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LJ Rich has an essential guide to help you get started on Twitter and share your thoughts with the world.
Since January 2009 when pictures of the US Airways Airbus landing on the Hudson river in New York was tweeted (published), the micro-blogging service Twitter has been growing in popularity.
Currently more than 50 million tweets are sent per day according to its latest figures. In 2007 the figure was 5,000 a day.
WHAT IS TWITTER?
Twitter is, essentially, a micro-blog, or a mini online diary. You can type the answer to "What Are You Doing?" in 140 characters or less as frequently as you like.
It is now proving more than the passing fad some thought it to be when it started in 2006.
Part of the reason it has become so popular is that people tweet from the web, mobile, or by SMS.
Nowadays there are two main ways people use it - either posting or "tweeting" yourself - or just following the tweets other people write.
This is similar to writing a status update on Facebook so you can see what others are up to, or talking about, and vice versa.
GET STARTED
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Teeth care is particularly important in pregnancy
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Successful treatment for gum disease cuts the risk of pregnant women giving birth early, US research suggests. Read the rest of this entry »
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About Entertainment - Magazine -
The Hollies played on the first episode of Top of the Pops in 1964
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The two remaining original members of pop group The Hollies are to miss the group’s induction into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in New York. Read the rest of this entry »
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Mark Owen said he had not cheated since he got married
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Take That star Mark Owen has checked himself into rehab days after admitting he had a drink problem and had cheated on his partner of five years. Read the rest of this entry »
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Corey Haim was best known for starring in The Lost Boys
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Actor Corey Haim’s death is being linked to a major drug ring which has been illegally obtaining prescription drugs, US police have said. Read the rest of this entry »
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Devices such as mobile phones and portable media players are very attractive to thieves.
Thankfully technology can help prevent valuable gadgets falling into the wrong hands.
Video streaming on the internet is also empowering home owners to keep an eye on the house while they are out.
BIOMETRIC IWALLET
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A further two African nations are bidding for ivory sales
Sales of ivory and a possible ban on trading bluefin tuna top the agenda for the two-week CITES meeting that opens this weekend in Doha, Qatar.
CITES - the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species - will set a precedent if it votes to ban trading in a lucrative fish such as bluefin.
The US and EU back the proposal, but Japan is set against.
Conservation groups are also hoping for increased protection on sharks, coral, polar bears, lizards and amphibians.
African disunity
The ivory and tuna issues are both potentially controversial.
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Hippos are known to be aggressive (Photo: Jill Sonsteby/Solent News)
A zebra at Zurich Zoo appeared to be staring into the jaws of death when visitors saw it nose to nose with an open-mouthed hippopotamus. Read the rest of this entry »
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Former Nasa astronauts who went to the Moon have told the BBC of their dismay at President Barack Obama’s decision to push back further Moon missions.
Jim Lovell, commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, said Mr Obama’s decision would have "catastrophic consequences" for US space exploration.
The last man on the Moon, Eugene Cernan, said it was "disappointing".
Last month Mr Obama cancelled Nasa’s Constellation Moon landings programme, approved by ex-President George W Bush.
Nasa still aims to send astronauts back to the Moon, but it is likely to take decades and some believe that it will never happen again.
‘Moral leadership’
The astronauts spoke to the BBC at a private event at the Royal Society in London on Friday organised by the Foundation for Science and Technology.
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Alcohol consumption is linked to liver disease
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Drinkers who are overweight face a "double whammy" impact on their liver, research suggests. Read the rest of this entry »
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