QuickByte: Ohio DOT Embraces Twitter

The Ohio Department of Transportation decided to take another precaution this winter in hopes of dwindling down the 44,000 plus accidents it suffered last year – as a result of serve winter weather conditions. The DOT will now offer winter advisory, Twitter updates for the highways in Cincinnati,...

QuickByte: Scientists now use Twitter to Track Earthquakes?

The U.S. Geological Survey have come up with a new way to track earthquakes via tweets. Normally Scientists have the tedious task of sorting through large quantities of data through recording stations, prior to finding out where exactly an earthquake has struck. Now Scientists can use filtering software to...

Fake Twitter Amber Alert, Yet Once Again

Twitter, being one of the larger real time communication platforms that can pass message at the speed of thought, laid victim to a terrible hoax today. Apparently a Tweeted message was sent alerting tweeps that a 3 year Girl was taken in Stockton, Ca. The message also stated that an Amber Alert was in effect...