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Space Station Astronaut: 'Hello Twitterverse!'

NASA rigs space station computer to control earth-bound one

(Newser) - The space station gained live internet access for the first time this morning, prompting one astronaut to send a historic message: “Hello Twitterverse! We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station -- the 1st live tweet from Space! :) More soon, send your ?s” Okay, Neil Armstrong...

Stop Photoshopping Demi Moore
 Stop Photoshopping  
 Demi Moore  
OPINION
Jan 22, 2010 12:23 PM CST

Stop Photoshopping Demi Moore

She looks better in Ashton Kutcher's Twitpic photo than in perfume ad

(Newser) - Demi Moore is entangled in another Photoshop controversy, but at least this time she didn’t lose any body parts. Her recently released perfume ad is obviously retouched—and it’s especially striking when compared to a similar picture husband Ashton Kutcher posted on Twitter . “The main thing this...

Reporters Try to Live on Twitter, Facebook Alone

Journalists will hole up in French farmhouse, use only social media

(Newser) - Five journalists plan to lock themselves in a French farmhouse and try gathering news using only Facebook and Twitter. During their 5-day sojourn, the journalists will be cut off from all other links to the outside world—there will be no TVs, and other web surfing is strictly prohibited. Then...

Best Airfare Deals Are Now Tweeted, Emailed

Airlines ramp up discounts in promotional offers

(Newser) - The latest airfare deals aren't online or at travel agencies—they're targeted promotional fares, being emailed and tweeted to customers who sign up to receive them or who enroll in frequent-flier programs. These under-the-radar offers, an inexpensive form of advertising increasingly popular with recession-battered airlines, range from 10% discounts to...

Scott Baio Disses First Lady, Gets Death Threats

Actor gets death threats over Twitter diss

(Newser) - Scott Baio probably hasn't had this many people gunning for him since Bugsy Malone. The actor posted a picture of Michelle Obama looking a bit crazed on Twitter yesterday with the comment, "WOW He wakes up to this every morning!" He was soon hit by an avalanche of...

Valentine Fave Gets Updated Messages

This year, Sweethearts adds 'text me' and 'tweet me'

(Newser) - Sweethearts are a time-honored part of Valentine’s Day, but there are a pair of up-to-the-moment additions to the messages we’re used to seeing on the heart-shaped candies: “text me” and “tweet me.” The new phrases won online voting, and replace the likes of “...

Bill Gates Joins Twitter, Madness Ensues

 Bill Gates 
 Joins Twitter, 
 Madness 
 Ensues 
208 FOLLOWERS PER MINUTE
Jan 20, 2010 7:28 AM CST

Bill Gates Joins Twitter, Madness Ensues

Microsoft founder breaks 100K follower mark within 8 hours

(Newser) - Bill Gates joined Twitter yesterday, and within his first eight hours on the microblogging site, he gained 100,000 followers. Mashable calculated that to be about 12,500 followers per hour, or 208 per minute, making him about as popular as Oprah when she first joined. As of 8:15am,...

Bow Wow's Mom Gets Way Too Twitter Happy
 Bow Wow's 
 Mom Gets Way 
 Too Twitter Happy 
embarrassment dept
Jan 19, 2010 10:39 AM CST

Bow Wow's Mom Gets Way Too Twitter Happy

Rapper threatens to leave, but fans side with Teresa Caldwell

(Newser) - Celebrities really are just like us: They don’t want their moms humiliating them on Twitter, either. The mother of 22-year-old rapper Bow Wow recently joined the site and promptly began posting embarrassing comments about needing more “QT” with her son and wanting to get back together with her...

NY Times Mocks Cancer-Stricken Michael C. Hall

'What's with the hat?' wonders uninformed fashion blogger

(Newser) - Dexter star Michael C. Hall’s battle with cancer has been well publicized—but apparently no one informed the New York Times. Someone at the paper’s Moment blog slammed the hat Hall wore to the Golden Globes, tweeting , “Is Michael C. Hall playing Bob Marley in an upcoming...

Twitter Joke Triggers Terror Bust
Twitter Joke Triggers
Terror Bust
Jan 18, 2010 4:40 AM CST

Twitter Joke Triggers Terror Bust

Quip lands Brit Tweeter in jail on Terrorism Act

(Newser) - A British traveler miffed when snow scuttled his vacation plans was busted after joking to pals on Twitter that he was going to "blow the airport sky high." Paul Chambers, 26, was arrested under the Terrorism Act and interrogated for 7 hours last week. He was finally released...

Social Media: Sports Fans' Best Friends
 Social Media: 
 Sports Fans' 
 Best Friends 
5 REASONS TO GET ON
Jan 17, 2010 3:03 PM CST

Social Media: Sports Fans' Best Friends

Get real, inside connections with athletes

(Newser) - Being cooped up during the winter can be tough on some, but not hard-core sports fans. And social networking adds a new dimension, so if you’re still on the fence about Twitter et al., former NBA star Jalen Rose, writing for Mashable , tells you why you should get in...

Free Haiti Flights Turn Out To Be Twitter Hoax

Tweeters also spread rumor of free UPS shipping

(Newser) - If you believe Twitter, then a lot of big-hearted corporations are doing great things for victims of the Haiti quake: American Airlines and Jet Blue are both flying doctors and nurses to Haiti for free, and UPS is offering free shipping on any package to Haiti under 50 pounds. Also,...

Courtney Love: I'll Sue for Custody
 Courtney Love: 
 I'll Sue for Custody 
TWITTER RAMPAGES
Jan 14, 2010 8:40 AM CST

Courtney Love: I'll Sue for Custody

Singer lashes out on Twitter, admits missing Frances Bean Cobain

(Newser) - Sadly, Courtney Love’s Twitter hiatus didn’t last long—she’s back on the microblogging site, and using it to unveil her plans to sue Kurt Cobain’s mother. Though Love’s lawyer last month brushed off the custody controversy over Frances Bean Cobain, Love now seems to have...

$2M Texted to Help Haiti
 $2M Texted to Help Haiti 

Jan 14, 2010 6:36 AM CST

$2M Texted to Help Haiti

Red Cross, mGive organize cell phone relief effort

(Newser) - Americans have donated over $2 million toward Haitian relief efforts through what organizers say is the biggest cell phone donation campaign ever mobilized. Anybody with a cell phone account with a major carrier can donate $10 to the Red Cross by texting "Haiti" to the number 90999. The donation...

Facebook Hands Out Free Security Software
 Facebook Hands Out 
 Free Security Software 
mcafee for the masses
Jan 13, 2010 8:45 AM CST

Facebook Hands Out Free Security Software

Site partners with McAfee to battle rampant cyber attacks

(Newser) - Battered by a recent wave of cyberattacks, Facebook is offering its 350 million users a free six-month trial of McAfee's Internet Security Suite. Hoping to protect users from viruses and other threats, it also announced yesterday that it's partnered with McAfee to develop an online tool to scan and clean...

The Most Lucrative Tweeters
 The Most Lucrative Tweeters 
Jan 13, 2010 5:00 AM CST

The Most Lucrative Tweeters

Celebs can net $10K just for one tweet endorsing a product

(Newser) - Twitter represents a new frontier for advertising, with companies like Ad.ly connecting advertisers to much-followed celebrities. The Daily Beast lists the most highly compensated tweeters:
  1. Kim Kardashian : 2,795,369 followers, $10,000 (at least) per tweet.
  2. Soulja Boy : 2,002,848 followers, $10,000 (at least) per tweet.
...

Tequila on a Scary Casey Johnson Rant
 Tequila on a Scary 
 Casey Johnson Rant 
CELEB MELTDOWNS
Jan 11, 2010 8:48 AM CST

Tequila on a Scary Casey Johnson Rant

Tila Tequila's tweets, blog posts just getting crazier

(Newser) - Whether or not Casey Johnson was laid to rest yesterday— E! says she wasn’t, Radar says she was—one thing is clear: Tila Tequila is upset about being excluded from the proceedings. “I can’t sleep and I am on suicide watch,” Tequila tells E! Gawker takes...

Virtual 'Suicide Machine' Erases Your Online Life

Facebook isn't happy, fights back

(Newser) - A new site promises to set people free from the chains of social networking, and Facebook is not amused. The site, Web 2.0 Suicide Machine , is designed to permanently remove people's accounts from Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and LinkedIn. (See the video for details.) It proudly claims nearly 900...

13 Annoying Facebook Habits

 13 Annoying 
 Facebook 
 Habits 
AND TWITTER, TOO
Jan 7, 2010 4:27 PM CST

13 Annoying Facebook Habits

Please, please, please don't make a 'fan' page for yourself

(Newser) - Believe it or not, your Facebook friends don’t need to hear about every single yoga class you attend, the details of your child’s potty training, or how you feel about each and every play in a baseball game. Amelia McDonell-Parry lists 13 social networking faux pas, on The...

Bow Wow Drinks, Drives, Tweets
 Bow Wow Drinks, 
 Drives, Tweets 
CHRIS BROWN ALONG FOR RIDE
Jan 4, 2010 8:04 AM CST

Bow Wow Drinks, Drives, Tweets

Rapper broadcasts bad behavior on Twitter

(Newser) - Bow Wow, you know you’ve hit a low point when Chris Brown is giving you advice. The rapper and Brown spent New Year’s Eve together—and Bow Wow allegedly got drunk, insisted on driving his Lamborghini, then Tweeted about it all the while. “Chris seemed like he...

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