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• Digital Media Marketing Director Career Opportunity at KOAA Television, Colorado Springs

  March 21, 2013 11:25 AM

  KOAA and KOAA.com, the Cordillera owned #1 NBC affiliate in Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO, is seeking a Digital Media Marketing Director . KOAA/#1 NBC has immediate opening for progressive, multi-platform savvy marketing director. Responsible for planning, development and implementation of all of the organization's marketing strategies, marketing communications, and public relations... more »

• Vegas murder suspect brags online about fast life

  February 27, 2013 3:58 PM

  LAS VEGAS (AP) - Social media posts from Las Vegas triple murder suspect Ammar Harris' depict a money-hungry womanizer with a bent for violence. Twitter postings cited by the Las Vegas Review-Journal and a YouTube video distributed by police fill in details about the 26-year-old wanted for the Thursday deaths... more »

• Viewers have more options than ever for 'Social Olympics' Play Video

  August 6, 2012 9:49 PM

  The last week we've changed our schedules to be glued to the TV, firmly planted on the couch watching the tense competition in the London Olympics. A lot of people are multi-taskers; not only watching the games on TV but taking to the web as well. In 2008 for... more »

• Could you be sued for "Pinning?"

  March 26, 2012 12:35 PM

  The sudden explosion in popularity of the social website Pinterest has some legal minds a bit concerned about what the law allows when it comes to pinning photographs from anywhere on the Internet. If you haven't yet logged on, Pinterest is all about pinning pictures online of those things... more »

• Ohio school shooting reveals value of social media Play Video

  March 1, 2012 9:47 PM

  With people using social media like Twitter and Facebook more than ever, these sites are of growing importance in emergency situations. During the school shooting in Chardon, Ohio this week, students tweeted moment by moment, providing real-time updates to responders who used that information to direct aid. Local emergency... more »

• FBI wants to use social networks to predict the future

  February 12, 2012 11:17 AM

  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The U.S. government is seeking software that can mine social media to predict the future. Solicitations posted online show federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies hope to anticipate everything from terrorist attacks to foreign uprisings by sifting billions of posts from Twitter and other social networks.... more »

• Hundreds of Wall Street demonstrators arrested

  October 2, 2011 1:32 PM

  Wall Street erupted into chaos as police arrested as many as 700 protesters Saturday. They were part of a massive march along New York City's Brooklyn Bridge, the largest demonstration to date since Occupy Wall Street movement began two weeks ago. Cell phone video shows New York City police... more »

• Facebook turns to music for new social media tool

  August 31, 2011 8:32 PM

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - Facebook is preparing to bolster the programming tools it offers to licensed music services like Rhapsody, Spotify, MOG and Rdio to make it easier for users of the social network to find out what songs their friends are digging. A person familiar with the matter... more »

• Fort Collins megaparty fueled by Facebook post

  August 29, 2011 3:47 PM

  DENVER (AP) - A Fort Collins apartment complex that used Facebook to advertise "the biggest pool party of the year" got more than it bargained for after at least 2,000 people, most of them college students, showed up, forcing police to break up the rowdy poolside bash. Four people,... more »

• Colorado Authorities monitor social media

  August 12, 2011 8:25 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado authorities are monitoring social media so they can deal with events that could get out of control. Department of Public Safety spokesman Lance Clem says analysts can notify law enforcement agencies about events that are planned and discussed on the Internet, often within minutes of... more »

• Scanning for Facebook friends

  May 8, 2011 11:31 AM

  Just in case it was taking too long to create new friends on Facebook, there's a new app to help speed things up. Instant Friend is available for the Android market and allows the user to scan a friend's phone to become Facebook friends. But there's a catch, both... more »

• Uber50 the new way to Tweet

  April 24, 2011 11:44 AM

  Why use Facebook or Twitter to keep in touch with friends when you can Uber50? A new report by the social media tracking site alltwitter.com says that rap star 50 Cent is partnering with the company UberSocial which makes a Twitter application for Blackberry smart phones. The program would... more »

• Police use Twitter to catch car thieves

  December 15, 2010 11:16 PM

  Colorado Springs Police are going high tech and looking for your help in finding stolen cars. The new program, which kicked off Wednesday, uses CSPD's Twitter account to notify their followers of a car theft the minute it happens. "This is kind of a new approach to policing." explains Sgt.... more »

• Police, fire depts. use social media to get info out fast

  September 20, 2010 7:42 PM

  When fire broke out at a Colorado Springs apartment complex Monday, the first images from the scene appeared not on TV or the web site for the local newspaper, but rather on the fire department's Twitter page. It continues a rapid trend of emergency response agencies utilizing social media to... more »

• Air Force opens networks to social media sites

  March 31, 2010 9:49 AM

  The Air Force Space Command says five Air Force bases in the Pacific will be the first to get access to social-networking Internet sites under new Defense Department rules. Space Command headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., said Tuesday the five bases are Anderson in Guam, Eielson and Elmendorf... more »

• Google's e-mail gets social in Facebook face-off

  February 9, 2010 2:47 PM

  Google is making it easier to socialize on its e-mail service. It's unveiling a new "Google Buzz" feature that sets up a face-off with Facebook. The feature unveiled Tuesday will enable Gmail users to create status updates on Google Buzz and read and comment on the updates posted by... more »

• "Like" News First 5 on Facebook!

  August 28, 2009 1:26 PM

  Not familiar with Facebook? Then it's time to get started! Your friends are there. Your family is there. News First 5 is there. Facebook's a dynamic place to share greetings, stories, photos, links, and so much more. One of the hundreds of millions of people already familiar with Facebook?... more »