Heello: a Twitter clone from TwitPic founder

08/11/2011, Tired of Twitter? Do you feel like starting over in a brand new, unpopulated micro-blogging social network? Well, you now can. The creator of TwitPic has launched his own version of Twitter called Heello (which is strangely difficult to type). [...]

Twitter used by scientists to monitor health woes

07/07/2011, Who would have thought that the micro-blogging service known as Twitter would come in handy, monitoring health woes instead? That’s what computer scientists at John Hopkins University set out to do, where Twitter posts will reveal key patterns and trends [...]

Twitter is vital for earthquake victims, according to doctors

05/16/2011, The recent earthquake and nuclear disaster that followed in Japan had been quite a blow to the country (and the world, of course), with plenty of logistics and emergency evacuations being performed. How else are people supposed to keep in [...]

Twitter to hit 200 million users in 2011

11/01/2010, Facebook might have over 500 million users and counting, but micro-blogging site Twitter isn’t too far behind, ready to touch the 200 million mark by the time 2011 rolls around. We’re somewhat surprised that the gap isn’t any closer, since [...]