books - AllTwitter http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter The Unofficial Twitter Resource Copyright 2013 Sun, 19 May 2013 14:00:25 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Middle East’s Twitter Revolution In Book Form

As we’ve written before, Twitter’s impact on the Arab world is well-documented, notably in the key role it played in the Arab Spring uprisings.

And new research suggests that Twitter use in the Middle East is very much on the rise.

So it’s unsurprising that a new novel called Kapow! by British author Adam Thirlwell takes a look at social media’s role in the Arab Spring — in book form.

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]]> Allison Stadd http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/middle-east-twitter-revolution-book_b37762#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/middle-east-twitter-revolution-book_b37762 http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/?p=37762 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:00:36 +0000 Publish A Book Of Your Tweets With Sites Like TweetBookz And Twournal

Here’s a holiday gift idea sure to stand out among the socks and picture frames: services like TweetBookz and Twournal let you publish your tweets in hardbound book or journal form.

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]]> Allison Stadd http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/book-of-tweets_b32394#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/book-of-tweets_b32394 http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/?p=32394 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:00:19 +0000 Is Twitter Distracting School Kids From Their Books? A new survey shows that students in the UK are reading less – and the culprit might just be Twitter.
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]]> Lauren Dugan http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/is-twitter-distracting-school-kids-from-their-books_b13030#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/is-twitter-distracting-school-kids-from-their-books_b13030 http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/?p=13030 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:45:25 +0000 How Does Your Twitter Output Stack Up To Proust? An oddball new app harnesses the Twitter API to track how many characters a user has tweeted since they started using the micro-blogging service. It might not be the most indispensable app in the marketplace but it’s not mindless. The app also offers context, comparing the character count to those of literary masterworks by the likes of Shakespeare, Orwell and Tolstoy.
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]]> John Capone http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/how-does-your-twitter-output-stack-up-to-proust_b3718#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/how-does-your-twitter-output-stack-up-to-proust_b3718 http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/?p=3718 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:55:59 +0000