When a shark comes roughly within .6 mile to shore a transmitter triggers an alert to send a tweet.
Western Australia (WA) scientists have equipped at least 320 sharks with transmitters that update a Twitter feed when the shark nears shore, meaning that technology is one step closer to finally defeating sharks.
Continue reading… “Sharks use Twitter to warn Aussie swimmers”
A researcher from IBM says she can make a good educated guess about your personality just from looking at 200 of your Twittermessages.
Continue reading… “Your tweets can reveal your personality: IBM study”
Digital Policy Council (DPC) has a new survey that shows 75 percent of the world’s heads of state have a presence on Twitter. A total of 164 countries were evaluated by the DPC study, and it found this year that 123 of them have a head of state that is on Twitter, either with a personal handle or an official government one. That’s up significantly from 2011, when 69 out of the 164 countries had a Twitter presence.
Continue reading… “75% of world leaders are now on Twitter”
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Japanese scientists have produced a genetically-engineered mouse that tweets like a bird, it was revealed today. A team of researchers at the University of Osaka are breeding genetically modified mice that are prone to miscopying DNA and are more likely to develop mutations.
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For a while today, a Twitter bug let anyone force anyone to follow their accounts. It was a hilariously simple trick, and equally bizarre. Even better? This bug was discovered by accident, by a Turkish Twitter user. Here’s what happened…
Continue reading… “The Real Story Behind Twitter’s Ridiculous Follow Bug”
The Newest In Twitter Fashion
Do you wear your emotions on your sleeve? Well, with Vanessa Sorenson’s Tweet Sleeve, you can do that a bit more literally. This gadget searches for keywords in your most recent tweets to gauge your mood and then displays that mood on the sleeve of a hoodie.
Continue reading… “Tweet Sleeve: Wear Your Emotions on Your Sleeve”
Looking for trouble when you Tweet?
Services such as Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and Buzz can alert criminals when users are not home, according to Confused.com, the price comparison service. Foursquare, for example, shows that people are in a specific spot and, more importantly, that the user is definitely not at home, Confused.com added.
It predicted that the new wave in social media could eventually lead to big rises in home insurance premiums.
Continue reading… “Using Facebook or Twitter Could Raise Your Insurance Premiums”
The microblogging and social networking site Twitter took off last year and had more than 44.5 million users worldwide as of June. In the 140-character limited ecosystem of Twitter, users have evolved a language of their own, figuring out creative ways to filter the sometimes overwhelming stream of Twitter posts. Now, Twitter has announced that a user-generated communication technique called retweeting–reposting someone else’s message, similar to quoting–will be formally incorporated into Twitter. Some experts say Twitter’s approach will hinder the conversational aspect of retweeting; others predict that it will create a new way of communicating.
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Ivy Bean has become the UK’s oldest Tweeter after signing up for the micro-blogging site at the age of 104. Continue reading… “Oldest Tweeter Talks About Cuppas And Casseroles”
The sign of the times that was the late February shutdown of the Rocky Mountain News is the result of a long-brewing sea change in the public’s media-consumption habits. It follows that it also represents a sea change in public relations. Less newsprint and fewer newsrooms make for less opportunity for companies to get exposure in traditional media.
Continue reading… “Tweet On The Street”
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Comedian Andy Milonakis mocks the popular microblogging service Twitter in this pretty funny rap music video. Gave me the LOLz.
Twitter it, quick!
Continue reading… “Andy Milonakis – Let Me Twitter Dat”
THREE-HUNDRED people are following my wife – most of them strangers. That’s a little worrisome. But now she has dropped the other shoe: She’s following 500.
OMG, Twitter! What have you done to our marriage? Five years ago, I thought I was marrying one woman, not a crowd. Continue reading… “Married To A Crowd Or At Least Twitter”
