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Archiving tweets isn’t as easy as it seems

Charlie Szymanski//August 7, 2012

Between deleted tweets and posts that disappear into the timeline void, it’s a pain to keep track of and find information more than a few days old on Twitter. So how hard could it really be to build a capable Twitter archiver for reporters? Read More »

Tagged API // database // social media // Twitter
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Tyler Dukes//June 12, 2012

We’ve worked with a few journalists to test Video Notebook, our new tool to help reporters annotate and analyze audio and video. Now it’s your turn to give it a test drive and check out a quick video walkthrough. Read More »

Tagged audio // social media // transcription // video // video notebook
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