Debbie Turner - Online Social Media

Tornadoes Across South: How Twitter & Online Tech Are Helping

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Tornadoes have caused tragedy across the South with at least 85 people now reported killed as the tornadoes wreaked havoc throughout the night. The crisis is still ongoing with fatalities in several states and it’s one of those times of emergency where social media and tech is helping out. … [Read more...]

Motorola Droid Bionic /Targa Enhancements: Expanded Features

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We know that many of our readers were waiting for the Motorola Droid Bionic on Verizon and the on-off saga over the last few weeks is confusing many, including us. Today though we have news about the enhancements being made, the cause of the release delay, and it seems there are to be expanded … [Read more...]

Verizon LTE Outage Continues: Customers Angry Over Lack of Info

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Yesterday we gave you news about the Verizon 4G LTE outage across the U.S. We asked readers to let us know if they were affected and it soon became evident that this was a major widespread problem as we had comments from across the country. It appears that the Verizon LTE outage still continues … [Read more...]

Lady Gaga Furious After Hackers Access Her Twitter Account

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Here at OSM we often report on celebrities and sporting stars and their use of Twitter and Lady Gaga is no exception. Her use of Twitter is well known but today we hear that the singing superstar is furious after hackers managed to gain access to her Twitter account. … [Read more...]

Nintendo 3DS Sales Fail to Meet Expectations

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Only a couple of days we brought you some news on the Nintendo 3DS where we looked at the fact that Nintendo is looking to the success of the 3DS and also the Wii 2 when out, to restore plummeting sales. However we have heard today that Nintendo 3DS sales have failed to meet expectations … [Read more...]

iPad 2 Sales Extend to More Countries: Japan, Hong Kong & More

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Since the launch of the Apple iPad 2 we’ve brought you the initial phenomenal sales news, then the fact that sales forecasts rose because of the pure demand for the tablet. We then told yesterday though, that those forecasts have now weakened because of concerns over not being able to keep up … [Read more...]

Amazon Business Expanding: Going After Massive Growth

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It seems that despite first quarter earnings showing decreased income for Amazon, business is expanding and this appears to be the time that the company is going after massive growth. Sales were up by 38% although income was down, largely due to the expenditure involved in a hiring drive along with … [Read more...]

Verizon LTE Network Outage 3G but not 4G: Are You Affected?

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Every now and again, but not too often, we inform our readers of a Verizon outage and unfortunately today is one of those days. However it seems that the outage at present is only affecting the Verizon LTE Network and 3G but not 4G connectivity is available. … [Read more...]

HTC Sensation New Keyboard: Surprises with Swype Style Feature

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In what seems like a short space of time the HTC Sensation has garnered a lot of attention and is one of the upcoming handsets that has really got people talking. We’ve written about it many times but news comes to us today that the HTC Sensation is to feature a new keyboard, with Swype-style use, … [Read more...]

Nikon D5100 Camera Teardown: Not Made to be Messed With

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We’ve previously brought you news about the Nikon D5100 with a look at specs, price and release and then brought news about an earlier release at Best Buy. Now we have more news of a different kind, on this camera that has gathered a lot of attention. This time we’re looking at a Nikon D5100 … [Read more...]

Royal Wedding Social Media Interest: Twitter & News Statistics

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We’ve been bringing you tons of news about the Royal Wedding, now only two days away on April 29, and only yesterday gave details of where you can find live streaming, Twitter and Facebook coverage and more. Now we have some news on Royal Wedding social media interest evolving from Twitter and … [Read more...]

Apple iPhone 5 or Android: Measured Against 15 Handsets

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We have lost count of the myriad of articles we’ve posted about the Apple iPhone 5 which we recently heard is likely to be released later rather than sooner. If you’re still wondering whether to wait for the iPhone 5 or choose an Android smartphone instead we have news of a roundup of the iPhone … [Read more...]

Motorola Droid Bionic for Verizon Deleted: Website No Longer Shows

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Here at OSM we have published many articles about one of the most anticipated smartphones of the year, the Motorola Droid Bionic. Recently we told how the phone had been delayed but we hear news that the Motorola Droid Bionic for Verizon has now been deleted from the Motorola website, where it no … [Read more...]

Royal Wedding Online Info: Live Streaming, Twitter, Facebook & More

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This Friday, April 29 is the day for the Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton. If you can’t be in front of your TV for the big occasion, or even if you will be but want to access alternatives for keeping informed with everything that’s going on, then you’ll be needing … [Read more...]

MacBook Air vs Lenovo ThinkPad X1: Could Apple be Challenged?

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We've previously brought you news on Lenovo ThinkPad products, but you may not yet have heard of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 which has just gone up for pre-sale in Europe and is thought will be launched in the US too. However, from what we’ve been hearing about the ThinkPad X1 we reckon it won't be too … [Read more...]

HTC Droid Incredible 2 for Verizon Release: April 28 – Official

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We’ve been keeping our readers informed with developments surrounding the HTC Droid Incredible 2 for Verizon and only recently gave news of a rumored release date and price. Well, today the release news is official and it seems we were correct on both counts. … [Read more...]

Ron Paul and How Twitter and Facebook Could Help Campaign

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Ron Paul is one of those names in American politics that provokes a big response, whichever side of the fence you’re on. Love him or loathe him you can’t ignore him and today we heard that Paul is about to launch a presidential exploratory committee after he spoke about his plans on Fox News … [Read more...]

Google Nexus S 4G Official Release Date: May 8 on Sprint

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We’ve been closely following developments of the Google Nexus S 4G for Sprint and recently told how the release was one step closer. Now we’ve heard official news of the release date and it’s May 8 for those of you who are waiting. … [Read more...]

HTC Sensation or Sony Ericcson Xperia Neo: No Contest

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We’ve reported many times now on the HTC Sensation, formerly known as the HTC Pyramid, and recently gave details of a sign up page for this hugely impressive new smartphone and also looked at a comparison of the Sensation vs. the LG Optimus 2X. We thought it was time to check out the HTC Sensation … [Read more...]

Manchester United’s Darron Gibson: Cyber-Bullied Off Twitter

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If you’re a regular reader here at OSM you’ll know just how many sporting stars now keep in touch with their fans using Twitter. Manchester United’s Rio Ferdinand is one of the most prolific and only yesterday we told how Wayne Rooney had now also got the Twitter habit, gaining over 150,000 … [Read more...]

iPad 2 Sales Forecasts Weaken: Component Shortages May Hit

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The success of the Apple iPad 2 since it’s launch last month has been nothing short of phenomenal. A couple of weeks ago we told how initial sales forecasts had been raised following the massive early sales but we now hear that iPad 2 sales forecasts have weakened following concerns about … [Read more...]

Dell Precision M4600/ M6600 Official: Release, Price & Specs

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In February some news first came out about the Dell Precision M4600 and the M6600 mobile workstations. Many of you will have been waiting for more news on specs for these notebooks and we can now give you some information originally from a leaked manual from Dell, although this has now been … [Read more...]

Facebook Launches New Local Deals: First Five Cities

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Back in February the Facebook Deals page went live and then we recently told how Deals now features in the news feed. This idea to compete with the likes of Foursquare, by giving users the benefits of special offers available, has already seen success and now local deals are about to come into … [Read more...]

Leica i9 Concept Camera Using iPhone 4: An Extraordinary Idea

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Here at OSM we like to bring you news on new products and also concepts for products and recently for example, told you about the Ideum Multitouch Table and also a novel idea for a new style of notebook from Fujitsu. Today we have news of another concept and this is one we’d love to see become a … [Read more...]

New iMac 2011 Rumors of Release Date: Signs Imply Next Week

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We’ve been bringing you news and speculation about the new iMac 2011 and today have more rumors about the release. We know how many of you are waiting for the new iMac line and the good news is that the signs seem to imply a launch of the upgraded models as early as next week. … [Read more...]