As Hurricane Sandy bears down on the east coast of the U.S., here’s a roundup of accounts suggested by local and state government officials you can follow to get real-time emergency information, plus tips for using Twitter during a crisis.

In the event that power (and the Internet) are down, you can still get alerts from accounts on Twitter using your mobile device through text messaging (SMS):Read more…

Earlier this summer, we introduced the ability to expand Tweets to see content previews, photos and videos right within a Tweet. At that time, we were working with a small group of partners. Today there are more than 2,000 ways to bring more interactive and engaging Tweets to your stream — on twitter.com, as well as Twitter for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry.Read more…

This fall, Twitter chatter around fashion was vibrant, and one unusual suspect emerged into the center of the conversation: yogurt.Read more…

It seems like there are certainties every week in the @NFL; heroics, injuries, spectacular catches, and now, a comeback lead by Eli in the last two minutes, which lead the @giants to be one of the most tweeted-about teams yet again.

This week’s most buzzed-about games on Twitter are:Read more…