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Dec 29, 2010New York Times
ATLANTA — Some travelers stranded by the great snowstorm of 2010 discovered a new lifeline for help. When all else fails, Twitter might be the best way to book a seat home.
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Although airlines reported a doubling or trip...
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Dec 14, 2010San Jose Mercury News
At first glance, a major study released last week showing higher percentages of blacks and Latinos than whites using Twitter seemed like a cyberutopian's dream come true. The blogosphere applauded what looked like real data showing that social med...
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Dec 9, 2010San Jose Mercury News
People have grown used to the idea of Twitter as America's stream of consciousness, but a new study suggests that the fast-growing microblogging service is also becoming a kind of digital melting pot for U.S. adults.
A survey released t...
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Dec 9, 2010CBS News
(CBS) Eight percent of online Americans use Twitter, according to a Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project released Thursday. The study is the first by Pew that specifically examines Twitter users.
Worth noting: Pew di...
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Dec 9, 2010msnbc.com
Eight percent of Americans who are online use Twitter, and the short-messaging blog is "particularly popular" with those ages 18 to 29, minorities and those who live in cities," according to a new report from The Pew Research Center's Internet & A...
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Dec 9, 2010New York Times
A new study released Thursday by The Pew Research Center found that 8 percent of Americans who are active on the Internet are enthusiastic users of the social networking se...
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Dec 9, 2010The Guardian
The Pew research centre's latest report is on the use of Twitter and reveals some interesting trends, not least how mainstream the social messaging site (let's forget that ...
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Dec 9, 2010Los Angeles Times
About 8% of American adults who use the Internet are Twitter users, with 2% using it on a typical day.
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Notable among Pew's findings: Young adults ages 18 to 29 are significantly more likely to use Twitter than older adu...
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Dec 9, 2010PC Magazine
Twitter is a pretty pervasive tool among those in the tech community, but how many average Internet users have jumped on the Twitter bandwagon? A Thursday study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 8 percent of American adults ...
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