Twitter goes in search of Gareth and Ed Miliband’s Mili-Clan – Labour party conference September 23, 2014 Ed Miliband really likes normal people. He likes them so much, he mentioned a bunch of them in his big speech at the Labour conference in Manchester yesterday. Name-dropping celebs is so last year, it’s all about ordinary folk – Ed’s Mili-Clan. Gareth was the stand out Mili-Clan member – within minutes of Ed [...]
The FTSE 100’s Twitter power-users (and its social flops) September 21, 2014 FTSE 100 companies have upped their game on Twitter according to social media agency Battenhall, sending out a total of 1.4 million tweets in the past year compared with 582,227 in 2013. The agency puts companies’ increased efforts on Twitter down to the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s 2013 legislation, which gave firms permission to [...]
Scottish #indyref visualisation: See how Twitter reacted September 18, 2014 Well, the votes are in and an army of people will now spend the night counting. Twitter, though, may have an early indication of which way the vote went. The company released a map using #indyref to show how the conversation spread across the world during polling day. It also pointed out that, despite early [...]
Will Scotland vote Yes or No to independence in today’s referendum? Here’s the result on Twitter as far afield as Alaska and New Zealand September 18, 2014 A stunning map of Scottish independence campaigning shows how Twitter users feel about the referendum and which side of the fence they are on. The Yes and No sentiment has been tracked over the last month of intense campaigning with Twitter users as far afield as Alaska and New Zealand chatting about the historic referendum. [...]
PayPal’s Peter Thiel: “Twitter workers smoke a lot of pot” September 17, 2014 Has the co-founder of Paypal just effectively accused Twitter's workforce of being high on the job? Peter Thiel, an early investor in Facebook, was speaking on American cable channel CNBC when he suggested that “there’s a lot of pot smoking going on” at Twitter's headquarters. Thiel said: Twitter’s hard to evaluate. They [...]
Burberry steps out with Twitter technology September 15, 2014 Fashion house Burberry used its runway show yesterday at London Fashion Week to reveal its tie-up with Twitter. A “buy now” button allows users to purchase an item from the tweet, without being redirected to another page.
Twitpic shutdown: The companies that could be vulnerable to Twitter’s trademark clampdown September 5, 2014 Is Twitter getting twitchy? Picture sharing site Twitpic has revealed it is shutting down to avoid being embroiled in a costly trademark dispute with the social media giant – and it's not the first one to have done so. According to Twitpic founder Noah Everett, the Silicon Valley corporation contacted Twitpic's legal team “demanding we [...]
Twitter paying out $140 to people who report bugs September 3, 2014 Micro-blogging service Twitter has launched HackerOne – a program that will pay at least $140 to security researchers every time they report a bug or vulnerability in their system. The purpose, Twitter says, is “to recognize their efforts and the important role they play in keeping Twitter safe for everyone." The rewards will [...]
Central and Waterloo & City line Tube strike driving outraged commuters to buses and Twitter August 22, 2014 Transport for London strikes again. City workers' travel has been thrown off course this morning due to strike action on the Waterloo & City and Central line services. The Waterloo & City line is down throughout the entire day while Central line services have been severely limited and are currently only running between Leytonstone – [...]
Twitter updates: Favourites to appear in timelines and gory photos of death to be removed August 20, 2014 If you're on Twitter, you may have noticed a change. A new update means that from now on, tweets favourited by people you follow will occasionally appear in your timeline – whether you agree with the sentiment or not. Twitter began testing the update two days ago, and it received a pretty hostile [...]