Oldest person on Twitter, Facebook becomes oldest swigger at 103!July 23rd, 2009 LONDON - From being the oldest person on networking sites Twitter and Facebook, Ivy Bean has now become the oldest swigger too at the age of 103. After a wild weekend party with four pals aged 73 to 90, Bean posted pictures on the Internet of herself swigging from a bottle of champagne as she sat in her wheelchair.
MC Hammer's cousin charged in Calif with raping woman he met on Twitter, no plea in courtAugust 11th, 2009 MC Hammer's cousin appears in court on rape chargePLEASANTON, Calif. —The cousin of rapper MC Hammer has been charged in California with raping a 40-year-old woman he met through an online social networking site.
Only 10pct of Twitter users do all the tweetingJune 6th, 2009 LONDON - A meagre 10 percent of total Twitter users post 90 per cent of all tweets on the micro-blogging website, reveals a Harvard Business School report. And it is the prolific Twitter users, like Ashton Kutcher and his wife Demi Moore, who account for the majority of tweets.
Is Twitter Enabling Stalking?July 16th, 2007 Stalking appears to be the most appropriate way to describe my recent experiences. First of all Twitter (I love the service) has changed the message from so and so is your friend to the eerie message so and so is following you.
Facebook scam leads Missouri woman to think her friend is in trouble, wire money to EnglandSeptember 2nd, 2009 Facebook scam leads woman to wire funds abroadST. LOUIS — Police say a Missouri woman was tricked into wiring about $4,000 to an account in England after receiving messages from a friend on Facebook asking for help.
Kanye West says he has 'better' things to do but tweetMay 13th, 2009 Kanye West doesn't like Twitter or impostors
NEW YORK — Kanye West doesn't like impostors. And he doesn't care much for Twitter, either.
"My bank was just held up - with me in it": Woman tweets heist (in 140 characters or less)July 14th, 2009 NYC bank heist makes for an unexpected TweetNEW YORK — A bad morning turned into a surprise treat — or make that Tweet — for a New York City woman's followers on Twitter. Annemarie Dooling was in line at an HSBC bank in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday morning when she realized it was being held up.
Now, buy followers on TwitterJuly 7th, 2009 LONDON - Not happy with your follower count on Twitter? Well, then here's your chance to boost your popularity on the micro-blogging site-a new service can now buy followers for you. The social networking site, popular with celebrities like Ashton Kutcher and Lily Allen, allows users to post short updates about their thoughts or what they are doing.
Ruby Hack to see who doesn't follow you back in TwitterMay 18th, 2009 One of the factors that makes Twitter so popular is its asynchronous nature. I'm sure this happens to most of you on Twitter, a lot of people you follow don't follow you on Twitter don't follow you back.
Incoming Alaska governor not the Twitter fan that Palin isJuly 8th, 2009 Incoming Alaska governor to tweet less than PalinANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska's incoming governor isn't the tweeter that Sarah Palin is. Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell says he "may or may not" use a new Twitter account his staff established for him this week.
Searching for love on net can leave you penniless!June 30th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - A 28-year-old woman lost RM19,000 after her cyber 'lover' tricked her into parting with her savings to help him start a business. She had thought that the cyber love affair was genuine after the stranger, purportedly from Ireland, popped the question.
Twitter Announces New API for Integrated Retweet August 14th, 2009 Twitter co founder Biz Stone recently announced on the Twitter blog that they are all set to integrate retweets into the service and application programing interface. Currently the method of retweeting on twitter.com is a cumbersome process of copying and pasting.
Woman rescued from dangerous Internet contactFebruary 15th, 2009 WELLINGTON - Armed officers rescued a German woman who flew to Dunedin to meet a man she befriended online from what the New Zealand police described as a 'dangerous situation', a newspaper reported Monday. 'The man was not who he had portrayed himself to be in his Internet communications,' Detective Steve McGregor said in a statement to the Otago Daily Times.
How to Add Twitter to OrkutJanuary 21st, 2009 Twitter and Orkut have attracted millions of people in the world into social networking. To each, its own.
How to Manage Twitter Followers by email? TopifyJune 30th, 2009 Managing new Twitter notifications and direct messages is a hassle that aggravates with Twitter's interface. To match this you would need a tool that could revamp the new follow notifications and adding support for following back and relying to direct messages via email.
LONDON - While most ladies her age prefer to sit quietly, 103-year-old English lady Ivy Bean loves to Twitter, something that has made her the oldest user of the social networking site. Bean, a great grandmother, decided to join Twitter after she got bored of using Facebook, where she had made 4,800 friends. "I'm enjoying Twitter and having my photo taken - and I'm looking forward to Deal Or No Deal," the Sun quoted her as telling her web readers.
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