Twitter's not a Google killer. It's not a Facebook killer, either.

Slate by Farhad Manjoo | Mar. 9, 2009 (News Analysis)

For you and me, Twitter is a fun way to procrastinate. But for Silicon Valley's chattering classes, the microblogging company has emerged as something much more—the next Google, the next Facebook, or maybe some unbeatable combination of the two. Full Story »

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Subjects: Business, Media
Topics: Citizen Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Social Networks
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Mar 9, 2009 - 4:39 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Dan Kennedy (review)
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Mar 9, 2009 - 4:39 PM PDT

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 by Dan Kennedy - Mar. 10, 2009

A thoughtful analysis, but Manjoo proves better at explaining what Twitter isn't than what it is.

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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - Mar. 9, 2009
Derek posted this story.
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