S.F. almost outwits Olympic torch Twitterat

Switching itineraries threw off hundreds of protesters and put Twitter and text-message alert systems to the test, a city officials in SF decided to take the Olympic torch relay on a far different route Wednesday than had been previously announced.

"We are reorganizing the protest, sending text messages with minute-by-minute updates on where the torches are," said Tawni Tidwell, a member of protest organizer SF Team Tibet. "People are using their cell phones, BlackBerrys, and PDAs. We are also updating media though our phones, sending pictures."

Tidwell added: "It would be really, really hard if we didn't have this. Can you imagine if the protesters in Lhasa had this technology? Witnesses could just send things in."

[via News.com]

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