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Check Out 'Time' Magazine's '140 Best Twitter Feeds'

March 28, 2011 • Time says it knows "the 140 Twitter feeds that are shaping the conversation." They include NPR's Andy Carvin. You can vote on which belongs.

Twitter Turns Five

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Twitter Turns Five

March 16, 2011 • The social media platform got off the ground five years ago this month, with this momentous tweet from co-founder Jack Dorsey: inviting coworkers.

Kanye West Video Is Tweaked; Elsewhere, Tweets Start Furor

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Kanye West Video Is Tweaked; Elsewhere, Tweets Start Furor

February 24, 2011 • A video for Kanye West's song "All of the Lights" has been pulled from YouTube after a British group said that the video's strobing light effects had caused seizures. The singer is also in hot water over his tweets about abortion.

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Twitter's Value? Up To $10 Billion, 'Wall Street Journal' Reports

February 10, 2011 • That's a lot, the newspaper adds, for a company that still loses money and "estimates its revenue this year at between $100 million and $110 million." But suitors have an eye on its potential and the information Twitter has about its users.

Blog Of The Nation

"Kanye-Isms" For Your Listening Pleasure

January 5, 2011 • Tweets may be a dime a dozen, but many people seem to be hanging on every last one of Kanye West's sporadic 140 character blurbs. Josh Groban is the latest fan -- and he stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live to sing his favorites.

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We Kid You Not: Playboy's Hefner Tweeted His Engagement News

December 27, 2010 • "She burst into tears," he wrote of the moment when he gave Playmate Crystal Harris a ring. Oh, he added later, yes they had just gotten engaged.

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News Of Shelling Has #prayforkorea Trending On Twitter

November 23, 2010 • The news that North Korea fired 200 or so artillery shells at a South Korean island today -- killing two South Korean marines and prompting the South to return fire -- has made #prayforkorea a top trending term on Twitter.

All Tech Considered

From My Twitter Feed: In Loving Memory, May The #WalkmanRIP

October 28, 2010 • Take another moment to remember the Sony Walkman and your favorite mix tape.

Go Figure

Results Of The NPR Twitter User Survey

September 30, 2010 • NPR Research publishes the results of its survey of NPR Twitter users, conducted in late August and early September 2010.

#Facebook #Fail: In Times Of Crisis People Come Together … On #Twitter

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#Facebook #Fail: In Times Of Crisis People Come Together … On #Twitter

September 24, 2010 • Yesterday many Facebook users had to get their constant status update fix via Twitter, and they are still tweeting about the experience.

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Twitter Hacked

September 21, 2010 • A security loophole on Twitter.com has been exploited which can cause popup windows to open. Windows to places you really shouldn't go at work.

Inside NPR.org

New on NPR.org: Facebook/Twitter Share Buttons And A Social Media Dashboard

September 1, 2010 • NPR.org rolls out new Facebook and Twitter sharing buttons for story and blog pages. There's also a new dashboard highlighting our ongoing social media activities.

'Wookieeleaks': Popular, It Is; Because 'Geeks Love To Go Deep On Things'

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'Wookieeleaks': Popular, It Is; Because 'Geeks Love To Go Deep On Things'

July 30, 2010 • Using the WikiLeaks story as inspiration, 'Star Wars' fans have been using Twitter to imagine what secrets might be leaked from the rebel forces and the Empire.

'Wookieeleaks': Popular, It Is; Because 'Geeks Love To Go Deep On Things'

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Mindless Arcade Friday: Twirdie

July 30, 2010 • For this week's Mindless Arcade Friday, we play Twirdie, which somehow manages to combine Twitter and Golf into a pretty interesting package.

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Ivy Bean, Oldest Known Twitter User, Dies At 104

July 28, 2010 • Ivy Bean, Twitter's oldest known user (or maybe the oldest in Britain) died at 104. She had 56,000 followers, including some celebrities.

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