Rachel Johnson Twitter hacked: Boris Johnson’s sister’s account drops the c-bomb on David Cameron November 25, 2014 The past week have been something of a dream for Twitter gaffes. Labour's shadow attorney general was forced to step down after sending what was regarded as a snobby tweet from Rochester and Strood while even Twitter's own CFO appears not quite to have mastered the social media minefield. Over the past 24 hours, a [...]
Twitter’s CFO Anthony Noto appears to have accidentally tweeted a DM about buying a company November 25, 2014 It appears Twitter's CFO may have been hoist by his own petard. Last night, Anthony Noto tweeted what looks uncannily like something that should've been a direct message, not a tweet for his 9,000 followers. He has since deleted the tweet, the subject of which looked like a potential acquisition by Twitter. "I still think [...]
Brendan Rodgers or Arsene Wenger out: Are Arsenal or Liverpool Twitter users more angry with their manager? November 24, 2014 One has overseen his club’s worst start to a league campaign for 32 years, the other has seen his team slip to 12th after finishing second last season. Both have just suffered damaging defeats they’d rather forget. Only by scrolling through Twitter could it have got any more miserable for Arsenal's Arsene Wenger or [...]
Miliband argues Labour is still party of working class Britain after Emily Thornberry Twitter snobbery gaffe November 22, 2014 Embattled Labour leader Ed Miliband has come out fighting to persuade the nation Labour is still the party of Britain's working class. In an article for the Daily Mirror, Miliband attempted to counter the perception the Labour party is run by a metropolitan London based middle-class elite. The piece comes in the wake of a [...]
The politicians brought down by Twitter: Emily Thornberry’s Rochester nightmare, Diane Abbott’s divide and rule and Miliband’s Bob Holness disaster November 21, 2014 After a storm on Twitter which was then picked up by the mainstream press, Islington MP Emily Thornberry resigned from the shadow cabinet last night. While pounding the pavements of Rochester and Strood, the Labour MP tweeted a picture of a white van parked in the driveway of a house displaying several England flags with the [...]
Emily Thornberry resigns from shadow cabinet following Twitter controversy November 20, 2014 Emily Thornberry has resigned from the shadow cabinet following an angry public reaction to a "snobbish" photo she posted to Twitter. While on the campaign trail, the Labour MP tweeted a picture of a house with several England flags and a white van parked in the driveway with the caption "Image from #Rochester". [...]
Ukip speaks out on Islington MP Emily Thornberry’s Rochester Twitter gaffe November 20, 2014 Labour MP for Islington Emily Thornberry has taken a beating on Twitter over a tweet she sent during the Rochester and Strood by-election campaign. Political commentators, Eric Pickles and even a fellow Labour MP have weighed in to criticise Thornberry's ill-judged tweet, which showed a house with several St George's cross flags and a white [...]
Snapchat moves into mobile banking with the launch of Snapcash: Will it rival Facebook, Twitter? November 18, 2014 Snapchat is taking the plunge into the mobile payments market, with the announcement of a new app that lets users transfer cash at the hit of a button. The photo messaging service, which lets users send photos vanish after a maximum of 10 seconds, unveiled Snapcash in a blog post yesterday: The product you’re [...]
Twitter share price tanks after receiving junk bond rating from Standard & Poor’s November 13, 2014 Twitter’s share price dropped almost by almost six per cent today, after its bonds received a junk rating from Standard & Poor’s. The social media site’s bonds were slapped with a below investment level ‘BB-’ rating. Twitter issued $1.8bn worth of convertible notes in September. However, S&P said in a statement that Twitter [...]
Twitter chatter about BBC One’s Sherlock nets London £11m in free advertising November 13, 2014 Twitter chatter about the BBC One drama Sherlock has generated millions in free advertising spend for London's tourism industry, according to new research by Film London. The study crunched nearly 35 million likes, mentions and tweets from a range of websites such as Twitter, Facebook, Reddit and Pinterest to establish the "screen tourism" effect. Adrian Wootton, [...]