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32-year old BBC presenter and “Crimewatch” star Rav Wilding, said that he felt threatened by the “grotesque” abuse that he received from an Internet stalker, a court heard yesterday. According to mirror.co.uk, Rav felt he might have been attacked. … [Read more...]
When it comes to choosing the best social networking tools for business, these would have to be Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Vendors have tried to recreate these top three but found that they were being blocked from the public Internet. Well that is what a venture capitalist said. … [Read more...]
We have all seen some crazy inventions down the years, but nothing quite like this one. Are you a frequent user of Twitter? How about trying out a product called Twettle - a kettle that tweets when it boils. … [Read more...]
Twitter recently released a set of stats that shows 60% of its users reside outside the U.S. This comes as no surprise as the micro-blogging site has been having a huge push with its international expansion since late 2009. … [Read more...]
American rock band Kings of Leon, like to keep all their fans updated via the Internet. That’s exactly why they sent their fans an update recently, from the recording studio. Drummer Nathan Followill took to Twitter, to reveal the bands’ plans of a new album. … [Read more...]
The big news on Tiger Woods at the moment is his return to the golf tour in the U.S. Masters at Augusta National, following his recent sex scandal. It’s apparent that his fans have certainly not deserted him, and in practice rounds earlier this week, Woods noted that by acknowledging his fans … [Read more...]
“I Kissed a Girl” singer Katy Perry has previously said that her fiancé Russell Brand is turning into a “total bridezilla,” over their upcoming wedding. And now it appears that she has proved that point, by posting a picture of the British funny man on Twitter. … [Read more...]
The General Election declared yesterday for May 6 2010 looks set to be more interesting than usual, due to a couple of factors. One being the televised debates of the party leaders, I for one can’t wait for those and think it will bring politics to a whole new audience. The other factor is the … [Read more...]
American Idol season 8 runner-up Adam Lambert has confirmed on Twitter that he will be the mentor on next weeks show. This is certainly a great honor for the glam star to appear on the show again and have this year’s hopefuls hanging on every word of his to gain an insight. … [Read more...]
American screenwriter Diablo Cody – award-winning screenwriter behind the “Juno” movie – has recently announced that she is expecting her first child. According to digitialspy.co.uk, Cody confirmed the pregnancy reports via her Twitter account. … [Read more...]
It looks like yet another celebrity couple has decided to part ways and split up recently. This time, it’s Canadian funny man Jim Carrey, and his actress/model partner Jenny McCarthy, who have recently announced they have ended their five year relationship. … [Read more...]
The General Election 2010 was officially confirmed today for May 6th by Gordon Brown. This date had been well-known for some time although not official, so the pundits were not disappointed in today’s announcement. For those of you interested in technology and social media you will be well … [Read more...]
You can always count on Twitter to be the bearer of good news, which is just what they did with the upcoming HTC Incredible, which they say is Imminent on the Verizon network. Looking on one of the company’s Twitter accounts, Pocket-Lint learned that not only the HTC Incredible, but other handsets … [Read more...]
Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton appears to have ticked off actress, singer and model Lindsay Lohan recently, by posting some not very nice tweets about her on Twitter. And it looks like Lindsay was quick to pick up on the remarks, and responded through her own Twitter page. … [Read more...]
There have been a few reports surfacing recently, which have claimed that The Saturdays singer Frankie Sandford has been comforting 29-year old Chelsea footballer Ashley Cole, following his recent split from singer wife Cheryl Cole. … [Read more...]
Facebook beware! Another social networking giant has risen. Yes that’s right… the big blue bird of twitter is taking over and the worlds internet users are flocking in their millions to jump onto the twitter bandwagon. Just as Facebook's arrival ended the reign of MySpace and Bebo, Twitter, … [Read more...]
With the General Election looming and the ever-growing use of social media in campaigning, along with the growing recognition of its influence, questions are being asked about whether the average civil servant is equipped for the use of social media. … [Read more...]
Those of you who are worried about the security issue with shortened URLs are worrying over nothing; this is according to security firm Zscaler. In the report it states that Twitter has proved this by improving security as to not come under attack from malicious sites. … [Read more...]
We recently reported that Twitter was being used to share comments and images of the damage caused by the earthquake that hit California and Mexico. We have just learned that a meditation guru has turned to the micro-blogging site to apologize for causing the 7.2-magnitude earthquake. … [Read more...]
An earthquake with a magnitude-7.2 has hit Baja California, and could be felt from San Diego to Mexicali to Phoenix. As you would expect some damage was done – but not as much as bad as it had been feared. Thankfully early reports suggest that casualties were low. … [Read more...]
If you just happened to be following reality TV star Kim Kardashian on Twitter on April Fool’s Day, you may have been wondering why it appeared to be littered with dirty messages all day. Well we can now give you the explanation, as to why that was. … [Read more...]
So at last those of you who’ve been queuing around the block for your Apple iPads have scurried home with your prize, unwrapped it carefully from its box and are now starting to enjoy every glorious moment with your new best friend. … [Read more...]
If you would like all the updated social media news on the latest NASA space shuttle launch, scheduled for Monday April 5 at 6:21 a.m. EDT, plus where to go for live streaming, look no further.Monday will see lift-off for the space shuttle Discovery on its STS-131 mission to the International Space … [Read more...]
Have you seen the new Twitter homepage and it’s trending topics that scroll across the screen? This new feature shows you some of the hottest topics being searched and tweeted on Twitter, and it’s this buzz that gives readers a good idea of what’s hot. … [Read more...]
When “Hannah Montana” star Miley Cyrus announced that she was quitting Twitter, it left her fans feeling rather disappointed and some even devastated. All we appeared to know at the time was that she had just had enough, of being online so much. But now, the true reason to her getting rid of … [Read more...]
