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Just when you think the extent of uses for Twitter has been reached such as its ability to predict election results or telling us all the latest shopping deals, something else comes along to intrigue us. This time how do you fancy being nosey about the people you commute with on the way to work? … [Read more...]
We’ve been giving you news about Kanye West’s popular Twitter feed for some time now from cancelling his weekly “Good Friday Giveaway’s” to when he recently used Twitter to announce he was cancelling his appearance on the popular “Today” show. West has developed quite some following … [Read more...]
You will not have escaped the news announced yesterday of the engagement between Prince William and Kate Middleton. The internet was quickly abuzz and we brought you articles about the Twitter response and also engagement YouTube videos. … [Read more...]
The world of boxing had a busy weekend yesterday with not only the David Haye vs. Audley Harrison fight, but also the WBC Light-Middleweight fight of Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito. This was a hugely anticipated event and the fight itself lived up to its reputation, unlike another that we can … [Read more...]
When someone posts a Tweet on Twitter if it is not seen by anyone, you have to ask was it worth the bother? Social media analytics company Sysomos conducted a survey of 1.2 billion Tweets over the last two months and found 71 percent of them neither got a reply or retweet. … [Read more...]
For those of you who like to hear about new and inventive ideas we have an interesting one to tell you about today. A startup called Twisplays has come up with a clever idea that will enable companies to easily display Twitter streams in the form of a news ticker with an LED sign. … [Read more...]
Online social networking site “Twitter” is used as a tool to communicate with others in the form of tweets. Tweets (messages) can be sent back and forth using just 140 characters. Twitter is not only being used by the likes of me and you, but for celebrities as well. News of pop star … [Read more...]
Twitter is being used more-and-more extensively by public departments these days who are seeing the benefit of social media for communicating with the public and keeping people updated on a situation. Only recently with the Boulder Fire in Colorado for example the Boulder Sheriff’s Department … [Read more...]
Twitter being one of the largest social networking sites has seen a record breaking number of over two million people following the NBA, a record number for any U.S. sport league on this site. According to Twitter, NBA fans outdo user numbers of the NFL (National Football League). This sees 1.7 … [Read more...]
There are two important things that we need to tell you about Twitter, the first is that they have now reached their 20 billionth tweet and the second is that the micro-blogging site is down for planned maintenance. We do not know how long it has been down for, but it says it will be back in a few … [Read more...]
Among the many celebrity accounts on Twitter there are many popular and humorous Tweets but one of the funniest new Twitterer’s at the moment has to be Kanye West. It was only yesterday that West opened a Twitter account after previously making it clear that he didn’t think much of it, but … [Read more...]
At one time we all thought Twitter would just be another social networking site, never realising just how big it would become and the various ways in which it would be used. For example in politics, Twitter is now used to spread the word of political campaigns, and many businesses now use it for … [Read more...]
Some time ago we brought you an article regarding Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, and how although at one time he clearly had something against social networking sites, calling Twitter “a tool of terror” for instance, he had now changed his mind and had his own Twitter page and blog. … [Read more...]
You will all have heard by now of the 5.4 magnitude earthquake that hit southern California yesterday and if there’s one thing guaranteed to get a reaction out of people, it’s an earthquake. Also of course southern California is full of famous actors, writers, performers and TV presenters and … [Read more...]
The popularity and astounding growth of Twitter never ceases to amaze us and news comes to us today that a new account has outstripped the growth of all previous accounts. Apparently in just six hours this person’s account gained 150,000 followers. This is higher than the growth of even Bill … [Read more...]
It’s nice to know that in the social networking world we can find something to cover every need these days. How about love, or lack of it? There’s a Twitter page for relationships giving every piece of love advice you could need, or among the many Tweets out there, plenty of words of wisdom … [Read more...]
Now we all know that Twitter can be used for a myriad of purposes but one thing that may not have occurred to you is to job hunt with Twitter. However there are more and more instances recently of people who have harnessed the power of Twitter to gain employment so it could be the right route for … [Read more...]
If any of you are wondering about anything strange going on with Paul Pierce’s Twitter account then wonder no more, as news comes that his account has been hacked into. The account you will find here has been verified as being authentic by Athlete Interactive, the firm behind his account, but … [Read more...]
It seems there are important rules to consider for brands using Twitter in order not to alienate their customers which are quite different it seems, to the way the average user acts on Twitter. The people over at Mashable.com have asked people their opinions on this, analyzed the results and come … [Read more...]
Oh dear, was it plain old naivety or rather more harshly was it stupidity that cost Stuart MacLennan his Labour candidacy for the General Election 2010. Mr. MacLennan, 24, was standing for the Moray constituency in Scotland but has fallen foul of Twitter, using it to make unseemly remarks about … [Read more...]
Scott Moir of Irbtrax has been talking a little about the Pepsi Refresh Project, as he likes the idea of corporations such as this well-known American brand giving instead of taking. As well as the fact that six principles of social media marketing are used – something that many more companies … [Read more...]
It’s interesting to take a look at Social Media marketing strategy and see how 2 of the largest companies in the world compare when using it. The companies concerned are Pepsi Refresh and Coca-Cola. The report used the 2 Twitter accounts they thought most active, which were: @Pepsi “Your … [Read more...]
