Also Facebook tweeted the issue;

Facebook Problems Today | Photo Uploads Broken and Other Issues [NEWS]

Give Up Internet’s Note

Someone completely removed Facebook from internet. Thank God that i really don’t care.

In case of fire, DO NOT USE TWITTER!

Good Use of Twitter | If That Was a Zombie Bite, Would You Tell Us? [PIC]

What Twitter Will Look Like In 2012 [PIC] via TechyShit

Twitter Robot from 1935 | Robot Messenger Displays Person-to-Person Notes in Public [PIC]

Aug. 1935—Known as the “notificator,” the new machine is installed in streets, stores railroad stations or other public place where individuals may leave messages for friends. The machine is similar in appearance to a candy-vending device.

note: image via Charlie Gower

“Due to the incredible rate of follows & unfollows of @aplusk, some users may experience a delay before the follow or unfollow takes effect.  We’re working to speed this up; sorry for the inconvenience.” via status.twitter.com

Give Up Internet’s Note;

Ashton Kutcher, not that bad at internet.

“You can no longer easily eavesdrop on conversations with strangers. Hurrah!

Technically, Twitter has stopped displaying what the site’s power users call “@replies” — messages broadcast in public, but directed at a specific user — when the viewer doesn’t also follow the message’s target. Twitter users will still see conversations, but only when they happen entirely within their social circle.

For the attention-deficited social butterflies of Silicon Valley, this is a horrible development: They can no longer ignore their existing friends in favor of constantly finding new ones.

But for the mass market Twitter hopes to tap, this is a great thing. New users find Twitter overwhelming and confusing; some 60 percent drop out after signing up, according to Nielsen, which means Twitter is proving far less capable of retaining an audience than Facebook or MySpace. These Twitter quitters mean that Twitter’s growth lies on the edge of a knife. While its traffic numbers are growing at an unheard-of pace, it could lose its audience all too easily. “ Rest at ValleyWag

But the official blog of the New Bedford Whaling Museum in New Bedford, Mass., has informed us all that the word “twitter” was associated with whales long before Evan Williams and Biz Stone were dealing with customer complaints, sort of like how “muggles” was pothead slang decades before “Harry Potter” came along.

“Twitter,” believe it or not, once referred to an obscure piece of sperm whale anatomy that was typically only encountered when whalers were chopping up one of the unfortunate creatures. “ Rest and The Source

Twitter Pigeon From Old Times | The First Twitter Message in History [PIC]

Facebook tried to buy Twitter. Google and Microsoft have been giving the red-hot Internet-messaging startup the eye. But we hear it’s Apple that’s closest to sealing a deal, possibly for as much as $700 million.

A source who’s plugged into the Valley’s deal scene and has been recruited by Apple for a senior position says Apple and Twitter are in serious negotiations, with the goal of unveiling a deal by June 8, when Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference launches in San Jose. Rest and Source