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How To: Share music on Twitter, 12 resources listed.

One of the most shared things on Twitter is music. There are a number of websites all with the sole purpose of helping you share music you like on Twitter. We are listing these sites which will help you tweet your tunes. Here are 12 resources that help you share all your music easily on Twitter. 'The Music I like'. This is a random list and not in any particular order. Created this list to point users to sites that allow you to share music free on Twitter. 1.  twt.fm / share music on twitter twt.fm will then generate a  track page  for you using your twitter page design and you'll be able to tweet it to your followers.  if we can't find a stream, you may also provide an mp3, youtube, or soundcloud link to your audio 2.  Song.ly: share & discover music on Twitter   Your followers will get a short link to a page allowing them to play the song right in the browser without having to download it first! 3.  SongTwit - Share Music on Twitter   SongTwit is a free service t...

How to use Geotagging on Twitter

What is Geotagging? Geotagging is the ability to add location to your tweets. This helps you in various ways by adding context top your tweets, Join a local conversation. Find out about restaurants close to where you are. These are a few examples of the ways in which people are using the Geotagging feature. Is Geotagging automatic to all my tweets? No. if you want to add Geotagging you will need to opt in. By default it is turned off and you will need to turn this feature on. How do I turn on Geotagging? Go to your settings page and tick the check box next to Enable Geotagging How do I turn off this feature and delete all my tweets which had Geotagging? From the settings page. Uncheck the box next to Geotagging and click the button that says 'Delete all location data". This process can take upto 30 minutes. Alternatively if you need to delete just a single tweet that has Geolocation delete that single tweet. How do I enable Geotagging on my Twitter client ? ( Tweetie 2, Tweet...

Twitter joke leads to arrest and lifetime airport ban

A British man at the Robin Hood airport frustrated that his flight to Ireland would be canceled due to bad weather. Tweeted  “C---! Robin Hood airport is closed. You’ve got a week and a bit to get your s--- together, otherwise I’m blowing the airport sky high.” The police were alerted , and the 26-year-old finance supervisor was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to create a bomb hoax. He is currently out on bail. Chamber’s Twitter post was removed, and his laptop, home computer and cell phone were taken away. He was also banned from Robin Hood Airport for life and suspended from his job indefinitely. Will post further updates as and when it happens.  An original post by Sociolatte

Pics: I'm With COCO supporters take to the streets

The Facebook group  I'm With COCO which now has 348,372 fans is fast growing and Artist Mike Mitchell who designed the iconic logo for Conan is tweeting from the rally . Since the upsetting rumors that Jay Leno was coming back to late-night television and the latest talks of a contract which will dismiss O'Brien all together with a pay off of nearly $40 million, fans have been uniting across the country via Facebook in hopes to save their red-headed hero. Supportive groups have popped up on the popular social network including Save Conan O'Brien, Team Conan, and I'm with COCO. And as of today, the rallies have officially surfaced beyond cyber space. Besides the COCO assembly in Los Angeles, other groups are set to rally outside of NBC Studios in Chicago and New York City. Protectors braving the rains Don't ever say Los Angeles is an apathetic place. The rain did not, could not, would not stop the " I'm With Coco"  rally today at Universal Studios....

Apple officially announces it's Jan. 27 event. 'Come see our latest creation'

With all the rumors flying around it is finally good that Apple has announced a Jan 27 date to announce their new device. 'Come see our latest creation' the invite said. The invitation-only event that will be held at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater read “Come see our latest creation." Fox News had this to say Reports suggest that this device has been years in the making (just take a look at this  enthusiast-generated gallery of Apple table concepts , originally posted to Gizmodo two years ago), and I'm as excited to see it as you are.   I spoke to a source at Apple this morning, before the invite hit my inbox, who said the event would likely focus on three projects: The tablet device, iPhone 4, and a new round of iLife 2010 software. While we won't see new iPhone hardware just yet, we will see the next-generation software. Apple is known to pull a last-minute rabbit out of a hat, however ... and just as likely to stuff it back in again. ...

What are Twitter lists and how to use them more effectively

Twitter lists are a simple and easy way to group people your following into various groups. You have many followers and there are you are following an equal amount of people. How do you make sense out of all the noise you see on your public timeline. The answer is simple. Create a list. A list can consist of Friends, Family,  Celebrities, Noodle lovers and what not. You can create a list of just about anything. So how do you get started. Click on the New List Tab located on the right just bar below the search tab. Next add a name for your list and if you want add a description. You then choose if you would like your list to be public or private. Is your list for the everybody or for your own personal viewing pleasure Create a new list × List name Description Under 100 characters, optional Privacy Public  — Anyone can subscribe to this list. Private  — Only you can access this list. Now what happens is that your list is created and whenever you want to

The New York Times is ready to charge their online readers

According to sources familiar with the deliberations the New York Times is ready to charge a fee to read it's on online content. There will be a few free articles before users will be asked to sign up and pay a fee. This comes after a debate with the newspaper which has been ongoing for a year now.  According to the nymag The Times has considered three types of pay strategies. One option was a more traditional pay wall along the lines of The Wall Street Journal, in which some parts of the site are free and some subscription-only. For example, editors and business-side executives discussed a premium version of Andrew Ross Sorkin's DealBook section. Another option was the metered system. The third choice, an NPR-style membership model, was abandoned last fall, two sources explained. The thinking was that it would be too expensive and cumbersome to maintain because subscribers would have to receive privileges (think WNYC tote bags and travel mugs, access to Times events and semina...