CNN breaking news mashup on Twitter
Tuesday, 2 January 2007, 18:17
Josh Bancroft has noticed that there is a user on Twitter with the username CNN Breaking News.
It certainly looks like the news channel someone is experimenting with using the mobile social networking tool to break news headlines.
Twitter is certainly a clever technology combining blogging, text messaging and social networking. The site allows users to post 160-character posts that can be delivered to their network of friends and assorted online stalkers via SMS or AOL Instant Messenger.
It can be a fun way to keep in touch with many friends simultaniously. Over the holiday period, my phone was bombarded by Twitters sent by food blogger Graham Holliday detailing his gluttony over the holidays, 160 characters at a time.
So far, that’s how I have been using it — as a toy. But CNN’s this experiment suggests that it has potential as a platform for more serious applications for journalists like delivering news and obtaining instant feedback from readers’ mobile phones.
I may eventually work out how to use Twitter to deliver short news items. For now, you can subscribe to my feed of odd random text messages from me by adding me as a friend on Twitter.
Update: In the comments, Bobbie Johnson points out that we may be dealing with a mashup of sorts. Credit is apparently owed to James Cox, and not anybody in Atlanta. It’s a great idea whoever is doing it — I hope more useful applications like this will be created for Twitter.
Update2: Cox explains his mashup elsewhere.
Entry Filed under: CNN, Mashups, Miscellanea, Mobile Phones, Online, SMS, Twitter
17 Comments
1. revjim.net&hellip | 23 February 2007 at 1703
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3. 幽犀的柚樨园&hellip | 7 May 2007 at 1149
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4. stymnml&hellip | 8 March 2007 at 1020
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5. blue&blue 精读&hellip | 4 March 2007 at 0624
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6. http://b-side.com.sg&hellip | 26 February 2007 at 1100
the integrated Google Talk IM client in Gmail. Further, I have become a fan of Twitter – a micro blogging tool which you can control using Google Talk and other IM clients. Some enterprising folks have taken data feeds from the BBCand CNNand ported them to Twitter. So, as long as you have Gmail open, Twitter will IM you the latest news when it hits. As I write this post, Defamer is providing live updates from the Academy Awards and these are streaming into Gmail as IMs. (Be sure to
7. Jim Reverend's Life&hellip | 23 February 2007 at 1712
It makes party coordination, hangout planning, and flash mobbing dead simple. But, it can do even more than that. Get a behind the scenes look at the Oscars as Defamer.com uses Twitter to give real-time updates from inside. (twitter: defamer) GetCNN Breaking news on Twitter(twitter: cnnbrk) Syncronize your Twitter messages (known as Tweets) with your Windows Live Messenger Status using Twessenger. Get BBC News headlines from twitter (twitter: bbcnews) Put a Twitter Widget
8. 安迪的羊角锤&hellip | 15 May 2007 at 1355
the integrated Google Talk IM client in Gmail. Further, I have become a fan of Twitter – a micro blogging tool which you can control using Google Talk and other IM clients. Some enterprising folks have taken data feeds from the BBCand CNNand ported them to Twitter. So, as long as you have Gmail open, Twitter will IM you the latest news when it hits. As I write this post, Defamer is providing live updates from the Academy Awards and these are streaming into Gmail as IMs. (Be sure to
9. 一线居&hellip | 10 May 2007 at 1816
the integrated Google Talk IM client in Gmail. Further, I have become a fan of Twitter – a micro blogging tool which you can control using Google Talk and other IM clients. Some enterprising folks have taken data feeds from the BBCand CNNand ported them to Twitter. So, as long as you have Gmail open, Twitter will IM you the latest news when it hits. As I write this post, Defamer is providing live updates from the Academy Awards and these are streaming into Gmail as IMs. (Be sure to
10. 小鹿的影子世界&hellip | 21 November 2007 at 0317
在Twitter上，有些人会从BBC和CNN获得信息并把它输入到Twitter中。因此，如果你一直开着Gmail的话，Twitter会通过IM来通知你有最新的消息。 当我写这篇文章的时候，Defamer刚刚提供了来自于Academy Awards
11. hopeany&hellip | 13 June 2007 at 1650
在Twitter上，有些人会从BBC和CNN获得信息并把它输入到Twitter中。因此，如果你一直开着Gmail的话，Twitter会通过IM来通知你有最新的消息。 当我写这篇文章的时候，Defamer刚刚提供了来自于Academy Awards
12. 吴智勇的博客-博客&hellip | 4 May 2007 at 1600
在Twitter上，有些人会从BBC和CNN获得信息并把它输入到Twitter中。因此，如果你一直开着Gmail的话，Twitter会通过IM来通知你有最新的消息。 当我写这篇文章的时候，Defamer刚刚提供了来自于Academy Awards
13. A7xorz's blog&hellip | 22 April 2007 at 1802
在Twitter上，有些人会从BBC和CNN获得信息并把它输入到Twitter中。因此，如果你一直开着Gmail的话，Twitter会通过IM来通知你有最新的消息。 当我写这篇文章的时候，Defamer刚刚提供了来自于Academy Awards
14. 奇想录(4renminbi.com/2&hellip | 9 April 2007 at 1316
在Twitter上，有些人会从BBC和CNN获得信息并把它输入到Twitter中。因此，如果你一直开着Gmail的话，Twitter会通过IM来通知你有最新的消息。 当我写这篇文章的时候，Defamer刚刚提供了来自于Academy Awards
15. Gaby's BlackBoarD&hellip | 26 March 2007 at 0746
在Twitter上，有些人会从BBC和CNN获得信息并把它输入到Twitter中。因此，如果你一直开着Gmail的话，Twitter会通过IM来通知你有最新的消息。 当我写这篇文章的时候，Defamer刚刚提供了来自于Academy Awards
16. Gpark&hellip | 25 March 2007 at 1523
在Twitter上，有些人会从BBC和CNN获得信息并把它输入到Twitter中。因此，如果你一直开着Gmail的话，Twitter会通过IM来通知你有最新的消息。 当我写这篇文章的时候，Defamer刚刚提供了来自于Academy Awards
17. Journalism.co.uk :: Home&hellip | 3 January 2007 at 1856
Five tests to avoid blog failure Kevin Anderson: Why can’t I be passionate about journo and tech? McClatchy buys citizen journo sites Hussein hanging: ethics Five tests for newspaper blogs CNN breaking news on Twitter?
18. Bobbie Johnson | 2 January 2007 at 2135
Not sure it’s actually got anything to do with CNN, Martin: as far as I can tell from my Twitter friends list it was built by James Cox as an experiment to combine APIs (http://twitter.com/imajes).
Shows what can be easily done with the right open code…
19. Martin | 2 January 2007 at 2212
Ah yes. That was the possibilty I considered when I went out after hitting publish. Oops.
Good idea either way.
20. Graham | 3 January 2007 at 1143
It is fun and it does have potential. I think I’m right in saying the Sam Sethi/TechCrunch story ‘broke’ on Twitter
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cubicgarden/321482769/
However, the fact that Twitter updates sent via mobile are hellishly unreliable – at least from my French mobile – is rather annoying.
As for bombarding… I reckon Suw Charman is the most showered person on the planet. The girl can Twitter
21. Martin Stabe » BBC &hellip | 10 January 2007 at 0105
[...] It’s already improving on last week’s CNN mashup by adding a web link to each post. Its creator, Mario Menti, explains. [...]
22. Citizen Media Watch &raqu&hellip | 16 January 2007 at 2031
[...] (via Martin Stabe) TrackBack [...]
23. Micro Persuasion: Turn Gm&hellip | 8 April 2007 at 2342
[...] enterprising folks have taken data feeds from the BBC and CNN and ported them to Twitter. So, as long as you have Gmail open, Twitter will IM you the latest news [...]
24. Will Sullivan's Journerdi&hellip | 3 August 2007 at 0612
[...] CNN breaking news mashup on Twitter “Josh Bancroft has noticed that there is a user on Twitter with the username CNN Breaking News. It certainly looks like the news channel someone is experimenting with using the mobile social networking tool to break news headlines.” I knew there was some practical use for Twitter, beyond finding out when the Christmas turkey is carved in the Ray household. Although, I suppose that is news worthy in a micro-niche way in a world where “You” are Time’s Person of the Year. [...]
25. Martin | 31 October 2007 at 2235
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