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Online social networking site Facebook is proving as popular as ever and user numbers are now above 750 million. From what started off as a small experiment aimed at students around the Harvard University campus, has now ended up going global. Users can contact friends and acquaintances and add to … [Read more...]
Today we remember those that lost their lives of the 9/11 attacks across the United States of America. Four hijacked planes crashed, two of which were deliberately slammed into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon and one crashed in Shanksville, Pennylvania, which were to change the Nation … [Read more...]
I must start this by saying that I'm not a big football fan, there you go I said it, I don’t really understand the so called beautiful game although I can relate to the dedication that its fans and followers all possess. This small issue aside I have to admit to being a bit taken by FIFA 11 on the … [Read more...]
American rapper and social media star Lil Wayne has broken an iTunes record with sales of his new album, "Tha Carter IV". Wayne's new album has only been available for 4 days and has already sold more than 348,000 digital copies. Digital music purchases are rising rapidly, with a third of the … [Read more...]
If you’re a fan of the Academy Awards you’ll be interested in the news that Eddie Murphy is to host the award ceremony in February 2012. The move had been hotly rumored on Twitter and sure enough the producers of the Oscars announced the news today. Surprisingly perhaps, it is the first time … [Read more...]
Today is a big day for any Freddie Mercury or Queen fan as we would have been celebrating the legend’s 65th birthday. Google is already doing just that by changing their usual logo to something a little bit more to do with the legend himself. With that being the case, we thought we should add an … [Read more...]
Today celebrates the life and music of famous singer and frontman of Queen “Freddie Mercury” and what would have been his 65th birthday. Search engine Google have embraced the legend with their own fitting Google Doodle which coincidentally if clicked onto will automatically show clips and … [Read more...]
On a day where Google is celebrating what would have been Freddie Mercury’s 65th birthday we have come across something rather concerning regarding one of the world’s best tennis players. His name is Rafael Nadal and he has collapsed in a YouTube video that has gone viral suffering from stomach … [Read more...]
If you’re a sports fan then you’ll already know that the Rugby World Cup 2011 begins in a few days time, running from September 9 to October 23. The action this time around will be taking place in New Zealand and organizers have arranged a variety of way in which fans across the world can … [Read more...]
Online social networking site Twitter launched back in 2006 is showing no signs of slowing up, in fact its quite the reverse. User numbers according to wikipedia are now in the region of over 200 million with at least 200 million tweets or messages being sent on a daily basis, along with 1.6 … [Read more...]
Social networking site Facebook is still proving as popular as ever and user numbers are soaring over and above 750 million. The site which originally set up in 2004 by co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was only accessible for students in and around the Harvard university campus, the young … [Read more...]
The Premier League has kicked off and already we are seeing some strong teams, Manchester United thumped eight past Arsenal at the weekend which has sent people loopy over Arsenal’s future. With that being the case many people on Twitter are talking about potential transfers on deadline day to … [Read more...]
The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards took place on Sunday night and the growing impact of social media on big TV events once again made its mark. Previous Twitter landmarks were surpassed by the announcement of Beyonce Knowles’ pregnancy, which saw a new Twitter record being set. Below this story you … [Read more...]
It was been an absolutely unbelievable day of Premier League football and as a result the social media sites have been a buzzing hive of excitement. Manchester United absolutely thrashed Arsenal 8-2 a short while ago, with Twitter in particular absolutely exploding with reaction to the game. A … [Read more...]
If you are a Twitter user then you will know that football is a topic that trends a hell of a lot on the site. It regularly appears on our chart of top 10 trends, topping last weekend. We saw last week how there was plenty of discussion about the Cesc Fabregas transfer to Barcelona, Twitter has … [Read more...]
Two major TV shows begun another run last week and the role of social media in TV today soon became evident. First we had the return of Celebrity Big Brother and fans were soon taking to Twitter to complain about the lack of live feed. Then on Saturday it was time for the return of the X Factor, … [Read more...]
Online social networking site Twitter is growing in user numbers by the day and at the last count over 250 million people were joining the site. Having launched in 2006, the popular Twitter allows those to follow their favorite celebrity or friends, message or tweet as its known and so on. In the … [Read more...]
It may only be day three of Celebrity Big Brother 2011 but the amount of attention the series is getting is a good sign for new host Channel 5 and presenter Brian Dowling. Although many of us are already hooked on the daily goings on of the celebs including Kerry Katona, Jedward and Paddy (though I … [Read more...]
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...]
Online social networking site Facebook is racking up a massive figure of over 750 million in users, this is a staggering feat when you consider its been going since 2004 when co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg set it up. Allowing users to add friends and loved ones, share and tag photos, update … [Read more...]
After a weekend overflowing with Football, Twitter has been buzzing ever since. Last weekend we saw the return of the Barclay's Premier League, with other separate Footballing stories also trending. Each week we give you a roundup of the 10 best trending topics on Twitter and Football regularly … [Read more...]
Online social networking site Twitter is once again being used in relation to the world of football. It seems that if its not players voicing their frustrations on the popular site, then its the managers. In the past players from teams such as Arsenal, Leeds, Chelsea, Newcastle, Manchester Utd and … [Read more...]
This time one week ago following on from the death of Tottenham's Mark Duggan, London was under siege from rioters who were torching cars, businesses, smashing shop fronts, attacking the police and so on. The violence carried out throughout various boroughs in the city which later started to spread … [Read more...]
The move of Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona was finally completed today and we have just witnessed jubilant scenes as Fabregas was welcomed by thousands of fans to the Nou Camp, followed by a press conference. However it seems that although Fabregas was pretty gracious about his time at … [Read more...]
Since its launch just 4 years ago, online social networking site Twitter is rapidly expanding, user figures are now over 250 million and that number is continually rising on a daily basis. Sites such as Twitter and Facebook attract everyday people plus some big celebrity names and of course we all … [Read more...]
