Chris O’Brien at the Mercury News has an article about how Twitter’s search tool could ultimately be a threat to Google. Very quietly, one of Twitter’s most powerful applications has become its ability to allow people to conduct real-time searches. In fact, the motto posted on Twitter’s search page (http://search.twitter.com) says, “See what’s happening – [...]
Restaurant News reports that a free burrito tweet offer entered on the Costa Vida Twitter account (@costavida) – which had 80 followers at the time – ended up being forwarded to 15,000 people with 2,500 people redeeming the coupon at Costa Vida’s mexican restaurants. Costa Vida said a one-day-only, free-burrito offer to 80 “fans” on [...]
A blogger in Rotterdam has started a blog called Running from Camera. He takes pictures of himself running away from his camera after setting the self-timer. The rules are simple: I put the self-timer on 2 seconds, push the button and try to get as far from the camera as I can. You can aren’t [...]
Surgeons at Henry Ford Hospital are using Twitter to educate others about a new cancer surgical proceedure in real time. The surgeons told CNN’s Elizabeth Cohen Reports they are trying to get the word out about a way to remove a tumor on a kidney without removing the kidney. Posted in Twitter Permalink | Recent [...]
CNN’s Rick Sanchez hosted the first Shorty Awards last night in New York. Rich Sanchez himself just