If Twitter existed when Ferris Bueller took his legendary day off, chances are he wouldn’t have gotten away with it. Yet almost 25 years later, TechCrunch said an anonymous Tweeter adopted his name (@Ferris_Bueller_) to re-enact the entirety of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” as if he did, and over 4,000 followed.

As the remake of the 26-year-old horror series, “Nightmare on Elm Street,” was set to premiere Friday at midnight, anxious viewers had their phones handy, ready to share their opinions with the world via Twitter.

Lindsay Lohan (@LindsayLohan) has been named a suspect in the theft of a $35,000 Rolex watch after one of her friends accidentally left it at her apartment earlier this year, according to TMZ (@TMZonline).

The other day, I took a look at how the Associated Press used Twitter to cover the Sonia Sotomayor hearings.

It was a landmark experiment for that organization, and it seems the most extensive such project, fueled by a team of eight. But live tweets during the hearings weren’t limited to the AP.

The Associated Press is trying something it’s never tried before with its coverage of the Sonia Sotomayor hearings.

It’s providing round-the-clock tweets at @AP_Courtside, documenting every move of the hearings, allowing the general public easy access to some of AP’s best talent, and using feedback to direct the coverage itself. And that’s not all.