It’s weird being an early adopter sometimes, especially when the things we early adopt become successful. At first a new service comes online and it is the realm of the geeks. Everyone is nice and accepting and it feels like some kind of hippy, geek oasis. Then a product or service takes off and everything…
Twitter Wants To Make Sure You Know #ObamaIsNotSatan
In case there was any doubt, President Barack Obama is not Satan, and you may have noticed that Twitter it trying to put a stop to the association with the hashtag #ObamaIsNotSatan. “But I don’t think Obama is Satan,” you say. Of course you don’t. That’s because our readers are only the most intelligent and…
Mexicans Turning To Twitter For News About Drug Violence, Says Microsoft Study
Mexico’s media channels have stopped reporting about drug-related violence in the country because they have been threatened with violence. In response to the lack of news many Mexican’s have started using Twitter as a means to find that lacking news. The discovery of Twitter’s influence on mexican drug culture was discovered in a study conducted…
Browns’ Josh Cribbs Says Goodbye To Cleveland On Instagram, Twitter
Josh Cribbs is a wide receiver, return specialist, and free agent after ending his eight-year career with the Cleveland Browns. As he leaves his team and his city (possibly for the Cardinals), he made sure to leave a very classy and touching goodbye to the city that made him a star on Instagram. “I proved…
Emma Watson Definitively Crushes ‘Fifty Shades’ Rumors On Twitter
Emma Watson confirmed beyond a shadow of a doubt that she is not starring in Fifty Shades of Grey, and finds it pretty ridiculous that her name would be attached to the S&M mommy porn project in the first place. Rumors of Watson’s casting as female lead Anastasia Steele in the planned film adaptation of Fifty Shades…
New Miley Cyrus Tattoo Probably Confirms She’s Single Again
Some people get a tattoo to mark a turn or major change in their life, and pop superstar Miley Cyrus is apparently no exception. Amid rampant rumors that she and fiancé Liam Hemsworth have split up, Cyrus got a cryptic new tattoo that pretty much confirms she’s single again. Miley’s new tattoo is a very detailed…
Pope Francis I On Twitter (And His Four Best Fakes)
Following his election to the ministry of silly hats Wednesday, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, aka “Pope Francis I,” joined Twitter. A lot. Almost instantly after the new Pope was chosen, some tweeps snapped up pope-ish Twitter handles right away, as is the standard practice these days when a new celebrity star enters our galaxy. Pope Francis…
Twitter Ads Center Receives Upgrade, Improves Advertisers Ability To Monitor, Optimize Campaigns
Twitter Ads has received an update in the form of new data. The micro-blogging platform will use the new data cram to help advertisers more accurately measure their reach. According to Christopher Golda, Twitter’s product manager of revenue, the following changes have been implemented: 1. Improved campaign analytics. Previously, advertisers could only track engagement on Promoted Tweets…
New Pope Predicted On Twitter? Man’s ‘Revelation’ Tweeted Last Month
Pope Francis I’s election is exciting news to everyone except to Spaniard Alejandro Rodriguez, who knew about it a month ago. This bizarre story is sponsored by God. God – He sees you playing with yourself in the shower, but he chooses not to look. In all seriousness, this is a really strange story with…
SXSWi Is A Huge Hit … On Twitter!
South By Southwest Interactive is done and gone but its parties, shows and other gatherings will live on, immortalized by more than 1 million tweets from around the world. A new infographic from the team at Synthesio examined how many tweets were sent about the event. The study examined not only the number of tweets but also…
Boxer Promises To Beat Down Twitter Harasser, Becomes Friends With Verbal Attacker Instead
Soccer player turned boxer Curtis Woodhouse lost the English light welterweight title to Shayne Singleton last Friday. The story could have ended there if it wasn’t for Twitter user @jimmyob88. Following the fight Jimmyob88, real name James O’Brien, tweeted several messages in which he called Woodhouse a “laughable joke,” “complete disgrace,” and our favorite a…
Twitter Whining? Men Top Women In Microblog Kvetching
Twitter whining is perhaps less pervasive and even passive aggressive than Facebook whining, but some new data on the practice of kvetching in the social sphere turns some gender stereotypes upside-down. As a woman and a feminist (and hating of negative gender concepts about nagging), I admit given what I see on Facebook, I’d have…
James Mangold Posts ‘Wolverine’ Cast Portraits To Twitter
Sure, we haven’t seen any actual footage from The Wolverine yet, but thanks to director James Mangold and Twitter, we’ve had no shortage of set photos, stills, and arresting images from Logan’s next run. Like Amazing Spider-Man 2 director Marc Webb and X-Men pappy Bryan Singer, Mangold has been using his Twitter throughout production of…
Twitter Aims To Dominate Internet Music With ‘We Are Hunted’ Acquisition
Twitter is rumored to have purchased music discovery service We Are Hunted in late 2012 and is now believed to be preparing a standalone music player for the internet. Known as Twitter Music the app will be released for iOS users by the end of the month according to several reports. The platform integrates with Twitter, allowing…