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David Krejci #46 of the Bosto'n Bruins checks Bryan Bickell #29 of the Chicago Blackhawks Credit: Getty Images

Chicago radio tweets rape joke during Stanley Cup game

When will people learn that rape jokes are not funny?

Posted in National
Tagged Blackhawks, Bruins, Chicago, radio, rape, Twitter | Reply
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PHOTOS: The Universe of Kanye

We just live in it. On the eve of his new album, “Yeezus,” we look at the rapper’s awesome awesomeness.

Posted in Entertainment, Music
Tagged hip hop, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Music, photos, Twitter, Yeezus | Reply
T customers can stay up to date with a rogue MBTA Twitter alert account.

Code for Boston to revive MBTA Alerts! Twitter account

T customers who depended on the unofficial MBTA Alerts! Twitter account before it shut down can rejoice, because Code for Boston is stepping up to revive it.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged Boston, Code for Boston, mba, transportation, Twitter | Reply
Hillary Clinton departs Malta for Liyba

The Word: Tweets From Hillary Clinton, f’real!

In the tweet heard ‘round the Internet on Monday, Hillary Clinton announced her official entry into the Twittersphere.

Posted in Entertainment, The Word
Tagged Hillary Clinton, tweets, Twitter | Reply
Amesbury's Fred LeBlanc has kept Boston T riders up to date on service disruptions since 2009.

Meet the man behind the ‘MBTA Alerts!’ Twitter account, which is shutting down

The web wizard behind the rogue MBTA Alerts! Twitter account is calling it a day after four years of keeping Boston T riders informed.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged Boston, closed, Fred LeBlanc, local, MBTA, mbta_alerts, social media, t alerts, transportation, Twitter | Reply
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Rosanne Cash welcomes Forever stamp allowing her father, Johnny Cash, to tour forever

The musician daughter of the country great has a new album coming in January.

Posted in Entertainment, Music
Tagged Black Cadillac, forever, johnny cash, letters, Music, new album, rosanne cash, stamp, stamps, tour, Twitter, United States Postal Service, USPS | Reply
An illustration picture shows the logo of the Website Twitter on an Ipad, in Bordeaux, Southwestern France, January 30, 2013. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

Spanish police get serious on crime using Twitter jokes

Spain’s national police are using Twitter to track down criminals through jokey messages to citizens that has led to 300 arrests in the past year.

Posted in International, News
Tagged @policia, Carlos Fernandez Guerra, crime, FBI, jokes, police, retweet, social media, social network, Spain, tips, Twitter
Credit: REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

Survey: US tweens active, unmonitored on social media

Most U.S. tweens, 10- to 12-year-olds, have at least one social media account and many go online without any supervision from their parents, according to a survey released on Tuesday.

Posted in National, Tech
Tagged cyberbullying, Facebook, identity theft, internet safety, online predators, Parenting, social media, teens, tweens, Twitter
An illustration picture shows the log-on icon for the Website Twitter on an Ipad in Bordeaux, Southwestern France, January 30, 2013. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

Twitter back online after brief outage

Twitter was down for about a half-hour for an unknown number of users on Monday after a glitch during a “routine change.”

Posted in National, News, Tech
Tagged fail whale, glitch, microblogging, online, outage, Twitter
A smartphone user shows the Facebook application on his phone in the central Bosnian town of Zenica, in this photo illustration, May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

Facebook shares jump as brokers say usage concerns overblown

Shares of Facebook Inc jumped 5.6 percent on Thursday after two investment brokerages upgraded their recommendations.

Posted in News
Tagged advertising, Facebook, investments, monthly users, shares, snapchat, stocks, technology, teenagers, Twitter, users, video ads
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