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China Official “Wu Hao” First To Use Twitter, Social Media

Wu Hao has become the first Chinese official to use Twitter and is setting a new precedence of “openness” in China through the use of social networking and the Internet.  Wu Hao has gained nearly 50,000 followers within the first month of starting his Twitter profile. ** Note – despite searching long and hard, I’ve […]

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Police Need A Warrant To Search Cell Phones, Ohio Court Rules

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled this month, by a vote of 4 to 3, that police are required to have a search warrant to search and examine the contents of an individual’s cell phone. This ruling makes an unprecedented statement about the privacy rights of cell phone owners, but also points to the wealth of […]

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Why Are You Surprised That Kim Kardashian Makes $10,000 For Tweeting?

The web is buzzing today about how Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) supposedly has a contract with in-stream company Ad.ly. and earns big money for endorsing  The  blog momsword.org had an article today that made it seem like this was somehow a shocking revelation that someone would actually be making this kind of money from Twitter.  And that while […]

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Sherlock Holmes – Live Movie Reviews via Twitter

Sherlock Holmes is set to premier today in the United States.  Below is a live Twitter feed of movie reviews, and up to the second feed back from movie goers! We found with our recent live Twitter feed of Avatar that movie goers are tweeting feedback literally as they are watching the movie. This real-time […]

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Santa Was Just Spotted… See Where on Twitter

Santa is at the top of the world – Mt. Everest, which is 8,848 meters (29,029 ft) above sea level! Watch him go @ You can now follow Santa, and his exact location as he makes his way around the world, on Twitter (@noradsanta).

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How To Add Twitter To Your WordPress Blog (by the numbers…)

There are lots of different ways to add Twitter to your blog or your website.  Literally, an entire book of tutorials could be created to cover all the different websites and ways of integration.   I’m going to start with WordPress – so this tutorial is going to cover how to add your Twitter profile to […]

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The “29% Rule” For Getting More Retweets on Twitter

When it comes to Twitter, sending out tweets that are productive, helpful, and provide insights can reap a huge return on your profile growth, and your tweeting efforts. One of the best ways to increase the exposure of your Twitter profile, and dramatically increase your followers, is to produce tweets that get “retweeted”! When somebody […]