Twitter Helps Reunite Man With Olympic Ticket Within Hours

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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Twitter Helps Reunite Man With Olympic Ticket Within Hours 5:45:02 AM A lost Olympic ticket was returned to its owner within hours -- all through the power of Twitter. Cameron Montgomery, 29, found the ticket on the morning of Aug. 3 at a train station just north of London. Valued at nearly £300 (almost USD $500),... This Cat Is a Big Jerk [VIDEO] 4:34:19 AM Teddy the Cat throws down on the Internet with one swipe of the paw. You come at the Teddy, you best not miss. Facebook Testing Promoted News Feed Posts for Non-Fans 2:20:06 AM Brands may soon be able to advertise in the news feeds of Facebook users who aren't fans of their pages. The social network revealed Tuesday that it will begin testing promoted posts that can reach people who haven't "liked" a company's Facebook... Popularity of Tablets Rising With Kids [STUDY] 12:45:24 AM Are your kids eager to get their hands on a tablet device? Your kids may love their video games, but a recent survey shows the popularity of tablets is surging faster than video game consoles. Although families love gadgets of all types -- the... Pinterest Finally Comes To Android, iPad Tuesday, August 14, 2012 10:39 PM Pinterest is still a relatively new kid on the block. Up to this point, the site launched new features by talking about them on its Facebook wall and then waiting for the comments to start rolling in. Consistently among the first comments after... How Google Remembers Top 2012 Olympians [INFOGRAPHIC] Tuesday, August 14, 2012 10:08 PM The 2012 Summer Olympics are in the past now, after a dazzling two-plus weeks in London. Iconic moments and inspiring stories vaulted a number of athletes into sporting immortality, and their lives will never be the same. But what will casual... 2012 Olympics: The Social Media Winners [INFOGRAPHIC] Tuesday, August 14, 2012 8:23 PM For months leading up to the 2012 Olympics in London, the event was hyped as the "world's first social Games." Now that the Olympics and all their athletic glory have finally passed after 17 exciting days, which athletes and events captured most... Your Tweets During Nicki Minaj's Concert Could Appear in Times Square Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:52 PM People tweeting about hip-hop star Nicki Minaj's concert Tuesday night could have their messages featured on a digital billboard in New York City's Times Square. The Aug. 14 concert -- part of Pepsi's celebrity-infused "Live For Now" global ad... Twitter Founders Want to Reinvent Digital Publishing - Again Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:32 PM Twitter founders Ev Williams and Biz Stone want to shake up the digital publishing world with their latest venture, Medium. The pair, who also worked together on Blogger, announced the new platform today. In a post outlining Medium, Williams... PSA from 1995 Predicts the Future of the Internet Tuesday, August 14, 2012 4:45 PM Fifth grade students at the Ray Bjork School in Helena, Mont. produced a PSA in 1995 that not only features totally tubular 90s fashion, but also accurately predicts the cat-filled future of the internet. These kids should've set up a psychic... 10 Things People Love and Hate About Pinterest Tuesday, August 14, 2012 4:15 PM The Pinterest frenzy may have cooled, but millions of people are still buzzing about social media's overnight sensation. Once the network reached 10 million users in February (in record time, we might add), buzz peaked with 119,000 social... Could a Hurricane Take Down the Internet? [INFOGRAPHIC] Tuesday, August 14, 2012 3:52 PM It wasn't too long ago that a freak storm in Virginia took down Amazon's cloud servers, and along with it, Instagram, Pinterest and other popular websites. The outages, which came amid a brutal heat wave, left thousands without power and... Your Klout Score Just Changed. Here's Why Tuesday, August 14, 2012 1:00 PM Your Klout score may have just changed, by a lot. Tuesday the company rolled out updated scores for all of its users and began pushing out an updated Klout interface that focuses not on your Klout score, but the individual posts that got you... 10 Things You Didn't Know About Women-Owned Businesses Tuesday, August 14, 2012 12:13 PM Stories inspire us to action, but behind many stories is data that provides a bigger and better picture of what is happening in the world around us. American Express OPEN takes special interest in the benchmarks reached by women-owned businesses... Google Buys Newspaper Ad to Show Why Newspaper Ads Don't Work Tuesday, August 14, 2012 11:54 AM Here's a nice bit of multi-faceted irony for you: On Thursday, Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper ran a print ad for Google's (directly competitive) search advertising business. "You know who needs a haircut? People searching for a haircut," the...		TOP STORIES TODAY Twitter Helps Reunite Man With Olympic Ticket Within Hours This Cat Is a Big Jerk [VIDEO] Can a Video Game Tackle Alcoholism Without Being Preachy? Facebook Testing Promoted News Feed Posts for Non-Fans Don't Look at This Site if You're Prone to Seizures TOP TOPICS Trending 7,707 followers Watercooler 88 followers Video 4,175 followers Social Media 76,180 followers Business 39,524 followers Entertainment 3,827 followers Mobile 5,284 followers Twitter 60,757 followers Apps And Software 1,227 followers YouTube 14,866 followers
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