- David Saranga of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that on December 30, 2008, Israel would be the first government to hold a worldwide press conference via Twitter to take questions from the public about the war with Hamas.[57]
- Large Businesses such as Cisco Systems, Jet Blue, Sun Microsystems, IBM and Whole Foods Market use Twitter to provide product or service information.[58][59]
- The Los Angeles Fire Department put the technology to use during the October 2007 California wildfires.[60]
- NASA used Twitter to break the news of the discovery of what appeared to be water ice on Mars by the Phoenix Mars Lander.[61][62] Other NASA projects, such as Space Shuttle missions and the International Space Station, also provide updates via Twitter.
- News sources such as the BBC, NPR, and other outlets have also started using Twitter to disseminate breaking news or provide information feeds for sporting events.
- Several 2008 U.S. presidential campaigns used Twitter as a publicity mechanism, including that of Democratic Party nominee and president Barack Obama.[63] The Nader/Gonzalez campaign updated their ballot access teams in real-time with Twitter and Google Maps.[64] Twitter use increased 43% on election day.[65]
- A variety of U.S. universities are now using Twitter to relay information to students, including emergency safety alerts.[66] [67]
- Activists used Twitter networks to co-ordinate street protests at the 2008 Republican Convention in Minneapolis/St. Paul.[68]
- 10 Downing Street, the website of the British Prime Minister, has started using Twitter.[69]
- The use of Twitter by victims, bystanders, and the public to gather news and coordinate responses to the November 2008 Mumbai siege led CNN to call it "the day that social media appeared to come of age."[70]
- Various pop culture icons and celebrities, such as Stephen Fry, Jonathan Ross, John Cleese, Alan Carr, Shaquille O'Neal, Lupe Fiasco, Taylor Swift, Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Adam Ficek use Twitter to communicate with fans.
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