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Twitter Twitterhas just launched a new feature called “Who to Follow” in which they suggest personalized lists of people you might be interested in following. The list is figured via an algorithm written by the Twitter “user relevance” team. Here is what Twitter had to say about the algorithm:

Note: This is a cross-post from www.AdamZuckerman.net
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With the passing of the hottest June on record, many of you (including myself) will receive gifts of higher than normal electricity bills from our utility companies.  FortunatelyFortunately reviews, in spite of the heat, there are some innovative companies and products touting home energy management (“HEM”) solutions that can help you cut back on your energy usage, and thus, save some money.

Twitter’sTwitter web interface search has always been strong, and stronger than you thought it was. It included almost every Google-like search trick, and it explained why topics are trending.

Most recently, sponsored trends were introduced, as well as sponsored tweets. Those didn’t really bother much.

This is just a cute little piece. Twitter announced a few days ago that they were launching a feature on their Facebook app (launched in 2007) that allows you to easily find your FacebookFacebook friends on TwitterTwitter and follow them. After going to Facebook and directing myself to the Twitter application, I was surprised to see a familiar sight on a very unfamiliar background! It was the Fail Whale! Turns out Twitter was over capacity, and the Fail Whale came to visit Facebook. How nice! Here’s a pic: