Twitter News (Updated Daily)

• Twitter Becomes More Proactive About Phishing (Network World)
  Twitter is finally being proactive about the large number of phishing scams that have plagued the micro-blogging service in the past year. On Wednesday, Twitter introduced its own anti-phishing service designed to protect its users from these types of attacks. The new security measures will focus on Twitter direct messages (DMs) -- private tweets addressed t […]
• TurboTax announces Glenn Beck ad pull via Twitter (CNET)
  After feedback from its Twitter followers, the tax-preparation software company decides to remove its advertising from the show hosted by Fox's most entertaining presenter. […]
• Adam Shankman's (conflicted) Oscar Twitter thoughts (Los Angeles Times)
  Shankman Throughout awards season, this year's Oscars co-producer Adam Shankman kept his nearly 55,000 Twitter followers amused. Shankman Throughout awards season, this year's Oscars co-producer Adam Shankman kept his nearly 55,000 Twitter followers amused. […]
• Conan's lone Twitter followee: 'It's totally nuts' (AP via Yahoo! News)
  Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers. […]
• Twitter users not so social after all (CNN Money)
  Twitter may be a fast-growing social network, but most of its 50 million accounts merely follow other users rather than posting their own messages. […]
• Conan's lone Twitter followee: 'It's totally nuts' (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
  Last week, Sarah Killen had three Twitter followers. This week, she has 20,000 -- as well as a new iMac computer and offers to help pay for a dress and drinks for her wedding. […]
• Twitter Becomes More Proactive About Phishing (PC World via Yahoo! News)
  Twitter is finally being proactive about the large number of phishing scams that have plagued the micro-blogging service in the past year. […]
• Brizzly gobbles up iPhone Twitter client Birdfeed (Macworld.com via Yahoo! News)
  Birdfeed, the “very nice” iPhone Twitter client developed by Buzz Andersen, has been acquired by Thing Labs and rebranded as Brizzly for iPhone, in order to tie in with the company's Brizzly Web interface for Twitter and Facebook. […]