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Monday, June 1, 2009

Yahoo! to 'buy' it's way into Social Networking...

"I can guarantee you there will be some acquisitions, and we will do some stuff in-house."

Ari Balogh, Yahoo's chief technology officer, told Reuters Global Technology Summit.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Police Have a New Crime Fighting Tool: Twitter


When Milwaukee police wanted to get word of a murder out quickly, they did it in 113 characters on Twitter(full story)

"Latest homicide in the city is NOT a random act. Male, 33, shot in 1500 block N. 39. More details as we have them," read the recent entry.

Milwaukee's department is one of a growing number of police and fire agencies turning to social networking Web sites such as Twitter, which lets users send text-message "tweets" to a mass audience in 140 characters or less. The tweets can be read on the Web or on mobile phones within seconds..

Source: www.wcbstv.com