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You might have heard over the last few months: the Internet is entering what many are referring to as "The Real-Time Web". In other words, where static pages were all the rage in the 90's, and blogs, social networks and interconnectivity became popular in the early part of the new millennium, we're now entering a phase preoccupied with what's happening now. As in right this minute. One salient example where this played a critical role was in the controversial Iranian presidential election, where Twitterers on the ground were able to get reports out live, without any help from the press.