Now Trending: Local Trends – Twitter now shows local trending topics for many cities. But not Des Moines!

Twitter now has 75M users; most asleep at the mouse

U.S. bans “texting” by truckers, bus drivers – And it should be illegal for ALL drivers.

Twitter working to thwart censorship – Twitter’s co-founder says the company is working on “hacks” that will allow it to evade government censors.

Official everyone! Bill Gates, that Bill Gates, the microsoft genius, is now live on Twitter. Yes, it is true and it is Twitter approved that his account is actually him.

As yesterday, the Microsoft chairman is one of the millions offering brief takes on their world to anyone who wants to follow them. I doubt that he’ll be sharing what he had for breakfast or bemoaning the fact that his cell phone just dropped a call, but Gates is now on Twitter.

The “@BillGates” account existed before, but it wasn’t actually Gates or anyone on his staff doing the posts. Now, though, the account is held by Gates and is also one of the pages that Twitter lists as a “verified account.”

Want to follow Bill Gates? Just click here: Bill Gates Now on Twitter

I am following him. Now the thing is, will he EVER follow the IowaDawg?

Twitter’s Answer To Facebook Connect – The new service will make it easier to integrate Twitter features into third-party sites.

Where Have All The Old Tweets Gone? – Twitter’s search index can’t handle the load. But there are alternate ways of finding old updates.

Not Twitter news, but news about some of my sites you should check out soon.

Your Daily Facts – New blog that will try to bring new facts on many subjects each day.

The Iowa Marketer – New blog that will be selling some of the best digital products like ebooks and software at hopefully the best prices found for these digital products. Will also sell at some point in time other products, just unsure at the moment.

Celebrity Land – Constantly updating blog bringing news and information about celebrities.

What Are You Doing? Why people are using Twitter to communicate

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