News Today
Today we have sad news of the passing of a Bollywood legend. Shammi Kapoor, often dubbed India’s Elvis Presley, died aged 79 of kidney failure earlier today at Mumbai’s Breach Candy hospital. Kapoor’s dancing and acting style was a huge influence on modern-day Bollywood stars and already … [Read more...]
Here at OSM we’ve been following the phenomenal rise of Rebecca Black, YouTube queen, who rose to fame almost overnight after becoming known through YouTube. Black is often the subject of very mixed opinions but whether you love her music or not it’s a sad reflection that bullying since finding … [Read more...]
At OSM we regularly keep tracks on the things that people are searching for or including in their tweets, this data ranges from Football teams and player names, right the way through to major events and films. Now we are seeing that the Twitter fans are jubilant as Mike Myers signs on the dotted … [Read more...]
Twitter has been kicking into overdrive today after a busy day of Football transfer news. It seems that one of the longest running transfer sagas of all time, Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona has been concluded. The deal has unofficially been completed and Arsenal fans have accepted they have lost their … [Read more...]
Online social networking site Twitter has now attracted over 250 million followers since its initial beginnings back in 2006. A range of people log onto the site everyday including some big celebrity names. Past articles we've written about have included a huge range of topics, be it businesses … [Read more...]
Since the London riots started a few days ago, the internet has been a hive of activity. Be it people surfing social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, or even heading on over to news sites such as the BBC or Sky News. Here at OSM, we've brought you a handful of articles since Sunday … [Read more...]
Like many others, here at OSM we've been following the upsetting scenes taking place within boroughs in London, we'll talking about the riots throughout the city which coincidentally are now spreading to other parts of the country. Following on from the shooting of Tottenham's Mark Duggan, scores … [Read more...]
Online social networking site Twitter can be used by the likes of just about anyone, be it the Joe Blogs down the street or a famous celebrity. In the past the news has varied from sportsmen/women venting their frustrations or anger by Tweet, news of tributes to a star that's passed away, the most … [Read more...]
Manchester United fans rejoice as Nani saved De Gea’s blushes after Dzeko smashed one past him at the end of the second half in today’s massive match for the Charity Shield. This has drawn Twitter users to compare the goal keeper to ex flop Massimo Taibi and his short spurt at Manchester United … [Read more...]
Social networking site Twitter, rival to that of Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and the new Google+ has to date over 250 million active users and the figure is continually growing. There will no doubt be many of you who use Twitter plus others to get your daily fix of posting messages to others, in … [Read more...]
The most popular sport in the world, Football/Soccer is a topic that regularly features in our weekly chart of trends on Twitter. The microblogging site is a huge hub for football discussion and today Twitter is alive with talk in the build up to the 2011 Community Shield match between Manchester … [Read more...]
We often find things trending on Twitter which are to do with celebrities, sports and different aspects of technology but today marks something slightly different. Twitter is remembering the 66th anniversary of the Hiroshima nuclear bombing by the USA … [Read more...]
As the last instalment of Harry Potter “The Deathly Hallows Part 2” draws to a close and entices a huge following of fans into cinemas around the globe, with the success has come its problems. In fact we'll talking about Pottermore.com, the new website which was announced back in July and is … [Read more...]
Over the last little while we have been keeping an eye on some of the things that are trending on Twitter and normally the ones we report on are social media, celebrity or sport related. Now we have heard of another Twitter eruption as Nicki Minaj will be in Ice Age 4 playing the voice of a … [Read more...]
It looks like Treyarch are taking the game for one last money spin as they announced via their official Facebook page earlier that a much desired 4th map pack would be launched. Facebook as a result has been fired up into action with the shock announcement sending many fans into fits of joy. The … [Read more...]
Online social networking site Twitter initially set up 2006 is still showing no signs of slowing up, despite rival competition from of course Facebook and the new Google+ addition. Used by the likes of you and me and a listing of celebrity names, Twitter can be used to follow your favorite … [Read more...]
Social networking site Facebook is still actively pulling in a huge amount of people, so much so that this month wikipedia stated that it has over 750 million users and there's no sign of it stopping. Used for many different purposes, Facebook can be used for updating your status on a daily basis, … [Read more...]
For those of you that are sports fans and more specifically motorsport fans we have some news for you in the field of Formula 1. The BBC and Sky are to share TV broadcasts and this news has sent Twitter in a tiz as many people are tweeting at their discomfort, mainly because the only charge in place … [Read more...]
There's no doubt that when we think of The Beatles or the Fab Four as they're also known, that we associate the band members as Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Star and George Harrison. But what a lot of us may not realise or tend to forget is that it wasn’t always this way. Aged 69 years of … [Read more...]
When you think of the best things that have happened this year, you might think of the US release of the Samsung Galaxy S II, the rise of the tablet PC or maybe your favorite YouTube video, but if the latest big news story is true then they all fall into an insignificant bubble. Twitter has exploded … [Read more...]
Social networking platform Twitter so far this summer has proved a hub for transfer gossip. Many of the world's best professional players use the site and often tweet about their moves, kicking off huge discussions and debates amongst fans. One of the biggest transfer sagas this summer has been … [Read more...]
Over the last few months, many of you will be aware that online social networking site Twitter has been in the news but for the wrong reasons. When we say the site has been, we actually mean some of its users particularly a surge in footballers. Since the start of this year, the list seems to be … [Read more...]
Since the sad news was announced at the weekend that music artist “Amy Winehouse” had passed away, the internet has been a rife of activity. The 27-year old was pronounced dead on Saturday due to her taking what is believed to be a cocktail of alcohol and drugs. Whatever public opinion is of … [Read more...]
For all of us who have been closely following the Mortal Kombat Legacy series on YouTube we finally got our reward after a long wait. The final episode was added involving Sektor and Cyrax was added yesterday after it was shown at the big event Comic Con. Now we have all the episodes we thought that … [Read more...]
Harry Potter is under the spotlight more than it has ever been before, the reason being because the franchise is nearing a glorious end. The magical story which has been one of the most successful and popular ever seen, has given us 7 books and 8 movies. Harry Potter fans probably have one last … [Read more...]
