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Airline Twitter promotion attracts huge crowds (CNET)

JetBlue said it had a thousand free tickets to give away to New Yorkers who showed up at a location broadcasted via Twitter. The only complaint so far: Couldn’t there be more?
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Facebook, Twitter Ready Location-Based Features (PC World via Yahoo! News)

Facebook and Twitter are preparing to flip the switch on features that will allow you to share your location with your friends at any time. Facebook is reportedly revving up to introduce the feature, while Twitter is ready to enable the changes on its site any moment now.
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What We’re Reading: Conan’s Twitter Buddy and New York in Pixels (New York Times)

8-bit NYC — 8bitnyc.com Jenna Wortham says: New York, just like you pixeled it: The Big Apple rendered as an 8-bit, ’80s video game. Conan Twitter Tracker: How Conan Met Sarah — Los Angeles Times David Gallagher says: Conan O’Brien said he’d change this woman’s life by making her the only person he follows on [...]

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Twitter report: Panthers cut Brad Hoover (The Charlotte Observer)

Fullback Brad Hoover, one of the more popular players on the Carolina Panthers roster, was released Monday, according to safety Chris Harris on his Twitter feed.
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8 Must-Have Twitter and Facebook Add-Ons (PC World)

You can solve several of your top gripes with Twitter and Facebook by using free, downloadable tools.
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Twitter hits 10 billion tweet mark (Network World)

More than 10 billion tweets have been posted on micro-blogging service Twitter.
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‘Mad Men,’ Muppets top Twitter’s Shorty Awards (CNN)

The hard-boozing characters of “Mad Men” and the Muppets of “Sesame Street” were among the big winners of this year’s Shorty Awards, which honor the top micro-bloggers of Twitter.
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Alyssa Milano: Confessions of A Twitter Queen (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)

Actress Alyssa Milano’s expert use of Twitter as a social, promotional, and business platform offers lessons for us all.
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Daly says on Twitter to talk to golf writer (AP via Yahoo! News)

John Daly was so irritated that a Florida newspaper wrote about his PGA Tour disciplinary file that he referred to the writer as a “jerk” on Twitter and posted the writer’s cell phone number for his followers to call.
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Internet-savvy Chile taps Twitter (USA Today)

Since Saturday’s quake, traditional media here have focused on hard news death tolls, rescue efforts, government announcements and images of lootings while social-networking tools such as Twitter, Facebook and some Google applications have been at the forefront of transmitting highly localized information.
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