Judges getting pissed with Twitter and texting

When Twitter launched with their now famous prompt “What are you doing now?” I don’t think they envisioned people serving on juries letting the world in on what was happening in the trials they ... continue

Foursquare games Twitter, moves into local ads

Fledgling social networking site Foursquare has a new trick up its sleeve that may lure users from Twitter. While Twitter has a strong foothold, a celebrity following and heavy media presence, Foursquare is poised to rapidly gain ground ... continue

The 7 Funniest Twitter Accounts I Found Today

Sure, there are a lot of funny twitter users out there and a lot of lists of the funniest twitter users. But I took it upon myself to make a mini list of the top 7 I ... continue

NASA Commander shares Russian training, trip to ISS on Twitter

NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, the commander of the next International Space Station mission is using Twitter to provide a behind the scenes look into his training in Russia and his six months on the International Space Station. Williams ... continue

Twitter contest: Write a matching tweet

Are you up for a small experiment? Yes? Good then you might win a whooping $10 sponsored by yours truly. All you have to do is tweet a small story inspired by the picture below and tag it ... continue

The Kanye meme: the Inquisitr tech edition

The Kanye West meme is the fish many can't reject, so we thought we'd get in on the fun with some Inquisitr originals. Michael Arrington Mark Zuckerberg Marissa Mayer Stephen Conroy Ev Williams and Biz Stone No related posts. continue

Obama calls West a jackass, Kelly Clarkson lashes out, too

As a contrite Kanye West apologized to the nation on Jay Leno's show last night, President Barack Obama dissed him off the record in an ABC interview. Obama was just chatting with ABC's reporters when he let slip ... continue

Once again @Facebook rips off @Twitter, but who really cares anymore

This is getting borderline ridiculous. The big news of the Internet today? Facebook yet again takes a page out of the Twitter playbook. As Duncan reported here earlier Facebook is starting to rollout ... continue

Twitter releases a new Terms of Service, might be interesting but we’re not sure yet

Twitter has today release a new Terms of Service (Tos), something that would normally be as interesting as reporting about paint drying on a wall... except for one thing: founder Biz Stone sent a message to all ... continue

Facebook copies Twitter, adds @replies

Facebook has copied another play from the Twitter playbook with the introduction of @replies in status updates. Although the concept is a direct copy, Facebook engineer Tom Occhino explains that the @replies do come with some extra level ... continue

Social media hero: Mika drops 25K in London bar on Twitter followers

Pop-star Mika took his Twitter followers in London out for a pint Tuesday, to the tune of £25K. Just before 11AM, Mika tweeted: party TONIGHT Ground Floor Bar 186 Portobello Road drinks are on me from 6:30pm SEE YOU ... continue

TweetDeck adds MySpace support

TweetDeck has become the first Twitter client to extend into teen territory with the launch of a new version that supports MySpace. The new version of TweetDeck (not available at the time of writing, but due to launch ... continue