• Twitter fiction Sabine Durrant

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• Cricket-Australia to investigate Warners Twitter rant

  Australia . "Cricket Australia is aware of comments made on David Warner's Twitter account overnight," Cricket Australia said in a statement on Saturday. "Cricket Australia is attempting to contact Warner and will continue to investigate the matter. "Cricket Australia will make further comment once it has conducted a thorough investigation." It was unclear ...

• Cricket Australia is investigating David Warners shocking Twitter rant

  ROBERT Craddock, one of Australia's senior sports writers, has responded to David Warner's Twitter rant. Cricket Australia is currently investigating Warner's extraordinary expletive-laden social media tirade against News Limited journalists Craddock and Malcolm Conn. A series of fiery rants were this morning posted on Warner's Twitter account in response to Craddock's ...

• Twitter tirade lands Warner in hot water

  Source: Photosport Australian cricketer David Warner is likely to face disciplinary action from Cricket Australia, after he apparently launched a scathing attack on two journalists on social media today. Warner took to Twitter to launch his expletive-laden tirade directed at News Limited journalists Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn, after taking exception to an article published by Craddock ...

• Facebook’s ‘Like’ faces free-speech test in Richmond courtroom www.privateofficer.com

  --A Facebook case being heard in Richmond could affect the rest of the nation. Facebook's "Like" button gets clicked more than three billion times each day, according to the social media site's administrators. That hasty and seemingly harmless act is now at the center of a case being heard in the U.S Court of appeals for the Fourth Circuit in downtown Richmond. Six former ...

• Phelps planning comeback retired swimmer downplays it on Twitter report

  Michael Phelps of the U.S. reacts after taking third place in his men's 200m butterfly heat at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre July 30, 2012. (DAVID ...

• Prosecutors 3 teens posted taped sex assaults of girl 12 on Facebook

  Three teenagers face sex assault charges after they raped a 12-year-old girl at gunpoint and posted a video of the December attacks on Facebook, prosecutors said. Scandale Fritz, 16, Kenneth Brown, 15, and Justin Applewhite, 16, were all ordered held in lieu of $900,000 bail in a hearing today before Criminal Court Judge James Brown, said Cook County state's attorney spokeswoman Tandra ...

• Fall TV ABCs Agents of SHIELD NBCs Blacklist Dominate Social Media Conversation

  "Marvel's Agents of SHIELD" Now that the broadcast networks have unveiled their 2013-14 fare, it's time to take a look at which freshmen shows are already making a splash on social ...

• Warner in late-night Twitter rant

  Australia opener David Warner has launched a scathing Twitter attack on two of the country's cricket journalists, labelling one an 'old fart'.Warner, who is competing in the Indian Premier League for the Delhi Daredevils, used the social media platform to post several angry, early-morning tweets.The left-handed opener was responding to an article about the IPL written by Robert ...

• Warner targets media in Twitter rant

  Australian cricketer David Warner is likely to face disciplinary action from Cricket Australia (CA) after he apparently launched a scathing attack on two journalists on social media on Saturday.Warner took to Twitter to launch his expletive-laden tirade directed at News Limited journalists Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn after taking exception to an article published by Craddock which was ...

• Facebook still has a selling job ahead despite bold moves

  Facebook Inc. 's first year as a public company was tough, get ready for a demanding Year Two.In the first year, the company faced the challenge of generating significant revenue, and it succeeded: In the first quarter of 2013, sales rose 38 per cent, to nearly $1.5-billion (all figures ...

• Latest mayoral candidate is a social media darling

  MONTREAL -- Denis Coderre likes Fleetwood Mac, Florence K, The Dark Knight Rises, the Montreal Expos and Georges St-Pierre.His Facebook friends are treated to regular helpings of YouTube videos featuring the vocal stylings of Dionne Warwick, Charles Aznavour and Barbra Streisand, with only the occasional rant about the latest legislation wending its way through the House of Commons.On Twitter, ...

• Facebook shutters page taunting lawmaker female Marines

  By Bill Briggs, NBC News contributor A "direct threat" against a U.S. congresswoman - posted on a military-oriented Facebook page that graphically belittled her and her efforts to stem sexual misconduct within the branches - has been referred to U.S. Capitol Police for investigation. The threat was made last week against Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., and her husband shortly after ...

• Aaron Eckhart on Actor’s Block Raising Teenage Girls Onscreen and Making Twitter Personal

  In 16 years, Aaron Eckhart has appeared onscreen in roles ranging from a Neil LaBute sociopath and comic-book super-villain to Julia Roberts's shaggy-haired sweetheart in Erin Brockovich. In Erased, an action thriller that opens today, he breaks from the former type to play a business-suited action hero. More specifically: a former C.I.A. agent who must save himself and his estranged ...

• Financial Times Twitter Email Hacked

  The Financial Times newspaper said on Friday that supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had hacked its website. It said the Syrian Electronic Army, which has been blamed for hacking the main feed of The Associated Press and Twitter accounts of the BBC, posted messages on its tech blog and disrupted Twitter feeds owned by the newspaper. The group, which accuses Western media of ...

• Facebook shutters page that taunted lawmakers push to curb military rape

  By Bill Briggs, NBC News contributor A "direct threat" against a U.S. congresswoman - posted on a military-oriented Facebook page that graphically belittled her and her efforts to stem sexual misconduct within the branches - has been referred to U.S. Capitol Police for investigation. The threat was made last week against Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., and her husband shortly after ...

• Tableau CEO Talks Up His Companys Strong Public Debut A Year After Facebooks IPO

  Tableau Software CEO Christian Chabot said his company's IPO was done largely to raise public awareness. (Photo courtesy of Tableau) Exactly a year ...

• NewsWatch Why Facebook is an unfriendly reminder of IPO risk

  Facebook's flubbed IPO a year ago isn't the reason individual investors are reluctant to participate in the record equity rally, but it did lay bare some important investing ...

• Australian Politician Tricked Into Liking Photo of Teen’s Nuts on Facebook

  An Australian politician fell victim to a photo prank on Facebook that resulted in ';liking'; a picture of a 16-year-old boy’s testicles. Peter ...

• Obscure Direct Response Brands Dominate Facebook Chatter

  introduced the metric in late 2011, attempting to give marketers a clearer view of the effectiveness of their messaging on the social site. When asked about PTAT in the last year or so, most brands speaking with Adweek have said they pay close attention to the ...

• Would Yahoo or Facebook Make a Better Tumblr Parent

  So Adweek asked marketers this afternoon to weigh in on whether Yahoo or Facebook would make a better parent for the site. Responses were split, with slightly more of the small sample contending that Tumblr would thrive more under the stewardship of Mark Zuckerberg's digital ...

• Airbus Boeing will battle for PR at Paris Air Show

  Airbus rolled out the first fully painted A350 Monday. With the Paris Air Show just a month away, Airbus may be preparing to try to take the wind away from Boeings resurgent 787 Dreamliner. Airbus rolled out its fully painted and flyable A350 Monday, with engines installed, and this week was starting to run that aircraft through electrical testing. That gives rise to speculation that Airbus will ...

• Video Mark Zuckerberg has lost $5.8 billion in value on his Facebook stock

  Mark Zuckerberg has lost $5.8 billion in value on his Facebook stock since the world's leading social network went public just about a year ago. Conway G. Gittens ...

• Syrian group claims role in hacking of Financial Times website Twitter account

  The website and several Twitter accounts belonging to The Financial Times were hacked Friday by the Syrian Electronic Army in an ongoing campaign that has targeted an array of media outlets ranging from the Associated Press to the parody site The Onion, according to a claim by the so-called army.The Syrian Electronic Army said it seized control of several FT Twitter accounts and amended a number ...

• A year after lacklustre IPO Facebook looks to become an advertising giant

  Facebook's stock finished its first day of trading just 23 cents higher than its $38 (U.S.) IPO price. It hasn't been that high since. (DADO ...

• Hits and misses in Facebooks history

  Facebook made its debut on the stock market a year ago on May 18 in one of the largest IPOs in history and the biggest for any Internet company.The social network's market value was more than $100 billion.Now, Facebook's stock is trading roughly 30 percent lower and has not hit its IPO price of $38 per share. Today, Facebook is valued at around $63 billion.In the year since its initial ...

• Honest Toddler Montreal mom shares child-like take on Twitter

  From the time we are knee-high, we're taught that honesty is the best policy - and a new book based on a Twitter account has taken that moral code to hilarious new heights. Montreal-area mom Bunmi Laditan has just ...

• How Facebook Makes Money On You All Your Friends

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• Tableau CEO after IPO Data is the oil of the 21st century

  Tableau CEO Christian Chabot stands next to one of the many "kraken" designs throughout his company's Seattle headquarters in Seattle."The Kraken" octopus is a reference to the code name Tableau uses for its Tableau version 8.0 application. Tableau Software CEO Christian Chabot may have made more than $12 million this morning when his company made its initial public offering ...

• Facebook Treats Radiohead Fans To Thom Yorke-Approved Solo Cover

  This cover of Radiohead’s 15 Step appeared on YouTube back in January, but got some extra attention today when frontman Thom Yorke himself (or at least whoever runs his Facebook page) shared it with ...

• UPDATE 3-Syria government supporters hack Financial Times

  Fri May 17, 2013 4:53pm EDT * Headlines sabotaged, link posted to execution video * Latest in series of hacker attacks on news media By Jim Finkle and Jennifer Saba May 17 (Reuters) - The Financial Times' website and Twitter feeds were hacked on Friday, renewing questions about whether the popular social media service has done enough to tighten security as cyber-attacks on the news media ...

• Treadmills happy hours and family What startup founders neglect

  SURF Incubator startup founders talk about what they've neglected since starting their companies. In light of SURF (Start Up Really Fast) Incubators one-year anniversary in its downtown Seattle space, I spoke to a group of entrepreneurs whose companies are incubating there. I asked them what their companies needed most, what the Seattle startup community needs, and what they wished theyd ...

• Syrian hackers compromise FT blog Twitter feeds

  A clutch of Twitter accounts and a blog maintained by the Financial Times were hacked Friday, the latest in a series of cyberattacks claimed by the Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-government group which has regularly targeted media organizations it sees as sympathetic to the country's rebels.A few of the FT's dozens of Twitter feeds and blogs broadcast messages supporting Syrian ...

• The Whos Who at Facebook

  Facebook went public a year ago, the spotlight was on three principal characters: CEO Mark Zuckerberg, COO Sheryl Sandberg, and CFO David Ebersman. The three C-suiters were on the public stage throughout the company's road show presentations to potential investors, and literally on stage together as they rang the opening bell the day of its IPO. Zuckerberg and Sandberg have had a ...

• Social media jumps on Google glasses

  SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook and Twitter launched applications Thursday for Google glasses as developers rushed to learn more about tailoring software for the Internet-linked eyewear yet to hit the ...

• Rices OwlSpark startup accelerator launches first class

  OwlSpark, Rice University's three-month startup accelerator, is supported by 60 mentors who will help companies improve their business plans and find investors. OwlSpark, Rice Universitys startup accelerator, began its first class May 16 and has high hopes of launching eight game-changing technology companies. OwlSpark is one of Houston's many new accelerators, which are essentially boot ...

• Tech community Wisegate collects $2.8M financing

  Online technology community operator Wisegate Inc. raised $2.8 million of a planned $3.4 million financing. The Austin-based company collected the capital from 23 investors, according to a Friday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Wisegate, which was founded in 2007 as CDG Software Inc., operates an online community designed to enable IT professionals to exchange ideas and ...

• 1 year later Facebook stock remains below IPO price

  A year after Facebook's flashy IPO that valued the company at $104 billion, investors are skeptical about the company's future. The company has seen a devastating drop in its stock price over the past 12 months. The shares were trading hands at just over $26 on Friday, a long way off form the $38 IPO price, a level the stock has indeed never crossed. The underwhelming IPO was one of ...

• Mark Hulbert Is it time to buy Facebook

  Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook, speaks during the remote opening bell ringing ceremony for the opening of trading at the Nasdaq MarketSite, on May 18, ...

• Is Liking Something On Facebook An Act Of Free Speech

  Last year, a Virginia judge ruled that a Facebook ';like'; is not protected by the First Amendment. The story goes like this: Deputy Sheriff Daniel Ray Carter of Hampton, Virginia "liked" the page of "Jim Adams for Hampton Sheriff." Carter’s boss, Sheriff B.J. Roberts, saw this, and then when Roberts won the election against Adams, Carter was fired. Carter ...

• Twitter teams with NBA to offer in-tweet pro hoops replays

  During the rest of the NBA playoffs, NBA Digital will be posting video highlights of notable plays. This comes days after a similar arrangement with ...

• App Reviews Twitter Music Google Now

  Twitter took the wraps off a much-anticipated music service last month, which is supposed to make it easy for users to find new music and keep up with their favorite artists in the process. Users can listen to four types of songs: music that's popular on the network, songs from "emerging" artists, songs from the people your friends follow and, finally, music from the artists you ...

• Risky business Top entrepreneurs bet on Houston

  Vijay Goradia, founder and chairman of Vinmar International Ltd., won the Houston Technology Center's 2013 top lifetime achievement award for entrepreneurship. Click through the slideshow to see the other winners. There seemed to be one common theme that ran through the winners' acceptance speeches at the Houston Technology Centers lifetime achievement awards: Houstons entrepreneurial ...

• No cash for TriMet Use your phone

  TriMet launched beta testing of a mobile ticketing service from GlobeSherpa on May 16. You know that TriMet ticket scramble? The one where your bus is minutes away and you don't have cash or a bus ticket? It could soon be a thing of the past. TriMet today launched beta testing of a mobile ticketing system from Portland-startup GlobeSherpa that allows riders to pay fares using a smartphone. ...

• Report passion trumps money for small businesses

  Pixelspoke's Cameron Madill's company helped design the State of the Business Owner 2013 survey's methodology. A new small business study, engineered by two Oregon firms, suggests that entrepreneurs are more driven by the potential for freedom and the chance to work at a job they love than they are by money. The 2013 State Of The Business Owner Report, released by Ashland-based ...

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