Commuter misery vs the digital world: Londoners wrote 480,000 tweets about bad train journeys last year May 21, 2015 It's no surprise that we take to social media to vent our frustration when commuting, but a new report has shed light on exactly how frequently we do it. London's commuters published nearly half a million angry tweets about their journey last year, a new report has claimed. A whopping 473,661 tweets were [...]
Potus tweets, world listens: Barack Obama finally gets his own Twitter account May 19, 2015 Barack Obama is used to enduring long battles but even by his standards, a six-year wait to get a Twitter account must have been something of a slog. Still, he's made his point, gaining 1.77m followers in less than 24 hours, easily beating poor old David Cameron, who languishes down the table with * [...]
Nasdaq apologises for letting Twitter results fly out ahead of time, blames Shareholder.com April 29, 2015 Nasdaq was yesterday forced to apologise for the early release of Twitter’s earnings, blaming an “operational” error that lasted just 45 seconds. Twitter’s share price plunged nearly nine per cent yesterday, following a 20 per cent tumble on Tuesday when the social media site’s below-estimate quarterly earnings were announced early. Nasdaq blamed its [...]
Twitter’s share price just fell another five per cent April 29, 2015 Another bad day for Twitter, after its share price fell more than five per cent to $39 in mid-morning trading in New York. More on this story: Twitter shares plummet as results are leaked early That follows a massive fall yesterday, after its results (which weren't great) were leaked early on Twitter's investor relations site [...]
Twitter share price plummets as results are leaked early and fail to meet expectations April 28, 2015 Twitter had a disappointing first quarter, and this was made even worse by the accidental leakage of its results. The figures In the first three months of 2015, Twitter experienced a 74 per cent rise in revenue to $436m (£284m), and had earnings of seven cents per share. This failed to meet analyst expectations of [...]
Milifandom Twitter storm: What is it, who started, is it the new Cleggmania April 22, 2015 Ed Miliband has taken a lot of stick over the last five years for not being the most charismatic of political leaders. But the wonders of social media have allowed Ed's fans to amplify their voice and express their devotion without being spun by the gatekeepers of old media. Twitter has exploded with a host [...]
BBC debate: Here’s what Twitter commentators made of Nigel Farage’s attack on left-wing audience April 16, 2015 The BBC leaders' debate had clashes on all sides, but Nigel Farage was very much everyone's favourite target. After Farage argued immigration was a driving factor in the rise of house prices, the other leaders piled in on him. However, Farage also turned to an interesting tactic of attacking the audience. The Ukip leader said [...]
Here’s how Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid announcement made Twitter explode April 13, 2015 Last night, Hillary Clinton finally announced she is throwing her hat into the ring in the race to become President in 2016. Long-running speculation about her intention to run reached fever pitch after news leaked that confirmation would come in an announcement on Sunday. And, indeed, it did. Even with all that chatter, when Clinton [...]
Boris Johnson MP hopeful vs Boris Johnson London mayor: Things are about to get confusing (at least on Twitter) April 2, 2015 Things are about to get confusing for Boris Johnson. The London mayor, who is also campaigning as the Conservative candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, has just set up his own “personal” Twitter account to plug his efforts to return to the House of Commons. He's tweeted three times so far from the new [...]
One in three Twitter users have changed their vote because of a tweet March 19, 2015 Social media could prove essential in the general election, with research showing that a third of Twitter users aged 18-34 have changed their vote because of something they have seen on Twitter. Some 83 per cent of Twitter users said they were going to vote – dropping to 74 per cent among users aged 18-34. This is significantly higher [...]