Robert_Charlton - 6:15 am on Nov 22, 2012 (gmt 0)

Really? Wow! That's news to me ...

This is when it happened....

Google Temporarily Shuts Off Real-time Feeds
Jul 4, 2011
http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/4334849.htm [webmasterworld.com]

Google Inc. has temporarily shut down a search engine feature that allows users to find real-time updates from Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed and other social networking sites. A message posted early Monday on Twitter by the team behind Google Realtime says the search feature has been temporarily disabled while Google explores how to incorporate its recently launched Google+ project into the feature. The tweet tells readers to "stay tuned

Turns out, Google's Twitter deal expired.