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Twitter geeks out for Towel Day
What is the answer to the question of life, the universe and everything? Don't Panic if you notice your colleagues and friends carrying towels around with them today. It's not because they've gone crazy. It's just Towel Day.And the answer to the question, the ultimate question is 42.Every 25 May fans of science fiction writer, Douglas Adams, honour his memory by celebrating Towel Day.Towel day is being celebrated around the world with various events according to TowelDay.org. The ...Twitter’s newest feature? A weekly news letter
The latest feature being touted by Twitter comes in the form of a staple of traditional online media: the weekly newsletter.Yup that’s right, if you feel like you don’t get enough emails from the social network, you can now get a weekly summary of what went down. You know, just in case there was something you missed in the five seconds you averted your eyes from it.Twitter claims that the newsletter “features the most relevant Tweets and stories ...Has Chinese law crippled Sina Weibo’s chance at world domination?
This week, Twitter received some very high (and much deserved) praise for standing up for one of its users against the New York state court. The state of NY wanted information on an Occupy Wall Street protester, Malcolm Harris. Harris' efforts to fight against the court were struck down and so now Twitter has stepped in to the fight.Compare that to another post which also came out this week about Chinese microblogging service Sina Weibo.According to Sina Weibo's ...How you can use Twitter to map people’s emotions
There are all sorts of tools out there for measuring social media sentiment. They're incredibly useful to brands and journalists alike. But what if you could use Twitter to map people's emotions geographically? Surely that would be even more usefulA few weeks ago, I spoke at a federal agency conference in Arlington, Viriginia and one of the most interesting topics was the potential use of social media, by intelligence agencies, to map out and predict social unrest. So I ...FHM model of the year angers Twitter with K bomb
It seems FHM model, Jessica Leandra dos Santos got a little too vocal on Twitter recently. The self described "glamorous blonde of Mediterranean nationality" opened the floodgates to a Twitter storm of note.The Twitter furore was caused by a series of tweets:Would u all stop! These are the kinds of people that land up raping young girls of our country! I wasn't going to let him get away with it.— Jessica Leandra (@JessicaLeandra) May 3, 2012When dos Santos' followers ...#MayTheFourth be with you: our favourite tweets
Look, as much as we'd like to pretend that Star Wars is still a geeky niche franchise, it's become a cultural phenomenon. Nonetheless, there are still a whole host of geeky things related to the space epic. One of those is deeming 4 May "Star Wars Day" (if you don't understand it, you're not a real fan).In celebration of Luke, Yoda, and Darth, we decided to grab some of our favourite tweets:Death Star PR can always ...Twitter updates Discover tab, makes trending topics more relevant
Another day, another Twitter update. Twitter released a new version of the'Discover' tab on its website, which will display topics, news and trends that are more relevant to your interests.Previously, the Discover tab displayed suggestions of who to follow, trending topics and categories of interest. Now, the update does all of that, but also gives greater prominence to the social aspects of trending topics - so, if a few of the accounts you follow (and the users they follow) ...Australian billionaire plans to build Titanic II, Twitter asks why
Yes, an Australian billionaire is going to build a replica of the Titanic -- imaginatively named the Titanic II -- which is scheduled to make its maiden voyage from England to New York in late 2016. Déjà vu, anyone?According to the Sydney Morning Herald, mining tycoon Clive Palmer has commissioned a Chinese company to construct an almost exact replica of the ill-fated vessel. The Titanic II will apparently be identical to its namesake except for a few modern luxuries, like ...Prometheus trailer to produce Twitter ad response
The buzz around Prometheus just keeps on growing. After all that has been done to promote the Ridley Scott flick, you've got to ask: what more can they possibly do? Glad you asked. UK's Channel 4 is kicking things up a notch with live tweets, reports MediaWeek.Channel 4 will be airing the world premiere of the trailer to Prometheus on Sunday 29 April, which will be followed by viewers responses to the trailer from Twitter. The selection of tweets ...#Discovery: 20 top tweeted pics of a space shuttle’s final journey
The Space Shuttle Discovery made one final flight today. Alas, it wasn’t to space, but to its final resting place at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.The retired spacecraft’s journey, on the back of a modified jumbo jet, caught enough attention to trend globally on Twitter: Given the proliferation of photo-sharing apps and the strength of most smartphone cameras, it’s hardly surprising that loads of people were tweeting pictures of the flight. Memeburn decided to ...
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