Microbloggers are providing a snapshot of their daily life in 140 characters on the social networking site Twitter. The top trending topic on Twitter is “what I did today (#whatIdidtoday)” at 8:30 AM GMT on Wednesday, October 28.

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Current Twitter trends: ‘What I did today,’ Halloween, Michael Jackson (Independent)

The “microblogging” site Twitter isn’t just for complaining about work or broadcasting what you ate for lunch.

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How to use Twitter to save cash (Bankrate.com)

Twitter isn’t just for chatting. The social networking site can also be a tool to find deals and discounts.

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How to use Twitter to save cash (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance)

For the first time, students taking NCEA and scholarship exams can sign up to get official reminders and updates through social networking site Twitter.

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NZQA to use Twitter for exam updates (The New Zealand Herald)

Staff who use Twitter and other social networking sites while at work are costing UK businesses £1.38bn every year, a report says.

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Twitter ‘costs businesses £1.4bn’ (BBC News)

Staff who use Twitter and other social networking sites while at work are costing UK businesses £1.38bn every year, a report says.

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Twitter ‘costs businesses £1.4bn’ (BBC News)

57% of employees use social networks at work Twitter and Facebook are costing UK businesses £1.38m a year in lost productivity, says Morse.

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Twitter and Facebook costs businesses £1.38m (PC Advisor)

Chad Ochocinco is used to making news. Now, he’s trying to break some. The Cincinnati Bengals receiver is planning to form his own social news network on Twitter, using his player contacts around the league to develop news about other teams.

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Ochocinco all a-Twitter with own social network (San Diego Union-Tribune)

One of the sharpest sociological observers of social media on the block, danah boyd, has written a cracker of a post at apophenia pointing out that people actually tend to use Facebook status updates and Twitter for different purposes, and that the social context of each is quite distinct. It’s refreshing to see this kind

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Facebook vs Twitter? It’s the wrong question (Larvatus Prodeo)

One of the sharpest sociological observers of social media on the block, danah boyd, has written a cracker of a post at apophenia pointing out that people actually tend to use Facebook status updates and Twitter for different purposes, and that the social context of each is quite distinct. It’s refreshing to see this kind

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Facebook vs Twitter? It’s the wrong question (Larvatus Prodeo)