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Study highlights how Twitter is used to share information after a disaster
A study from North Carolina State University shows how people used Twitter following the 2011 nuclear disaster in Japan, highlighting challenges for using the social media tool to share information. The study ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 22, 2012 |
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Twitter joins Firefox effort to thwart online tracking
Twitter on Thursday took a stand for online privacy by backing a Firefox web browsing feature that lets people signal that they don't want their Internet activity tracked.
May 17, 2012 |
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Finches use their own form of grammar in their tweets
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a recent study published in Nature Neuroscience, researchers from the University of Kyoto in Japan have discovered that the tweets of Bengalese finches follow a set of grammatical patter ...
Jun 28, 2011 |
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First map of Australia's Twittersphere
The first map of the Australian 'Twittersphere' has been generated by researchers at QUT.
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 23, 2012 |
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Australian 17-year-old blamed for Twitter chaos (Update)
A 17-year-old Australian schoolboy Wednesday said he unwittingly caused a massive hacker attack on Twitter which sent users to Japanese porn sites and took out the White House press secretary's feed. ...
Sep 22, 2010 |
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Human and humanoid robot shake hands in space 1st
Astronauts and robots have united in space with a healthy handshake.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2012 |
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Hacker thieves targeted Anonymous allies: Symantec
Anonymous on Monday gave mixed reactions to a US computer security firm's report that backers of the notorious hacker group were suckered into downloading software that steals online banking information.
Mar 05, 2012 |
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Can social media detect the changes in public mood?
New research has analysed the mood of Twitter users in the UK and detected various changes in the mood of the public. In particular, the researchers observed a significant increase in negative mood, anger and fear, coinciding ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 16, 2012 |
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How Twitter broke its biggest story, #WeGotBinLaden
Nearly a year after U.S. Special Forces killed Osama bin Laden, the events of May 1, 2011 remain one of the busiest traffic periods in Twitter history. More than 5,000 tweets were sent per second when Twitter became the first ...
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Twitter may censor tweets in individual countries
Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis.
Jan 27, 2012 |
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Internet firm fought court order in WikiLeaks case
A small California-based Internet provider is the second company to confirm it fought back against a court demanding a customer's account information as part of a criminal investigation into the release of documents by WikiLeaks.
Oct 10, 2011 |
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People as 'sensors': Twitter messages reveal NFL's big plays and fans'
Using millions of Twitter subscribers as living "sensors," engineers from Rice University and Motorola Mobility have found a way to monitor fans' levels of excitement and to keep track of the action in National Football League ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 04, 2011 |
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AP Exclusive: CIA following Twitter, Facebook
(AP) -- In an anonymous industrial park in Virginia, in an unassuming brick building, the CIA is following tweets - up to 5 million a day.
Nov 04, 2011 |
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Twitter challenges US subpoena seeking user data
Twitter is challenging a court order to turn over to law enforcement data on one of its users involved in Occupy Wall Street in a case described by a civil liberties group as a major test of online freedom ...
May 08, 2012 |
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Fate of digital assets 'vague' after death
When you die, does your Facebook account die with you? Or that online photo album? What about your iTunes playlist, blogs or tweets?
Sep 13, 2011 |
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