Twitter IPO Coming Soon: Get Ready to Buy in 140 Characters or Less

There’s always some excitement when a tech company finally makes its IPO. The most notable, at least recently, was Facebook’s. Now, Twitter is set to have their own IPO, right around Thanksgiving.

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Paid Twitter Alternative App.net Introduces Free Tier

App.net was launched last year, and it was a created as a Twitter alternative for companies and organizations who want a private social networking solution. The App.net social networking service is no longer just for paying members. Earlier this week, they launched a free tier.

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Twitter’s Vine: AnimationGram

While there have been many different apps that have tried to be what Instagram is to photos but for videos, this new one is backed by Twitter, making it immediately interesting to the Twitterati. Sharing and recording looping vids is nothing new, but the constraints and functions make Vine, which is still a bit buggy, cool to use.

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Machine-Learning Algorithms Could Help Debunk Twitter Rumors

Twitter is one of the fastest and most comprehensive ways of staying abreast of breaking news. However, it’s not always easy to tell whether these microblogging status updates are being truthful.

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My Daily Tweets 09-09-23-12

• 1h @chartreuseb don’t what that is. I watch it on my computer
• 1h RT @honestyislove: Maybe girls play hard to get, because guys play hard to keep.
• 1h @itsminhvybitch pis Maps c à chier

My Daily Tweets 09-06-08-12

• 1m Sennheiser Momentum Headphones: Wrap Your Ears in Leather and Steel http://wp.me/pWvW-7h2 
• 12h Vient de publier une photo http://instagr.am/p/PUxedFt7Z3/
• 4 Sep 0% of Canadians will forget to go on a beer run before a long weekend
• 16h THE ANTI-ROMNEY –> RT @Forbes: Honda Boss Retires, Gives $1,000 to Employees for Each Year of Work http://bit.ly/RUj0Zp
• 12h @lauraehall Thx for favoring my science posts!
• 14h McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Open Letters: An Open Letter to the People in Charge of Commercials Targeting Women.: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-open-letter-to-the-people-in-charge-of-commercials-targeting-women#.UEty7W88QUo.twitter …
• 14h Despite Tonight’s Ruling I Will Not Stop Making Love to My Wife Against Our Town Statue.: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/despite-tonights-ruling-i-will-not-stop-making-love-to-my-wife-against-our-town-statue#.UEte19wqPZQ.twitter …
• 15h Deleting your Facebook is like running away from home…you`re just doing it for attention and you’ll fucking be back in an hour.
• 14h Night blossoms #taipei #taiwan #banciao http://instagr.am/p/PUg2Y7tTcq/ 
• 15h Lighted squids #taipei #taiwan #floraexpo http://instagr.am/p/PUgxQXNTcm/ 
• 15h 2016 #taipei #taiwan #floraexpo http://instagr.am/p/PUgnLwtTcY/ 
• 15h Up ahead #pavillionofdreams #floraexpo #taipei #taiwan http://instagr.am/p/PUgfu8tTcR/ 
• 15h Sunset #pavillionofdreams #floraexpo #taipei #taiwan http://instagr.am/p/PUgZ_PNTcN/ 
• 15h Exiting #pavillionofdreams #floraexpo #taipei #taiwan http://instagr.am/p/PUgR4_tTcE/ 
• 15h Artificial grass #pavillionofdreams #floraexpo #taipei #taiwan http://instagr.am/p/PUe6P2tTbH/ 
• 15h #newbalance #minimus #ioniz3090 #pavillionofdreams #floraexpo #taipei #taiwan http://instagr.am/p/PUekR-tTa7/ 
• 15h Cotton candy clouds #taipei #taiwan #cloudporn #cloudscape http://instagr.am/p/PUecIltTa0/ 
• 15h Tile mosaic inside the garden maze #floraexpo #taipei #taiwan http://instagr.am/p/PUeT5YtTau/ 
• 15h Flower tunnel #flora #expo #taipei #taiwan http://instagr.am/p/PUeMa8NTao/ 
• 15h Building 9/8 http://instagr.am/p/PUeGEINTaf/ 
• 15h Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX HD: Battery Life to the MAXX http://wp.me/pWvW-7gZ 
• 15h World’s Smallest Fossilized Footsteps Are From Diminutive Tetrapod http://wp.me/pWvW-7gW 
• 15h Helium Reveals Gibbons’ Developed & Far Ranging Vocalizations http://wp.me/pWvW-7gU 
• 15h Exceptionally Preserved Brain Discovered Inside Waterlogged Pit http://wp.me/pWvW-7gS 
• 16hStrains of E. Coli Have Been Linked to Cancer in Mice http://wp.me/pWvW-7gQ 
• 8 Sep Life’s a beach #taipei #taiwan http://instagr.am/p/PTWTLJtTXw/ 
• 8 Sep Captured a tiny plane http://instagr.am/p/PTWMEStTXp/ 
• 8 Sep Clear blue skies building 9/8 http://instagr.am/p/PTV7l0tTXf/ 
• 8 Sep Another #line #brush experiment. It’s definitely fun I made this one on my #iPad #art #digital http://instagr.am/p/PSBaALNTVg/ 
• 8 Sep Building 9/7 http://instagr.am/p/PR9rCAtTTf/ 
• 7 Sep Pictures of dead video stores. Proof DVD revenue is dead for doc filmmakers. http://wp.me/p9gKk-15y  via @popcultpirate
• 7 Sep @swissmiss shouldn’t have informed that you’re living overseas. Still, that’s odd.
• 7 Sep Judge To Woman Assaulted By Cop “If you wouldn’t have been there that night, none of this would have happened to you” http://thkpr.gs/P7AnsQ
• 7 Sep Don’t miss the hit new ABC Family drama about thin attractive white people with unlimited disposable incomes.
• 7 Sep Hereditary Form of Autism May Be Treatable with Nutritional Supplements http://wp.me/pWvW-7gN 
• 7 Sep Boston Dynamics Robotic Cheetah Clocked At 28.3 MPH http://wp.me/pWvW-7gL 
• 7 Sep That #incase backpack was $100 USD off at an online store. Guess it’s bc it’s an older model. #AlloyCollection looked really nice
• 7 Sep New backpack, #Incase #Allow #Messenger backpack, & two pairs of #AF1 ordered. I’m happy. good deals too. #BlackDenim & #Duckboot
• 7 Sep What I read this week… Link Drop 016 http://readlists.com/457ff5e9
• 7 Sep Oh and #Twitter, your web client sux balls, in #Windows on #Firefox especially. Really bad.
• 7 Sep Holy shit, #Skyfall #JamesBond The new trailer rocks. http://www.skyfall-movie.com/site/ 
• 7 Sep However, I’m pretty sure that storage will remain at 64GB max for the new #iPhone5.
• 7 Sep I hope the next #iPhone gets a really big camera, something ridiculous like 12-20MP. Now that would rock. And 128GB of storage.
• 7 Sep The #Motorola #RAZRMaxxHD has almost got the same specs as the #Lumia920, except for the camera. However it’s got a microSD slot
• 7 Sep Liking the specs of the #Motorola #RAZRMaxxHD. 3,300 mAh??? Love that shit. #Google send me one pls.
• 7 Sep #LINEBrush also has a native #iPad app, so you can take full advantage of the bigger Retina screen.
• 7 Sep Wow, #LINEBrush is a lot of fun, way more than #Paper because it’s free. I’ll use it a bit. Very interesting app to to some painting.
• 7 Sep Twitter to grab sticks and rocks, form defensive ring around branding manual, shout abuse at passers by. All other services to be suspended.
• 7 Sep Twitter: “We’ve got new spinny chairs. We’re focussing all our attention on spinning now. Weeeeeeeee!”
• 7 Sep Next week: Twitter drop support for Twitter.
• 7 Sep The $499 Kindle Fire HD http://parislemon.com/post/31047436477/the-499-kindle-fire-hd …
• 7 Sep #line #brush is pretty cool & free #art #digital http://instagr.am/p/PRSqPttTfK/ 
• 7 Sep Has fun with #LINE #brush last night in my iPhone #art #digital http://instagr.am/p/PRSScCNTfH/ 
• 7 Sep Inside of the #nike #dunk #galaxy http://instagr.am/p/PROSXcNTd8/ 
• 7 Sep #nike #dunk #galaxy in the classroom http://instagr.am/p/PRN-aBtTd5/ 
• 7 Sep Pretty clouds before work #cloudporn #cloudscape http://instagr.am/p/PRN0CYtTd2/ 
• 7 Sep Building 9/7 http://instagr.am/p/PRNsIgtTd0/ 
• 7 Sep That earthquake was only a 3.5 but our cats considered it a 200.
• 7 Sep @gray complete madness
• 7 Sep Twitter discontinuing Twitter for Mac? Utter madness. http://www.macrumors.com/2012/09/06/twitter-reportedly-discontinuing-development-of-official-twitter-for-mac-client …
• 14 Dec Wait. We belong to China? #hkproblems
• 7 Sep Chinese students say they are being forced to build the iPhone 5: http://goo.gl/zoXVj
• 7 Sep The problem with the body-love therapeutic narrative http://thenewinquiry.com/blogs/the-beheld/we-shall-overcome-the-problem-with-the-body-love-therapeutic-narrative/ …
• 7 Sep City Under Siege by Jacob Silverman http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/city-under-siege/ …
• 7 Sep Vagina: A New Biography, Pride and Prejudice by Zoë Heller | The New York Review of Books http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/sep/27/pride-and-prejudice/ …
• 7 Sep Fastest Laser Blast – 67 Quintillionths of a Second http://wp.me/pWvW-7gI 
• 7 Sep Perceptive Time Slows Down for Athletes before They Act http://wp.me/pWvW-7gG 
• 7 Sep Verifying Identity with Patterns Could Make Computers More Secure http://wp.me/pWvW-7gE 
• 7 Sep Murata Develops World’s Smallest Monolithic Ceramic Capacitor http://wp.me/pWvW-7gC 
• 7 Sep La blanquette est bonne?
• 7 Sep Pong iPhone Anti-Radiation Case Won’t Protect You from Being Nuked http://wp.me/pWvW-7gA 
• 7 Sep I’m hearing rolling thunder in the distance. It will be a wet afternoon.
• 7 Sep Nendo/Logitec Stylo Bluetooth Headset Looks Like a Sci-Fi Communicator http://wp.me/pWvW-7gy 
• 7 Sep Someone just offered me half of my usual rate to teach all day at some school. I declined. Waiting to get my grad class schedule first.
• 7 Sep Nokia Lumia 920: A Bigger and Better Windows Phone? http://wp.me/pWvW-7gw 
• 7 Sep @parislemon seriously? so they’re making it impossible for people to make a client but also killing their own client? messed up.
• 7 Sep A @DeptVetAffairs study finds that veterans in their 20s and 30s show signs of premature aging http://on.apa.org/QdvJLG
• 6 Sep @doctorow Did he also try to explain the Internet as a “series of tubes”?
• 7 Sep When an update on the tech I have becomes available, I sell the old and upgrade. Doesn’t cost much.
• 7 Sep I’m always surprised by ppl who have multiple smartphones & tablets, except if you’re in tech, makes no sense. I’ve got a new #iPad &#iPhone
• 7 Sep Les adultes qui pleurnichent sur leurs unfollows. C’est la version ‘upgradée’ du kid qui braillait quand y se faisait voler son efface.
• 7 Sep Amazing. http://flickandhelga.com
• 7 Sep #SherlockHolmes is undoubtedly British. Even in a US TV show, he’s played by a Brit #JonnyLeeMiller #Elementary #CBS
• 7 Sep More money is flowing into my PayPal account, time to connect it with my TW bank account. It’s already connected with my CAD bank account.
• 7 Sep Today money was flying out of my pocket. Not that I was spending any. I was driving so fast on my scooter that I lost $500NT ($17USD).
• 7 Sep #Viber was acting up again in the last 2 days. Very odd their network problems. I should probably use #LINE more.
• 7 Sep So are furry neon boots and scrunchy cowboy hats RT @batria: what I learned at #Burningman – time and money are man made.
• 7 Sep Giving #Elementary a try on #CBS. It’s definitely not like #Sherlock #BBC #SherlockHolmes
• 7 Sep Five years ago none of you fuckers were talking about kale.
• 7 Sep Sun & moon http://instagr.am/p/PPgEHKNTar/ 
• 7 Sep Building 9/6 http://instagr.am/p/PPf8a1NTan/ 
• 7 Sep Summer ain’t over yet my friend. @ Parc Henri-Julien http://instagr.am/p/PPX8XVOdI4/
• 6 Sep Exit #walkingtoworktoday http://instagr.am/p/PPQrK5hzUu/
• 6 Sep Genome Studies Indicate That “Junk” DNA Holds Clues to Common Diseases http://wp.me/pWvW-7gt
• 6 Sep @paulsonne preparing for World War Z
• 6 Sep Why Is Putin Stockpiling Gold? Russia now has the world’s 5th biggest gold pile. http://sm.wsj.com/PLwHdp
• 6 Sep Inbox Pause Keeps Emails Out of Your Inbox http://wp.me/pWvW-7gq 
• 6 Sep @Fabin_H wohin?
• 6 Sep McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Your Instagram Horoscope.: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/your-instagram-horoscope#.UEiO2BX7s14.twitter …
• 6 Sep The Millions : Got an MFA? Need a Job? Consider the Creative Agency http://www.themillions.com/2012/09/got-an-mfa-need-a-job-consider-working-at-a-creative-agency.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+themillionsblog%252Ffedw+%2528The+Millions%2529&utm_content=Google+Reader … via @The_Millions
• 6 Sep @hummelstrand @lundstromlars I liked it a lot, though I’m watching ep 2 of season 1. It has a #BladeRunner feel to it.
• 6 Sep @djrange @lundstromlars There were 26.5 minutes of VFX in season 1 of #ÄktaMänniskor You didn’t think we blew up Hubot Market, did you?
• 6 Sep @hummelstrand @lundstromlars Yep, but it’s not overdone. The emphasis is more on the story, compared to US sci-fi series.
• 6 Sep Meinke Klein Captures Bedroom Style for the Maarten van der Horst Fall 2012 Collection http://fashiongonerogue.com/meinke-klein-captures-bedroom-style-van-der-horst-spring-2013-campaign/ … via @fashgonerogue
• 6 Sep Paralympics 2012 http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/09/paralympics_2012.html … via @BostonDotCom
• 6 Sep My Daily Tweets 09-04-05-12 http://wp.me/pWvW-7gn 

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My Daily Tweets 09-04-05-12

• 5m Finally getting back into uninterrupted writing by hiding away my smartphone in my #Beats headphone case. #gtd #productivity
• 6m More tea is needed.
• 6m Effects of Drought in the U.S. are Now Visible from Space http://wp.me/pWvW-7gi 
• 8m Reliance on Satellite Data Blamed for Overestimation of India’s Forest Cover http://wp.me/pWvW-7gg 
• 10m New Gene Therapy Has the Ability to Restore Sense of Smell in Mice http://wp.me/pWvW-7ge 
• 18m Brainwaves Hacked Using Consumer Grade EEG Headsets http://wp.me/pWvW-7gb 
• 20m Spaho Design’s Ripple Case Puts an Optical Illusion on Your iPhone http://wp.me/pWvW-7g9 
• 21m Pogo Connect iPad Pressure Sensitive Stylus Price and Release Date Announced http://wp.me/pWvW-7g7 
• 23m TDK Wireless Charging Speaker: Play & Charge At The Same Time http://wp.me/pWvW-7g5 
• 9h If I had a bitcoin for every time someone asked me what a bitcoin was really worth, I have no idea how much money I’d have.
• 3h Burnt cotton candy sky. http://instagr.am/p/PN7bZ2gHdk/
• 2h Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints. Show me *ALL* the blueprints. (Show me all the blueprints.)
• 12h Building 9/5 http://instagr.am/p/PM6eJpNTdb/ 
• 12h Was handed some #Douhua tonight, a TW desert w tofu, soybean, etc. As I expected, it wasn’t my favorite. I’ve probably eaten some before
• 12h If somebody breaks into your house in the dead of night, you are completely within your rights to rape them. That’s why I never go to sleep.
• 12h I have zero clue how Reddit works; what am I supposed to do with this? http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ze69f/iama_request_jason_kottke/ … Send a telegram? Find the magic button?
• 13h Rockers Xing #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #manhattan #iphonesia #igers #igdaily #inst @ The Flatiron District http://instagr.am/p/PMx8iLDxuV/
• 13h A history of dubstep http://kottke.org/12/09/a-history-of-dubstep …
• 15h @jkottke a Logitech ZAGG keyboard case for iPad 2 did the same for me but with the ‘i’. Useless.
• 16h “Galaxy Note 10.1”. What a great way to make your product sound like it’ll be superseded by a new model by the end of the week.
• 17h Their interface makes the cockpit of a 747 look like a child’s Lego set. @michaelturton about #WordPress
• 18h Why Alastair Reynolds Doesn’t Do Star Trek Physics | Underwire | http://Wired.com  http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/09/geeks-guide-alastair-reynolds/ …
• 18h McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Click Here to Unsubscribe From This Relationship.: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/click-here-to-unsubscribe-from-this-relationship#.UEc16q7VH4U.twitter …
• 22h – Xi breaks back. – Who? – No, Xi. – When? – No, Jinping. – Oh, she breaks back when jumping. – …
• 21h Me too I’m doing my “Gangnam Style” analysis: IT’S A PIECE OF SHIT!
• 22h Today, I’ve had a late lunch and coffee, so I plan on running as soon as I finish work, at around 9 or 10PM.
• 22h Last night’s run was a bust bc I finished working at 1AM & I had a late supper.
• 23h Starting this week, I’m tutoring 4-6h a week. If I add 2-4h more, I’ll more than make up the loss of my teaching hours at my school.
• 23h Bad news usually comes in threes. Happened last week. Every cloud has a silver lining. Happened this week.
• 23h Double-hazelnut macchiato, homemade, will get me through the day.
• 23h Didn’t get many on this list, but I’m an #AF1 #sneakerhead above all The 25 Best Sneaker Releases of the Summer http://www.complex.com/sneakers/2012/09/the-25-best-sneaker-releases-of-the-summer/ …
• 23h Lights #neoskydome #taipei #taiwan #banciao #xinpu http://instagr.am/p/PLvkBstTaT/ 
• 23h Building 9/5 http://instagr.am/p/PLvbIkNTaR/ 
• 23h @Tortue same for a lot of tech that’s made here. It’s probably cheaper being a tech junkie in the US.
• 5 Sep #Québec un mort dans une fusillade pendant le discours de victoire aux législatives de l’indépendantiste Pauline Marois http://www.lemonde.fr/ameriques/article/2012/09/05/les-independantistes-reviennent-au-pouvoir-au-quebec_1755643_3222.html …
• 5 Sep Terence Mckenna by loci http://wp.me/pWvW-7g2 
• 5 Sep The Strange Deaths of Two Sisters in Thailand | Wired Science | http://Wired.com  http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/09/the-strange-deaths-of-two-sisters-in-thailand/ …
• 5 Sep “A Comcast technician will arrive this Saturday between 8am and the death of a loved one.”
• 5 Sep A Picasso Online for Just $450? Yes, It Is a Steal http://nyti.ms/NbObmf  …don’t even have to go on line for that in #China … #art
• 5 Sep @knifesex & creates a black hole.
• 5 Sep Apparently, if you’ve got a #Starbucks card in TW, it’s 2 for 1 every Wednesday. I really don’t go often & I don’t have a card.
• 5 Sep @laurenahayes Happy birthday!
• 5 Sep My Daily Tweets 08-30-09-04-12 http://wp.me/pWvW-7fY

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