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Twitter calls lawyer over hacking

Twitter calls lawyer over hacking

Twitter seeks legal advice after hundreds of documents were hacked and a number of blogs publish some of the stolen material.

 

BingTweets: Microsoft Launches a Twitter Search Engine

BingTweets: Microsoft Launches a Twitter Search Engine

Microsoft, in cooperation with Federated Media and Twitter, launched its own full-blown Twitter search engine today. BingTweets mashes up real-time Twitter search with results from Bing, Microsoft's new and increasingly popular search engine.

 

Twitter Expanding Executive Team: Hires General Counsel From Google, Looking For CFO

Twitter has hired Alexander Macgillivray, Google's associate general counsel for Product and IP, as their new General Counsel, we've confirmed.

 

Twitter To Developers: “Tweet” Your Heart Out, But Don’t “Twitter” It

There's been quite a bit of controversy over the past several hours over words and images related to Twitter being used by third-party developers. Yesterday, Twitter seemed to threaten one party over the use of the word "tweet" and some UI elements that were similar to Twitter's own.

 

'Retweets are new currency on Web'

An avid Twitter user, Alana Taylor wrote a song about the social networking site and uploaded it to YouTube last April. Soon, her Twitter feed became flooded with messages linking to it.

 

Twitter's Dilemma

Has the popular microblogging service become a victim of its own success?

 

SF Cops Crack Down on Twittering Street Food Vendors

SF Cops Crack Down on Twittering Street Food Vendors

In San Francisco's Mission district, the underground street-food scene is hot with traveling vendors like the "Crème Brulee Guy" and "Sexy Soup Lady" popping up at a twitter-message's notice.

 

Armstrong announces birth of son on Twitter

This was one special tweet for Lance Armstrong.

 

Tony La Russa Sues Twitter Over Alleged Fake Page

Tony La Russa Sues Twitter Over Alleged Fake Page

St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is suing the social-networking site Twitter, claiming an unauthorized page that used his name to make light of drunken driving and two Cardinals pitchers who died damaged his reputation and caused emotional distress.

The suit filed last month in the Superior Court of California in San Francisco seeks unspecified damages.
Messages left Thursday with La Russa's attorney and San Francisco-based Twitter were not returned.

 

Kutcher and Moore threaten to leave Twitter... So What

Kutcher and Moore threaten to leave Twitter... So What

After the social-networking service Twitter announced Monday it was in talks to develop an unscripted series based on the site, two of the service's most prolific users have expressed fear that such a jump would mean an unfair intrusion on their lives.

 

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