Topic: Twitter

Twitter Is What You Make It, Ashton

Reuters

Doesn't Ashton Kutcher know what happens to people who complain about how terrible Twitter has gotten since the good old days? They get shamed with the following adage: Twitter is what you make it, bro. 

By Ray Gustini

May 23, 2011

What the Tweet?

Arm Wrestling, Strangers and Pricey Prophylactics

The tweets that made us go 'Huh?'

Comments | 1,297 Views

By Alex Eichler

May 23, 2011

Prius Drivers Will Get Their Own Social Network

Finally, a place for all your important Prius-related conversations

Comments | 697 Views

By Ray Gustini

May 20, 2011

What the Tweet?

Baseball, Turkeys, and KillerThin Mints

The tweets that gave us pause today

Comments | 846 Views

By Ray Gustini

May 19, 2011

What the Tweet?

Zombies, Vin Diesel and European Sewers

All the tweets that made us go 'Huh?'

Comments | 1,207 Views

By Elspeth Reeve

May 19, 2011

The White House Is Super Tuned-in to Twitter

David Plouffe monitors tweets for what lines penetrate

Comments | 538 Views

By Ray Gustini

May 17, 2011

What the Tweet?

Thoughts, Queen Elizabeth, and Women Who Walk

The tweets that made us go "Huh?"

Comments | 408 Views

By Caitlin Dickson

May 17, 2011

Spatwatch

Rwandan President Fights a Critical Journalist on Twitter

Ian Birrell tweeted about the Rwandan president, not expecting him to respond

Comments | 862 Views

By Ray Gustini

May 16, 2011

What the Tweet?

Perp Walks, Secret Helicopters, and Anderson Cooper's Hair

The tweets that got our week off with a "Huh?"

Comments | 625 Views

By Eli Rosenberg

May 16, 2011

Chart of the Day

Chart: Barack Obama vs. Britney Spears on Twitter

The President's approval rating wasn't the only thing bolstered by the bin Laden raid.

Comments | 536 Views

By Ray Gustini

May 13, 2011

What the Tweet?

AIG, Illegal Acts, and the Death of Snooky

All the tweets that gave us pause Friday

Comments | 2,050 Views

By Ray Gustini

May 13, 2011

Twitter Delights at Charlie Sheen Losing His Job to Ashton Kutcher

Kutcher has been cast as the new lead in CBS's "Two and a Half Men"

Comments | 3,408 Views

By Ray Gustini

May 12, 2011

Comment of the Day

Comment of the Day: The Taliban, Twitter, and You

Only two types of people will be getting their updates

Comments | 635 Views

By Ray Gustini

May 12, 2011

What the Tweet?

Sequins, Kristen Wiig, and 'Headless Fatties'

The tweets that tied us up in knots today

Comments | 345 Views

By Uri Friedman

May 12, 2011

You Can Follow the Taliban on Twitter

The militant group is now tweeting in English for the first time

Comments | 5,466 Views

By Ray Gustini

May 11, 2011

The New York Times's Bill Keller Riles Up Twitter

He made a rare Twitter appearance to ask if Twitter makes people stupid

Comments | 1,812 Views

By Ray Gustini

May 11, 2011

By Adam Clark Estes

May 11, 2011

Venture Capitalists Ask: What Tech Bubble?

Of course, they're the ones who profit if the "bubble" doesn't burst

Comments | 773 Views

By Ray Gustini

May 10, 2011

What the Tweet?

BBC and TMZ: Separated at Tweet

A special edition of What the Tweet looking at our two of favorite sources of "huh?"

Comments | 745 Views

By Ray Gustini

May 9, 2011

What the Tweet?

Tornados, Perverts, and Time Travel

The tweets that made us go "Huh?" today

Comments | 714 Views

By Ujala Sehgal

May 7, 2011

Amazing Visualization of How Bin Laden News Spread Via Twitter

Interactive map shows how a single Tweet spread the news on a massive scale

Comments | 6,524 Views

By Ray Gustini

May 5, 2011

What the Tweet?

Brats, Koalas, and the Price of Cotton

The tweets that made us go 'Huh?'

Comments | 114 Views

By Eli Rosenberg

May 5, 2011

Chart of the Day

Chart: Social Media Find the Funny in the Bin Laden Killing

What does Twitter's focus say about us?

Comments | 1,517 Views

By Ray Gustini

May 4, 2011

What the Tweet?

Popular Girls, Creature Features, and Invisibility Cloaks

The tweets that gave us pause this Wednesday

Comments | 714 Views

By Ray Gustini

May 4, 2011

Why The Rock Heard About Bin Laden Before You Did

Because his cousin is a Navy SEAL

Comments | 5,269 Views

By Alex Eichler

May 4, 2011

Meet Keith Urbahn, First to Tweet News of Bin Laden

The young Donald Rumsfeld aide has mixed feelings about media navel-gazing

Comments | 2,711 Views

By John Hudson

May 2, 2011

Report: Twitter Buys TweetDeck

The microblogging service buys one of the biggest Twitter clients, reports TechCrunch

Comments | 862 Views

By Eli Rosenberg

May 2, 2011

Chart of the Day

Chart: News About Osama Bin Laden Flies Via Twitter

Twitter use peaked last night at over 5,000 tweets per second

Comments | 1,445 Views

By Ray Gustini

May 2, 2011

What the Tweet?

Doctors, Nudists, and 'Pulling A Bristol'

All the tweets that made us say "Huh?"

Comments | 3,021 Views

By Ray Gustini

Apr 29, 2011

What the Tweet?

Pigs, Communists, and Grace Kelly

Plus: Mark Ruffalo's wordy directorial debut

Comments | 690 Views

By John Hudson

Apr 28, 2011

Bill Maher Accuses The Onion of Stealing a Joke He Stole

A comedy tiff over who coined,"Afterbirthers demand to see Obama's placenta"

Comments | 13,104 Views

By Ray Gustini

Apr 28, 2011

What the Tweet?

Interns, Asia, and the Meaning of Clouds

Plus: The Washington Post issues a cryptic warning

Comments | 245 Views

By Ray Gustini

Apr 27, 2011

What the Tweet?

Fire Ants, Carnival Barkers, and Shakespeare

Plus: grease rustlers are on the prowl

Comments | 626 Views

By Ray Gustini

Apr 26, 2011

What the Tweet?

Sexy Piggy Banks, Analogies and Haley Barbour

The tweets today that made us go "Huh?"

Comments | 813 Views

By Elspeth Reeve

Apr 25, 2011

Obama Foreign Policy: 'Leading from Behind'

A look inside Obama's ideological evolution during the Arab Spring

Comments | 390 Views

By Ray Gustini

Apr 22, 2011

Stand Up Desks and Death Threat Ministers

The oddest tweets from today

Comments | 345 Views

By Adam Martin

Apr 21, 2011

'Foreign Policy' Finds Its Funnybone in Web Site Crash

The staff turns a technical emergency into a twitter zing-fest

Comments | 2,234 Views

By Adam Martin

Apr 21, 2011

Is Syria's Government Fighting Twitter Protests With Spam?

Some bloggers have noticed disturbingly lame accounts

Comments | 703 Views

By Ray Gustini

Apr 19, 2011

What the Tweet?

Pumpkins, Tuscan Cheese, and Killer Robots

What the Tweet: Introducing a daily guide to the most head-scratching tweets of the day

Comments | 824 Views

By Adam Martin

Apr 19, 2011

Uganda Threatens to Shut Down Social Networking

But reported failed attempt from last week shows that might not be possible

Comments | 1,035 Views

By Adam Clark Estes

Apr 19, 2011

Morning Twitter Meme: Journalists Tiring of Royal Wedding

Protest in the form of a story about a jelly bean and a funny URL

Comments | 345 Views

By John Hudson

Apr 18, 2011

Nelson Mandela Is Now on Twitter (All Thanks to This British Guy)

An online consultant relinquishes his @NelsonMandela handle

Comments | 214 Views

By Adam Martin

Apr 18, 2011

Twitter Wants to Buy TweetDeck for $50 Million

Guess the application didn't sell in February after all

Comments | 345 Views

By John Hudson

Apr 15, 2011

Twitter's Biz Stone Tweaks the Press

The Twitter co-founder takes to his blog to fight back against a bad week of press

Comments | 644 Views

By Adam Clark Estes

Apr 13, 2011

How to Hack Qaddafi's Cellphone Network

Fed up using flags and hand signals, Libyan rebels hacked the regime's cell phone network

Comments | 965 Views

By Peter Hyman

Apr 8, 2011

Jon Stewart Bids Glenn Beck Farewell Through Parody

The Daily Show Host takes one final, fantastic shot at the Fox News personality

Comments | 19,140 Views

By Uri Friedman

Apr 7, 2011

Color Codes Are So Last Decade: Terror Alerts Will Now Be Tweeted

A draft Homeland Security plan a simplified alert system and Twitter integration

Comments | 517 Views

By Peter Hyman

Apr 6, 2011

Does Google Have a Double Agent at Twitter?

Suspicions were raised by a preemptive Google counteroffer to retain an employee

Comments | 1,803 Views

By Peter Hyman

Apr 6, 2011

For Once, People Rejoice at Twitter's Tech Problems

Rolling back the interface to "old Twitter" is seen as a feature, not a bug

Comments | 478 Views

By Elspeth Reeve

Apr 5, 2011

Your Nine-Number Guide to the Budget Battle

It's confusing. It's endless. So we put this together to explain it

Comments | 2,812 Views

By John Hudson

Apr 5, 2011

The Inaugural Most Relevant on Twitter Awards

The micro-blogging can now tell you who's the most of anything

Comments | 799 Views

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