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Don’t get surprised the next time you open your Science textbooks to read that Timothy Creamer was the first person to tweet from Space. In a first for Twitter and social networking in general, a NASA astronomer updated someone other than his NASA boss by sending out a tweet from space to everyone. Here is [...]

Twitter has started to rollout the Local Trends to few users. The trending for cities/countries is basically to be based on the new Trend API. Using Local Trends, users will be able to view trends in their local cities or countries in additoin to viewing global trends.

TwitPic, a popular service for sharing images on Twitter is valued at more than $10 Million. A recent interview with TwitPic founder, Noah Everett, reveals this and other interesting facts.

Google employee, Amit Singhal, explains how Google ranks tweets. He mentions some of the key things that Google algorithm considers while ranking a tweet higher than others.

Facebook’s scandalous handling of privacy issues has just escalated in the light of an employee stating that there was a master password in employ which could be (and was) used to log in as anyone. Not only that, Facebook’s servers track the user’s every move, right down to the messages sent and received and their contents – all accessible to the engineers. Read on to find more about the amount of privacy misuse from within Facebook.

Find out information about your first follower on Twitter, your first tweet, the first user you followed and the date you joined Twitter.

Facebook has become the new face of viral marketing. For breast cancer awareness, female Facebook users updated their status with the color of the bra they were wearing at that moment. This is a really good cause promoted by Facebook viral marketing.

Themeleon is a tool to generate custom Twitter themes within seconds. It gives you infinite possibilities that can be instantly previewed and applied.

A neat little mashup tool that lets you read all the celebrity tweets at a single place.

Craig ‘Lazie’ Lynch has been on the run since September. In the meantime, he has managed to build a fan base, attract media attention and embarrass the establishment by using Facebook.

Twitbacks is a free service that lets you create free and customizable backgrounds for your Twitter profile. You can add a small bio, logo and social networking URL’s in the background image.

Twonvert is a Twitter tool that lets you cram more words into 140 characters by converting your text to SMS lingo.

Flocking.me is a great new Twitter tool that lets you search your friends tweets.

Twitter has often been mocked due to the lack of a business plan. However, data sharing deals with Microsoft and Google has finally enabled it to become profitable.