Twitter: The 2008 China Earthquake - First On Twitter

How do we get Asia to see Twitter as a unique news source and not just a social network? Ogilvy & Mather Singapore visualised 3 incredible stories that broke on Twitter first and how they unfolded in real time.Web developer @dtan alerted the world to the catastrophic earthquake that struck Sichuan province in China hours before the U.S. Geological Survey was able to comment.After hearing the rare sound of helicopters, Abbottabad IT consultant Sohaib Athar unknowingly live-tweeted the U.S. Navy SEAL raid that resulted in Osama bin Laden's death.