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Obama to host town hall on Twitter

The White House announced today that President Obama will take questions via Twitter on Wednesday.

 

Obama 2012 campaign to go beyond email, text

Call him the Digital Candidate: President Barack Obama is asking supporters to use Facebook to declare "I'm In!" for his re-election campaign and is using Twitter to personally blast out messages to his nearly 9 million followers. Emails to supporters seek small-dollar donations in exchange for campaign coffee mugs or a chance to win dinner with the president. The campaign's website helps supporters find local events, plan meetings and raise money while its digital team develops the next big thing.

 

Pope tweets for the first time

Pope Benedict XVI has tweeted for the first time, announcing the launch of a Vatican news information portal.

 

Billionaire Tells Wife He's Leaving Her Via Twitter

Move over Anthony Weiner, there is a new Casanova on Twitter. Chinese billionaire Wang Gongquan announced on the social media website that he was leaving his wife for his mistress, according to the Daily Mail. "I am giving up everything and eloping with Wang Qin. I feel ashamed and so am leaving without saying goodbye. I kneel down and beg forgiveness," he Tweeted.

 

Anger over Ebert 'Jackass' tweet

It's been a scrappy day on social media for Roger Ebert.

 

Obama to personally tweet from Twitter account

President Barack Obama is taking a more active role on Twitter, 140 characters at a time. Obama's campaign says in a posting on its website that Obama will tweet regularly from the...

 

Thirty-Three Twitter Feeds To Follow

Thirty-Three Twitter Feeds To Follow

There is a seemingly endless number of feeds and folks to follow on Twitter, but if you're interested in engaging, entertaining tweets that will keep you updated on all things literary, begin with these.

 

Palin supporters hack Twitter feed of email archive company

Palin supporters hack Twitter feed of email archive company

Someone hacked the Twitter feed of the company that put online 24,000 pages of Sarah Palin's emails for msnbc.com, with vandals posting  a series of pro-Palin and anti-Obama messages over the weekend.

 

Surprise: ‘Super 8’ to open a day early via Twitter campaign

Surprise: ‘Super 8’ to open a day early via Twitter campaign

The trailer for “Super 8” launched on Twitter. And now the movie will as well. Paramount announced today that J.J. Abrams’s Spielbergian monster movie will open Thursday, a day earlier than its scheduled midnight Friday release date, on about 300 screens around the country. In partnership with Twitter, the studio is directing people to #Super8Secret, a sponsored hashtag that takes Twitter users to a direct link to buy tickets for the Thursday screenings.

 

Democrats call for ethics probe of Weiner scandal

Top congressional Democrats are calling for an ethics investigation - and the truth - about whether scandalized New York Rep. Anthony Weiner broke any rules or used government resources to send lewd pictures over the Internet....

 

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