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One night in mid-September, Jack Dorsey stood on the pitcher's mound at Busch Stadium, clutching a baseball in his left hand, about to realize a childhood dream...What a sight it was, as 46,000 fans shrugged and asked each other: "Who's Jack Dorsey?"
Tags: Jack Dorsey, Jack P. Dorsey, Dan Dorsey, St. Louis University, Jim McKelvey, Fred Wilson (financier), Wilson, Twitter
The interview was going so well until Steve Schaffer, the chief executive of Austin's Offers.com, said, "Cyber Monday started as kind of a marketing ploy, and it's turned into a real savings day."...Next you'll be telling me there's no Santa Claus! (Editor's...
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Multnomah County Chairman Ted Wheeler told followers on his Twitter site Sunday that he was injured while skiing. The Portland Tribune has not been able to reach Wheeler for comment. His Twitter page includes a close-up photo of Wheeler in what appears...
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TV 15 issued an electronic billboard featuring three anchors next to a Twitter feed updated in real time...Well, it is, unless the update says “3 Accused of Gang Rape in Monroeville. Continue Reading Submitted in Need to Know 133 views Submitted in ...
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On Cyber Monday, online stores join in the cost cutting. Where to find the best deals this season? Cyberspace is the place to shop these days, with deals and discounts drawing shoppers in record numbers. Stores posted Web pages a week or more early,...
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Andrew Rasiej, founder of the Personal Democracy Forum series, said tools such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube help people organize “in order to have an impact on the political process and to petition governments to be more responsive to their everyday...
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David Kadavy steps into Noble Tree Coffee & Tea in Lincoln Park and clicks "check in" on his iPhone 's Foursquare application. His phone tells him six other people have also checked in, and it provides tiny pictures of them. The Foursquare application...
Tags: social media, Foursquare, Dennis Crowley, Chicago, San Francisco, Loopt, Dodgeball, Technology Internet, Online social networking, Facebook, Twitter
Anthony is VentureBeat's assistant editor, as well as its reporter on enterprise technology, cloud computing, and tech policy. Before joining VentureBeat in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper...
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Such a change "would be a remarkable changing of the guard," given that as recently as 2000, KFC had four times the market share of Chick-fil-A. Managed-care companies aided by clearer picture Shares of Humana and other managed-care companies got a...
Tags: KFC, Humana, Louisville, Web 2.0, Real-time web, Business Finance, Healthcare reform in the United States, Online social networking, Chick-fil-A, Twitter
But what if you're famous and have thousands, if not millions of virtual followers? NFL star Larry Johnson was released by the Kansas City Chiefs after questioning his coach and posting gay slurs for all the world to see. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger...
Tags: Larry Johnson, social networking, Mike Williams, Cincinnati Bengals, Syracuse University, New York Knick, Los Angeles, Web 2.0, Blog hosting services, Social media, Online social networking, Facebook, Chad Ochocinco, Human Interest, Social network service, Twitter