Twitter chief picked as Obama telecom advisor
US President Barack Obama named Twitter's chief and a high-ranking Microsoft executive among a handful of technology veterans to be appointed as telecommunications security advisors.
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Taliban on Twitter as Afghan rebels enter Internet age
The Taliban once banned all television, music and cinema in Afghanistan, but now they are fighting their war via Twitter, the online messaging network that revolutionised global communication.
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Investors slam Microsoft's Skype deal
Microsoft Corp's move to buy money-losing Internet phone service Skype for $8.5 billion was immediately skewered by critics and investors, who questioned the logic of the deal and suggested the softwa
Nelson Mandela joins Twitter!
You can now follow anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela — on Twitter. The 92-year-old world’s most revered statesman, who led the struggle to replace the apartheid regime of South Africa
Parody blooms on Twitter
Twitter is becoming the place for parody with a cast of characters that includes an elusive cobra, a tipsy Queen of England, a profanity-spewing US politician and a maladroit BP spokesman.
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W'leaks: 'Twitter users must hand over a/c'
New York: A federal magistrate judge has ruled that Twitter users targeted by federal agents have no right to dispute the release of their account records to investigators probing controversial WikiLe
Different voices on PM: Sushma blames it on twitter constraint
BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Saturday sought to downplay the divergent views expressed by her and the party after the Prime Minister owned responsibility for the CVC fiasco, saying there was "no difference" of opinion and blamed limitations of words in twitter for it.
Sushma blames tweeting 'constraints' for PM remark
A tweet welcoming the Prime Minister accepting responsibility for P.J. Thomas' appointment as the chief vigilance commissioner (CVC) triggered speculation that Sushma Swaraj differed from her party but she sought to clear the air by blaming it on 'constraints' of micro-blogging.
'Twitter not to go public'
Seoul: Twitter has no plan to go public in the near future and does not need additional funds because it is making money, the co-founder of the popular microblogging site said.
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Homeless dad finds daughter through Twitter
New York: A New York City homeless man has been reunited with his daughter after 11 years – thanks to Twitter.
Daniel Morales was given a prepaid cell phone to create a Twitter account as part of a p
