No. 5 und sonst nichts".

Hinter Lady Gaga steht ein unauffälliger Mann, der die neuen Medien früh zu nutzen wusste: Troy Carter. Auf Twitter und Facebook folgen heute Millionen dem Superstar.

The center back was booed heavily at Stamford Bridge, but had the last laugh via Twitter after his side fought back to draw after going three goals down just after half time

Indianapolis (Indiana/USA) (SID) - Der 46. Super Bowl hat auch im Internet für neue Rekorde gesorgt. Während der entscheidenden drei Minuten des Titelgewinns der New York Giants gegen die New England...

Während der entscheidenden drei Minuten des Titelgewinns der New York Giants gegen die New England Patriots gingen bei Twitter 10.000 Tweets pro Sekunde über den Sender.

In an action-packed match left without controversy, Meep the bird, the program's latest addition, took to Twitter minutes after to report some critics saying Aberdeen, the Australian Shepherd Mix as robbed.

In Schweden hat sich Widerstand gegen das von der Stockholmer Regierung mitgetragene, internationale Anti-Piraterie-Abkommen ACTA formiert. In mehreren Städten des Landes fanden am Samstag Protestkundgebungen statt. Die Homepage der schwedischen Regierung wurde durch Überbelastungsattacken mehrmals kurzzeitig lahmgelegt. Eine Gruppe von Hackern aus dem Anonymous-Umfeld mit dem Namen "Cyber Forc...

An anonymous reader writes "Checking a Twitter, Facebook or email account for updates may be more tempting than alcohol and cigarettes, according to researchers who tried to measure how well people regulate their daily desires. Researchers also found that while sleep and sex may be stronger urges than certain drug addictions, people are more likely to give in to their addiction to use social or...

Seen here looking like a 45-year-old desperate divorced mother of two trying to pick up young meat at Spring Break in Daytona Beach, FL by luring them in with her really cool (served in a chilled tumbler of sarcasm) trucker hat, the Falcor of the south LeAnn Rimes forced some of her Twitter followers to issue an AMBER ALERT for her last week, because she wasn't Tweeting every other damn ...

President Jacob Zuma will be using suggestions from South Africans on Facebook, Twitter and email ahead of his state of the nation address next week.

Bei der Vermisstensuche und Täterfahndung könnten die sozialen Netze helfen, ebenso bei Prävention, Nachwuchswerbung und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit.

Controversial tweets by a Khmer Rouge tribunal judge have inflamed a damaging public spat between the UN and Cambodia and raised questions over how Twitter is used in the courts.

El suplemento Domingo del pasado fin de semana dedicó un extenso reportaje a la entonces candidata a secretaria general del PSOE Carme Chacón. Con el título Chacón & compañía, sostenía que "el influyente entorno de la aspirante (...) levanta profundas suspicacias en un sector del partido" por el temor a que el PSOE caiga en manos de "un conglomerado de intereses" externo a la organiz...

THE FBI is investigating a New Jersey teen for allegedly sending threatening tweets to "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Taylor Armstrong.

Teens haven't adopted Twitter as quickly as other demographics, but that could be changing.

Social-media services such as Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. played a key role in galvanizing protests against the decision by breast-cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure to pull funding from Planned Parenthood.

[[357812]] LA HAVANE (AFP) : La blogueuse dissidente cubaine Yoani Sanchez s'est vu refuser un permis de sortie de Cuba malgré l'obtention d'un visa pour se rendre au Brésil, a-t-elle annoncé sur son compte twitter vendredi. "Pas de surprise. Ils m'ont refusé de nouveau le permis de sortie. C'est...

Twitter launches Arabic version; JPost readers pessimistic after Amman talks; talkbackers debate peace process.

After a day of comments from readers via e-mail, Twitter and Facebook, questions still remain about cluster bombs in Libya. Who made the dual purpose improved conventional munition bombs, when and where?

Jonathan Goldstein: I consider making a plea on Twitter that we start naming our kids Marvin again, but then decide against it. I don’t need people knowing I’m up this late

NFL owners, meeting Thursday in Indianapolis, approved $200 million in funding for a proposed new stadium for the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara, Calif. Jed York, the 49ers’ president, posted on Twitter during the meeting that the funding had been approved. Read full article >>

Die Vorsitzende des Bundes der Vertriebenen, Steinbach, hat per Twitter verkündet, dass die Nationalsozialisten "eine linke Partei" waren. Nicht nur die Linkspartei reagierte empört. Steinbach sorgte wiederholt für Schlagzeilen, insbesondere durch Äußerungen zum Zweiten Weltkrieg und zu Polen.

Erika Steinbach twitterte, die NSDAP sei eine linke Partei gewesen. Die Union kann vom Irrwitz nicht lassen. Ignorieren? Ernst nehmen? mehr...

According to tweets from a couple of people at NeuStar, the ICANN TAS system is having problems today. Jeff Neuman of NeuStart Tweeted today: “Check your applications in TAS. Reports of missing applications- Our application 4 .Neustar is 1 of them” “”TAS also lost our “unique” ID which we got upon paying initial 5k. We need ID to pay remainder, fill out app & see all apps.”" Ken Hanson of N...

Twitter fans think that only a third of Tweets are worth looking at - and a quarter are actively disliked for reasons including constant updates about where people are.

El aventurero aclara en Twitter lo sucedido, acompañando la explicación con una foto en la que muestra las heridas en su cabeza

MP Tom Watson writes to officers at Operation Tuleta over accusation against News International titleThe Metropolitan police is investigating alleged email hacking at the Times, in response to a letter from the Labour MP Tom Watson.Officers from Operation Tuleta, which is investigating breaches of privacy involving computers, are in contact with the MP in relation to "specific issues" he wishes...

Twitter, Facebook, iPhone – in seinen Neo-Modeshops verknüpft der Sportkonzern Adidas die reale Welt mit der digitalen.

New research shows why we can’t resist a tweet: Twitter and Facebook may be as addictive as cigarettes and alcohol

Headline Title:  South Korean activist charged over Kim Jong-il tweet 01 February 2012 The South Korean authorities should immediately release a social media activist accused of helping "the enemy" for re-tweeting messages from North Korea’s official government Twitter account...

Sur son compte Twitter, Yohann Cabaye est revenu sur ses trois matches de suspension infligés par la FA.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A South Carolina company's lawsuit accusing a former employee of costing it hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost business when he took Twitter followers can go forward, a federal judge has ruled....

Immer mehr Menschen nutzen die sozialen Medien. Auch Anleger setzen bei ihren Investitionsentscheidungen verstärkt auf Facebook, Twitter und Blogs. Viele Unternehmen und Banken kommunizieren aber noch recht zaghaft auf den Web 2.0-Kanälen. Immerhin: Es tut sich was.

Honda owes Matthew Broderick a great, big "Danke Schoen."Thanks to him, the Japanese carmaker can boast that it's got this year’s most buzzed-about Super Bowl ad: a commercial for the Honda CR-V featuring Broderick in an homage to his most well-loved character, Ferris Bueller.This time around, Broderick isn’t portraying a charming teenage truant who feigns sickness and skips school to drive aro...

Tras equivocarse al llamar al Presidente ‘Vicente Calderón’, y que causó revuelo en Twitter, el ex secretario de Hacienda, Ernesto Cordero, corrigió y con humor dijo que él se refería a una nueva era de gobiernos panistas

Twitter a dépassé le cap du million d’utilisateurs en Belgique. Selon les derniers chiffres du spécialiste français des conversations sur internet, Semiocast, on dénombr...lire la suitehistoires liées07:25 Syrie : l’ONU ne doit pas s’immiscer dans un conflit « interne », estime la Russie07:24 L’hygiène des restos très variable selon les régions07:31 Netanyahu remporte la primaire du Likoud07:03...

Twitter a dépassé le cap du million d'utilisateurs belges. C'est deux fois plus qu'il y a un an (520.000) et cela représente 0,28 % de la twittosphère mondiale. ...lire la suite

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prosecutors have subpoenaed the Twitter records of an Occupy Wall Street protester who was arrested in October during a mass protest on the Brooklyn Bridge.

A RELATIVE of Gary Speed has condemned Twitter users who spread slurs about the soccer legend after he died

“Dyson vacuum cleaners make me excited about dust,” is what Toronto’s Sarah Gadon had to say on Twitter the other day about her own no-suction marvel. Keeping it real. We like it

What with Seal's less than ideally timed (albeit publicity-maximizing) promotional tour, we've heard plenty from the singer in the wake of his split from Heidi Klum. But the...

FORTUNE -- The Internet may be a wonderful thing, but no one should expect sunshine and rainbows when asking for its honest opinion. Read an uncensored comment stream on pretty much any post, blog or video, and its clear that the Web provides people with, among other services, space to criticize, constructively or otherwise. So McDonald's (MCD) should have known better when it got knocked on it...

Le nombre d'utilisateurs de Twitter en France a plus que doublé sur l'année...

Danny Sullivan has been the go-to guy for understanding the world of search for over 15 years. This week he published a really good story on Google Plus Your World. A group of engineers have launched a site called Focus on the User that shows exactly how the new Google service could be including other social media content listings besides only Google Plus, but is not. Google Plus is of course...

DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) -- Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is seeking to calm the global outrage over the company's new country-by-country censorship policy....

In some countries, what you tweet may no longer see the light of day. China and Thailand have voiced their support for Twitter’s new policy to censor tweets in nations where the content might break laws. Read full article >>

Two travelers say they were detained overnight, questioned by federal agents and sent home to Europe because of joking Twitter messages that were taken as threats.

Bromear en Twitter puede salir muy caro. Que se lo digan a Leigh Van Bryan y Emily Bunting, dos jóvenes británicos que planeaban pasar tres semanas de vacaciones en Estados Unidos y nada más poner un pie en el país acabaron con sus huesos en la cárcel.

L'acteur-réalisateur de L'Ordre et la Morale a violemment réagi sur Twitter à la suite de l'unique nomination de son film aux César.

The Thai government welcomed the move by the US-based microblogging website Twitter to allow country-specific censorship,  which a human rights group labelled “shocking.”

Le match Racing-Toulouse n'a pas été un feu d'artifice, contrairement à l'année dernière. Le spectacle était plutôt en tribunes (du côté de la loge 135 bis) et sur Twitter. A l'initiative du Stade de France et chapeauté par l'agence «Human...

Für ein paar gute Erinnerungen und falls man diesen Grund Rupert Murdoch nicht zu mögen vergessen hat: (An den Hut getippt in Richtung @mtaege via Twitter) Zum Beitrag im Blog »

Give consumers a microphone, or a Twitter forum, and they'll have something to say — but it might not be what you want to hear.

Saudi cleric's criticism of social networking site comes as Twitter announces it can censor content in some nations.

Un samedi sans Twitter. C'est l'appel lancé par des Internautes qui entendent protester contre la décision du réseau social de bloquer désormais des…

Proposed blackout of microblogging service supported by Reporters Without Borders, but others are dubious.

After years of touting itself as a champion of free expression, Twitter touched off a torrent of criticism after it announced it can remove messages from the online service within specific countries if asked to do so.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Results of the Nevada Republican presidential caucus will be released through Twitter and Google, the first time the social network will play a central role in announcing the outcome of a political presidential contest....

Why Twitter will regret its misguided flirtation with censorship.

Questions about getting fit and keep the weight off? Join us for a Twitter chat at 1 p.m. ET Monday with registered dietitian Bonnie Taub-Di ...

Twitter incited anger among its international users on Friday after it announced a new method of blocking individual posts from appearing in certain countries. But some Internet advocacy groups defended it.

The microblogging service adopts a new approach to censorship that will pave the way for long-term expansion into many new countries

El homenaje que Jean Paul Gaultier le dedicó a Amy Winehouse en su colección de alta costura para primavera/verano 2012 durante la Semana de la Moda de París no ha pasado inadvertido. Menos para la familia de la fallecida cantante, cuyo padre, Mitch, ha arremetido contra el diseñador francés diciendo que la encuentra ofensiva. En su cuenta de Twitter, Winehouse escribió: "No apoyamos la colecci...

El expresidente del Gobierno Felipe González apoyará al candidatura de Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba a la Secretaría General del PSOE. González, tal y como asegura Rubalcaba en Twitter, asistirá mañana en Madrid a un acto de la candidatura del exvicepresidente del Gobierno, en el que también está prevista la presencia del lehendakari, Patxi López.

[[354474]] PARIS (AFP) : L'annonce par Twitter de la possibilité de bloquer des messages dans certains pays si la législation l'exige, "est une mauvaise nouvelle pour la liberté d'expression en ligne" et une forme de "collaboration avec les censeurs", a estimé vendredi Reporters sans Frontières. Le...

Twitter says it now has the technology to censor tweets on a country by country basis, as it continues to expand internationally.

A medida del crecimiento de la red en el mundo, la compañía percibió que por razones históricas o culturales en algunas naciones es necesario restringir ciertos tipos de contenido, como en Francia o Alemania que prohíben el contenido pro-nazi

WHEN THE credits roll on tonight’sLate Late Show, will the guests include Peter Ustinov, Spike Milligan and Germaine Greer, the “golden age” line-up proposed via Twitter by an exasperated Síle Seoige during last week’s show? It’s unlikely, given two of the three are dead. Death, however, is not as much of a barrier to aLate Lateappearance as you might think.

Vice President Biden covered a lot of ground in 140 characters or less on Thursday.

This photo of the "sleeping salafi" from the opening session of Egypt's new Parliament burned like wildfire through the Twitter feeds and Facebook pages of my Arab, Egyptian and Middle East watcher friends. The overwhelming tone of the comments was high snark, as liberals fell over themselves snickering at the dozing beards. The image played to every prejudice which has greeted this new wav...

LONDON (AP) -- The British judge presiding over a wide-ranging inquiry into media ethics and practices has suggested that social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter should be seen differently than traditional publishers....

South Africans are the most active tweeters on the continent, producing twice as many tweets as Kenya, the next most active country.

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has emerged as one of the investors who are backing Irish software start-up Intercom to the tune of $1 million (€760,000).

Analysts comb social media messages to decipher what sports fans are conversing about and determine what's hot, what's not.I was an old soul at age 7, had my first midlife crisis at 12.

Most people have suffered an excruciating date. And a growing number have turned to social networking site Twitter to share their experiences.

You’ve read how Facebook and Twitter fueled the Arab Spring uprising. You are watching the videos coming out of Syria on Facebook. But most likely you have not witnessed the power of social media impacting politics in near real time right here at home in America. Sure, activism groups and politicians have tapped social media to raise money. But to date, no flash mob has ever stopped a bill in i...

The Mumbai-based model has aimed for the high corridors of power welcoming the freshest on Twitter — the official @PMOIndia account for the Prime Minister’s Office.

Last night on Twitter, I posted the Pac-12's updated nonconference records: 1-23 against the RPI top 50 (the one is Stanford over Colorado State) and 8-41 against the top 100.

C'est via le Twitter du Racing Métro que Sébastien Chabal a annoncé,...

A web entrepreneur says 2012 will be the year of 'behavioural pricing' - harvesting information from sources such as Facebook and Twitter to 'tweak' prices to what customers are willing to pay.

Marg Helgenberger got her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday. Marg Helgenberger, a member of the original "CSI" cast, is leaving the show this month after 13 seasons.

Nickelback have become the butt of many many jokes in recent years with the band's name serving as an all-purpose signifier of lame mainstream rock for music fans of all ages and tastes (Remember back in November when a petition was going around to have the band replaced as the...

Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have a message for Google: "Don't be evil."

A web entrepreneur says 2012 will be the year of 'behavioural pricing' - price levels tailored for the individual, where comments on Facebook and Twitter could see prices creep up for keen shoppers.

Ha perdido su dorsal en el Sao Paulo y también ha cambiado su cuenta de Twitter.

U.S. Senator Rand Paul, the son of Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul, has been detained by the TSA for refusing a full-body search the elder Paul said on Twitter Monday morning.

CBS Sports and Huffington Post both make erroneous use of Twitter to confirm death

CBS Sports and Huffington Post both make erroneous use of Twitter to confirm death

A CRYPTIC message posted on singer Seal's Twitter page seems to confirm rumours that he and supermodel Heidi Klum are to divorce.

Tiger Woods has used his Twitter account to say he's practicing well ahead of his 2012 debut next week at Abu Dhabi.

Soccer:QPR captain Joey Barton has called the conduct of former manager Neil Warnock “embarrassing” and told the veteran boss to “look in the mirror”.

@Jeeves Wenn der Prophet nicht zum Berg kommt, kommt der Berg zum Propheten. Also selber bloggen oder twittern, und so schöne Links wie den zu diesem Text von Florian weiter verbreiten. Ich erreiche vielleicht nur hundert Leute über Twitter, und von denen klicken vielleicht nur fünf den Link, und nur drei lassen sich dazu überzeugen, selbst zu denken, statt zu glauben... Aber das sind drei mehr...

MAN UNITED and Arsenal players' boots will display their twitter names on Sunday

The social media service already seems simple, but it has many features and widgets to make it even easier to use.

Censés décoller pour Gloucester ce jeudi matin à 10h, les Toulousains ont finalement vu leur vol annulé en raison d’inquiétants problèmes techniques comme une issue de secours qui se serait ouverte "sur un simple toucher", comme l'ont raconté les joueurs haut-garonnais via leurs comptes Twitter.

Stefan Kuntz ist mit dem 1. FC Kaiserslautern Meister geworden. Mit sportschau.de spricht der Vorstandsvorsitzende über die Basis des Fußballs, Rosinen und Existenzangst.

Rupert Murdoch has used Twitter to attack Google, after the search giant joined Wikipedia in protesting against anti-piracy legislation in the US.

Rob Lowe, current star of NBC’s Parks and Recreation, posted a message on his Twitter account Wednesday afternoon that appears to herald the retirement of Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning

Die Premier League-Klubs bei Facebook und Twitter: Wer hat eigentlich die meisten Fans? Überraschung: Ein Klub twittert gar nicht.Foto: Witters

Die Premier League-Klubs bei Facebook und Twitter: Wer hat eigentlich die meisten Fans? Überraschung: Ein Klub twittert gar nicht.Foto: Witters

Die Premier League-Klubs bei Facebook und Twitter: Wer hat eigentlich die meisten Fans? Überraschung: Ein Klub twittert gar nicht.Foto: Witters

by Shailendra Singh Let’s first understand the concept of social media. Social media is an exciting new world where a brand/business can directly communicate with its end-users. Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, LinkedIn, and Flickr are some very popular social media sites. Herein you can communicate with the communities that touch your product or use your services. Social media is also favor...

Der brasilianische Fußball-Profi Breno kommt nach seiner Unmutsäußerung am FC Bayern München mit einer Rüge davon. "Was für eine Phase ich durchmache. Bayern macht eine Sauerei mit mir", hatte der Verteidiger des deutschen Bundesliga-Spitzenreiters im Kurznachrichtendienst Twitter gepostet. Vorstandschef Karl-Heinz Rummenigge machte am Dienstag keinen Hehl aus seiner Verärgerung.

Craig Foster has broken his silence on Robbie Slater's twitter attack in which he labelled his Sunday newspaper column anti-British and racist.

A British charity is calling on tweeters to offer tips on how to beat the blues on the most depressing day of the year.

Via Twitter soll Bayerns Brasilianer Breno seinen Unmut über seine Situation beim Rekordmeister geäußert haben.Foto: Getty Images

Labour MP, Tom Harris, has been forced to resign as the party's new media adviser after creating a spoof video comparing Adolf Hitler's final days with Alex Salmond's machinations over the referendum on Scottish independence.

Twitter experiment reshapes perceptions about Sweden

Facebook und Twitter kannte der byzantinische Adel noch nicht. Doch auch für eine mittelalterliche Gesellschaft lassen sich komplexe soziale Verknüpfungen beobachten, deren Muster modernen Netzwerken ähneln.

L’armée belge contrôle les profils Facebook, les messages postés sur les comptes Twitter et les blogs des militaires qui sont en mission à l’étranger. ...lire la suite

Research shows that English is strongly biased toward being positive. This new study complements another study showing that average global happiness, based on Twitter data, has been dropping for the past two years. Combined, the two studies show that short-term average happiness has dropped -- against the backdrop of the long-term fundamental positivity of the English language.

Social media can track disease spread even in poorest countries

LAS VEGAS, Nevada - Unbeaten US star Floyd Mayweather threw down another provocative gauntlet to boxing rival Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday, daring the Filipino icon to "Step Up Punk" in a posting on his Twitter webpage.

Associate Defence Minister’s letter to local newspaper comes on heels of Clement’s apology for calling teen a ‘jack ass’

Twitter's child protection policies lag behind other social networking websites, an organisation set up to tackle sexual exploitation of children says.

After Google announced Search plus Your World yesterday, Twitter responded negatively

Der CDU-Politiker Peter Altmaier hat Bundespräsident Christian Wulff aufgefordert, die zugesagten Details zu seiner Kreditaffäre nicht zurückzuhalten - im flapsigen Ton via Twitter. CSU-Chef Seehofer verlangt dagegen ein sofortiges Ende des Gezerres um Wulff.

What happens when a veteran baseball beat writer and a statistically inclined blogger get into a heated discussion on Twitter over the Hall of ...

SHE'S certainly not a shy girl, but AnnaLynne McCord accidentally exposed much more of herself than intended on Twitter.

In an unsavory confluence of social media and the arts, we now have the tweet seats — sections of otherwise dignified theaters where communicating via Twitter during shows is encouraged.

You say you’d love a fun science evening? Great, here s your chance. Scientific American will be cohosting a tweetup and reception in partnership with the American Museum of Natural History the evening of Wednesday, January 18. While we expand our minds, we ll enjoy some cocktails and open access to the Beyond Planet Earth exhibit.Attendance is free for people who follow both @sciam and @amnh...

El mundo de Twitter está en revuelo después que se publicara una foto de una increíble cuenta pagada en un bar de Dubai.

Behörden können Onlinedienste zwingen, Nutzerdaten herauszugeben. Nun versucht Wikileaks, Twitter dazu zu bringen, auf die Speicherung solcher Daten zu verzichten.

(Reuters) - Twitter, the popular microblogging site, apologized on Tuesday for incorrectly verifying a false account for Wendi Deng, the wife of News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch.

LONDON (AP) -- A Twitter account purported to be linked to the wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch has turned out to be bogus....

The media mogul, who is recovering from his most difficult year in the business, is posting on Twitter under the handle rupertmurdoch.

JUSTIN Bieber has amassed more than 16 million followers on Twitter, hitting the mark after rocking out Times Square on New Year's Eve.

Actuellement en convalescence, André-Pierre Gignac est un accroc des réseaux socieaux. Sur Twitter, l'attaquant marseillais, en instance de départ, raconte en détails ses vacances à la montagne. Savoureux.

Allowing Hezbollah, al-Shabaab to have accounts violates US anti-terror laws, say Israel Law Center.

In a media row dubbed Pandagate by users of Twitter, the broadcaster has included Tian Tian (Sweetie) as its female face for December in an online feature.

James Blake wird am ersten Grand-Slam-Turnier des Jahres nicht teilnehmen. Der US-Amerikaner hat seine Teilnahme bei den Australian Open (16. bis 29. Januar 2012) abgesagt. Das teilte Turnier-Direktor Craig Tiley am Mittwoch via Twitter mit.

Twitter creator's new startup lets people accept credit cards with their smart phone.

During a recent reporting trip to South Africa for a forthcoming feature article on a new fossil human species called Australopithecus sediba, I asked readers to submit their questions about this dazzling find. Inquiries about the nearly two-million-year-old hominin–which has been held up as a possible ancestor of our genus, Homo–came in via Twitter, Google Plus [...]

Le duo le plus hype de Lille l'a annoncé cette semaine sur sa page Facebook et sur Twitter (sans donner d'explication), il met un terme à l'aventure Curry and Coco, après cinq ans d'activité et un succès croissant. Après tout, pas de raison que ça n'arrive qu'à Oasis...

ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AFP) - The Kazakh authorities Thursday replaced the governor of an oil-rich Caspian Sea region that was hit by riots in which at least 16 people died in clashes with security forces. “Former interior minister and Senator Baurzhan Mukhamedzhanov has replaced Krymbek Kusherbayev at the post of Mangistau region governor,” the foreign ministry’s official spokesman said on his Tw...

Year in Hashtags: Though various hashtags continued to be used, the wider movement settled on the short, unique #ows

BROADCASTER Derryn Hinch has ended his five-month court-imposed silence by using his Twitter account.

Lady Gaga fans are tricked into following a harmful link after the singer is hit by a targeted attack on Twitter and Facebook.

"It´s My Life!" So hieß einer der größten Hits von Popstar Jon Bon Jovi. Jetzt ist dieser Songtitel Programm, denn nach einer Todesmeldung gab der Sänger Entwarnung. Über Twitter hatte die Meldung für Schrecken gesorgt.

That a member of an autocratic Arab regime would invest in Twitter, a key enabler of the Arab Spring, is great fodder for tweets. But it doesn't herald a revolution in the website's ownership.

Investors need to handle revenue predictions with great caution. The staying power of new forms of media is uncertain

Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and his Kingdom Holding announced their purchase of a $300 million stake in Twitter, calling it a strategic investment.

The QI star, who made the allegations on Twitter, said the incident happened after his two-year-old daughter was found playing in the first-class toilets by a member of staff on board a flight from Bangkok to London.

Das Internetportal Twitter erhält eine Finanzspritze. Der saudische Prinz Alwaleed Bin Talal, einer der reichsten Menschen der Welt, steckt 300 Millionen Dollar in das Unternehmen. Twitter strebt einen Börsengang gang.

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and his Kingdom Holding Co announce a $300m investment in social media site Twitter.

Le groupe Kingdom Holding du milliardaire saoudien Al-Walid ben Talal a annoncé un investissement de 300 millions de dollars dans le site de micro-blog Twitter, après des mois de n...lire la suite

Le groupe Kingdom Holding du milliardaire saoudien Al-Walid ben Talal a annoncé lundi un investissement de 300 millions de dollars dans le site de micro-blog Twitter, après des mois de négociations.

Guidelines banning conversations between teachers and students on Facebook and Twitter are meeting resistance because of the increasing importance of technology in the classroom.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Britney Spears is engaged to her boyfriend Jason Trawick, celebrity media outlets reported on Friday after the singer posted a message on Twitter about receiving "the one gift" for which she has longed.

Actress says retooling her handle on the microblogging site is not a priority at the moment.

The Somali Islamist militant group with al-Qaeda al-Shabaab is waging war on the Kenyan army. On Twitter.

During an innocent foray into pet tweeting, tech columnist Therese Poletti uncovers a bizarro world of tweeting pets, including a popular cat with 1.4 million followers and the even funnier CatFoodBreath.

Laufend gibt es bei den Sozialen Netzwerke neue Features - nun haben Facebook, Twitter und Google+ binnen weniger Tage ihre Services aufgemotzt. Am augenscheinlichsten sind die Änderungen beim Kurznachrichtendienst Twitter, das nun Nutzer und Werber stärker für sich gewinnen möchte. Die einzelnen Services werden sich mittlerweile immer ähnlicher.

The creators of a fake Twitter feed for "We Bought a Zoo" are doing out of love for the movie. It's not out yet and they haven't seen it, but still.

(Reuters) - The "active threat" at Virginia Tech has ended after two people were reported killed on the campus on Thursday, the university reported in its Twitter feed, citing law enforcement agencies. TV news reports indicated the suspected shooter was one of the dead.

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Alec Baldwin was unusually quiet Wednesday -- at least on Twitter.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lenny Dykstra struck out in an attempt to get a restraining order against a man the former baseball player allowed to run his Twitter account and claims is now threatening his finances and freedom....

India has threatened to take action against internet groups including Facebook, Google and Twitter for refusing to remove material deemed inflammatory

GSV Capital offers an interesting play on promising IPO candidates. But its shares could be very volatile.

Digital reluctance palpable among execs: ‘Not my style,’ ‘superficial,’ ‘I follow ... but I don’t tweet myself’

Utl.: Kunden profitieren vom topaktuellen SEO-Know How der Internet-Agentur elements = Salzburg (TP/OTS) - Verliert Google in Zeiten von Social Networks und Services rund um Facebook, Twitter, Groupon & Co. zunehmend an Bedeutung? Ist Suchmaschinenoptimierung wirklich "Schnee ...

The United Nations has launched a social media campaign to encourage people to get involved in the global human rights movement, inspired by the role played by tools such as Facebook and Twitter in the awakening that transformed parts of the Arab world this year.

The Times Editorial: As President Jacob Zuma navigated his way through New York - from the stock exchange to the United Nations - his Presidency ZA Twitter account mirrored his movements.

How NBA players reacted on Twitter to news of a lockout deal:

A conversation with filmmaker and tech innovator Tiffany Shlain on how the Internet continues to change the way we connect, explore and discover -- and the importance of unplugging.Like one of those faster-than-light particles that's gone before you can see it, filmmaker and tech innovator Tiffany Shlain zips from the virtual to the real and back again. The Bay Area native whom Newsweek named o...

Many hotel giants are focused on engaging travelers with Facebook, Four Square and Twitter, but a new study questions their efforts.

Pakistan's ambassador to the US, Hussain Haqqani, has said he has resigned over claims he wrote a memo to the US asking for its help in reining in the country's powerful military. Haqqani denied on Tuesday any role in writing or delivering the memo. The affair has highlighted the divide between Pakistan's weak civilian government and the military, as well as the role the US plays in the affairs...

Le conseil fédéral d'Europe Ecologie-Les Verts a validé samedi l'accord conclu avec le Parti socialiste pour 2012, mettant fin à une semaine de grande confusion entre les deux partis, a annoncé Cécile Duflot, secrétaire nationale du parti sur Twitter, à l'issue d'un vote à huis clos.

Daphne Guinness has treated her Twitter followers to a sneak peek into her upcoming MAC collaboration.

Mädchenschwarm Justin Bieber löst weltweit Gekreische aus, das seinesgleichen sucht. Im FOCUS-Interview spricht der 17-jährige Bambi-Preisträger über seine Liebe zu Facebook und Twitter - und den Truthahn seiner Oma.

“Is Twitter a ghost town on Thanksgiving?” Salon magazine (@Salon) tweeted last November. “Yes”, replied Graham Linehan (@Glinner), author of sitcoms Father Ted and The IT Crowd, “because there are no countries other than America”. Linehan made a valid point: the world wide web can be a surprisingly parochial place. This month, The Lancet Technology looks at two projects that think globally.

The fourth "social media murder" in two months has prompted Twitter users on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border to ask for protection from ...

Die Herausgabe der Daten von Twitter-Nutzern an das US-Justizministerium verstößt nicht gegen US-Recht. Das hat ein Richter geurteilt und damit den Einspruch von drei betroffenen Nutzern abgewiesen.

A short-lived but much-loved Twitter account highlights the constant battle companies have against brandjackers.

Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone will deliver the keynote speech at the 2012 DOMAINfest Global conference coming up January 30 - February 2 at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, California. Conference organizers also released other details on the show agenda today.

Bemusement at Twitter can seem comical, but is less so when it comes to serious news stories, writes DONALD CLARKE

The typical mood of this crew (which is signed to Eminem's Shady Records) is lunchroom-table dour Here though while a sampled Biggie shouts a mantra ("Lyrically I'm untouchable") member Royce da 5'9" points a way forward "We not social/On Twitter we block Oprah and Deepak Chopra" Guys! Was that ...

Just when all language seemed to be going the way of Twitter and text message shorthand, a backlash to brevity is brewing. More words suddenly have more meaning, and they're making us stop and think.

The democratic fervor spreading across North Africa and the Middle East has reached the U.N.'s New York headquarters, judging from the Facebook and Twitter accounts of some staffers at Turtle Bay. Several U.N. officials have turned to social media in recent weeks to express their enthusiasm for the collapse of authoritarian regimes in the Middle East. The activity, in fact, prompted the U.N...

Fortune's Jessica Shambora and others are Tweeting about the Rice Business Plan Competition on Twitter, under the hashtag #RBPC. Click to follow the updates coming out of the competition. Filed under: Techland

Even though Iran's Twitter Revolution has faded from the attention of the Western media , the country's talented techies keep innovating: The Press TV news website reported last week (October 25) the launch of the world’s first search engine for Quran-related websites. Created by Iran, the search engine allows web surfers to easily look up information on Islamic religious law. Ali Ismailpour, t...