Top Social Network Stories This Week

1. Meteor in Wisconsin: Images and Video Hit Twitter – Several folks in Wisconsin, Minnesota and various midwestern states got a free light show this week in the form of a large fireball — probably caused by a meteor. Images and video soon made their way onto Twitter.

2. Norway Uses iPad to Run the Government During Icelandic Volcano – Natural phenomena mingled once again with social media after a volcanic eruption in Iceland grounded European flights. Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg found himself stuck in the U.S., with only an iPad with which to execute his duties.

3. Google Launches People Finder to Help Victims of Quake in China – A massive quake in northwest China’s Qinghai Province prompted Google to lend a hand.

4. Twitter Promoted Tweets Are Live - Twitter’s new ad platform finally went live, but this was only one of the many innovations the microblogging site announced this week — even more came to light during the Chirp developer conference.

5. Adobe Employee: Go Screw Yourself, Apple - Passions heated up this week around Apple’s recent ban on building iPhone apps via Flash, prompting Adobe Platform Evangelist Lee Brimelow to go on the offensive for seven paragraphs on the company blog.

6. Twitter Acquires Tweetie – After Twitter acquired Tweetie and renamed it Twitter for iPhone, developers began to fear for their futures.

7. HTC Incredible’s Specs Sound, Well, Incredible – There’s yet another new Droid on the block. Start saving your pennies in anticipation of its April 29 release date.

8. Tax Procrastinators: You’re Not Alone - This week tax day came and went. Some of us wept. Many of us lost hair. Happy weekend, all.

9. Online Journalists Make Pulitzer History – This is the first time any online-only publication has won the prestigious award for editorial content.

10. Kin: Microsoft Launches Social Networking Phones – Microsoft launched its own Microsoft-branded phones targeted at younger users, “Kin,” also known as Project Pink.

11. Conan O’Brien to Host Late Night Show on TBS – After months of speculation about his future, Conan O’Brien announced on Twitter on Monday that he’ll be starring in a new show on TBS in November.

12. The 14th Annual Webby Awards: Here Are the Nominees – The nominees for the 14th Annual Webby Awards were announced this week, and we’re up for three!