Mother posts updates on Twitter as her son dies

Shellie Ross sent out a message on Twitter asking her followers ?please pray like never before, my 2 yr old fell in the pool? as paramedics tried to revive her son Bryson after he was found floating face down in a swimming pool. Five hours later, when her son was pronounced dead, she went back on to the Twitter site to update her 5,000 followers, posting ?Remembering my million dollar baby?. Moments later, she posted a photo of her son on the site, but her use of Twitter as her son lay dying has provoked outrage among the blogging community in the US.----...More">...More

Twitter Website Could Be Worth $1 Billion

California - Despite earning little revenue so far, more than half a dozen investors are ready to pump $99 million into the California dotcom darling, the Financial Times reports. The figure is nearly threes times the amount of funding secured in February, when the company bagged $35 million, quadrupling its value. The increased investment is an indication of the soaring popularity of Twitter, which now boasts 45 million regular monthly visitors.....More