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McCain tweet on Iran draws criticism
February 4, 2013 1:25 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. John McCain's tweet comparing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to a monkey is drawing criticism from a fellow GOP lawmaker as racist. On Monday, McCain wrote, "So Ahmadinejad wants to be first Iranian in space - wasn't he just there last week?" He then linked to... more » -
Twitter Taste Off
April 23, 2012 6:32 PM
Twenty three of Colorado’s top wineries and one meadery will pour at the Nomacorc--Colorado Twitter Taste--off at the fourth annual DrinkLocalWine conference April 28 at St. Cajetan’s on the Metropolitan State College campus in Denver. The conference, presented by the Colorado Wine Industry Development Board, will focus on the... more » -
Celebrities paid to Tweet
November 3, 2011 6:56 AM
NEW YORK (AP) - Celebrities are getting paid as much as $10,000 or more per post to tweet about name brand clothes, cars and movies. Twitter has reshaped how people shop, vote and start revolutions and now it's changing the business of celebrity endorsements. Social media marketer Izea... more » -
Get your tweet on the Emmy Awards
August 20, 2010 7:26 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jimmy Fallon wants your tweet to be part of the Emmy Awards. Fallon, host of the ceremony on NBC, said Friday the public will get to submit an introduction through Twitter for up to 15 Emmy presenters. Fallon will read the best one as each... more » -
Tweets fly when goals are scored
June 18, 2010 6:39 PM
When a World Cup goal is scored, Twitter celebrates. The social networking site is seeing record traffic every time a big goal is scored in the soccer tournament. Though Twitter normally sees about 750 tweets per second on an average day, there were a record 2,940 tweets per second after... more » -
Utah Attorney General sent tweet about execution
June 18, 2010 5:59 PM
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is defending his use of Twitter to tell the world that he had given the Department of Corrections the OK to execute a condemned man by firing squad. Shurtleff's tweet shortly before Ronnie Lee Gardner was shot to death Friday morning drew criticism from... more » -
New iPhone app lets your dog "tweet" his feelings
February 10, 2010 10:56 AM
Everyone seems to be on Twitter, so why shouldn't your dog be on as well? That will soon happen thanks to an iPhone application that will "translate" dog barks into English and tweet them out to the world. Mobile content provider , Japan's Index Corporation says it will the launch... more » -
Once-presidential phrase casualty of word war
December 31, 2009 8:47 AM
A Michigan school has proposed interring "shovel ready" and other phrases in its annual list of Words to Be Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness. Lake Superior State University also suggests that "transparent/transparency," "czar," "sexting," "tweet," "teachable moment" and "app" should join "shovel ready" in... more » -
Colorado Springs senator explains his Tweet
November 12, 2009 1:34 PM
A Colorado Springs state senator is drawing attention for a comment he made on Twitter about President Obama. Sen. Dave Schultheis sent a Tweet Wednesday that read, "Don't for a second, think Obama wants what is best for US. He is flying the US plane right into the ground... more » -
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August 25, 2009 7:09 PM
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