bingo. 140 characters isn't a news service. But If you follow 100 people (frequent tweeters) in every city around the country/world, you may get an early warni

bingo. 140 characters isn't a news service. But If you follow 100 people (frequent tweeters) in every city around the country/world, you may get an early warning of something happening. I think scoble had a post some time back - making the comparison between "news" and "noise". There is breaking news in the noise - the problem is filtering it out. Anyone think there's potential in a breaking news stories site? There's probably a 30 minute window where twitter / fb / etc are really the only sources reporting... Enough to build a business model perhaps? (Maybe selling content / targeted adds at journalists)