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University of Texas College Republican President Cassien Wright Sends Out Offensive Tweet About Obama
“My president is black, he snorts a lot of crack. Holla #2012 #Obama” is a tweet that was sent out by University of Texas College Republicans president Cassien Wright. Shortly after sending out this tweet, Wright has been all over the news and now her Twitter account is set to private. This is the second time a president of the University of Texas College Republicans sent out an offensive tweet.
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Categories Barack Obama, Cassien Wright, Lauren Pierce, Twitter, University of Texas
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Lady Gaga’s Hacked Twitter Account Promises Her Followers An iPad 2
Lady Gaga’s Twitter account was hacked temporarily and she promised her 17 million Twitter followers with an iPad 2. “Monsters, I’m giving away FREE iPad2′s to each one of you in the spirit of the holidays 
Go to [bitly link] to receive one!” said the person that hacked her Twitter account. The bit.ly link was connected to a referral ID linked to WebGiftRewardsToday.com. Close to about 7,000 people clicked on that link. Twitter deleted the hacked links and Lady Gaga was able to get control of her Twitter account again. [TechCrunch]
Categories Apple iPad 2, Lady Gaga, Twitter
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Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Invests $300 Million Into Twitter
Microblogging service Twitter Inc. has raised $300 million from Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. Alwaleed is the richest Arab businessman and he considers the investment as a “strategic stake.” Alwaleed is the largest individual invest in Citigroup Inc. He is also a major investor in General Motors and Apple Inc. Twitter is in the process of revamping their user interface for their 100 million daily active users. Twitter is expecting to boost their ad revenue by about 86% next year.
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Charlie Sheen Accidentally Tweets “310-954-7277 Call Me Bro. C.”
Actor Charlie Sheen had accidentally tweeted his phone number out to his 5 million Twitter followers. Apparently he was trying to just send a direct message to pop singer Justin Bieber. Sheen joined Twitter earlier this year and was eating dinner at French restaurant Guy Savoy in Las Vegas, Nevada last week when he sent out the tweet. “310-954-7277 Call me bro. C,” tweeted Sheen.
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Categories Charlie Sheen, Justin Bieber, Twitter
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Twitter Announces Brand Pages, New Mobile App, New UI, and Embedded Tweets
Twitter has really opened up the floodgates today to announce some solid new features. The new features include brand pages, a redesign of their mobile app and website, and embedded tweets.
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Eva Longoria and Newt Gingrich Argue Back-And-Forth On Twitter
Actress Eva Longoria and GOP politician Newt Gingrich are arguing back-and-forth on Twitter about a proposal to use poor children from poor neighborhoods as janitors. Eva Longoria said: “@newtgingrich you clearly know little about the Latina community, Latina entrepreneurs who start businesses at 6 times the national average http://nyti.ms/vNKL52.”
Categories Eva Longoria, Newt Gingrich, Twitter
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Sony BRAVIA Smart TV Now Has YouTube HD, Facebook, and Twitter
Sony has updated the interface of their BRAVIA smart TVs to support social networking and high-definition YouTube videos. The new BRAVIA firmware has support for Facebook galleries, messages, status updates, and links. There is a Twitter ticket that scrolls updates from your followers. YouTube has been on BRAVIA smart TVs, but the update now has HD support.
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Categories Facebook, Sony BRAVIA, Twitter, YouTube
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Twitter Buys Encryption Company Whisper Systems
Moxie Marlinspike is best known for creating cryptography software. Some of his software was made independently and others was for his mobile security startup, Whisper Systems. Whisper Systems has been acquired by Twitter and their team will be hired.
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Categories Moxie Marlinspike, Stuart Anderson, Twitter, Whisper Systems
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Simon Cowell Creates A Twitter Account And Is Active
Simon Cowell is best known for being a judge on the show American Idol and is a current judge for The Ex-Factor. He joined Twitter yesterday and now has over 250,000 followers. This year, the Ex-Factor will be the first show to allow viewers to vote through Twitter’s direct messaging system. [Mashable]
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Facebook, Google, Yahoo!, Twitter, AOL, and eBay Oppose Proposed Legislation About Copyright Regulation
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) executive chairman Eric Schmidt has been vocal about proposed legislation regarding online copyright regulation today and said that the PROTECT IP Act in the U.S. Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act in the U.S. House of Representatives would censor the Internet. This bill is intended to combat pirated movies and music and allow copyright holders and law enforcement officials the ability to cut off websites.
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Categories America Online, AOL, eBay, Eric Schmidt, Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo!
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