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21
Aug 10

Unbelievable Twitter Stories

Sharing some unbelievable stories of twitter users.

…Most of us can identify with the inconvenience of losing a passport. So celebrity offspring Peaches Geldof was understandably relieved when she got hers back - via the unlikely route of social networking website Twitter. The 20-year-old’s passport fell out of her bag, which meant Peaches faced having to change her travel plans. But a woman found the document as she took a stroll through an East London park with her children. When the mum realised who the passport belonged to, she sent a ‘tweet’ to Peaches who then sent a courier to collect it. Peaches was resigned to the fact that she would need to apply for a new passport. Then she received a Twitter message from someone telling her that they had found it - she was over the moon….

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15
Aug 10

Super Insane Twitter Hack

This is as impactful and powerful as the internet gets. just goes to show that you should be careful on who your following and who follows you in the crazy and utterly pointless realm of twitter.

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13
Aug 10

Twitter Movie Trailer (Parody)

If Hollywood can make an overly dramatic film about the early years of Facebook, why can’t we make an overly dramatic movie about Twitter?

…If Hollywood can make an overly dramatic film about the early years of Facebook, why can’t we make an overly dramatic movie about Twitter? Or at least the trailer to that movie! Check out the exclusive (parody) trailer for “The Twit Network” right here on Rated Awesome!Huge thanks to the Gregory Brothers for creating the “I can Tweet” song that plays in the background. Check out more of their stuff and download the full song here: http://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/o6tyzyGregory Brothers Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/schmoyohoClick here to tweet this video! http://clicktotweet.com/UMP29…

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22
Jul 10

Aliens using ‘cosmic Twitter’

Aliens may have been trying to contact us by communicating in a manner similar to Twitter, scientists have claimed.

…He and twin brother Gregory, an astrophysicist at the University of
California, Irvine, looked at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
(Seti) from the aliens’ point of view.

They concluded that Seti scientists may have been taking the wrong approach
for the past five decades.

Up to now scientists have listened out for unusual blips or bleeps from
targeted nearby stars.

Despite 50 years of searching, no-one has yet been able to come up with
evidence of an extraterrestrial signal. However, many scientists are
convinced we are not alone in the universe.

”Whatever the life form, evolution selects for economy of resources,” said
Gregory Benford. ”Broadcasting is expensive, and transmitting signals
across light years would require considerable resources.”

Writing in the journal Astrobiology, the Benfords claim that an alien
civilisation would strive to reduce costs, limit waste and make its
signalling technology efficient.

They propose that alien signals would be pulsed…

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12
Jul 10

Finding a celebrity’s location using their twitter username

Using a celebrity’s Twitter username, ZaaLabs was able to scrape GPS data from many of their photos, including places of residence.

…Last week one of my favorite video podcasts, Hak5, had a segment on Exif data mining (Episode 721). In the episode Rob Fuller (a.k.a. Mubix) shared his experience, how his images contained unwanted GPS information embedded in the Exif headers.
While mining Exif information from images is nothing new (Version 2.1 of the specification is dated June 12, 1998) most consumers don’t realize the kind of information attached to their images by default.
In February of this year, Johannes Ullrich over at ISC published a paper titled Twitpic, EXIF and GPS: I Know Where You Did it Last Summer. Johannes explains:
Modern cell phones frequently include a camera and a GPS. Even if a GPS is not included, cell phone towers can be used to establish the location of the phone. Image formats include special headers that can be used to store this information, so called EXIF tags.
So after watching the segment, I was curious how widespread the issue is and decided to conduct my own investigation, codenamed Seeker.
Harvesting…

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8
Jul 10

Mashable Interviews Bill Cosby [LIVE VIDEO]

Mashable Editor-in-Chief Adam Ostrow will be leading a discussion with Cosby and will be joined on stage by web entrepreneurs to discuss Cosby’s career as an entertainer and his involvement in social media, spanning Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, 12seconds, Ustream and more.

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5
Jul 10

Soccer Star Cristiano Ronaldo Announces Birth of His Son

Real Madrid soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo announced on Twitter and Facebook that he is a brand new dad to a baby son, with a mystery mama. He has sole custody.

…They go on to suggest that Cristiano and his family are preparing the paperwork to bring the child to Portugal where he will be raised.
The athlete was recently linked to Kim Kardashian. Prior to that, there were reported romances with tennis star Maria Sharapova, Big Brother star Imogen Thomas, and Paris Hilton.
Congratulations to Real Madrid forward Cristiano!
More photos below:…

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30
Jun 10

Celebrities Who Actually Make Good Use Of Twitter

Let’s look at some people who use Twitter in cool ways, rather than just linking to their blog.

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9
Jun 10

Spending habits of Twitter and Facebook users revealed

The economy of the Internet is one of the most fascinating and a subject of research. The Internet has changed the way the businesses run and the way people spend their money.

…please wait…Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)The economy of the Internet is one of the most fascinating and a subject of research. The Internet has changed the way the businesses run and the way people spend their money. The major part of the Internet is driven by the Online spenders. With the advent of social networking sites, people have started to spent more time on the Internet which certainly means more opportunities for eCommerce.
Its been predicted that by end of 2010, almost 9 out of 10 corporate businesses will engage through social networking portal like Facebook Fan Page and Twitter. As Facebook and Twitter starts to become omnipresent in the Internet, they will certainly become a core of eCommerce.
Recent research from ComScore have revealed the nature of spending on Internet with respect to people’s activity over the social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.
On Facebook, the visitors who spend the most time on the site also spend the most dollars on online shopping, with an average of $67…

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23
May 10

Clips from the Shit My Dad Says Pilot [VIDEO]

The Twitter account Shitmydadsays is the first to make the jump to TV — it was picked up by CBS, with William Shatner is the starring role.

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