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Osama bin Twitter: Terrorists hone the micro-message
Osama bin Twitter: Terrorists hone the micro-message
I thought for sure the ten millionth “death of Twitter” meme over the weekend would be the most ridiculous item about the popular micro-messaging service. Then I read the report [ PDF ] about terrorists potentially using Twitter to spread their evil. Basically, there a new ...
Twitter as a Terrorist's Killer App
blog.wired.com — Could Twitter become terrorists' newest killer app? A draft Army intelligence report, making its way through spy... circles, thinks the miniature messaging software could be used as an effective tool for coordinating militant attacks.  ... (more) Twitter as a Terrorist's Killer App
Twitter Goes Mainstream
Twitter Goes Mainstream
online.wsj.com — [Twitter Goes Mainstream] Getty Images Co-founders Jack Dorsey (left) and Biz Stone... (more) Twitter Goes Mainstream
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Blogosphere Highlights 10-26-08
Bloggers Blog: Blogging the Blogsphere — ... Justine Ezarik just ate a cookie. She has tweeted before about eating a cookie - see here. Giga Omni Media raised $4.5 million in new funding. The New York Times expanded its business coverage and launched a new blog called Economix. Yes We Can Hold Babies is one of many niche Barack Obama blogs. (via Babyosphere) Gospelr is billed as a Twitter for Christians. (via TechCrunch) Oh noes! Terrorists could use Twitter. Internet Retailer has a article about how Hewlett-Packard Co.'s Dragon ...

Twitter Is Only a Reflection of the Society so Why All the Fears?
Profy — ... MG Siegler over at VentureBeat has absolutely clear and valid explanations of where exactly the army is wrong in understanding how Twitter works. In the post he points out obvious mistakes and things that seem to be more of fantasies about how Twitter should work instead of how it actually works in reality which must prove that instead of actually familiarizing with how Twitter works they decided to draw the report based on some theoretical knowledge which obviously is not enough to actually understand the technology. ...

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