Tech and social media news
It seems trouble is afoot in the world of entertainment as an incident on last night’s Piers Morgan Tonight show has got a lot of people talking. The Tea Party’s Christine O’Donnell walked out of the CNN show after Morgan continued to ask questions about gay marriage, leaving Morgan looking … [Read more...]
With Twitter's millions of users you kind of expect plenty of colorful content to fly around the site. Although the site is a place for anyone and everyone, members are free to tweet and upload images of what ever they want. This can prove tricky for parents who's kids use the site as sensitive … [Read more...]
Twitter is normally one of the first places to hear the world's breaking news and this was the case on Saturday when we all found out about the tragic death of Amy Winehouse. Tweets flooded in from around the world, but some companies decided to take advantage of the sad news and use it as a way to … [Read more...]
The Weinergate scandal is still very much ongoing at the moment and we previously wrote about congressman Anthony Weiner and the Twitter pictures incident and how he had confessed after previously saying he was the victim of a hacking incident. We have news today that says, maybe unsurprisingly, … [Read more...]
Social media is being progressively used all over the world and for all sorts of uses and we recently reported on social media’s role in the Egyptian protests, how internet access had been shut down in Libya, and also told about Tunisia’s so-called ‘Twitter Revolution.’ Today we have news … [Read more...]
Only recently we told how NFL's Rashard Mendenhall had landed himself in hot water on Twitter and now we have news of another NFL player getting into bother on the social networking site. It seems that NFL’s Reggie Bush is not endearing himself to fans over certain comments he’s made about the … [Read more...]
Boxing fans were looking forward to the fight last night between Manny Paquiao vs. Shane Mosley and Pacquiao retained his WBO welterweight title, although Mosley never really looked like much of a threat. Now Paquiao’s victory has set Twitter ablaze, especially in the Phillipines, his home … [Read more...]
It was only a week ago that we were mourning the sad death of Sir Henry Cooper, British boxing legend and telling of Twitter tributes. Now the sad news reaches us of the death of Seve Ballesteros, golf legend, and as expected people are flocking to Twitter to pay tribute to this sporting superstar. … [Read more...]
The news that’s dominating the world headlines today is the death of Osama Bin Laden, al-Qaeda leader, killed in a raid in Pakistan by a team of US forces. Apart from traditional media, the news has also taken the social media world by storm and we now hear that in fact the raid that led to Bin … [Read more...]
Social media site Twitter is often used for happy occasions, such as messages about Mariah Carey’s birth of twins. It is sometimes used though, as a platform for sadder news, to pass on tributes and condolences and today is one of those days as Sir Henry Cooper OBE, British boxing legend, died … [Read more...]
There has been some wonderful news on Twitter lately, first with buzz about the Royal Wedding, and which topics trended, plus news on what celebrities tweeted about the special occasion. Tonight we can report on another heartwarming story, this time the news of Mariah Carey and the birth of her … [Read more...]
Yesterday’s Royal Wedding received a massive amount of attention all over the world and as you might expect Twitter was ablaze with people sending messages about the proceedings and for the happy couple. Celebrities were no exception and the stars tweets reveal a Twitter love affair for the … [Read more...]
The Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton is the subject on everybody’s lips today with the big event of course, taking place tomorrow. Earlier today we told how David Beckham, superstar footballer had posted a message about the special day on Facebook and now we have news on … [Read more...]
Here at OSM we’re often posting articles about Twitter, the popular social network, but it seems as though it may not have quite the social side that we thought, and is instead becoming more of an information hub. If you look at a new statistic that says that half of total tweets consumed are made … [Read more...]
We spoke yesterday about the EU's new privacy law which allows you to remove embarrassing or unwanted data that regards you from the internet. Now we have an app which swiftly lets you remove drunk tweets and Facebook status updates in a few seconds. … [Read more...]
As you may know, today is Twitter's 5th birthday and to celebrate they have launched a new look website and YouTube video to mark the occassion. … [Read more...]
Earlier today we told of the top 100 socially networked cities in the US and noted the impact that social networking has made on day-to-day life. As a perfect illustration of that we bring you a story that shows just how much things have changed and it involves social networking giant Twitter and … [Read more...]
Here at OSM we’re constantly bringing you stories about Twitter, the hugely popular social networking site. Among our recent posts we wrote about 5 years of tweets as we are now only days away from Twitter’s fifth anniversary. We also give you a weekly Twitter trends roundup, but the news … [Read more...]
Here at OSM one of our most popular subjects is social networking and every week we publish many articles about Twitter. You may not be aware of this but we are only a few days away from seeing Twitter celebrating its fifth anniversary, after the world’s first tweet was sent on March 21, 2006. … [Read more...]
Here at OSM we’ve been following the recent unrest, uprisings and revolutions spreading across the Middle East and Africa and earlier today we told readers about an Al Jazeera Twitter Dashboard that has been set up to keep people up-to-date with events going on in Egypt, Libya, Bahrain and Yemen. … [Read more...]
We love to bring you all the news from the roundups of the year and have already posted articles about the top Facebook status updates and topics, the Top Ten 2010 YouTube Videos and the Top Ten Twitter Trends for 2010. … [Read more...]
Following on from news about the Twitter spam attack that we posted on earlier today is more news about Twitter. We often bring you news about the top Twitter trends in a week but now we have information about the 2010 Top Twitter Trends to share with you. … [Read more...]
The global popularity of Twitter, the social networking site, is well documented with recent reports of it now being valued at $3 billion but one of the reasons that it continues to grow is that it hasn’t rested on its laurels and continually adds new innovations and features. … [Read more...]
We’ve already posted an article today about the growing multimedia content on Twitter and now there’s some good news for those of you who enjoy Bravo TV programs as a new Bravo TV Twitter experience has been launched which will not only enable a browsing experience but also give fans a tweeting … [Read more...]
I’m a Celebrity 2010 has just concluded and it was Dagenham girl Stacey Solomon who won and became this year’s Queen of the Jungle. After Jenny Eclair was evicted from the final three last night it was between Stacey Solomon, former X Factor contestant and Shaun Ryder, ex-Happy Mondays singer, … [Read more...]
