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U.S. State Department Asked Twitter To Reschedule Down Time

Posted on June 16, 2009 by bostonboomer

Yesterday Twitter announced it would have 90 minutes of down time at 9:45 Pacific time while they did some site maintenance. Thousands of Twitterers begged for the site to be left up, since Twitter has become an important source of communication for Iranians who are trying to get news out to the world and to [...]

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Tuesday Morning at The Confluence: What Are You Reading, Hearing, Seeing This Morning?

Posted on June 16, 2009 by bostonboomer

I slept a bit late this morning myself, but now I’m up and surfing the net in search of the latest news. What are you hearing? I realize I’m not as good at this as MABlue, so please share your own links in the comments, and I will add them while continuing to post mine. [...]

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