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Start Spreading the News...Twitter Opens Office in NYC (Updated) Twitter's Corporate Development lead Jessica Verrilli disclosed the opening of a new Twitter "HQ in NYC" today, meaning the fast-growing new media company now has a beachhead in the center of the old and big media world. Confirmation of the office's existence came in a perhaps typically laid back San Francisco style. Twitter communications team member Carolyn Penner told us by email, "We have some sales folks who work from NYC, and we thought it'd be nice to give them somewhere to sit. :)" Update: Despite my reading of the statements from these two Twitter team members, and Twitter COO Dick Costolo's May statement that New York or Los Angeles were the next places Twitter would probably set up offices, the company wrote to say that they have not in fact set up a New York office yet. After years of hearing "but what's the business model?"

HOW TO: Follow the 2010 FIFA World Cup on Twitter For continuous World Cup coverage, check out Mashable's 2010 World Cup Hub, which will be updated throughout the games. The 2010 World Cup is going to be a very interesting one as far as social media goes — it's the first to be played out in the Twitter era and the first to fully embrace the social media universe. This bodes well for avid football fans keen to stay up to date with all the most recent news from their favorite players and teams. The real-time nature of Twitter may well entice these newcomers to hop on the micro-blogging site. To get new users ready for the action, we've got a few tips for how to follow the World Cup on Twitter complete with a list of who you should be following to stay informed on the games, news, and goings on in South Africa. 1. At the moment, #worldcup seems to be the largest tag by volume of tweets, but #wc2010 is also doing the rounds, as is #2010worldcup. Other tags have, of course, sprung up around teams. 2. 3. US Soccer - "U.S.

Obama taps Goolsbee as top White House economist Reflections on Local by Social and what needs to happen now - Simon's posterous 17 Jun 2010 I attended the Local by Social event yesterday, which was inspired by a recent NESTA pamphlet of the same name. The event brought together people who work in local government and social innovators to discuss what impact social media and social networking can have in realising what has been dubbed public services 2.0 . I don't work in local government, nor am I a social innovator, but I find the subject fascinating as both a citizen and someone who has worked in social media and digital service design for years. One of my favourite lines for putting social media in context is " it's not about new tools, it's about new behaviours " and it featured here from the speakers. Someone needs to start to put all this stuff in the context of social marketing and behavioural economics. The social innovators who shared what they'd achieved were really inspiring, but again there seemed to be a huge gulf between where they and local government people were at in thinking about social media.

Broadcast Yourself. Find ‘Em On Twitter: 15 Twitter Directories Compared Searching for people or applications on Twitter? Good luck with that. Since Twitter offers little in the way of people search features (though they now have a suggestion tool), your search for interesting and dynamic people to follow and applications to use could be a giant time suck. Thankfully there are more than a few third-party resources that you can turn to for finding new people to follow, and new tools to help you do what Twitter won't let you. We'll shed a little light on these 15 directories by separating them into four categories: applications, people, politics, and strictly business. Applications Twitter Fan Wiki Overview: The apps section of Twitter Fan Wiki is like Wikipedia for Twitter apps, so it's for you, buy you mentality, making it the most robust in terms of applications listed, but potentially the most unreliable if entries aren't current. What you won't get: There's a limited feature set, which means you can rate, sort, or comment on applications. Twitdom Twtbase

Discovery Hostage Crisis Proves We're All Reporters Now - Technorati Blogging It's well known that Twitter is an outstanding source for news. We saw this last summer during the #iranelection fiasco, during the DC #snowpocalypse last Winter, and just yesterday during the #discovery hostage crisis in Silver Spring, Maryland. And while Twitter is great for news any day of the week, it's crises such as these that truly provide a glimpse into our new media world and allow us to participate in the news itself. Social media has revolutionized the news business--there's no doubt about that. But taking a close look at the way the crisis developed yesterday shows that the way we process and participate in news has not only changed, but it's changed for the better. News of the crisis first broke on Twitter. Soon the Twittersphere was taken over by #discovery tweets. Other social media played a role as well.

innocent drinks - a blog about our smoothies and some other stuff An estimated 400,000 tonnes of surplus food is thrown away by shops every year. That’s the same weight as 4,000 blue whales. And blue whales are huge (their tongues alone are heavier than elephants). FoodCycle is a great charity that uses the food rejected by supermarkets to feed people at risk of food poverty and social isolation. In 15 locations across England, and with an army of over 1000 volunteers (click here to get stuck in), they cook delicious food for people who really need it, serving up an astonishing 67,000 meals since 2009. “In this day and age throwing food away is madness, especially when some don't have enough to eat and we have the means and technology to recycle and put leftovers to good use,” says Giorgio Locatelli, who's been involved with FoodCycle since visiting one of their kitchens early in 2012. The Mardi Gras Feast will be held at Battersea Arts Centre in London, on Thursday 27th February 2014. Find out more

Biden: If I hear one more GOP budget gripe, 'I am going to strangle them' - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room Vice President Biden jokingly expressed his frustration toward Republicans on Tuesday, accusing them of having insincere concerns about the budget deficit. Biden jokingly said that GOP protests about the need for a balanced budget made him want to strangle them, which the vice president quickly clarified was a figure of speech. “If I hear one more Republican tell me about balancing the budget, I am going to strangle them,” Biden said at a fundraiser in Minnesota, according to a pool report. “To the press, that’s a figure of speech.” President Obama and other members of the administration have ridiculed Republicans as trying to have it both ways on budget issues. For all the GOP's complaints about the ballooning deficit over the past 20 months, Democrats charge, their plan to extend all tax cuts for top earners would add hundreds of billions to the debt. “These guys have absolutely no credibility, no credibility on debt,” Biden said.

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