Twitter Tuesday: Twitter blocked in Egypt, PostUp buys UberTwitter, Birdsong for WP7 launches

It's Tuesday again, which means it's time to bring you the latest Twitter news and apps. First up this week is the Egyptian government's efforts to block Twitter after anti-government protestors used social media to organize a huge protest in Cairo today. Photos and updates from the protest have been going out under hashtags including #jan25, #egyrevolt and #egypt.

The block seems to be affecting users on the ground, though. A tweet from Vodafone Egypt confirms that Twitter access has been blocked in Egypt, but not by Vodafone. "It's a problem all over Egypt and we are waiting for a solution," says the tweet. Not every social website is blocked, though, apparently: UStream has a live feed of the protests from downtown Cairo.

Of course, if Twitter is considered dangerous enough to block, that might be evidence for Biz Stone's thesis that it can be used as a tool for activism, protest, or even revolution.

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