A new website uses Twitter recommendations to find the best news stories.Read more…

How Twitter is being used to spread information - and opinions - during the #shutdown.Read more…

When the Washington Navy Yard shooting occurred yesterday, the Navy Department used Twitter to provide live updates from the scene.Read more…

President Obama’s speech on Syria saw politicians turning to Twitter to follow and react to news in real time. See how they used it to tell their own stories.Read more…

Das Hochwasser hat grosse Teile Deutschlands weiterhin fest im Griff. Bilder und Stimmen aus den betroffenen Gebieten machen traurig und fassungslos. Für viele Menschen bedeutet das Hochwasser den kompletten Neuanfang. Gleichzeitig zeigt diese Katastrophe aber auch, dass es sehr viel gegenseitige Unterstützung gibt – die Menschen rücken näher zusammen.Read more…

Andrew Miller, Guardian News & Media CEO, says that Twitter is driving more referral traffic for key breaking news stories to The Guardian than other social media platforms.

Speaking at the recent #TweetsFromTheTop Twitter event for chief executives, Miller (@AndrewMiller100) says 10% of the newspaper’s traffic now comes from social media, and that Twitter is central to its efforts.

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For the last three days, royal watchers around the world have followed the news of a #RoyalBaby on Twitter.

And this evening, the last chapter of that fairy tale was revealed as @ClarenceHouse announced the name the royal couple have chosen for the future heir to the throne:Read more…

When the @NTSB began to investigate the crash of Asiana Flight 214, it reported the events live from the scene directly on Twitter.Read more…

Less than 24 hours after the news broke of his birth, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge left hospital today with their baby son.

They paused for a few short questions from the press before returning to Kensington Palace by car. In the moments following the appearance, mentions of the story on Twitter reached more than 18,000 Tweets per minute, just short of the 25,300 Tweets per minute that was seen when news of the baby’s birth broke last night.Read more…

The birth of a baby into a royal family has always generated global interest. It’s no different in our 24-hour news era. So when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announced the birth of their first-born todayRead more…