SXSW: There’s never been a politician quite like Cory Booker — at least in terms of a social media persona.
SXSW Watch: My Twitter-Crit Panel, or, A Lot of Words About 140 Characters
I have survived my first South By Southwest panel appearance. On my Sunday-morning panel, “Arts Criticism in 140 Characters or Less,” my fellow panelists and I used far more than 140 characters at a shot to explain how social …
Daytona 500 Crash Brings NASCAR Driver 100,000+ Twitter Followers
Note to crazy high-speed stock car racers: When you’re stuck in neutral during one of the world’s most famous Sprint Cups, grab your phone and hold forth on Twitter. That’s what NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski did during the …
New Poll Reveals Facebook Users More Privacy-Savvy than Ever
President Obama isn’t the only one taking online privacy seriously. According to a new poll from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, social network users were far more likely to take steps to protect their privacy in 2011 …
Hospital Live-Tweets Entire Open Heart Surgery [WARNING: GRAPHIC]
There are many times when it is inappropriate to tweet. At dinner, for one. In the middle of a movie. And, in most cases, open heart surgery.
Dr. Paresh Patel, however, had a good reason to tweet during a 57-year-old patient’s …
SOPA: Reddit Confirms Jan. 18 Blackout; Wikipedia, Others May Follow
It’s on — at least partially: Reddit has announced that it will go dark for 12 hours to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has said that he hopes to coordinate with the site so that …
First Privacy, Now Censorship: Will Twitter Continue to Stand Up for Its Users’ Rights?
You may not like its latest redesign, but Twitter deserves praise for how it stands up for its users’ rights. In the face of legal pressure last year, Twitter fought for user privacy. This year, its new challenge will be …
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What Will 2012 Mean for Social Media?
On the one hand, it’s easy to predict where social media’s going over the next 12 months: more of the same, with the sublime, ridiculous and mundane occurring in equal amounts, both reaffirming and quashing our faith in humanity …
‘WTF? I Wanted an iPhone!’ Comedian Retweets Messages from Angry, Entitled Kids
Sure, we’re in the worst economic slump since the Great Depression, with 8.6% unemployment, plummeting home values and Europe on the brink of collapse, but hey, I really wanted an iPhone! That’s the message our country’s youth so …
Science Proves Twitter Really Has Become More Sad Since 2009
Well, this is depressing: A team of scientists from the University of Vermont appears to have proven via the judicious use of Twitter that people have been gradually growing more and more unhappy over the last three …
Regular Citizens Now in Charge of Sweden’s Twitter Account
Oh those crazy, free-wheeling Swedes. It appears the country has decided to allow regular citizens to man its official Twitter feed.
That’s right, instead of boring government announcements and links to policy proposals, …
