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Twitter mobilizes search for kidnapped Nigerian students
On April 14, more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped from a secondary school in Chibok, in the middle of the night, by a group of armed men. The teenage girls were attending Government Girls...
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This handy Chrome plugin tells you which tweets you can trust
Dubious tweets may soon become a thing of the past. TweetCred is a Chrome extension that rates the credibility of tweets on a scale of 1-7. Users will see each tweet in their timeline accompanied by...
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Twitter’s rumored ‘Whisper mode’ is likely just group chat
There’s a rumor going around, based on an interview Twitter CEO Dick Costolo gave this week to Bloomberg, that the microblogging company is prepping a ‘Whisper’ mode. In Costolo’s own words: “There...
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This awkward John Green photo is now a full-fledged Twitter meme
The upcoming The Fault in Our Stars movie means that mainstream news organizations are having to find ways to write about John Green’s “Internet fame,” and oh boy, are they off to a good start. In the...
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This police department plans to live-tweet a prostitution sting
As anyone who was closely following the #myNYPD fracas knows, police departments haven’t fared so well on social media lately. Yet the Prince George Police Department in Maryland, outside of...
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You can now set your tweets to self-destruct
There are two types of people on the Internet: Those who don’t think twice before posting something that could come back to haunt them, and those who think better of it. But filtering oneself online...
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J.K. Rowling commemorates the anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts
Warning: This article contains spoilers. If the world of Harry Potter were real, then May 2 would be the 16th anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts, the most famous battle in wizarding history. The...
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The Internet is having a blast with Mariah Carey's wacky album title
Firstly, if you haven’t heard the title of Mariah Carey’s 14th studio album, catch yourself up: Practically any aspect of a phrase like Me. I Am Mariah … The Elusive Chanteuse would have been weird...
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Teens deny felony animal torture charges after microwaving kitten
The two South Portland girls accused of torturing a cat by placing it inside a microwave last September denied the charges yesterday. The girls, who are minors, will undergo a psychological evaluation...
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The online push for greater diversity in books and comics
Two different corners of geekdom are getting a major face lift this week, thanks to the members of fandom who are fed up with the ongoing sexism and lack of representation in their fandom communities....
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New #AmazonCart feature lets you shop using Twitter
Twitter and Amazon have paired up for an e-commerce program called #AmazonCart. Now, users who sync up their Twitter and Amazon accounts can add items to their Amazon shopping cart simply by tweeting...
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The NSA is tweeting out cryptic messages to hire new codebreakers
The National Security Agency has kicked off the week by throwing down the cryptographic gauntlet to the entire Internet. A Twitter account normally dedicated to sharing job opportunities at the U.S....
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The mysterious case of Rihanna's disappearing Instagram account
Where did you go, Badgirlriri? Rihanna’s Instagram account disappeared earlier today. Fans suspected Instagram itself had banned the Bajan singer after she posted a series of nude shots from a recent...
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Lorde calls out paparazzi on Twitter, says she will not be 'complacent'
New Zealand singer Lorde recently expressed her disapproval over the scourge of celebrity Photoshopping on Twitter. Over the weekend, she called out another menace to the entertainment industry:...
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An Ohio teen got a bionic arm thanks to Twitter
The humanitarian hotties of The Burried Life have been off the airwaves at MTV for a few years, but thankfully for Torri Biddle, they haven't stopped effecting heartwarming change in this world. The...
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If your parents met on Match.com, you're eligible for a $50K scholarship
Hey, couples who met on Match.com: Do you have any children between the ages of 13 and 20? Do you hope for them to go to college one day? Do you, or your significant other, have a modicum of...
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Here's what happened when J.K. Rowling subtweeted me
J.K. Rowling is definitely better at creating imaginary worlds filled with magic and teenage angst than she is at using social media. Her 3 million followers are treated to regular messages about...
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Denver police spar with Anonymous on Twitter after May 5 protest
Besides occasionally groping, thumping, tasering, arresting and indiscriminately using pepper spray, the police aren’t often keen to engage with protesters. Yet after a protest, organized by the...
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Does your state care more about Netflix or sex?
One of the coolest things about social media—unless you’re a privacy wonk, of course—is the vast amount of data willingly uploaded by users every single day. And while there’s certainly a limit to...
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Why I unfollowed Patton Oswalt—and you should too
Patton Oswalt was one of the very first people I followed on Twitter. I’d admired his dextrous standup comedy for years, from an HBO special to his set for Comedy Central Presents and up through a...
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