Tag: LANCEARMSTRONG

Lance Armstrong's Livestrong campaign, which focuses on inspiring and assisting cancer patients, has teamed up with Nike and software developer Deeplocal to develop the Chalkbot. This robot is programmed to paint text messages in yellow chalk along the 2,200 mile route of the Tour de France bicycle race. Up to 100,000 messages of "courage, hope and action" will be chalked along the route, Nike ...

Who needs press conferences when you've got Twitter? Apparently not Lance Armstrong. The avid Twitter user, who keeps in touch with fans and shares the more mundane details of his life via the social networking service, used it last week to announce the birth of his fourth child, Max. Late Thursday night, Armstrong posted the message, which read: "Wassup, world? My name is Max Armstrong and I ...

Twitter, while fun and useful, has become a breeding ground for hacks who dream of becoming the next Fake Steve Jobs. Lance Armstrong, Britney Spears, and Al Gore have all recently joined the microblogging service and have had to reclaim their online identities. Last month, Britney launched a new blog style site and snatched up therealbritney on Twitter. Now, Al Gore has been forced to act on ...