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• Front Porch: Tweeter atwitter over notoriety

  February 9, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 When Spokesman-Review columnist/blogger Dave Oliveria started bugging me about Twitter, I scoffed at the notion that I needed any more social media in my life. Facebook already ate up too …

• Social media sobriety test helped local digital ad agency

  December 27, 2011 in City on Page A1 About a year ago the developers at Spokane digital ad agency 14Four had fun making a “social media sobriety kit” to help stop people from drunkenly posting on Facebook or …

• Twitter simplifies in bid to engage more users

  December 8, 2011 in Business Twitter is changing to address a paradox about a service that revolves around messages limited to just 140 characters. As simple as it sounds, the concept remains too confusing and …

• Social media a growing part of foreign intelligence

  November 6, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 McLEAN, Va. – In an anonymous industrial park, CIA analysts who jokingly call themselves the “ninja librarians” are mining the mass of information people publish about themselves overseas, tracking everything …

• WAKE UP! Susie skewers online commentary

  September 21, 2011 in City on Page A5 The meeting took a couple weeks to arrange through a shadowy intermediary. Terms and conditions were negotiated. We met at an undisclosed location, and eventually found ourselves talking – in … 21

• McMorris Rodgers not calling for resignation at this time

  June 8, 2011 in City on Page A10 SEATTLE – Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and her co-chairman of a new congressional caucus concerned about local pharmacies had lobbied for weeks for publication of a guest column on that …

• Eye on Boise: Minnick concession Tweet No. 8 on ranking list

  December 26, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 BOISE – Idaho Congressman Walt Minnick’s election-night concession on Twitter made history – according to Twitter. It was ranked No. 8 on the site’s list of the “10 Most Powerful …

• Sobriety software helps save face on Facebook

  November 10, 2010 in Business on Page A1 You can save yourself from telling the world you just threw up on your friend’s rug, thanks to a new Web tool developed by a Spokane creative agency. Downtown Spokane’s … 2

• Advertising appears in Twitter searches

  April 14, 2010 in Business on Page A12 SAN FRANCISCO – Twitter Inc. has rolled out advertising on its site for the first time, a significant step in converting the social network’s explosive growth into cash. Called promoted …

• Avista social media man talks his trade

  March 29, 2010 in City on Page A5 It’s a good thing Dan Kolbet is thick-skinned. Because he is “Dan_at_Avista,” the company’s social-media man who blogs and tweets about his company, and wades into the vitriol of online … 10

• Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off on supply mission

  November 16, 2009 in Nation/World Space shuttle Atlantis rocketed into orbit Monday with six astronauts and a full load of spare parts for the International Space Station.

• NASA turns to tweeps

  November 16, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Fingers will be flying when space shuttle Atlantis blasts off today: About 100 of NASA’s geekiest fans will be on hand, pecking away at iPhones, BlackBerrys, …

• Local businesses turn to Twitter

  October 9, 2009 in City Large companies like Dell and Starbucks, and hundreds of small businesses, like OneCall in Spokane, have turned to Twitter, the free online message tool that lets people track discussions or …

• Kathleen Parker: Tweet belittled weight of loss

  October 8, 2009 in Opinion on Page A13 WASHINGTON – For those whose lives revolve primarily around real people in real time and real space, hurry, go hide. Here’s what you missed in the social networking universe the …

• For Spokane Valley designer, it’s in the cards

  September 10, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page N13 It’s a bit ironic that Tanya Goodall Smith connected with Russ Haan on Twitter – the social media network that lets users send short electronic messages about what they are …

• Tweets mark surgery progress

  September 2, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 DES MOINES, Iowa – From anesthesia to the recovery room, 70-year-old Monna Cleary’s children followed her surgery – 140 characters or less at a time. Twitter is opening doors to …

• All atwitter over the governor’s random thoughts

  June 28, 2009 in City on Page B2 Word came last week from Gov. Chris Gregoire’s office that she is now on Twitter. In truth, she’s been tweeting for a few weeks. But with the revolution in Iran …

• Cat takes Twitter by the tail

  June 1, 2009 in Features on Page C5 He’s one of the most popular users on Twitter. More than 500,000 follow his growing celebrity, his every adventure and, well, his cat naps. Meet Sockington. Twitter’s latest star is …

• Can all that Twitters turn to gold amid the gloom?

  February 15, 2009 in Business on Page E6 SAN FRANCISCO – Twitter Inc. has spawned a new way to communicate by limiting messages to 140 keystrokes. So here’s a way to describe the Internet’s latest craze within Twitter’s …

• Common ground found in water

  August 21, 2008 in Voices on Page PF1 So there I was belly deep in the Spokane River when Paula Marano floated up to me. She and her hubby, Judge Gene Marano, were sunbathing nearby on North Idaho …