Hot off the press!

2 articles of interest from MIT Technology Review and Mashable-

http://www.technologyreview.in/blog/arxiv/25900/

An analysis of almost 10 million tweets from 2008 shows how they can be used to predict stock market movements up to 6 days in advance. Their extraordinary conclusion is that there really is a correlation between the Dow Jones Industrial Average and one of the GPOMS indices--calmness.

Elvis Costello uses Social Media to promote album online

British singer-songwriter Elvis Costello — who got his start in the days of early punk and new wave — is releasing a new album that he’ll be promoting through a variety of digital methods, including live concert streaming and a social networking-driven scavenger hunt.