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Man arrested as terrorist after Twitter joke

TheNextWeb  Jan 18 10

A UK man was arrested on terrorism charges after making a joke on Twitter. Travel chaos caused by recent heavy snow in the UK led him to quip in a tweet “Robin Hood airport is closed, you’ve got a week and a bit to get your shit together, otherwise I’m blowing the airport sky high!!”. A week [...] Full story...

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Palm Shifted Just 408,000 Smartphones Last Quarter, Insists Future Is Bright

TheNextWeb  2 hours ago

Palm Inc. today reported lacklustre sales figures indicating the companies inability to sell it’s Pre and Pixi smartphones to consumers and increase it’s share in a market dominated by iPhone, Blackberry and Android devices.

The YouTube Viacom Lawsuit Explained

TheNextWeb  6 hours ago

From the legal team (the writing staff) here at TNW US, we present you with the YouTube v. Viacom lawsuit in condensed form.

HTC Disagrees With Apple Suit, Comes Out Fighting

TheNextWeb  8 hours ago

Handset vendor HTC has today broken it’s silence and issued a response in relation to a recent patent infringement lawsuit filed by Apple, promising to issue a formal response in the next few weeks.

Facebook Might Add ‘Panic Button’ To Protect Kids

TheNextWeb  8 hours ago

Pedophiles are using Facebook to lure children, and the authorities are not happy about it. Under governmental pressure, Facebook has stated that it has “no objection in principle” to adding a ‘panic button’ to the website for kids who feel that they may be in danger.

Apple’s Working on a New Social Location App Called iGroups

TheNextWeb  11 hours ago

Location is heating up and Apple wants in on the action. Another gem from the United States Patent and Trademark Office has been uncovered by the team at Patently Apple.

BBC Website To Get Deep Integration with Facebook and Twitter.

TheNextWeb  13 hours ago

Erik Huggers, the BBC’s head of future media and technology, has been speaking to The Telegraph and confirmed Facebook, Twitter and Bebo integration would be making it’s way onto the BBC.

Seesmic + Plugins: The Possibilities Are Endless.

TheNextWeb  20 hours ago

A new Seesmic app is coming and this could potentially distance the company from the likes of Tweetdeck.

Finally. You Can Now Share Music on Facebook.

TheNextWeb  21 hours ago

All Facebook has uncovered a recent update on Facebook that see’s the social networking behemoth allow its users to post MP3 files onto their profile pages, just as you would with a URL.

Kindle Arrives on Mac OS X

TheNextWeb  21 hours ago

Amazon has today slipped out the release of the Kindle for the Mac, a desktop app that lets you download Kindle books you already own, and read them on your Mac.

Twitter is Down. Very Very Down. [Updated]

TheNextWeb  22 hours ago

Sad to see, and in all fairness it doesn’t seem to happen as much as it used to, but Twitter is down and it appears somewhat serious.



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