According to hashtags.org “hashtags” are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets. They’re like tags on Flickr, only added inline to your post. You create a hashtag simply by prefixing a word with a hash symbol: #hashtag.
Hashtags are getting more and more popular (despite the fact some people are against them wishing their Twitter stream to be metadata-free and “as human a form of communication as possible”). Using the sign # before a word, means that you want to talk about a particular thing (event, individual or …

After all the issues with “offensive language” and so on; Tweetie 1.3 is finally available in the AppStore.
The best Twitter client for iPhone is now even better.
Here is the new look with the “Dark Theme”:

Here is the list of the new feutures with Tweetie 1.3:

Post pictures with Mobypicture and yfrog (in addition to TwitPic)
New “Link” button to Add to Instapaper faster, and repost individual links
View full-size profile images
Dark theme
Ping.fm integration
Tweetshrink integration
Twitlonger integration
German localization
Russian localization
Allow DMs up to 255 characters
Many UI tweaks
Play back Song.ly links
Option to use “RT” syntax
Better feedback for …

“German twenty-somethings would ditch their spouses and do without a car in a heartbeat if they had to choose between having them or Internet access or a mobile phone, according to an industry study.
In a survey by German broadband association Bitkom around 84 percent of respondents aged 19-29 said they would rather do without their current partner or an automobile than forego their connection to the Web.”
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There is a very interesting article on BusinessWeek (Feb 10th 2009) that talks about the “Four Steps to a Lively Demo”.
One of the them is basically to entertain your audience but what really is interesting is that there is a CDO (Chief Demonstration Officer) position at Cisco.
I’m part of Oracle’s Demo Group and we don’t have anything close to that.
Here is the link to the article
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Oh Mamma Mia…”An Abba tribute band says it has performed a private concert for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.”
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Amazing: This article mentions “real people” with special gifts: article
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