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The fake AP tweet, the day after

Yes, most of us might be over it, but the fake tweet (AP supposedly reporting a bombing at the White House that injured President Obama) that sent the stock markets swooning Tuesday needs some follow-up: • As the Merc's Read More →

In age of real-time news, social media and Web crowdsourcing, wrong Boston bombing suspects ID’d online

If you weren't glued to Twitter last night and early this morning amid the chaos in Boston, you might have missed how the Internet, social media and real-time news affected coverage of the pursuit of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects: Read More →

Twitter launches #music app on iTunes

Ryan Seacrest wasn't lying. The "American Idol" host tweeted about using a new Twitter #music app last week, when the service was still invite-only and a mystery to most Twitter account holders. No longer is the much-anticipated music service for a special Read More →

Twitter making money: here a chirp, there a chirp

Twitter turned 7 last month, and many think it is set to go public within the next year. CEO Dick Costolo has publicly stuck to his guns that the San Francisco company doesn't necessarily need to go IPO. Read More →

WhatsApp CEO boasts more users than Twitter

Messaging app WhatsApp now has more users than Twitter and sends more messages than Facebook, the company's chief executive announced Tuesday. An app unknown to many until a year or so ago, and which remains snarled in security problems and privacy Read More →

Facebook gaining in mobile display ads; Google still owns mobile search

Look out Google.  Facebook is gaining ground in a small but growing segment of the all-important mobile advertising business. Facebook went from having virtually zero revenue from mobile advertising in 2011 to selling $234 million in mobile display ads in the Read More →
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