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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

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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

created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.

Technology / Internet

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

Technology / Internet

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Twitter plays outsize role in 2012 campaign

(AP) -- (at)BarackObama is on Twitter. So is (at)MittRomney. And so are all the voters following the 2012 presidential contest, whether they know it or not.

Technology / Internet

created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tweeters peck at secrecy over Obama's Afghan trip

The wall of secrecy around US President Barack Obama's visit to Afghanistan Tuesday cracked slightly under continual chatter on Twitter in a country obsessed by the instant communication site.

Technology / Internet

created May 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twitter chief meets with US secretary of state

Twitter chief Dick Costolo met on Friday with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as Internet age technologies play growing roles in world affairs.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

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

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Instagram fans moan over slap in the Facebook

Facebook's $1 billion gobbling up of Instagram has sent disgruntled fans of the quirky photo-sharing app to the delete button.

Technology / Software

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twitter fights spammers with lawsuit

Twitter on Thursday turned to a US federal court in its latest effort to stop spammers targeting the worldwide one-to-many text messaging service.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Earth Hour dilemma: When the 'like' button harms the planet

Green groups around the world are turning to social networking to drive their campaign for Earth Hour on Saturday, when lights are turned off for an hour to signal concern about global warming.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Study analyzes Twitter as news source during Arab Spring

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new University of Illinois at Chicago study explores the uses of Twitter as a news reporting mechanism during last year's Mideast uprisings known as Arab Spring.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

First large-scale analysis of 'soft' censorship of social media in China

Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science analyzed millions of Chinese microblogs, or "weibos," to uncover a set of politically sensitive terms that draw the attention of Chinese censors. Individual ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0