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Surprising Election Predictor: Facebook

Twitter may have done well, too

(Newser) - Who needs polls? If you want to know who will win an election, maybe you just need to see who has more fans on Facebook. The candidate with the biggest following prevailed in 74% of House contests and 81% of Senate ones, according to the site’s blog . There were,...

Do Women Hate Sex?
 Do Women Hate Sex? 
Nov 2, 2010 6:00 AM CDT

Do Women Hate Sex?

Stephen Fry's comments bear evolutionary examination

(Newser) - Now that critics have landed on actor Stephen Fry's head like a ton of bricks for suggesting women hate sex because they don't often screw strange men in bushes, at least one Brit journalist is wondering, well, do women loathe sex? In fact, insists Steve Connor in the Independent , Fry...

Actor Quits Twitter After Sex Comments Spark Outrage

Stephen Fry claims he was misquoted in interview

(Newser) - Britain's most popular tweeter has apparently quit Twitter after being lambasted for comments about women's sexuality. Actor Stephen Fry tweeted "Bye Bye" to his 1.9 million followers after he claimed he was misquoted in a magazine interview that women don't enjoy sex. According to the interview, the homosexual...

China Snatches Woman in Middle of Night Over Tweet

She tweeted that she planned to march in support of Nobel winner Liu Xiabo

(Newser) - A young Chinese woman who tweeted that she planned to march with a banner honoring imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiabo has been busted by police. Mou Yanxi was snatched from her house in the middle of the night as authorities stepped up a crackdown on Liu's friends and...

Firefox Add-on Makes Hacking Facebook a Breeze

Firesheep downloaded more than 100K times in 24 hours

(Newser) - A Firefox extension that makes it simple for users to hijack accounts at Facebook, Twitter, and dozens of other popular sites has been downloaded more than 100,000 times in 24 hours. The Firesheep add-on allows users to scan public WiFi networks and, via cookies, steal login details from unsecured...

Stars Making Half a Million a Year via Twitter

Celebs making up to $50K per month pitching products to fans

(Newser) - American celebrities are raking in up to $50,000 a month for tweeting on behalf of brands. A single shout-out from 50 Cent or Snoop Dogg, for instance, can earn them $5,000, finds the Sun . The pay-per-tweet model is now heading across the pond, and UK celebs won't be...

Meg Whitman Twitter Fail Sends Backers to Odd Video

Typo leads Twitter followers to tutu-wearing bassist

(Newser) - A tutu-wearing Japanese man who plays bass guitar in his bedroom has won the break of a lifetime, courtesy of the Meg Whitman campaign. A spokeswoman for the California GOP candidate made a typo when trying to tweet a link to a Whitman endorsement, and sent followers instead to a...

Cops in UK's Manchester Tweeting Every Call

They want to prove workload, prevent budget cuts

(Newser) - Police in Manchester, England, have taken to Twitter to report every emergency call received in 24 hours. The experiment began at 5am today local time. The police force wants to show the British public its workload to stave off proposed budget cuts. The chief constable says the majority of calls...

David Arquette Has an Oversharing Problem

Actor goes on and on ... in his apology for oversharing

(Newser) - David Arquette has learned his lesson about oversharing, and he apologized for all the TMI he dished out yesterday … via a 5-message-long Twitter posting. So, um, perhaps he has not yet learned his lesson about oversharing. “I went on Howard Stern yesterday to provide clarity and honesty about...

Twitter Credited With Killing Gap Logo
 Social Media Killed Gap's Logo 
OPINION
Oct 13, 2010 5:00 AM CDT

Social Media Killed Gap's Logo

Case shows why Twitter, Facebook matter

(Newser) - Who says social media don't matter? Malcolm Gladwell, the New Yorker's "big-haired, big-brained and big-mouthed columnist," may think Twitter is a silly fad, but the Gap logo case says otherwise, writes Shane Richmond for the Telegraph . The retailer recently abandoned its cheap-looking new logo after an outcry online....

Courtney Love Tweets Racy Pics

Her latest publicity stunt?

(Newser) - She's at it again: Courtney Love took to Twitter last week to post a few, er, interesting pictures of herself. In the first, she flashes her skivvies, but fair warning: The second is decidedly more NSFW. View both in the gallery, or if you'd rather watch Love butcher...

Twitter CEO Evan Williams Steps Down, COO Promoted

Dick Costolo will head day-to-day operations

(Newser) - Twitter co-founder and CEO Evan Williams is relinquishing leadership of the microblogging site to COO Dick Costolo, reports the Wall Street Journal . "Building things is my passion," Williams offers as explanation for the move, adding that he asked Colstolo to take over. Adds Costolo, recently "it became...

Twitter Gets Another Sitcom
 Twitter Gets Another Sitcom 
Sep 28, 2010 10:19 AM CDT

Twitter Gets Another Sitcom

It's sort of like the roommate version of $#*! My Dad Says

(Newser) - Fresh off the premiere of its first Twitter-based comedy, CBS is developing another. The network acquired a script deal for Shh … Don’t Tell Steve, based on a Twitter feed about a guy secretly tweeting everything his slob of a roommate does (sample: “Steve, just now, yelling from...

Demi Tweets 'No Cheating' Pic
 Demi Tweets 'No Cheating' Pic 
Sep 27, 2010 9:37 AM CDT

Demi Tweets 'No Cheating' Pic

Apparently happy couple celebrates fifth anniversary

(Newser) - The Ashton Kutcher cheating rumors keep going and going and going (the worst is yet to come, PopEater warns ), but Mrs. Kutcher—aka Demi Moore—isn’t taking them lying down. Well, actually, she is taking them lying down … in bed … with Ashton Kutcher. Moore recently tweeted...

17-Year-Old: I Caused Twitter Meltdown

'I did it merely to see if it could be done,' says Pearce Delphin

(Newser) - Remember the "mouseover" bug that sent unwitting Twitter users to Japanese porn sites yesterday? Well, it was caused by a 17-year-old Australian schoolboy. Pearce Delphin says he was the first one to try the mouseover trick. "I did it merely to see if it could be done ... that...

Why the Twitterverse Turned on Bieber

 Why the Twitterverse 
 Turned on Bieber 
#getsomejustin
Sep 21, 2010 10:34 AM CDT

Why the Twitterverse Turned on Bieber

Fans punish teen heartthrob for making out with a girl

(Newser) - Twitter —or at least all the teenage girls on Twitter—loves ( really, really loves ) Justin Bieber . Until he goes and gets himself photographed making out in the back of a car. Then, those same teenage girls turn on him with a vengeance. Gawker notes that, as...

Mouseover Security Flaw Plagues Twitter

Site says it's got a patch in place

(Newser) - Twitter says it's patched a widespread security flaw today that redirected users to third-party sites (sometimes porn) or hit them with pop-up ads. This one was especially heinous, notes Mashable , because it took effect when users simply rolled over an offending link instead of clicking on it. It used...

What Happens When a Liberal Comic Sits Next to Ken Mehlman On a Plane?

Hilarity ensues.

(Newser) - Liberal comedian Marc Maron hit the jackpot on a recent flight when he upgraded to first class … and found himself sitting next to former GOP chairman Ken Mehlman , who recently confirmed he’s gay . Maron live-tweeted the entire experience, starting with a picture of Maron exposing his nipple as...

'PigSpotter' Tweeter Angers South African Police

He tweets locations of radar traps, traffic stops

(Newser) - Police in South Africa are searching for the person behind the user name PigSpotter, a Twitter feed that alerts drivers to speed traps and roadblocks on the streets of Johannesburg. PigSpotter, who has attracted nearly 14,000 followers since June, tweets frequent warnings using terms such as "pigs" and...

Twitter Unveils Redesign
 Twitter Unveils Redesign 
Sep 15, 2010 1:19 AM CDT

Twitter Unveils Redesign

Revamped site makes it easier to view multimedia content

(Newser) - Twitter has unveiled the first major redesign of its homepage in the site's four-year history. The relaunched site, which will be rolled out to users over the next few weeks, will give tweeters a better, faster experience, say execs. The new site is split into two panes, with the second...

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