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Twitter Lists Get a Tryout During Fort Hood Shootings

in News on November 9, 2009 at 10:46 am PT

As news of the Fort Hood shooting rampage spread last week, media outlets and readers both put Twitter and its new lists feature to the test. Just as the service was instrumental in providing updates during the summer’s election protests in Iran, Twitter feeds from Texas-based news sources such as the Austin-American Statesman and the Killeen Daily Herald provided a stream of local updates.

Applied Materials: Four-Week Austin Shutdown; Earnings Tuesday

in News on February 9, 2009 at 9:35 am PT

Applied Materials has notified workers in in Austin, Texas, plant that it will shut down manufacturing operations for four weeks starting June 8, according to the Austin American-Statesman. The newspaper said it believes the company has about 1,750 workers in Austin.