NewsTalk 1290 News & Talk of Texoma » twitter http://newstalk1290.com Fri, 17 May 2013 20:42:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Funny Tweets By Parents the Week of March 18 http://newstalk1290.com/funny-tweets-by-parents-the-week-of-march-18/ http://newstalk1290.com/funny-tweets-by-parents-the-week-of-march-18/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:01:21 +0000 Stephanie McMaster http://961joyfm.com/?p=191016 Parents + Internet = Awesome. Don't believe us? Check out some of the funniest things tweeted by parents this week, including Melissa Joan Hart's son's funny incident with childproof medicine bottles and Jim Gaffigan's vow regarding kids and restaurants:

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/funny-tweets-by-parents-the-week-of-march-18/feed/ 0 iStockphoto / Twitter Hilarious Tweets By Parents The Week Of Feb. 25 http://newstalk1290.com/hilarious-tweets-by-parents-the-week-of-feb-25/ http://newstalk1290.com/hilarious-tweets-by-parents-the-week-of-feb-25/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:00:09 +0000 Stephanie McMaster http://961joyfm.com/?p=184619 Myth debunked - parents can indeed be funny and we have the tweets to prove it! Check out 10 of the most hilarious things written on Twitter this week by parents (and one non-parent who gets it) this week:

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/hackers-burger-king-mcdonalds/feed/ 0 Twitteer 'Hashtag' Is 2012′s Word of the Year http://newstalk1290.com/hashtag-is-2012s-word-of-the-year/ http://newstalk1290.com/hashtag-is-2012s-word-of-the-year/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:04:26 +0000 Donald Deane http://thefw.com/?p=176349 Hashtags may have originated on Twitter, but the popular internet shorthand has since spread to Facebook and even everyday speech. And now, "hashtag" has been declared the 2012 word of the year by the American Dialect Society. #waytogohashtag

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/hashtag-is-2012s-word-of-the-year/feed/ 0 Mashable Planning to Tweet or Instagram Your Ballot? You May Be Committing a Felony http://newstalk1290.com/instagram-ballot/ http://newstalk1290.com/instagram-ballot/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:53:35 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=164183 Voting in a presidential election is pretty exciting. And, these days, when we do something exciting we want to tell the world about it through social network sites like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

But while there may be a temptation to take a photo of your completed ballot and post it on the internet with pride, it's not a very good idea. In fact in states like Wisconsin it's a felony to let anybody else see your ballot or a photo of your ballot.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/instagram-ballot/feed/ 0 Gizmodo Major Swing In Polls Following POTUS Debate # 2 http://newstalk1290.com/major-swing-in-polls-following-potus-debate-2/ http://newstalk1290.com/major-swing-in-polls-following-potus-debate-2/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:51:01 +0000 Mike Hendren http://newstalk1290.com/?p=77868 http://www.infowars.com/threats-to-assassinate-romney-explode-after-debate/

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/major-swing-in-polls-following-potus-debate-2/feed/ 0 Research Reveals Ways to Identify Dangerous People on Twitter http://newstalk1290.com/dangerous-people-twitter/ http://newstalk1290.com/dangerous-people-twitter/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:08:06 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=137022 You might think you can distinguish between civil society and the dance of a maniac just by gazing into the hollow, unstable color of a person’s eyes, but a new study finds that it is actually a person’s Twitter account that tells the haunting tale of the mental defective.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/dangerous-people-twitter/feed/ 0 Cameron Spencer, Getty Images Don't Have a Lot of Twitter Followers? You Probably Like President Obama http://newstalk1290.com/twitter-followers-president-obama/ http://newstalk1290.com/twitter-followers-president-obama/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:12:49 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=128640 During the last race for the White House in 2008, Barack Obama got many of his campaign donations from people who gave small amounts — but since there were a lot of them, they quickly added up to a substantial sum.

As this year’s presidential campaign heats up, there’s a similar narrative — only this time it involves overall influence, and it’s playing out on Twitter.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/twitter-followers-president-obama/feed/ 0 trekkyandy, flickr Which Companies Make the Best Use of Twitter for Customer Service? http://newstalk1290.com/which-companies-make-the-best-use-of-twitter-for-customer-service/ http://newstalk1290.com/which-companies-make-the-best-use-of-twitter-for-customer-service/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:48:44 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=107747 Many businesses are using social media like Twitter to supplement their customer service operations. But a new study says not all companies are using the microblogging service as they should.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/which-companies-make-the-best-use-of-twitter-for-customer-service/feed/ 0 trekkyandy, Flickr Spike Lee Issues Apology for Mistaken Tweet in Trayvon Martin Case http://newstalk1290.com/spike-lee-tweet-trayvon-martin/ http://newstalk1290.com/spike-lee-tweet-trayvon-martin/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:46:56 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=84240 As the outrage over the death of teenager Trayvon Martin continues, film director Spike Lee has had to issue an apology for a tweet he posted in relation to the case.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/spike-lee-tweet-trayvon-martin/feed/ 0 Andrew H. Walker, Getty Images No Graduation for You! High School Senior Expelled After Swearing in a Tweet [VIDEO] http://newstalk1290.com/senior-swearing-tweet-video/ http://newstalk1290.com/senior-swearing-tweet-video/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:31:55 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=84200 We may live in an era that many feel is dangerously approaching the Big Brother world depicted in the book ’1984,’ but after a high school student was expelled for using profanity in a tweet, lots of people cried foul.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/senior-swearing-tweet-video/feed/ 0 trekkyandy, Flickr Is the Department of Homeland Security Tracking You on Facebook and Twitter? http://newstalk1290.com/homeland-security-facebook-and-twitter/ http://newstalk1290.com/homeland-security-facebook-and-twitter/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:02:07 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=79056 When you’re tweeting or posting on Facebook, you’re probably not thinking about the  Department of Homeland Security. But as it turns out, it may very well be thinking about you.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/homeland-security-facebook-and-twitter/feed/ 0 Dan Kitwood, Getty Images Twitter Is Selling Your Tweets and You Don't Get a Dime http://newstalk1290.com/twitter-selling-tweets/ http://newstalk1290.com/twitter-selling-tweets/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:45:29 +0000 Kathy Landin http://thefw.com/?p=105089 You may not be able to search for your own Tweets on Twitter after a week, but a marketing research company in the UK can now search all the Tweets Tweeted since January of 2010. This is possible because Twitter just sold Datasift the right to sort through them.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/twitter-selling-tweets/feed/ 0 Oli Scarff, Getty Images The Pope Gives Facebook and Twitter a 'Like' http://newstalk1290.com/the-pope-gives-facebook-and-twitter-a-like/ http://newstalk1290.com/the-pope-gives-facebook-and-twitter-a-like/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:47:49 +0000 Kathy Landin http://thefw.com/?p=85973 No one can accuse Pope Benedict XVI of being old-fashioned, even if his beliefs on doctrine are strictly traditionalist. The Pontiff proved he holds his traditional views in a very modern social landscape by praising the usefulness of social media communication.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/the-pope-gives-facebook-and-twitter-a-like/feed/ 0 Johannes Simon, Getty Images Twitter Helps Shy Students Take Part in Classroom Discussions Without Saying a Word http://newstalk1290.com/twitter-students-classroom/ http://newstalk1290.com/twitter-students-classroom/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:03:35 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=71279 Twitter isn’t just a place for news or idle chatter. In fact, a new study reveals the microblogging service could be a powerful tool for educators, too.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/twitter-students-classroom/feed/ 0 Dan Kitwood, Getty Images Twitter Users Completely Freak Out Over the SOPA and PIPA Blackout [IMAGES] http://newstalk1290.com/twitter-sopa-pipa-blackout/ http://newstalk1290.com/twitter-sopa-pipa-blackout/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:54:21 +0000 Nick Romano http://thefw.com/?p=83473 Who would’ve thought that a simple Congressional bill aimed at ending online piracy with the same potential to censor the entire internet community would cause such a mass panic? But that’s exactly what’s going on, especially with Twitter users.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/twitter-sopa-pipa-blackout/feed/ 0 @ladygagaasian, Twitter Is Happiness on the Decline? Let's Look to Twitter — Health Check http://newstalk1290.com/happiness-words-decline-twitter-health-check/ http://newstalk1290.com/happiness-words-decline-twitter-health-check/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:47:26 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=67426 Whether you love or hate Twitter, the microblogging site has revolutionized online communication and some scientists are even using it to ascertain worldwide mood. Though, what they’ve found is kind of a bummer.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/happiness-words-decline-twitter-health-check/feed/ 0 Ron Bennetts, Flickr Facebook and Twitter Are Harming Our Kids, Says Majority — Survey of the Day http://newstalk1290.com/social-media-harmful-kids-survey/ http://newstalk1290.com/social-media-harmful-kids-survey/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:57:27 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=61819 Facebook, Twitter and all the other social media sites have changed the way young people interact with each other, but according to a survey from Poll Position, the majority of Americans don’t think this has been a change for the better.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/social-media-harmful-kids-survey/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Rep. Anthony Weiner Admits to Twitter Photo Scandal, Will Not Resign [VIDEO] http://newstalk1290.com/rep-anthony-weiner-admits-to-twitter-photo-scandal-will-not-resign-video/ http://newstalk1290.com/rep-anthony-weiner-admits-to-twitter-photo-scandal-will-not-resign-video/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 21:08:51 +0000 NewsTalk 1290 http://newstalk1290.com/?p=3169 A tearful Anthony Weiner held a press conference Monday afternoon in New York to address rumors that he had sent a revealing photo of himself to a young woman on his Twitter account.

The disgraced congressman, who previously told reporters that his Twitter had been hacked, admitted he had accidentally sent the photo, adding he was "deeply sorry" and that he takes "full responsibility" for his actions.

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