Time unveiled a very revealing cover for its latest issue, and Twitter has had plenty to say about it. The cover features Jamie Lynne Grumet, a 26-year-old California mom, shown breast-feeding her son Aram, who turns four next month… Tweet This Post

1. @BarackObama This tweet from President Obama’s official account set off a chain of retweets, favorites and replies.Click here to view this gallery.When President Obama became the first sitting president to declare support for gay marriage in an interview with ABC News on Wednesday, the announcement sent Twitter into a tizzy… Tweet This Post

When you look around at the web and the state of the online economy, does it look like it has been colonized by large corporations for their own purposes, or do you see a world that is powered primarily by peer-to-peer networks? That’s the question behind one of the longest-running wagers of the modern web [...]

President Obama will now take your song requests. President Obama’s team has set up a page on BarackObama.com for voters to submit potential campaign songs that could be added to his Obama 2012 Supporter Picks playlist on Spotify… Tweet This Post

Want your link to get the most traction on Twitter? Post it on a Monday between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. ET. Link shortening and tracking service bit.ly has released new data on the best and worst times to share links on popular social networks, from Facebook and Twitter to blogging site Tumblr… Tweet This [...]

Hackers claiming to be affiliated with the hacktivist group Anonymous claimed this week to have accessed and published the details of about 55,000 Twitter accounts. But Twitter said Tuesday those claims are largely bogus, and that the group mostly posted duplicate information or username and password information for suspended spam accounts… Tweet This Post

President Barack Obama’s joke at the recent White House Correspondents’ Dinner — “Why am I telling knock-knock jokes to Kim Kardashian? What is she famous for, anyway?” — had many people laughing… Tweet This Post

As various levels of government both in the U.S. and around the world have stepped up their attempts to track down dissidents through social networks, the pressure has intensified on companies like Twitter and Facebook to comply with these demands — even at the expense of their users’ privacy… Tweet This Post

Note: This video contains language that may be NSFW. Louis C.K. may have led the new path for comedians, but Aziz Ansari is following not too far behind him — both comedians will bring edited versions of their one-hour stand-up comedy specials to television… Tweet This Post

Having become a staple for 35 million life-observing extroverts already, Twitpic has suddenly decided to launch itself into the world of iOS apps. You may justifiably question the point of yet another platform for sharing photos and videos over Twitter, given how well the official app, Instagram and others now handle such things… Tweet This [...]

After a record weekend at the box office in which it posted more than $200 million in domestic gross revenue, the cast and crew of Marvel’s The Avengers probably doesn’t need another shot of good news… Tweet This Post

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here… Tweet This Post