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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

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

TWITTER 'OOPS'

Jan 19, 2010 9:22 AM CST

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

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

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

Jan 14, 2010 2:10 PM CST

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

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

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

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

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:

Kim Kardashian : 2,795,369 followers, $10,000 (at least) per tweet.
Soulja Boy : 2,002,848 followers, $10,000 (at least) per tweet.

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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

Jan 9, 2010 12:16 PM CST

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

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

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...

JFK's 1960
Campaign
Goes on
Twitter

50th anniversary

Jan 2, 2010 1:48 PM CST

JFK's 1960 Campaign Goes on Twitter

Kennedy library marks anniversary of his presidential run

(Newser) - This just in to Twitter: "Today I, Massachusetts Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy, announce my candidacy for the President of the United States of America." To mark the 50th anniversary of JFK's winning presidential run, his library has begun tweeting daily updates from the campaign. The tweets will...

8 Celebs
Who Should
Quit Twitter

Dec 31, 2009 8:58 AM CST

8 Celebs Who Should Quit Twitter

Spencer Pratt's New Year's resolution should be to shut up

(Newser) - Thanks to Twitter, you can now spend your day following Paris Hilton’s every move—or, more importantly, reading each and every one of Spencer Pratt’s shout-outs to himself. PopEater names eight celebs who should really step away from the Twitter:

Al Roker: Didn’t expect to see him

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Top 10 Celeb Twitter Feuds

BEST OF 2009

Dec 30, 2009 9:58 AM CST

Top 10 Celeb Twitter Feuds

Some, like Perez Hilton, are always good for a cyber-scuffle

(Newser) - It’s hard to believe that until recently, we were forced to get our news of celebrity stupidity secondhand: Thanks to Twitter’s booming popularity, now it comes straight from the horse’s mouth. The Frisky selects the top 10 celebrity Twitter feuds of 2009:

Ashton Kutcher vs. CNN: When

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Like Home Alone?
Follow Twitter Recreation

Dec 25, 2009 9:16 PM CST

Like Home Alone? Follow Twitter Recreation

Project has accounts for all 22 characters, linked via list

(Newser) - A British studio is using Twitter’s new(ish) list feature to re-create the Christmas classic Home Alone online, with each of the film’s 22 characters having a Twitter feed. So if you can’t be near a TV, or maybe just want to experience Macaulay Culkin’s star turn...

Kim Kardashian
Rakes in $10K
Per Tweet

move over, ashton

Dec 22, 2009 1:26 PM CST

Kim Kardashian Rakes in $10K Per Tweet

No matter how great those online ads are, celebs still rule

(Newser) - In examining an Advertising Age slideshow on online ad rates, one of the things that caught Joe Coscarelli's—and no doubt most readers'—attention is that Kim Kardashian earns a whopping $10,000 per tweet when she shills for companies. Kardashian, who has 2.7 million followers, earns such big...

Twitter Ekes a
Profit for 2009

Dec 21, 2009 10:30 AM CST

Twitter Ekes a Profit for 2009

$25M search deals with Microsoft, Google push it barely into black

(Newser) - Twitter will be marginally profitable this year thanks to deals with Google and Microsoft that open up the social networking site’s streams to those companies’ search engines. The agreement with Google is worth about $15 million, while the Microsoft partnership should net Twitter around $10 million. The short message...