John Prescott is unlikely Twitter success
John Prescott, the former deputy prime minister, has become an unlikely Twitter success despite his well-publicised struggles with the English language
The anti-Twitter? New site goes long
For anyone who complains that Twitter posts are too short to be meaningful, we present you with Twitter’s exact opposite: Woofer.
Geolocation coming to Twitter and its external applications
Twitter is jumping on the geolocation bandwagon, with plans to let users geocode their posts and make the information accessible both on the main Twitter site and through external applications.
Internet junkie detox center claims US first
A dedicated internet and gaming addiction recovery program has opened shop in Fall City, Washington, which claims to be the first of its kind in the US.
MySpace agrees to buy web music service iLike
MySpace, the social networking site owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, said on Thursday that it had agreed to buy music recommendation service iLike, as the once-hot social networking site …
Bloggers beware? Google forced to identify anonymous blogger
A US court has ordered Google to hand over the identity of a blogger who used her website to defame Liskula Cohen, a former Vogue cover girl. What does the …
Top Twitter etiquette tips
Because it’s just a messaging platform, Twitter is far less complex than Facebook. Nevertheless, misuse and abuse seem at least as common on the former as on the latter. Some …
Social media and the internet do not spread democracy
It’s been a demoralising political summer for the Internet’s social media idealists. The early promise of a democratic Twitter powered revolution in Iran has been replaced by a series of …