January 2011
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Twitter List : Egypt →
soupsoup:
I’ve created a list of the best Twitter accounts to follow for news out of Egypt.
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The other thing to worry, or at least wonder, about is how revolutions inspired...
– Nicholas Thompson, in his post on Twitter and the Cairo riots (via newyorker)
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nbclocal:
News: Laser Cannon Stolen. Bigger News: Laser Cannon EXISTS. A laser cannon was stolen in Denton, Texas last Friday. The cannon was used to help keep railroad lines straight, not for fighting off hordes of bloodthirsty aliens as anyone else would naturally assume.
Essentially, it’s a very large laser pointer, so the fact that they’re calling it a “laser cannon” really irks me. ...
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Dear Tumblr
oatmeal:
If you’re going to go down, you might as well blame it on an imaginary animal like Twitter did with their infamous Fail Whale. I’ve taken the liberty of creating this animal for you:
Please use it.
Please oh please.
-The Oatmeal
Update: Tumblr used the TumblBeasts! Check it out :D
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Tunisian protesters: Mark Zuckerberg good, Ben Ali evil. View photo at The Atlantic [via Boing Boing].
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Sign into Yahoo! with Google or Facebook ID
themorningchew:
Users will be able to log-in via Facebook or Google and comment on a Yahoo! News articles, play Yahoo! Fantasy Sports, or interact with photos on Flickr, including Flickr uploader. Yahoo! first introduced OpenID log-in with Google on Flickr in October 2010, and following the success of this integration, they’ve chosen to open it up across all Yahoo! platforms.
The end is...
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niemanlab:
On average iPad owners download 24 apps…6 of which are paid. http://nie.mn/hxiMuc
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Taking 5: iTunes Is Still The Killer App
nerdology:
Yesterday was the 10 year anniversary of iTunes. 10 years. I’ve been using it for about 8.5. The only program I have been using longer is Word. But unlike Word, iTunes is a program that is constantly being maintained, managed and updated by me. There really isn’t any other program like it. It’s been around so long I think people are forgetting how important it has become, and that...
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niemanlab:
The scramble to find sources in the AZ shooting, made transparent through Twitter http://nie.mn/fMr9ax
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newsweek:
niemanlab:
The 18-to-29-year-olds citing the web as their main news source have nearly doubled since 2007: 34% then, 65% now http://nie.mn/i77uQI
Interesting, but we’re more concerned with the fact that we’re 9 mos away from being out of this demographic. Does that make us the oldest people on Tumblr?
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