Raid that killed Osama bin Laden unknowingly liveblogged on Twitter

The raid that killed Osama bin Laden was unknowingly liveblogged on Twitter by Sohaib Athar, an IT consultant, and Mohcin Shah.

Here’s a timeline of Sohaib tweets using his handle ReallyVirtual:

http://tweetlibrary.com/damon/osamaraidlivetweets

It’s worth it to go read the rest of his updates because ReallyVirtual is quite a witty guy.

Thanks to sippoin for the news. 

BuzzGrowl, a cool, new social way to shop online, adds real-time shopping coupons

Smart shoppers, fashionistas crazy about off-price online shopping, geeky thrifty tchotchke collectors, this one is for you: BuzzGrowl is launching real-time shopping coupons on BuzzGrowl today.

Using BuzzGrowl is a cool, new, social way to shop online

If you’ve been using BuzzGrowl for a while, you know that BuzzGrowl lets you see what others are saying or recommending about products (or articles) on a site in the form of a growl. Users on say, the uber-fashionable ultra-trendy site, urbanoutfitters.com, will see tweets like this.

  

But what’s online shopping without the free shipping offer, the off-price bargain, the discount c_o_u_u_u_p_o_n ?

A hotter, better, social way to shop online: BuzzGrowl with coupons

Now shoppers don’t have to search for shopping coupons or offers, BuzzGrowl will automatically let them know if there’s one while they are online shopping. Its never been easier to find shopping coupons and offers at just the right time.

See this green icon?

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Did you see it? Here it is again.

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If you see this, click on it because it represents dollars you could be saving! This icon indicates shopping coupons for the site you’re on, that’s elsewhere on the web.

Why?  Just so you can save that extra bit of dollars on a dress (or on that cool alien facehugger plush) to buy the latest fad lip gloss (or the even cooler Star Wars garden jawa lawn ornament)!

BuzzGrowl is an app add-on for your browser. It is available for Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer. BuzzGrowl is the top social plug-in on the Chrome web store. You’ll be able to see coupons and offers for over 30,000 retailers. Give it a whirl and a spin today! 

Here’s several online sites where BuzzGrowlers have already found shopping coupons.

Victoria Secret discountCafepress discount

Twitter Arms Marketers With More Tools to Target Users

Twitter is arming marketers with more tools to help them target users with a new followers dashboard and the ability to aim messages at specific locations. The changes, while not ground-breaking, show how the company is working to improve its business plan by making it easier for marketers to use the network to reach consumers. This is an essential part of Twitter’s monetization plan, making companies more comfortable in leveraging Twitter to advertise to its user base.