Michelle Obama Joins Twitter
Michelle Obama is now on Twitter!
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By Darnella Dunham
Twitter has killed dozens of celebrities, and it proves that you should definitely not believe everything you read. The lack of credibility from the sender of these false rumors doesn’t stop them from getting retweeted and going viral. And unfortunately, death hoaxes on Twitter have become commonplace.
But Twitter isn’t all bad when it comes to getting the news about the death of a celebrity. When Heavy D died on November 8th, Twitter was the outlet at
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This month, NewsOne presents a special exploration of Black Americans’ influence on social media, #TWEETING WHILE BLACK.
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The way we get our news has clearly changed. These days, Twitter is averaging 230 million Tweets per day. That’s up 110 percent since January. Though 40 percent of Twitter’s 100 million active users only sign in to read what’s up with everyone else,
According to Twitter’s CEO Dick Costolo – the company has over 100 million active users on the social network and has seen significant growth trends in the past year.
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Beyonce’s pregnancy helped Twitter break a record on Sunday when she made the announcement during the 2011 MTV VMAs. Over 8,000 tweets when out per second.
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Beyonce is pregnant. After years of wrong rumors, she and Jay-Z are expecting their first child. Here’s how family & friends reacted on Twitter.
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NEW YORK — The NYPD has formed a unit to monitor social media outlets Facebook, Twitter and Myspace to find out information about illegal flash mobs, house parties and gang fights.
The New York Daily News reports:
Read MoreNewly named Assistant Commissioner Kevin O’Connor, one of the department’s online and gang gurus, has been put in charge of the new juvenile justice unit. He and his staff will mine social media, looking for info
A writer for the Huffington Post has written an article on why African Americans are more likely to participate on the social networking site, Twitter, than white people.
Read MoreInstead, the research concluded that an interest in entertainment news was a “significant predictor” of Twitter use and that African American users were “more likely” than other groups to have a greater interest in celebrity and gossip updates.
“African Americans are more likely to be
After many speculation about Rohan Marley being her newest baby’s father, Lauryn Hill attempted to set the record straight with a statement released via Twitter but failed to do anything more than further confuse her audience.
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