Can’t make it to E3? Blast and Nintendo have you covered

May 21   Leave a Comment  

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Choose your medium.

Easy Reader Contest: Win 1600 Microsoft Points

April 12   Leave a Comment  

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Come on, it’s really easy.

Win tickets to an advance screening of Magnolia Pictures’ “Marley”

April 11   Leave a Comment  

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Follow and tweet @blastmagazine to see the movie before its April 20 release

Anonymous takes down CBS, Universal sites. Is Xbox next?

Jan. 22   Leave a Comment  

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Group reportedly retaliating for Megaupload take-down.

Deion Sanders’ daughter fires at his estranged wife via Twitter

Dec. 28, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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She called her a “gold diggin hoe.”

Suffolk District Attorney subpoenas Occupy Boston Twitter info

Dec. 24, 2011   2 Comments  

Guy Fawkes mask worn by Occupy Boston protestor the weekend of the October 11 raid in which Boston Police arrested 141 people and removed tents that had been erected in one of the Fort Point Channel Parks. (Blast Staff photo/John Stephen Dwyer)

A document faxed from One Bullfinch Place to the Twitter offices in San Francisco Friday details a subpoena “Pursuant to an official criminal investigation being conducted by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s and the Boston Police Department” filed by the DA’s office Special Prosecutions Unit. Dated December 14, the subpoena is signed by Benjamin Goldberger, [...]

Social media: A marketing phenomenon

Dec. 16, 2011   1 Comment  

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By Caitlin Buckley at Emmanuel College The literary world has entered the social network stream. Marketers have 140 characters to catch your interest. Lexie Winslow has social media down pat. Every day, she is the queen of clever hash-tags and witty status updates. She needs to get the most comments and “likes.” “Learning to write [...]

The Revolution will be Tweeted: WBCN radio and the history of dissent

Dec. 15, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Recording the history of the historic station

Giuliana Rancic announces double mastectomy

Dec. 6, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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TV host in cancer battle

The debate over online identity rages on

Nov. 17, 2011   4 Comments  

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Nymwars sparks debate

What are effects of energy used from social networking sites and web surfing?

Oct. 8, 2011   1 Comment  

The environmental impact of so much online time really boils down to energy usage, which in turn affects the amount of greenhouse gases we pump into our atmosphere. Google, which has been carbon neutral since 2007, has been a real leader in the building of green data centers, even powering them with renewable energy. (Media credit/Jurgen Plasser via Flickr)

Is tweating a green activity?

The top 10 East Coast Earthquake Tweets

Aug. 23, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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The top 10 earthquake Tweets: 1. kevinaries Kevin Aries Picture of #earthquake damage in Boston:yfrog.com/h3aw92j #hubquake 2. paulandstorm Paul and Storm Dear Southern CA Twitterers: you lose your shit every time there’s 3+ consecutive days of rain; LET US HAVE THIS, GODDAMMIT. #Eastquake 3. DigBoston Dig Boston MOTHER EARTH HAS SPOKEN RT @GarrettQuinn: Guy just rode by on unicycle with a legalize hemp [...]

The Game denies potentially harmful tweets to L.A. Sheriff’s Department

Aug. 14, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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The Game claims it was all by accident

Rapper pulls Twitter prank and causes big trouble

Aug. 13, 2011   1 Comment  

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The Game’s tweets cause major delay for emergency services in Compton

“Dear #Netflix” trending on Twitter after rate changes

July 14, 2011   2 Comments  

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60 percent price increase starts in September

Sneak previews of “Super 8″ via Twitter

June 8, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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See the movie a day before it opens!

Lady Gaga gets to 10 million Twitter followers

May 16, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Lady Gaga has become the first celebrity to get more than 10 million followers on Twitter on Sunday. She tweeted with a picture of herself, “10 Million Monsters! I’m speechless, we did it! It’s an illness how I love you. Leaving London smiling.” She was the first person to reach nine million followers on Twitter [...]

Miley Cyrus is back on Twitter because of Charlie Sheen

April 4, 2011   2 Comments  

Miley Cyrus was back on Twitter on Monday and tweeted, “Yo guys! Its MC! Thank you so much for my KCA! PS I am taking over the Gypsy Heart twitter! Gotta keep ya posted on tour come see me!” She quit Twitter in October 2009 when she had 1.1 million followers by saying, “I want [...]

Charlie Sheen reaches more than 3 million followers on Twitter

March 21, 2011   Leave a Comment  

The tiger blood winning star Charlie Sheen has gotten three million followers on Twitter Sunday. Sheen gave the 3,000,000th follower @Boi_Wanda two free tickets to his live “Torpedo of Truth” show at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall. He tweeted, “Thanks @Boi_Wanda (follow!) for being my 3,000,000th Cadre! Two free tix to the show! @radiovendetta from [...]

Charlie Sheen breaks world record on Twitter

March 3, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Charlie Sheen sure surprises us in some way everyday. Sheen has broken the Guinness World Record for reaching 1 million Twitter followers the fastest, which Guinness officially confirmed Thursday. He needed only 25 hours and 17 minutes to get 1 million followers. It’s pretty shocking. Guinness said in a statement, “Guinness World Records is excited [...]