Twitter's Event Parrot claims to be an experiment in breaking news alerts (update: confirmed)

Wondering what's next for Twitter? TechCrunch points out a mysterious account called @EventParrot that may hold an answer, with its profile promising "direct messages that help you keep up with what's happening in the world." The setup is similar to Twitter's @MagicRecs account which eventually spawned the feature that automatically suggests tweets users might like.

via Tech News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/10/event-parrot-twitter-experiment?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000589