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Twitter users not so social after all -Twitter may be a fast-growing social network, but most of its 50 million accounts merely follow other users rather than posting their own messages. Date: 2010/03/10
Source: http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2010/03/10/technology/twitter_users_active/index.htm?section=money_latest

Twitter Wants to Know Where You Are -Facebook may not be quite ready to commit to location-based services (at least not until April), but Twitter is making no bones about jumping onto the super-hot trend. Date: 2010/03/11
Source: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2361275,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03069TX1K0001121

Annie Stamell: A Master Class in Twitter with Syfy's Craig Engler (Part 1) -When I decided I wanted to interview Craig Engler, the Syfy network's SVP of all things digital, I reached out to him in the format I thought to be most effective: Twitter. A few days later I heard back. Date: 2010/03/11
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/annie-stamell/a-master-class-in-twitter_b_494266.html

Twitter Location Features Rolling Out -Last fall, Twitter started including geolocation information in its API, but it was not available through Twitter.com. That appears to be in the process of changing now. This week, Twitter has been rolling out (it appears to still be in the process) geolocation info on tweets at Twitter.com. Various reports from users have been circulating, with those who have access to the feature pointing to a ... Date: 2010/03/11
Source: http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2010/03/11/twitter-location-features-rolling-out

Twitter Changes the Update Button to Tweet -When Twitter users go to post a new tweet, they have in the past used a button that says "update" (at least from Twitter.com...that varies when you get into all the different apps Twitter users use). Now, that button says "Tweet". We're not sure exactly when the change was made, but it appears to have been very recently, as there is quite an outpour of Tweets from users mentioning that they are ... Date: 2010/03/11
Source: http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2010/03/11/twitter-changes-the-update-button-to-tweet

O'Brien transforms woman into Twitter star -Conway Township, Mich. -- Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers. Date: 2010/03/11
Source: http://www.news-leader.com/article/20100311/ENTERTAINMENT10/3110338/1005/rss04

Tweet-Mapping Arrives, Along with the Twitter's Battle Against Google -Twitter's geotagging powers could transform the lifecasting service into something extremely powerful . And the company's just taken the first steps to making this happen through its own Web page: It's turned on Tweet mapping. Twitter's geolocation code has been enabled since late 2009, ready for third part developers to build the right hooks into their smartphone app code that grab the user's ... Date: 2010/03/11
Source: http://www.fastcompany.com/1579170/twitter-geolocation-maps-web-site-location-lbs-social-networking?partner=rss

Celebrities caused 2009 Twitter crime wave -Criminals started targeting Twitter in earnest during a key period in early 2009, and security company Barracuda Labs has worked out why. During the same few weeks a key list of a-list celebrities joined the site. Date: 2010/03/11
Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/031110-celebrities-caused-2009-twitter-crime.html

Opinions differ but there's still no real proof Twitter boosts TV ratings -TORONTO - Television ratings for the Olympics were outstanding, while web stats for online engagement blew projections out of the water. Ratings for big events like the Super Bowl, the Oscars and the Grammys were up, and for each event, Twitter and Facebook were clogged with blow-by-blow commentary about everything on-screen. Date: 2010/03/11
Source: http://technology.canoe.ca/2010/03/11/13198241-cp.html?cid=rsstechnology

Power Of Twitter: Now It Stops Thieves -Social networking is still a mystery to some. Others may think it's frivolous. But this story may have them rethinking that. It's about some friends who used Twitter to foil a thief. CBS 2 HD recently met Austin Horse, and saw his bike. Last week this messenger's worst nightmare came true -- his bike was stolen on a routine delivery. Date: 2010/03/11
Source: http://wcbstv.com/local/twitter.social.networking.2.1552545.html