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Twitter Timeline: Milestones In Twitter's Road To $1 Billion

businessinsider.com | Posted 09.30.2009 | Technology


Twitter didn't become a billion-dollar company last week thanks to any single event or innovation. It took a combination of small, crucial moments,...

Twitter Is Now All I Have

Mahasti Afshar | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media


Mahasti Afshar

As someone who since June has been witnessing the events in Iran virtually, I can vouch that the crisis as reported on Twitter and Facebook, YouTube and Flikr and iReports is anything but opaque.

Macaca Day 2009: From George Allen to Claire McCaskill, Video Trackers to Town Haters

Dan Manatt | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics


Dan Manatt

Town Halls -- perhaps they should be renamed "Town Hates" -- have become the front lines of an anti-government revolt by various groups, including health care reform opponents.

Filmmaker Unsettled By Iran's Similarity to Gaza

Adam Hootnick | Posted 08.06.2009 | Entertainment


Adam Hootnick

Like in Gaza, the events that have unfolded in Iran remind us of the immense obstacles that stand in the way of democracy, tolerance, and respect for human rights.

Six Twitter Lessons From #IranElection

New York Times | Posted 07.23.2009 | Media


As the Iranian government restricts journalists' access to events, the protesters have used Twitter's agile communication system to direct the public ...

Iran Election TWITTER Feeds: Constant Updates

Posted 07.15.2009 | World


With the Iranian government jamming cell phones and text messages and blocking access to many social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter has em...