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How to Twitter

How to Twitter

What is Twitter

Is Twitter a social networking site?

Twitter is difficult to understand for most people.

Twitter is seen as a microblog--- a podium to shout out issues and advocacies.

Back in the day, there was Internet Relay Chat where people gathered to converse in real-time. That too was a stream of conversation that was a precursor to the more private AIM and Yahoo Messenger. Twitter is today's Internet Relay Chat, very much a live and active stream of conversation.

Twitter can be a source of news. It is being branded as the newswire for the 21st century. Call it the nervous system of the Internet that tells us zeitgeist in a microcosm.

 

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The eBook - a guide for beginners

The eBook - a guide for beginners

Until the launch of the Amazon Kindle in 2007, the idea of digital books remained a dream for many who were burdened with the weight of lugging around bulky paper editions of reading material.

 

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How to Google: Little things that go a long way

How to Google: Little things that go a long way

Have you ever been frustrated that when you want to search something on Google, it gives you a ton of responses but not exactly what you're looking for? Like most of it doesn't even relate to what you're looking for? It is a perennial shortcoming of Google. The technology isn't really smart. It pic...

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Going data-portable without the Portable PC (updated)

Going data-portable without the Portable PC (updated)

Last week I got yelled and scolded by my little sister complaining about me forcing her into using OpenOffice.org for her assignments. So while she searched and scoured the net for all her copy-paste work, I was yapping at her about paraphrasing and translating her articles herself instead of searchin...

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