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2011 Top Stories On Twitter More Global Than Us-Centric Bing And Yahoo Search

12/07/2011 Twitter News Posted in: global,stories,twitter,us-centric,yahoo

The top stories in 2011 on search and social don't quite match up. Twitter's top news stories of the past year were more global in nature than either Yahoo or Bing search, and tended to favor more international political news than either of the two search engines.

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The New And Improved Muck Rack Tells You What Stories Journalists Are Tweeting About, Right Now

12/02/2011 Twitter News Posted in: improved,journalists,stories,tells,tweeting

If you're a news junkie, or just want to be up-to-date on what's going on in the world, you've got to try Muck Rack. It's a platform that gathers, filters and analyses tweets from journalists around the world, and it's a must-use for anyone in the news or communication industry.

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Twitter’s First Installment Of #YearInReview Series Tells The 10 Best Twitter Stories From 2011

12/01/2011 Twitter News Posted in: #yearinreview,installment,series,stories,tells,twitter

Can you name any of the biggest Twitter stories of 2011?Just like in 2010, Twitter is taking a look at the year gone by and sharing with us some of the most notable events from the past 12 months. The first installment of Twitter's #YearInReview is Twitter Stories, the year's most poignant stories that developed on Twitter.

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#YearInReview: The Year in Stories

12/01/2011 Twitter News Posted in: #yearinreview,stories

The December edition of Twitter Stories highlights ten remarkable moments of 2011. From the man who inadvertently live-tweeted the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound to the homeless dad who was reunited with his daughter after years of separation, this list, which doubles as the annual “Year in Stories,” chronicles how people use Twitter to make a difference in ways that are both personal and universal. Here's one story:

Around the world, people sent more than 60 billion T [...]

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Twitter Launches “Twitter Stories” To Highlight How One Tweet Can Have A Big Impact

11/02/2011 Twitter News Posted in: highlight,impact,launches,stories,tweet,twitter

Twitter has launched a new initiative called "Twitter Stories", intended to show the world just how powerful a single tweet can be. The company is highlighting the heartwarming stories of individuals using Twitter to change their lives and the lives of those around them.

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Twitter launches Twitter Stories, highlights single Tweets that have impacted users

11/01/2011 Twitter News Posted in: highlights,impacted,launches,single,stories,tweets,twitter

Twitter is today announcing Twitter Stories, which is an online portfolio that Twitter will use to display stories about how single Tweets have affected its users. Twitter explains the feature this...

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Twitter Debuts User Testimonials, Er, Stories: For When 140 Characters Are Not Enough

11/01/2011 Twitter News Posted in: characters,debuts,enough,stories,testimonials,twitter

Last year, Twitter debuted a marketing campaign, called Twitter Tales, that showcased ways in which users interact with the microblogging platform. Today, the company is launching a similar campaign, called Twitter Stories, which seems to show interesting Tweets and ways the site's users are communicating via the platform.

For example, Maureen Evans uses Twitter to share recipes with users. Aaron Durand was able to save his mother's bookstore using Twitter. Well-known film critic Roger Ebert u [...]

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Introducing Twitter Stories

11/01/2011 Twitter News Posted in: introducing,stories,twitter

Stories.twitter.comToday we’re launching the first in a series of Twitter stories. Read about a single Tweet that helped save a bookstore from going out of business; an athlete who took a hundred of his followers out to a crab dinner; and, Japanese fishermen who use Twitter to sell their catch before returning to shore. Each story reminds us of the humanity behind Tweets that make the world smaller.
Tell us your storyHelp us uncover more stories. Tell us how you or someone else [...]

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Twitter’s 13 All-Time Most Epic Tweets (And The Stories Behind Them)

9/19/2011 Twitter News Posted in: all-time,behind,stories,tweets,twitter

In its 5-year history Twitter has accomplished a heck of a lot. Because the platform has been so readily adopted on computers and (especially) mobile handsets around the world, Twitter is so often right there at life’s important moments, which are then quickly documented with a tweet.And at other times, tweets are used to provide follow-up information, commentary and even apologies. And with the network’s 250+ million users, that news gets shared (and re-shared) at an incredible pace.

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