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News Audi Hopes To Score With Historic Super Bowl Twitter Contest Published Feb 4, 2011 Just the Facts: Audi will make Super Bowl history as the first advertiser to include a Twitter hashtag in its 60-second spot Sunday. Viewers who include a specific hashtag in their tweets are entered into a contest, where the grand prize is a weekend in Sonoma, California, and a chance to drive the sporty Audi R8. Facebook users may also enter to win the Sonoma getaway prize. HERNDON, Virginia — Audi will...
Twitter for Adults In Community, Geek, Twitter on 3 November 2010 Congratulations on getting a Twitter account (or having one for a while)! You’re now taking part in the biggest social experiment in human history (more on that later). But just because you’re floating in a global sea of idle thoughts doesn’t mean you have to drown. You can be a grownup and participate on Twitter, but it takes some doing. Here are the two ways I’ve found to use Twitter as an adult. Way 1: Curate Your Follower List At the...
A recent study from Edison Research, a media research firm, is the latest to confirm Twitter's popularity among African-Americans. They make up 25 percent of Twitter's 17 million users - about double the percentage of blacks in the U.S. population, according to the Edison study. Facebook's more than 116 million U.S. users, by contrast, reflect roughly the same diversity as the American population. (Worldwide, Facebook has more than 400 million users.) "Twitter started out as somewhat elitist within the social media...