The Facebook v Twitter debate is an interesting one. Facebook devotees swear by the social network and, more often than not, can't get their head around Twitter. And likewise, those who rave about the benefits of tweeting, can't really get to grips with wall posts and tagging. But today, a knowledge of both is vital for businesses, charities, and anyone who wants to get their ...
Boston Cops Use Social Media to Crack Down on Parties
social media , as well as old-fashioned walking beats, to find huge after-hours parties before they happen in an effort to tamp down summer violence. "It's about trying to be proactive," said Bureau of Field Services Superintendent William Evans. "If we find out about a party, we're going to visit that house ahead of time. If they have a DJ, they need an ...
Soccer-Belgiums Zulte Waregem put Twitter names on players kit
Zulte Waregem announced. The club unveiled their new kit on their website (www.essevee.be), saying the addition of Twitter names was a footballing first. Zulte Waregem were surprise runners-up in the league last season and will make ...
Voices New social media contract just plain dumb
If history has taught us anything, the first thing those in power seek to do is to silence the voices of the people. That is why we urge students to always question authority when it seeks to suppress their ideas and beliefs - especially by signing away those rights in a ...
Kobe Bryant Unfollows Dwight Howard on Twitter After Lakers Exit
announced he was leaving the Los Angeles Lakers for the Houston Rockets, two of his ex-teammates made their displeasure known in perhaps the quietest (but still public) way possible. ...
ATT joins Verizon Facebook in selling customer data
Since the cell phone video was posted on YouTube, the officers and their families have received threatening phone calls, emails and Facebook messages. In some cases, California residents who share the same name as the officers have mistakenly received threats. A shop in Glendale was flooded with angry phone calls because the storeowner's name is the same as Hawthorne police spokesman Lt. ...
Excited Howard announces choice over Twitter
Dwight Howard (left) is officially heading to Houston. (Bill Baptist/Getty Images) Dwight Howard, one of the top free agent prizes in the class of 2013, confirmed Friday he will sign with the Rockets rather than re-sign with the Lakers. ';I?ve decided to become a member of the Houston Rockets,'; ...
Needy Pets Finding Their Fur-Ever Homes With Help From Social Media
MIAMI (CBS4) ? Three to four million dogs and cats are put to sleep in animal shelters across the United States each year. So now, shelters and rescue groups across the country are using social media to spread the word about pets in need, and the number of people responding is astonishing. A tail-wagging yellow lab named Splash was once on death row in an animal ...
Dhahi rests his case on Twitter
Lt-General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, deserted his official account on the social networking site Twitter after the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood government in Egypt.Lt-General Khalfan tweeted on his personal account on Thursday evening: "Due to the disqualification of the Muslim Brotherhood and its isolation from power, this account is deserted and ...
The Lede Social Media Updates on Clashes in Cairo
Chaotic clashes broke out on Friday night between supporters and opponents of the ousted Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi, in a riverside neighborhood of downtown Cairo near Tahrir Square, drawing thousands of people into the streets and shutting down a major bridge spanning the Nile. The violence appeared to have started shortly after sunset, when a large Islamist march moved across downtown ...
Sprint TNT partner to engage fans via Twitter
During the final 30 laps of Saturday night's Sprint Cup race at Daytona International Speedway, Miss Sprint Cup (Kim Coon) will engage fans via Twitter to participate in the (hash)Sprint60 Unlimited - a 60-second race within the ...
Presidents on Twitter this week Morsi Washington Jefferson
FILE - In this Monday, July 1, 2013 file photo released by the office of the Egyptian Presidency, Mohammed Morsi, center, meets with members of his government leadership in Cairo, Egypt. "Over my dead body!" Mohammed Morsi told his army chief who came to him asking the Islamist president to step down on his own and not resist a military ultimatum and the demands of giant crowds out in ...
Follow Egypt unrest using experimental Twitter translator
A tweet in Arabic translated to English. As the strife in Egypt continues, Twitter is testing out a translation service that lets users worldwide read the tweets of high-profile Egyptians in the users' own languages."Watching Egypt? We've included some highly followed accounts in the region in our Tweet text translation experiment," read a post that appeared Wednesday on the ...
Social media can lead to a need for criminal defense in Texas
For most people, Facebook is a fun, lighthearted pastime. As one of the most popular social media sites available, people both young and old use the service every day to communicate with friends, play games and engage in leisure time activity. Unfortunately, and perhaps also shockingly, it is also possible for Facebook to land a person in jail. Astonishingly, a Texas teenager now ...
Best Parenting Tweets What Moms And Dads Said On Twitter This Week
we round up the most hilarious 140-character quips from moms and dads to spread the joy. Click through the slideshow below to read the latest batch ...
Judge upholds $5M Miss Pennsylvania ordered to pay Miss Universe
Ex-Miss Pennsylvania Sheena Monnin competes during the 2012 Miss USA Presentation Show in Las Vegas. A judge believes her disappointment at missing the top 15 motivated her to call the pageant rigged. Monnin was reported as "shocked" at order to pay Donald Trump's organization $5M for calling Miss USA pageant rigged. UPI/Greg Harbaugh/file ...
Police seek warrant for boy 18 in high school porn case
Police in Florida said they were seeking an arrest warrant for an 18-year-old boy in the case of a 15-year-old girl charged with taking a pornographic picture. Pasco County sheriff's deputies said they were working to obtain an arrest warrant for the 18-year-old boy accused of posting a picture to Twitter depicting a 15-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl engaged in oral sex, WTSP-TV, ...
MyOwnMusicStore.com The Facebook of Independent Music
.com is a website devoted to Independents. MyOwnMusicStore.com combines social media with selling music at a VERY LOW COST to the artist. Prices start at $6.99 per month. NO COMMISSION!! MOMS will provide an Internet storefront, for each individual and your music will be listed as products for sale. Sign up for a year and the first month is free. Offer ends July 31st, 2013. The larger well know ...
After Abuse Claims Teen Jailed For Sarcastic Facebook Comment Gets Hearing on Prohibitive $500K Bond
Justin Carter, the Texas teenager who was arrested more than four months ago and later jailed for a posting sarcastic comment on Facebook, may soon be able to go home after a judge this week agreed to a hearing on his prohibitive $500,000 ...
Ankara Mayor Gokcek launched a social media campaign attacking the network for what he says its biased covera?
Ankara Mayor Gokcek launched a social media campaign, attacking the network for what he says its biased coverage of Turkey protests ANKARA - Mayor of Turkish capital Ankara, Melih Gokcek, launched a Twitter campaign against CNN International news for its coverage of recently abating protests that lasted for three weeks across the country.The mayor`s hashtag, "#stoplyingCNN", topped the ...
Meyers family takes to Twitter to defend coach
arrested and charged with murder last month, Hernandez?s college coach also found himself thrust into the spotlight. Urban Meyer has fielded criticism recently over the Gators? handling of Hernandez?s legal troubles while Hernandez played tight end under Meyer at Florida. The current Ohio State coach?s family members have taken it upon themselves to defend Meyer?s ...
Teenager Jailed for Facebook Terrorist Threat Is Now On Suicide Watch
The nineteen-year-old jailed for making a "terrorist threat" after posting an obviously sarcastic comment on Facebook is now reportedly on suicide watch in jail, where he has been held ...
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