Posts Tagged ‘Ashton Kutcher’

Note to Biz Stone: Twitter’s ‘Triumph of Humanity’ is About PEOPLE Not Technology

In History, Internet, Iran, News, Opinion, Politics, Twitter, citizenship, fame on 16 April 2010 tagged #Iranelection, @aplusk, Ashton Kutcher, Biz Stone, Chirp, Flight 1549, Green Revolution, Haiti, Hudson River, Iranian election, Isaac Biz Stone, micro-blogging, San Francisco, Tehran, The Palace of Fine Arts, Twitter, US Airways with View Comments

While speaking to a crowd in San Francisco, Twitter Co-founder Isaac “Biz” Stone extolled the virtues of his ubiquitous company by calling its use during the Iranian Election #iranelection, the crash rescue of US Airways Flight 1549, and the recent earthquakes in Haiti, not merely a technological triumph but a human one. Oh Biz, you’re [...]

Dishonor in the Global Community

In Crime, Internet, Islam, News, Opinion, Politics, Twitter, religion on 8 February 2010 tagged @aplusk, Ashton Kutcher, Chrianna, Chris Brown, Dr. Sylvia Maier, homicide, honor killings, iPad, Kahta, rihanna, Turkey with View Comments

Last week a 16 year old girl from Kahta, Turkey was buried alive for allegedly talking to boys. Stories like this have become all too common to desensitized ears. In our world, the announcement of the Apple iPad takes precedence over the millions of honor killings which take place everyday all over the world.  The [...]

To Get Nowhere Fast : Following More People Makes Twitter Less Effective?

In History, Internet, News, Opinion, Twitter, fame on 25 January 2010 tagged @aplusk, Ashton Kutcher, Bobby Solomon, Clive Thompson, Kitsune Noir, social networking, Social Networks, Twitter with View Comments

In an analysis of the social utility of Twitter, Clive Thompson and Kitsune Noir‘s Bobby Solomon question the value in increasing the number of people a user follows on the ubiquitous service. In their analysis, both Thompson and Solomon expand upon two very important points in relation to services like Twitter — the slowly eroding [...]

Nia Vardalos is Fit AND Funny, But You Probably Don’t Want to Hear How She Did It

In Film, Opinion, TV, Twitter, comedy, fame, fashion on 12 June 2009 tagged @niavardalos, AC 360, Alec Baldwin, Ambien, Anderson Cooper, Ashton Kutcher, Doritos, Jack Gray, Katherine Heigl, Knocked Up, Mini's First Time, My Life in Ruins, Nia Vardalos, Nikki Reed, Punk'd, Russell Crowe, Seth Rogan, weight loss with View Comments

Facing health concerns, Actress / Director / Writer, Nia Vardalos lost 40 pounds in the last year and it seems to be all she is asked about, to the exclusion of other recent accomplishments, on her promo tour for her current film My Life in Ruins: Recent [Ignored] Accomplishments: In the last year, I got [...]

 Has Bombastic Love for Twitter

In Blog, History, Internet, Opinion, Twitter, business, fame on 3 May 2009 tagged Apple, Ashton Kutcher, Biz Stone, bombast, Erykah Badu, hyperbole, iMac, Jack Dorsey, Mac Mini, Mac OS X, MacBook, MacBook Air, Mark Romanek, Mars Phoenix, NASA, Paul Van Dyk, Ruby on Rails, Twitter with View Comments

Apple often highlights companies and individuals who make use of their products. Past features have included Brave New Wave favorites: Mark Romanek, Erykah Badu, and DJ Paul Van Dyk and now ubiquitous social network Twitter gets in on the action. Based upon the hyperbolic introductory paragraph of the feature the folks over at Apple quite [...]