Twitter to be used in Emmy Awards

Associated Press

Jimmy Fallon wants your tweet to be part of the Emmy Awards.

Fallon, who’s hosting the ceremony on NBC, said Friday the public will be able to submit an introduction through Twitter for up to 15 Emmy presenters, or about half the celebrities who will be handing out trophies.

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Social media emerge as digital avenue for emergency response

Federal Computer Week

Many people are now using Facebook postings and Twitter to report emergencies or call for help -- and they expect government response agencies to be paying attention, according to a new survey.

The American Red Cross’ “Social Media and Disasters and Emergencies” survey of 1,058 adults indicates that 18 percent would turn to digital social media if calls to 911 were unsuccessful.

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MTV selects its first-ever Twitter jockey

Cleveland Plain Dealer

MTV has named 23-year-old Gabi Gregg its first "Twitter Jockey."

Gregg won the position Sunday night after a nationwide vote.

The TJ position is the updated version of the network's VJ job, and Gregg will report on pop culture news using Twitter, Facebook, blogs and MTV's website.

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Want to read Twitter's 20 billionth tweet?

TechDigest

The 20 billionth tweet has been sent from a Tokyo-based graphic designer. Want to read it? Well don't get too excited; as with most things sent over Twitter, it's hardly Shakespeare.

@GGGGGGo_Lets_Go on Saturday sent the cryptic "So that means the barrage might come back later all at once".

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Central Ohio created Twitter application "ChumpDump" featured in CrunchGear

Midwest TechBiz

Even though I am on vacation this week, I enjoy keeping up with events and people that impact my world, or at least keeping up with the things that interest me. So, it was with delight that I saw a post at TechCrunch Sunday on ChumpDump, an idea birthed at this past April's Startup Weekend III in Columbus, Ohio. We have a solid track record of success at SWColumbus and I expect we'll see more successes, as we have a vibrant, innovative community in Central Ohio.

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Two Columbus residents create new Facebook app

MidWestTechBiz

Two friends in the Columbus area, Daryl Kulak and Steve Sarafa, decided that if all these Silicon Valley types could create apps for the new platforms like Facebook, iPhone, Android and Twitter, so could they. They put a little money together, hired a few developers and got busy.

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Sports fans break records on Twitter

New York Times

Sports fans have spent the week furtively watching the World Cup during the workday and staying up late to watch the N.B.A. playoffs. They have also been logging on to Twitter.

Despite the serious technical problems that Twitter had during the week, which caused long periods of downtime, three World Cup goals broke the all-time record for the number of Twitter posts written per second, Twitter reported. And those records were quickly shattered Thursday night, after the Lakers won the final game of the N.B.A. playoffs.

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Twitter Will Add Places to Its Posts

New York Times

Twitter posts already answer who, what and when. Now they will also tell people exactly where a post was written.

On Monday, Twitter announced on its blog that Twitter Places is going live. Twitter users can tag their posts with their precise location — like Alcatraz or the Columbus Circle Whole Foods — and people can search for all the posts written from a specific location.

Twitter’s founders have talked about the need to develop ways in which people can find the messages that are most relevant to them. This is a big step. If someone is walking into a concert and wants to know why the line is so long, for instance, they could search for the posts written from Madison Square Garden. If there are emergency vehicles outside a hotel, they could search posts written from the hotel.

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Twittering in Church, with the Pastor's O.K. - TIME

Twittering in Church, with the Pastor's O.K.

Sunday, May. 03, 2009

John Voelz isn't trying to brag, but it's fair to say he was down with Twitter before most people knew it was a proper noun. Last year, Voelz, a pastor, was tweeting at a conference outside Nashville about ways to make the church experience more creative — ways to "make it not suck" — when suddenly it hit him: Twitter. (The TIME 100: Ashton Kutcher on "The Twitter Guys")...

MTV shares ad revenue with web sites

May 4, 2009

U.S. cable network MTV will share ad revenue with social networking Web sites Twitter and Facebook in a content-sharing deal, a trade publication says.

The advertising industry journal AdAge says the revenue-sharing deal is a first for the Web sites, which in the past have allowed media companies such as CNN and Us Weekly to use their platforms merely to gain "exposure" for their services, The Washington Post reported Saturday...

Technologies like Facebook, Twitter and cellphones affect dating compatibility - washingtonpost.com

Monday, May 4, 2009

The relationship did not end because of Elizabeth Fishkin's boyfriend's text aversion.

On the other hand, it didn't exactly help...