Modern inventions are great and there is no denying that the likes of Twitter have added an exciting twist to our lives in recent years. However, if you sometimes wish that you lived in the 19th century you might be frustrated by the lack of gadgets which cater to your seriously retro tendencies. Thank goodness for Adam Vaughan then. The web developer from Cumbria has created a machine which is best described as a 19th century style tickertape tweeting type thing. Actually, he calls it the twittertape, which is a bit snappier we have...
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A prince of Saudi Arabia has taken a $300 million stake in micro blogging site Twitter, adding another investment in the global media industry. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who is a nephew of the king of Saudi Arabia and was estimated to have a fortune of $20 billion by Forbes magazine, already owns a 7 percent share in News Corp. and is also currently planning on starting a cable news channel. Reports say that Alwaleed secured a 3.75 percent stake in the social network site after “months of negotiations.” His investment’s...
A new study shows that micro blogging site Twitter is as influential as the judges of X Factor when it comes to how the audience vote on the show. According to a study conducted by media agency Carat, Twitter is more than 42 percent more influential than other news sources in the behavior of deciding voters. The study, which had 13,000 total respondents, is believed to be the first research conducted on social media’s influence on audience’s voting behavior. The research also shows that the trust of viewers is shifting to non-traditional...
Photo mosaics have been all the rage for quite a while years ago, and with the current technological advances, it can be made by almost anyone. Now, online gadget retail company Firebox can make portrait posters of a person’s profile photo in Twitter using his or her personal tweets. The poster is much like a photo mosaic, but instead of using hundreds or thousands of a user’s photos, it uses their tweets. The cost of one poster is £24, and all users need to do is to provide their Twitter user name and make their profiles...
Micro blogging site Twitter has launched in June the t.co URL shortener and began formatting links that are 20 characters long or greater. Now, the service has announced that the program will be expanded to reformat all posted links in the future. “Tens of millions of links are tweeted on Twitter each day,” said the developers from Twitter in a post in its official blog. “Wrapping these shared links helps Twitter protect users from malicious content while offering useful insights on engagement. All links submitted within...
Three out of four (around 73 percent) internet users in the United Kingdom interact on social media platforms, a study showing social networks’ impact on people has revealed. A study conducted by InSites Consulting, a market research firm that has offices across Europe, show that about 73 percent of British internet users use social networking platforms, like micro blogging site Twitter and social network giant Facebook. The result is slightly lower than the 74 percent average in Europe. The study shows that out of the 37 million...
Micro blogging site Twitter is suing Twittad, an advertising company, over the term ‘tweet.’ The company is pursuing this even though Twittad originally coined the term. Back in 2009, Twitter has made a big deal about developers using the word ‘tweet’ in their apps. While the company has been trying to register ‘tweet’ as a trademark in the US, it has failed despite its efforts because its third-party developers filed the term before them. Now, Twitter has moved on and filed a lawsuit against one of...
Micro blogging service Twitter has announced that it has 100 million active users, half of which log in on a daily basis to follow their interests and use the service. While millions of users actively participate in some of the trending topics, a large percentage don’t contribute to the discussions when they log in. “For many, getting the most out of Twitter isn’t only about tweeting: 40 percent of our active users simply sign in to listen to what’s happening in their world,” wrote Twitter in a blog posted...
The New York Police Department (NYPD) has formed a new unit to sniff out troublemakers by analyzing entries on social media networks that include Twitter and Facebook. Kevin O’Connor, the newly named assistant commissioner and one of the department’s gang and online gurus, is in charge of the new social media unit, reports the New York Daily News. O’Connor has over 23 years of police work, some of which involves online cases. The new unit will be operating under the Community Affairs Bureau, and will also be handling...
On his 60th year of priesthood, Pope Benedict XVI launched the Vatican’s new online news portal with a tweet using an iPad. This is not just any tweet, this is the first tweet ever by the Pope himself. Pope Benedict’s tweet announced the launch of news.va, the online news portal of the Vatican. The tweet came from the Vatican’s @news_va_en account, where the Pope tweeted: “Dear Friends, I just launched www.news.va Praised be Jesus Christ! With my prayers and blessings, Benedictus XVI.” The new Vatican news...
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