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Obama sends first tweet from his own @POTUS account

By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press

President Barack Obama is embracing short-form communication. Twitter has a new @POTUS account.

#IWishMyTeacherKnew offers insight into minds of students

By Colleen Shalby

In an effort to learn more about her third grade students, Colorado-based teacher Kyle Schwartz prompted them to tell her: what I wish my teacher knew.

Teens often turn to smartphones as gateway to social media

By Laura Santhanam

Thanks largely to the proliferation of smartphones, about one-quarter of all teenagers today spend nearly every waking moment of their lives online, often using social media, according to new research that should come as no surprise to many parents.

Judy Woodruff remembers the day Reagan was shot

By Colleen Shalby

Thirty-four years ago today, John Hinckley tried to kill President Ronald Reagan.

Rap music not to blame for racist frat video, Twitter says

By Eric Krupke

During a discussion this morning on the recent video featuring members of a fraternity at Oklahoma University chanting racist slurs, the hosts of "Morning Joe" laid the blame on someone other than the fraternity brothers: the rapper Waka Flocka…

Islamic State threatens Twitter employees and founder Jack Dorsey

By Colleen Shalby

The Islamic State group is encouraging supporters to kill Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, and any employee of the social network, in retaliation for blocking the group’s Twitter accounts.

Twitter CEO takes 'full responsibility' for lack of online harassment intervention

By Colleen Shalby

There’s a dark space on the Internet where crass remarks, seemingly fueled by hatred for hatred’s sake, live and thrive. They belong to “trolls” -- the term given to those who spew insults to people on Twitter, YouTube, in the…

Heat map highlights key moments of most-tweeted Super Bowl ever

By Justin Scuiletti

Do you remember where you were during key moments of Sunday's Super Bowl? If the answer was on Twitter, then you were not alone.

Creator of #JeSuisCharlie tries to protect its meaning

By Colleen Shalby

Graphic designer Joachim Roncin is trying to protect the original meaning of #JeSuisCharlie -- a phrase he coined after the attack on the Paris newspaper Charlie Hebdo.

Group claiming ties to Islamic State appear to have hacked key military command's Twitter, YouTube accounts

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

A group calling themselves CyberCaliphate with the tagline “i love you isis” apparently have hacked the Twitter handle for U.S. Central Command, CENTCOM.