Users can also follow specific countries, and receive official news and updates tailored to them all in one app.
Why do millions of us sit in front of these screens hitting the refresh button on news, tweets and status updates so we can inhale and regurgitate the latest news, quotes and updates on topics that have little or no connection to us?
If Facebook is inching toward becoming a search engine, a deep well of questions and answers would be a nice addition to augment the ready-made streams of news and status updates that could make up its results.
We urge everyone in the regions who could be impacted to listen to a NOAA Weather Radio and their local news to monitor for updates and directions provided by their local officials.
Interestingly, it picks up on several of the new Sense 5 features revealed alongside the HTC One, including its fingertip-baiting BlinkFeed for social network and news updates.
Since the first message was sent in 1992 text messaging has becoming a phenomenally popular form of communication - used for casual greetings, news updates and even to send SOS messages.
The Live Tile display brings friend and family groups to life and delivers the latest updates and news from popular social networks directly to the home screen.
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The ATIV Odyssey also features unique Samsung sharing applications such as Photo Editor, Mini Diary and Now, an application that provides weather, news, stock and currency updates instantly.
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During the interruption, CBS Sports' Steve Tasker, Solomon Wilcots and our studio team reported on the situation as a breaking news story, providing updates and reports while full power was being restored to the dome including our sets and broadcast booth.
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The White House uses Twitter to share breaking news, provide updates and engage with the people across the country.
It provides a new Facebook-focused home screen that puts instant messages, news feed updates, and photos front and center on the smartphone home screen.
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Companies offer a variety of services, including sports results, news and weather, cinema and theatre reviews, traffic updates and flirting.
As chief medical correspondent for the health and medical unit, he is a lead reporter on breaking medical news, provides regular health and medical updates for "American Morning, " anchors the half-hour weekend medical affairs program "House Call with Dr. Sanjay Gupta" and reports for CNN documentaries.
It may seem ubiquitous to turn on network news and see reporters shouting market updates over the noisy hubbub at the New York Stock Exchange.
This summer they have aggressively promoted bundles of mobile data services, including news updates, games and the ability to send still photos (but not live video).
We are also committing to more frequent and regular updates with you as we have news to share, and we know we can do a better job here too.
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The gamut runs from examining status updates to news feeds and from poking to writing comments.
The company delivers mobile news alerts, sports scores and fantasy sports updates from mass media brands.
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Television stations in Beirut are broadcasting minute to minute updates, and Arabic news channels have focused almost exclusively on the fighting.
Has live updates with news, photos and social commentary from the Games, plus integrates with Facebook, Twitter and FourSquare.
The mother says she spends her days crying, doing household chores and flipping through news channels to get updates on the trials.
It is capable of acting as a video link to keep in touch with doctors and family, playing games and giving updates on the news.
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Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system is built for touchscreen devices like tablets, too, and it offers a lot of advantages over iOS. All Windows 8 apps can run in a split screen so you can run two at once, plus the main menu is capable of displaying real-time updates for stuff like news and weather.
Despite the smaller displays of mobile telephones and devices such as the PalmPilot, users will be able to send and receive e-mails, perform e-commerce transactions and get real-time updates on such things as share prices, travel, weather, news and sporting events.
In addition, the good people at Kaiser Family Foundation provide regular updates and a roundup of the news in health care on The Scan.
Last year, Facebook began showing ads to its mobile audience by shoehorning corporate-sponsored content into users' news feeds, which also include updates from friends and brands they follow.
Along with the day's main news, BBC News 24 also provides the latest business, sport and weather updates.
Take a moment and look at yours right now and check how many people are posting news or status updates.
Yesterday, we launched Facebook Subscribe, a feature that enables you to follow any FORBES reporter or writer and get similar updates sent directly to your Facebook news stream.
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