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Twitter Inc.

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Cocaine Cowboys Creator Gets Called "Tweeting Twit" by Crotchety, Out-Of-Touch Columnist

    It's as if Miami Herald columnist Fabiola Santiago read her own paper's story on a defense attorney trying to get a new trial for his client because a juror, Cocaine Cowboys director Billy Corben, mused about the mundane details of jury duty on Twitter and then muttered to herself, "Wow, what a twee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    K-E Diet Craze: Miami Doctor Puts Brides-To-Be On Feeding Tubes to Lose Weight

    Miami just might be the most image-conscious, beauty-obsessed place on Earth. So it's no surprise that our sexy, superficial city is the American epicenter of a new controversial diet craze.It's called ketogenic enteral nutrition, or the K-E diet for short. Translation: a doctor threads a feeding tu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Nicki Minaj and Four Other Famous Twitter Quitters

    Nicki Minaj's fans are pissed. The rap star deactivated her Twitter account (@NickiMinaj) on Sunday after accusing a fan site of leaking music from her album. Although she blocked the site, Nicki decided to say her goodbyes. "Like seriously, its but so much a person can take. Good fucking bye," sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Dead Body Found In Bathroom at Miami Dade College's Kendall Campus

    A Miami Dade College employee made a grisly discovery this morning, stumbling upon a dead body in a bathroom at the university's Kendall campus.The employee found the unidentified man's corpse between 6 and 7 a.m. A message was quickly sent out to university faculty, staff, and students, but police ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    DJ Laz and Power 96 Part Ways, Fans Suggest the Announcement is a Hoax UPDATED

    UPDATE: Beasley Broadcast Group, Power 96's parent company just released a statement regarding Laz's departure."Effective today, DJ LAZ, who has been with the station for 22 years, has decided to move on and explore other professional opportunities."The rumors are in fact true, DJ Laz is no longer t ... More >>

  • News

    March 29, 2012

    Logan Morrison is the Marlins' tweeter in chief

    UPDATE: Beasley Broadcast Group, Power 96's parent company just released a statement regarding Laz's departure."Effective today, DJ LAZ, who has been with the station for 22 years, has decided to move on and explore other professional opportunities."The rumors are in fact true, DJ Laz is no longer t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Belvedere, Bacardi, Svedka: The Ten Most Offensive Beverage Ads

    ​Belvedere vodka was lambasted in the press last week after the company posted an ad on its Facebook page depicting a man grabbing a woman from behind. The copy on the ad, "Unlike some people, Belvedere always goes down smooth", led people to comment on Twitter and Facebook negatively, like this t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Joaquin Serrapio Wants to Apologize to Obama For Threatening to Kill Him

    Joaquin Amador Serrapio Jr., the Miami 20-year-old who was arrested after making Facebook and Twitter posts threatening to kill President Obama, wants to say he's sorry. Serrapio appeared in federal court this morning and pleaded not guilty.

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Heroin Lollipops Seized From Sweaty Guatemalan at Airport

    ​When Rafael Quinones Jimenez arrived in Orlando on a flight from his native Guatemala on Friday, U.S. Customs inspectors noted that he was "very nervous and was sweating profusely." For good reason. When they searched his luggage they found seven pounds of heroin disguised as candy lollipops.So h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Facebook and Twitter Icons Make You Less Likely to Buy Embarrassing Products Online, UM Study Finds

    ​Online shopping was a boon to buyers who sometimes felt a little embarrassment when buying certain products. The web's anonymity may have made them feel like no one could judge them for, say, buying an industrial-sized vat of KY Jelly. But the mere presence of social media logos like Twitter and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Five Other Famous Body Parts That Deserve Twitter Accounts

    ​The 2012 Academy Awards are old news, but they have left us with at least one lasting legacy: @angiesrightleg.The Twitter account written from the point of view of Angelina Jolie's leg, which her dress scandalously exposed during the red carpet and ceremony, boasts over 26,500 followers this morn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Dumb Kid Steals Tomato Plant Because He Thought It Was Marijuana

    ​Sometimes we really worry about the state of Florida's youth. Kids today are so dumb they can't even get high correctly.A 15-year-old boy in Daytona Beach, Florida, recently got in trouble for stealing a tomato plant, which he only swiped because he thought it was a marijuana plant.

  • News

    February 16, 2012

    Forget Facebook: Twitter is for minorities

    ​Sometimes we really worry about the state of Florida's youth. Kids today are so dumb they can't even get high correctly.A 15-year-old boy in Daytona Beach, Florida, recently got in trouble for stealing a tomato plant, which he only swiped because he thought it was a marijuana plant.

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Forget Facebook: Minorities Prefer Twitter

    ​Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke explains why Twitter is the social media network preferred by minorities.Everybody is talking about Facebook's forthcomin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Breakfast Beer: Not Just For Alcoholics Anymore

    ​The craft beer movement has produced some surprising side effects for the brewery world; suddenly blueberries, cherries and chocolate are considered hops-friendly ingredients, giving beer a whole new aisle in your local liquor store. In fact, beer is so user friendly with food these days, we are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Hard's Holy Ship! Electronic Music Cruise "Will Return in 2013"

    ​Exactly 26 days ago, Hard's Holy Ship! electronic music cruise packed Skrillex, Steve Aoki, Fatboy Slim, Rusko, Diplo, A-Trak, dozens of other professional party starters, and 3000 beat freaks onto the MSC Poesia for a full weekend of uhntz-uhntz-ing across the high seas. And yes, there were a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Michelle Obama Joins Twitter as "Mo," Gets a Shout-Out From the Prez

    ​Get ready to feel ashamed of your flabby arms, Twitterverse. Michelle Obama launched her own Twitter account this morning, promising to help tweeters across the globe "connect" with FLOTUS herself (and President Obama's campaign, of course).This wasn't the first tweet by the First Lady -- in Octo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Get Faded With Spaceghostpurrp at Eve on January 15

    ​In 1967, The Beatles released their sprawling Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band concept album, a dense wallop of cutting-edge experimental production techniques, schizophrenic survey of genres, and, most importantly, the psychedelic youth movement's most prominent statement. Really, the wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Tweeting Toasters? The Next Step In Kitchen Tech for 2012

    ​There's no question that if left unattended, our kitchen appliances can develop minds of their own, but tweeting toasters? What the hell? This is a prediction from a report released last month by Massachusetts-based marketing research firm International Data Corporation. IDC predicts that 2012 wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    LeBron James Proposes to Girlfriend Before Lauryn Hill's South Beach New Year's Eve Bash

    Photo by Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.comMs. Lauryn Hill and Nas serenading the James.​After two kids, a decade-long courtship, and zero NBA championships, LeBron James has finally asked high-school sweetheart Savannah Brinson for her hand in marriage. Having turned 27 years old approximately 24 ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    Lil Wayne and DJ Khaled Better Give Back In 2012 or Answer to Mayor Luke

    Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Campbell looks back on the Year of the Booty Man.I had an exciting, productive 2011. I set goals for myself and accomplished quit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    Raúl Castro's Daughter Joins Twitter, Quickly Calls Opposition Bloggers "Parasites"

    TwitterA rare war of words is raging in Cuba.An hour after joining Twitter, Mariela Castro -- president Raúl Castro's daughter and possible successor -- promptly got into an all-out digital girl fight with Cuban dissident Yoani Sánchez.Castro called Sánchez and other opposition bloggers "despicab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Florida Man Shot At By "Woman" He Met on Facebook: "Stuff Like That Don't Happen on Twitter"

    ​Oh, you're still complaining about the Facebook redesign? Just be grateful the site didn't lead to you being shot by a man you thought was a woman. Jacksonville, Florida resident and Twitter enthusiast Christopher Harris had only recently returned to the cold embrace of Mark Zucker ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2011

    Sun Life Stadium Swarmed By Thousands of Dragonflies, Miami Game Delayed

    ​The kickoff of the Miami Hurricanes-Kansas State Wildcats game has been delayed 30 minutes due to lightning, but there's a far more baffling display of nature going on at Sun Life Stadium right now. The bowl has been invaded by thousands of dragonflies. 

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    LeBron James and Dwyane Wade Trade Insults on Twitter

    ​Is there Twitter trouble in basketball paradise? Dwyane Wade and LeBron James took to Twitter to insult each other. Actually it was in good fun, because, as we're beginning to notice, these guys are so totally bored during the NBA lockout.

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    LeBron James Introduces Drag Persona: LeBre'sha

    ​Guys, do you ever wonder what you would call yourself if you woke up one day and suddenly found yourself in a woman's body (*cough* Kylie, obviously *cough*)? Because LeBron James certainly has. He took to Twitter today to introduce the world to his "sister" (AKA drag persona) LeBre'sha.

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Food Truck iPhone Apps; Truck Tracker for Tonight

    Burger Beast A screen shot of the Burger Beast Truck Track app.It's lunchtime and you're in your car jonesing for your favorite food truck. Where is it? Well, there's an app for that! Blogger Burger Beast is busy developing an app that will make it easy to find your favorite truck. The app wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Junior Boys' It's All True Tour Hitting Bardot October 6

    Photo by Jim Newberry​Over the last few days, the personal twittersphere of Canadian synth-pop duo Junior Boys has been ablaze with titillatingly cryptic little messages about "big news," "a zillion shows," and "a good chance we are coming to a town near you." Thankfully, the Boys' Jeremy Greens ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Entenmann's Twitter Fail: #NotGuilty Hashtag About Death not Donuts

    Bad tweet....bad, bad tweet....​According to the Washintgon Post, baked goods company Entenmann's is doing emergency public relations backflips after someone at the makers of boxed coffee cakes tweeted "Who's #notguilty about eating all the tasty treats they want? on their official @Entenma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Chris Hansen Accused of Cheating, Gets Exactly What's Coming to Him

    Twitter almost collapsed under the weight of all the "Why don't you have a seat over here?" jokes being made Wednesday night.​You know who he is: The expensive haircut, the cheap ties. The fake tan, the small-town wrestling announcer voice.He's Chris Hansen, the former host of NBC's To Catch A Pre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    McDonald's Hoax Trends on Twitter, We Wonder Why

    Courtesy of McServed​Since when did the place that promises $1 double burgers for all get so un-American? Apparently it hasn't.Over the weekend, a photo circulated through the Twittersphere of a "McDonald's sign" that read, "As an insurance measure due in part to a recent string of robberies, Afri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    "Last Call" at The University of Miami Rathskeller in Pictures

    People flooded University of Miami's Rathskeller Friday to take part in "Last Call" festivities. The line of those determined to get a coveted seat formed at ten in the morning. Around three in the afternoon, thunderstorms forced people to take shelter inside until the sun came back out. Waiters ran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Latin Burger Tops in Twitter Followers, GastroPod #2, Fish Box #3

    Jefe's owner Jack Garabedian tweets to attract customers.Food truck owners in Miami are an entrepreneurial breed. These men and women don't really have a typical profile. Some are chefs looking to start their own kitchen. Others are restaurant owners looking to start a supplemental mobile oper ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Florida Is the Fifth Happiest State, According to Twitter Updates

    via Squidoo​You wouldn't know it from polling that indicates Floridians increasingly think the state is heading in the wrong direction, or our emotional health rankings from the Gallup Well-Being Survey, but apparently Florida is one of the happiest states in the nation. At least on Twitter.

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2011

    Ultra Bingo: Glowsticks

    ​OMFG, the Ultra Music Festival grounds are littered with glowsticks. There are red ones, blue ones, green ones, bright ones, dull ones, dead ones, smashed ones, fat ones, skinny ones, short ones, long ones, and some you don't even want to touch for fear of dibutyl phthalate contamination and STDs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Sneak Review: The Restaurant at the Setai

    ​A tiny taste of next week's restaurant review:Chicken tikka proved a notch or three above what you'll find at local Indian joints: tender, juicy, skinless-and-boneless thighs redolent of tandoor grill and garam masala spices. A side of somewhat fiery mint sauce accompanied the blushing bird, alon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Blog Watch: Ideas In Food, Twitter & Turnips

    Paula NiñoThese are no turnips​Twitter served as inspiration for several South Florida food bloggers last week. The Chowfather concludes that Twitter is killing his blog so he sums up all his 140-character food and restaurant thoughts for 2011 in one post. Over at Chadzilla, author Chad Galiano, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Feverish's Felecia Hatcher on Gaming and Ice Cream Sandwiches

    Annette Peikert/soulofmiami.comFelecia Hatcher is a Palm Beach native, former Wii slinger, and a true ice cream lover. She and her husband Derick Pearson co-own Feverish one of the longest running "food" trucks in the area, selling frozen desserts. They just introduced six new Feverish carts around ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Where It At? Linguini With Shrimp

    ​What it is: An admittedly dull-looking rendition of linguini noodles with shrimp.Where it at? You might want to figure out which restaurant serves this, if only to try to avoid going there. Take a guess below in the comments section and we'll comment upon your comments until somebody gets it righ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Gov. Rick Scott Hosting Twitter Town Hall Tonight

    ​Rick Scott's campaign for governor wasn't especially social media savvy, but who needs to take little things like Twitter into account when you've got tens of millions of your own money to spend? Once in office, though, the Republican governor was faced with the realization that despite being ele ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    What's Kendrick Meek Up to Now? Just Making Weird Twitter Updates

    ​We haven't heard much out of Kendrick Meek since he came in third place in the senate race behind Marco Rubio and Charlie Crist. With the congressional seat he could have held for the rest of his life now held by the collection of hats known as Frederica Wilson, Meek hasn't made any formal announ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Leads Us Into Annoying New World of Live Tweets from House Floor

    ​Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen made history yesterday by making the first (semi-) authorized Tweet from the House Chamber of the U.S. Congress. The Republican congresswoman, whose Twitter is usually full of rooting for local football teams, live Tweeted a picture of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi handing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    Liberty Gas Station Has An Unexpected Pan-Latin Bakery

    Empanadas, pan de bono, caraminola, and pan de bono.​It is always a dandy surprise when you find the something great in unexpected surroundings. Discovering primo vintage duds at a flea market is an example. Well, such is the case with the Liberty gas station on SW 22nd Avenue and Coral Way. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Paul Pierce Mocks LeBron James on Twitter

    ​Oh boy, the rivalry between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat just go personal. After last night's second devastating dismantling of the Heat by the Celtics Paul Pierce couldn't let the win speak for itself. He decided he needed to talk some trash on Twitter. Hell, he couldn't even ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    LeBron James Receives Racist Twitter Message

    ​Yesterday on his Twitter feed, LeBron James re-tweeted criticism from some, let's call them "disgruntled," fans. He then proclaimed the day as Hater Day, telling the twitterverse that the haters need their two minutes of fame too. The tweets were your typical everyday re-hashed LeBron affronts. P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    Latin Burger #1 on Twitter Among Local Mobile Eats

    Last week, Short Order featured a list of tweeting, or twittering (whatever your pleasure) Miami chefs. This week's focus is on the numerous food trucks roaming the "M-I-A." There are well over 20 decked-out chariots dishing out delicious grub with menus ranging from burgers and tacos, to seafoo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Twitter User Who Sent Racist Message to Jacory Harris Identified and is Not Apologizing

    The Twitter user who rattled Miami Hurricanes Quarterback Jacory Harris by directing racially tinged insults towards him through the web service has been found, and he is not backing down. Since taking heat for the remarks he's gotten into fights with other Twitter users and freely used racial slurs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    'Canes QB Jacory Harris Received Racist Twitter Messages After Ohio State Loss

    ​One of the allures of Twitter is that you're only an @ symbol away from sending a message to some of your favorite celebrities, politicians, and sports stars. Usually those messages are positive, but sometimes the turn ugly. Chances are the star might not ever see it, but Miami Hurricanes QB Jaco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Twitter Now Seen as a Valid Replacement for Overeating and Smoking

    By waferboard via FlickrIs a Twitter addiction really comparable to this?​We all know how hard it is to quit an addiction. You know, like that daily ice cream indulgence mid-afternoon (that used to be mine), or that nasty pack-a-day habit. But can social media giant Twitter really help with that? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Twitter Becomes a Popularity Contest

    Just how "Twifficient" are you?​You have only two people "following" you in common with your dream guy or gal, and you have a humble Twifficiency rating of 17 percent, compared to their 37 percent. Face it -- you're just not as Twitter-popular as your other half, but does that alone mean it's time ... More >>

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