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Online and outspoken: China's microblog craze
Launched in 2009, China's leading microblog site, Sina Weibo, has given a digital megaphone to more than 300 million Chinese #social media #China #Twitter #Olympics #Microblogging #Weibo #London 2012
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Twitter's Bird gets a beak-job in revamped logo
Twitter's little blue bird logo has undergone a massive change. The new bird has a upturned beak, no hair on top, higher feathers. #Twitter #Twitter Inc. #TechBuzz #Microblogging #Bird
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Pak govt blocks access to Twitter
Pakistani authorities blocked access to Twitter in several parts of the country despite Interior Minister Rehman Malik's claim that no restrictions were being imposed on the micro-blogging site. #Twitter #Twitter Inc. #Microblogging #InsecureNet
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EconsultancyOrganic posts are most popular social tactic but paid ads are more successful: report
Despite the marketing potential that exists in social networks there has always been an element of doubt over the efficacy of buying social ads. Some of the most convincing arguments against social ads are that people don’t want to be sold to while they’ #Facebook
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Voice of AmericaDetained Chinese Fishermen, Boat Released by North Korea
Officials in Beijing say 16 Chinese fishermen who were seized for ransom in North Korea have been released. The official Xinhua news agency reported the development Tuesday, quoting a Chinese consular official in Pyongyang who spoke with the owner of the #Beijing #Pyongyang #China
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Foreign PolicyBurma's Web-Savvy Rebels - By Patrick Boehler
When Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt visited Burma in late March, he lamented that only about 1 percent of Burmese are connected to the Internet, and urged the government to increase connectivity. "The answer to bad speech is more speech. More c #Google Inc. #Myanmar #Eric Schmidt