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British government tells civil servants to tweet

Technology / Internet

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- The British government has told civil servants: Go forth and tweet.


With celebrities like Ashton Kutcher and Oprah Winfrey helping fuel Twitter mania, the micro-blogging website is soaring

Twitter a global sensation: Hitwise

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created Apr 25, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

With celebrities such as Ashton Kutcher and Oprah Winfrey helping fuel Twitter mania, the micro-blogging website is soaring to stardom around the world, according to Hitwise.





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Ashton Kutcher wins Twitter battle with CNN (AP)

Ashton Kutcher wins Twitter battle with CNN

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created Apr 19, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- For now, Ashton Kutcher is the king of Twitter. But there is a new challenger - Oprah.


Briefs: XM adds 17 new programs to lineup

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created Mar 27, 2006 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

XM Satellite Radio added 10 new music channels and seven news channels to its lineup, including a program hosted by Oprah Winfrey.


A ripple in the Twitterverse: When Oprah tweets, people follow

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created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The social networking site Twitter is closing in on one week A.O. -- After Oprah -- and, as expected, the media mogul has inspired a horde of new users to sign up.


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Twitter dabbling with verifying identities

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created Jun 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Authenticity badges were popping up at Twitter on Friday as the popular micro-blogging service tested a way to verify that people tweeting are who they claim to be.


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From Time to Oprah to Iran: Twitter comes of age

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created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twitter may be only two years old and not making money yet but it has definitely come of age.


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Oprah, Luke Skywalker and Maradona -- new study investigates how our brains respond to them

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Pictures paint concepts of a thousand words- now, for the first time, scientists studying the brain have worked out how words paint concepts in our minds.


True story? Men prefer 'chick flicks' when they are explicitly fictionalized

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 08, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Characterized by a heart-tugging plot, emotional melodrama is a subtype of dramatic entertainment that fosters deep emotional reactions on the part of the consumer. Often labelled “chick-flicks,” “tearjerkers,” or “human ...


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Is quitting Twitter more popular than re-tweeting?

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created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- Twitter quitters outnumber the flock of habitual tweeters on the rapidly growing online communications service, a new study suggests.


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Facebook courting Twitter lovers

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created Mar 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook is courting Twitter lovers with pages that fire instant updates to limitless audiences in a fashion echoing the essence of the hot micro-blogging service.


Web site links African-Americans to ancestors' voyage

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created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

In a major advance in genealogical research, African-Americans will be able to trace the routes of slave ships that transported 12.5 million of their ancestors from Africa as early as the 16th century.



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