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In what the Twittering classes have universally seen as a retrograde step,  Sky News introduced a new social media policy on Tuesday, which includes an effective ban on its journalists retweeting non-Sky sources, writes Ben Fenton. I haven’t ...  

Who is the Modern Family star canoodling with after the Golden Globes?! None other than Newscorp/Fox head, Rupert Murdoch! Sofia Vergara is a well known Twitpic-ker and posted a picture of Murdoch and her on Twitter. So, what's an ABC member doing hanging with the enemy?! Don't get too concerned. It could be related to Sofia's boyfriend, Nick [...]  

If you thought that Twitter's record of 25,088 tweets per second was impressive, you've clearly been spending the New Year with the wrong crowd. This weekend's Chinese New Year celebrations saw 481,207 messages sent via Sina Weibo, the Chinese alternative to Twitter, in the first minute of the year -- an average of 32,312 messages per second.  

The distinction between Kyle Williams and the outcasts on Twitter who hurled death threats at him and his family could not be more plain. On one side of the coin we have Williams, who bravely returns kicks, running a gauntlet of heat-seeking missiles on search-and-destroy. Even more bravely, he faces his critics and takes responsibility for his mistakes, as he did following Sunday's devastating NFC Championship loss. On the flip side we have...  

Are you following too many people on Twitter? If your Twitter stream is too noisy, or you’ve started building lists to filter out the overwhelming bustle of the hundreds or thousands of Twitter users you follow but don’t want to actually “listen” to, it might be time to unfollow some of these Twitter users. If [...]  

Drawing from data over the past month ... The following chart shows a few of the least effective Twitter feeds in Congress, as measured by those with the lowest average retweets per tweet. On the flip side is Billy Long (R-MO), also from ...  

Alizée Twitter followers... @mellealizee 34% of your followers are from #France,19% from #Mexico & 8% from #Paris. Check out tweepsmap.com/!mellealizee. By country... 34% France, 19% Mexico By city... 8.18% Paris ...  

Sure, you already know about such famous tweeters as Ashton Kutcher, Lady Gaga and Shaq ... News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch delivers a keynote address at the National Summit on Education Reform on October 14, 2011 Here are 10 well-known people ...  

BEIJING - Working as a dietitian at the Beijing Friendship Hospital, 25-year-old Gu Zhongyi, who's Internet and communication savvy, has been micro-blogging for more than a year at Sina Weibo, a Chinese micro-blogging website. Of his roughly 1,600 postings ...  

As with so many other live events on TV, one of the best ways to experience the show is to follow the conversation on Twitter. When the show starts, use #GRAMMYs to see what the world is saying about the performances, the nominees and ...  

Music superstar Whitney Houston, age 48, has died according to the Associated Press. Publicist Kristen Foster told the AP that Houston has died, but did not officially reveal the cause and the location of her death. TMZ is now ...  

"The Vow," a film about a man whose wife loses her memory after a car accident and forgets her husband, opened in theaters Friday. The movie follows Leo (Channing Tatum) as he attempts to make his wife, Paige (Rachel ...  

It is nothing more than a rumor, but China's Twitter equivalent, Weibo, has lit up with posts that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has died in a possible coup.  

Another big Sunday night TV event, another big night for Twitter and Facebook, which let you watch the show without ever watching the show.  

Who's going to win a Grammy on Sunday? Webtrends gives us a sneak preview, using Twitter as its crystal ball.