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Instagram, Twitter pull off major news

Wednesday November 7, 2012 3:18 PM By Adam Fusfeld

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Superstorm Sandy and the 2012 Presidential Election could also prove to be monumental nights for social media giants Instagram and Twitter.

For Twitter, the Nov. 6 Election was a remarkable display of stability. It managed more than 300,000 tweets per minute during the night without the dreaded “Fail Whale” that signifies Twitter is down, a company director noted (on Twitter, of course). Granted,...

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