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Duff Watson won't be flying Southwest Airlines again in the future, after he and his family were asked to leave the plane because he tweeted about the bad service he received at the gate.
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Twitter managers recently released data on their own employees. Around 59% of them are male and 70% are white. Facts like this are re-igniting the debate on how to get more minorities and women into the technology sector.
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Around 100 accounts were reportedly found using names stolen from Westerners and descriptions taken from real people. Reporters claim each account promotes Chinese propaganda.
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Social media has been fun...but how much money is in it? Popular sites like Facebook and Twitter are working to capitalize on our screen time, now moving beyond online advertising and into online shopping itself. Will these sites master e-commerce?
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With sights on creating its own e-commerce platform, Twitter will soon reach this goal with the recent acquisition of CardSpring. The cost of deal has not yet been revealed, but the feature will be soon forthcoming.
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Diana Magnay was allegedly harassed by Israelis and Tweeted to the fans that they were "scum." Authorities with CNN rushed to apologize for the incident and reportedly removed her from covering the Israeli-Gaza conflict.
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Is a novel in 140 characters possible? David Mitchell, the author of Cloud Atlas, is going to try. The celebrated author is publishing his next work on Twitter.
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Moments after winning the 2014 World Cup, German forward Lukas Podolski snapped one of the most memorable selfies in sports history. Podolski posted on his Twitter account a photo of fellow German player Bastian Schweinsteiger kissing his cheek.
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Apparently back in the 1950s there was a spate of UFO sightings in the skies above Norway. Finally, 60 years later, an explanation has been offered by the CIA on Twitter.
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Valerie Kasanita Adams, a shot putter from New Zealand, a four-time World champion, three time World Indoor champion and two-time Olympic and Commonwealth champion, thanked her chiropractor In a tweet for her 51st straight win.
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Baghdad -
The ministry of communications in Iraq has ordered both internet and mobile companies to block social media sites and also applications according to reports from technicians at two major service providers.
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VH1 organized a social media Q&A session with pop star Robin Thicke using #AskThicke. The resulting storm of inappropriate and abusive tweets was unexpected, and woefully entertaining.
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Tikrit -
The world now has 197 nations after the breakaway al-Qaeda faction in Iraq fulfilled its pledge and created a caliphate.
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New York -
Singer-songwriter Todd Carey opened up about the success of his lead single "Nintendo," which is making an impact in the pop music scene.
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Geneva -
Pope Francis has less than one-third the Twitter followers of President Obama, but what the Pontiff lacks in bare Twitter numbers, he more than makes up for when it comes to retweets.
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How social media changes our culture and our very lives is something many are researching today. A recent study praised Canada for their online diplomacy and also noted the sheer influence available online to Pope Francis.
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The GIF, a popular animated image format in the 80s, persevered and found a new place on the Internet. Where is this new place? Chances are you are using it now.
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Automated Twitter account @everyword has finally completed its task of tweeting out every single word in the dictionary to its many followers.
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The CIA has finally joined Twitter and Facebook. While they dig themselves out of a rock and join 2014, it is time to look back at five actions committed by the CIA that is bound to increase their likes.
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Washington -
A campaign on Twitter denouncing misogyny has gathered thousands of followers after a bloody rampage in California by a 22-year-old virgin who said he was motivated by hatred of women.
In the Media
by AFP
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It seems McDonald's new Happy Meal ambassador, dubbed rather originally "Happy," is not going down well on the social media. Going more by the name of "McScary," people are just not impressed.
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Twitter is adding yet another feature, and this one is to help weed out those on your feed whom you don't want to hear from.
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Twitter has introduced a new feature that will allow advertisers to target users on its platform based on their language.
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Sydney -
If you’ve been seeing the endless “email is dead” stuff online and rebuttals, you could be forgiven for wondering what they’re talking about. Most normal human beings can manage their email, some just bitch about it more than others.
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A "Game of Thrones" fan sent a joke tweet to Spain's rail network company Renfe, using rather poor spelling and grammar. A fellow fan at Renfe decided to respond in a similar vein and it's gone crazy on the Spanish social network scene.
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Ankara -
The head of Turkey's top court condemned Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's "excessive criticism" of the judiciary on Friday in the latest fallout from a huge corruption scandal that has pitted key state institutions against each other.
In the Media
by Fulya Ozerkan (AFP)
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New research coming out of Consumer Sharing Trends Report 2014 reveals that Twitter’s back and stronger than ever. And what social channel saw the second most dynamic growth, you ask? Reddit.
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Ankara -
Social media firms operating in Turkey should open offices there and pay taxes, authorities said Tuesday, amid a row with Twitter which the Turkish prime minister has branded "tax evaders".
In the Media
by AFP
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Dozens of people are now known to have tweeted joke 'humorous' bomb threats to American Airlines after the incident on Sunday night when a Dutch teenager tweeted the company.
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New York -
Twitter co-founders Jack Dorsey and Evan Williams and chief executive Dick Costolo have no short-term plans to sell their shares in the social network, according to documents released Monday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Rafael Nadal sent a tweet to apologize for announcing the death of Nelson Mandela.
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Fans of the late Whitney Houston react on Twitter to the news of Houston family's decision for a reality show.
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