Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:20:11 +0100 SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Use of microblogging in China quadrupled in 2011 compared with the previous year, with nearly half of all Chinese Internet users now taking to the near-instant service to gather news and spread views, a government Internet think tank said Monday. Microblogging, or "Weibo" as it is known in China, allows users to send short messages of 140 characters or less to their followers. Twitter, the most popular microblogging platform in the world, is blocked by China's censors. ... (Source: Reuters)
Homepage of the microblogging website Twitter. An English local ...
Sun, 29 May 2011 20:00:10 +0200 (AFP/File) - Homepage of the microblogging website Twitter. An English local authority said it had taken Twitter to court in California and forced it to release the details of a British user. South Tyneside Council, in northeast England, took the legal action in a bid to discover the identity of a blogger behind allegedly libelous statements.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)
The logo of microblogging website Twitter is seen at the firm's ...
Wed, 06 Apr 2011 05:40:02 +0200 (AFP/File) - The logo of microblogging website Twitter is seen at the firm's headquarters in San Francisco. Lawmakers in the city have given preliminary approval to legislation that would keep the fast-growing website in the city with the lure of a payroll tax break.(AFP/File/Kimihiro Hoshino)
Microblogging sensation Twitter is expected to rake in $150 ...
Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:40:08 +0100 (AFP/File) - Microblogging sensation Twitter is expected to rake in $150 million in advertising revenue this year, according to a study published Monday.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)
Microblogging site Twitter on Wednesday opened a Korean-language ...
Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:40:05 +0100 (AFP/File) - Microblogging site Twitter on Wednesday opened a Korean-language website in an attempt to expand further into a market that has grown almost tenfold in the past year.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)
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