Posted on 13/05/08
All the news that's fit to Twitter
Like many others, I woke up yesterday to news of an earthquake in China. Unlike some, however, I didn't get the news from the radio or TV - I got it from Twitter, a group-chat/instant messaging client that has been gaining in popularity as a real-time news application. Much as with the forest fires in California last fall and other recent news events, Twitter had the news even before CNN started picking up what was happening, and with more personal detail. According to Search Engine Land, Twitter even beat the U.S. Geological Survey.
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