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Pope to join celebs, presidents with Twitter feed

VATICAN CITY — He already has a billion followers.Now, Pope Benedict XVI will join the Twitter-sphere, tweeting from a personal account along with the world’s celebrities, leaders and ordinary...

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New iPhone app lets college students whisper their secrets

Most people would not dream of confessing their crushes in a Facebook status or tweeting about their latest sexual escapades, but they are more than happy to whisper about them. The Whisper iPhone app...

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Will and Kate expecting a baby, UK palace confirms

LONDON — Britain doesn’t have to wait any longer: Prince William’s wife, Kate, is pregnant.St. James’s Palace made the announcement Monday, saying that the Duchess of Cambridge — formerly Kate...

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Pope joins tweeting masses with Pontifex handle

VATICAN CITY — Benedict XVI, the pope known for his hefty volumes of theology and lengthy encyclicals, is now trying brevity — spreading the faith through his own Twitter account (at)Pontifex.The...

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UT classes utilize social media to transform student involvement

Tweeting in class is normally done discreetly under a notebook or on a cell phone nestled in a crotch — but not anymore for some students.Associate professors Elizabeth Richmond-Garza, Thomas Garza and...

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Should professors employ a “no-screens” policy?

Editor’s note: As the use of laptops in class becomes widespread across campus, we asked two columnists if glowing screens should be allowed to remain open. Are laptops a necessary tool that professors...

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A new study ranks cities as happy or sad based on tweets

Tweets are usually meant to share random facts and thoughts, but researchers are now using Twitter to geographically gauge happiness. A recent study by Lewis Mitchell, a postdoctoral associate with the...

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@SXSWPartyzzzzz is the mock SXSW account of your dreams

Dan Treadway has only been to South By Southwest once, and that was two years ago, when he was a senior studying political communications and was writing for both The Daily Texan and the Texas...

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Ten UT-related twitter accounts you should be following

UT is more popular than Beyonce. At least maybe on Twitter.Among Texas’ universities and colleges, UT-Austin has the highest Klout score. Klout is a company that analyzes a person’s or company’s social...

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Talking Twitter with Biz Stone

Christopher Isaac “Biz” Stone is a father of social media. He helped create Blogger and Xanga.com and is most famous for co-founding Twitter. Stone will present a talk titled “Redefining Success” as a...

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What Vine means for journalism

By nature, I am skeptical and untrusting of new social media developments.   In high school, I told my parents to “slap some sense into me” if I ever got a Twitter. At the time, I could never compute...

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Iceland designs app to prevent accidental incest

Iceland designs app to prevent accidental incestFor the 320,000 inhabitants of Iceland, accidentally hooking up with a close relative is a legitimate concern for the party-going crowd. But thanks to...

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Five things to take away from this weekend’s International Symposium of...

This past weekend more than 350 journalists converged at the Blanton Museum of Art for the annual International Symposium of Online Journalism. This year a record-breaking number of editors, reporters...

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Adapt to inaccuracy in social media

It’s a common sight at concerts nowadays: Instead of freely embracing the moment, the members of the smartphone-equipped crowd are more concerned with having their phones in the air, ready to document...

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Brands, Bevo and bikini briefs

Last week, in the culmination of a days-old face-off, UT lost to the University of Central Florida in a National Collegiate Showdown. What exactly was said showdown over? It’s hard to say — the desire...

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Twitter Taco Suggestions for your Taco Tuesday!

In honor of our Taco Tuesday package, we have put together a Storify feed full of tweeted suggestions from our followers! To have your favorite taco added to our list, tweet us at @dtlifeandarts or...

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Storify: Students gear up for graduation

About 8,300 students will graduate from UT this weekend, and The Daily Texan is trying to tell their stories. We've been talking to graduates on Twitter with the hashtag "#UTgrad." We created a storify...

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Storify: Project #UTgrad: Hyped for graduation

Students have been busy with the hashtag "#UTgrad" on Twitter today. Check out their posts in this storify below:[View the story "Project #UTgrad: Hyped for graduation" on Storify] Author(s): Katie...

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The ten best UT commencement caps (so far)

Graduation caps aren't just for throwing in the air — they're also for bejeweling and bedazzling. Some students like to go out with class, but other students are going out with style. Check out these...

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Storify: Project #UTgrad day one recap

Yesterday, we asked our followers on Twitter to share everything from stories to pictures of graduation. We've recapped what they shared with us in a storify: [View the story "Recap of Project #UTgrad"...

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