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What are you doing? is a Twitter question no more
Twitter used to ask What are you doing? No longer. The micro-blogging service now wants to know What s happening? Twitter co-founder Biz Stone announced the change in Twitter s tag line in a blog post on Thursday.
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Web 2.0 Expo: Startup Aims At Public Policy Crowdsourcing
Social media pioneer Anil Dash has left his position as a top executive at blogging company Six Apart to found Expert Labs , a non-profit aimed at crowdsourcing expertise to help government make better policy decisions.
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Top model found dead in Paris apartment
A top model who was a fixture at fashion week in Paris and London has been found dead at her apartment in Paris, an official said today.
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Twitter asks users to get with the now
Twitter's now all about what's happening, according to co-founder Biz Stone. Picture: AFP.
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Obama Answers Questions From Cuban Blogger
President Barack Obama has answered written questions from a Cuban blogger who has become famous by daring to criticize life in her country on line.
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Expert Labs: Can an Outside Incubator Turn Government Tech-Savvy?
Long-time blogger and tech executive Anil Dash announced today at the Web 2.0 Expo New York that he's leaving publishing software company SixApart and will head a new technology incubator called Expert Labs .
Antiracists and far-right youths battle in Moscow
A simmering confrontation between far-right youths and ant-racist activists has erupted into Moscow's streets after the fatal shooting of an anti-racist activist known as the Bonebreaker.
Fact Check: Critics overstate significance of stimulus to ...
Did the Obama administration really pump billions of dollars into "phantom" congressional districts? Republicans, bloggers and conservative think tanks have been circulating reports suggesting that money intended to create jobs and shore up the economy was unaccounted for, misused or lost in some sort of bookkeeping black hole.
China govt pleased but ordinary folk cool on Obama
State media heralded President Barack Obama's maiden trip to China as a triumph, but ordinary Chinese were largely shielded by their government from his most critical remarks and activists were disappointed by the measured tone of those they did hear.
Microsoft releases Windows 7 download code under GPL v2
Microsoft acknowledged that its Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool does indeed include open source code.
YouTube Direct launches to help news outlets gather citizen videos
YouTube is releasing a new open-source interface called YouTube Direct that aims to make it easier for news organisations to have access to relevant clips from citizen journalists, it was widely reported.
Radio hosta s attack on gays condemned
Anti-gay comments by conservative blogger and radio show host Doug Lambert have drawn fire from all corners - " from his own radio show co-host to Congressman Paul Hodes.
TypePad Takes on Tumblr With Free Microblogging Feature
Six Apart's TypePad blogging service has long been aimed at bloggers who were serious enough about what they were doing to fork over money for a blogging platform.
Call Girl Blogger Reveals Identity
Six years ago, as a destitute PhD student writing her doctoral thesis in London, Brooke Magnanti decided to become a call girl.
John Mayer Makes Sure Music Rises Above Tabloids
If you're engrossed in the tabloid Internet-gossip that has come to define the celebrity world, then John Mayer's latest CD, "Battle Studies," could provide enough fodder to fill at least a dozen Perez Hilton blog posts or at least one story in Us Weekly.
Vietnam Facebook fans fear government blackout as problems plague the site
Vietnam's growing legions of Facebook users fear that the country's communist government might be blocking the popular social networking website, which has become difficult to access over the past few weeks.
GOP radio host, blogger's attack on gay Dem Party chair condemned by NH Freedom to Marry group
A conservative Republican radio host, blogger and self-described citizen journalist is apologizing for calling New Hampshire's Democratic Party chairman derogatory gay names - comments his party and a leading gay activist are condemning.
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