NASA is celebrating its 2nd annual Black Hole Friday. Throughout Friday, NASA had been sharing pictures and info about black holes on social media. The #BlackHoleFriday meant that NASA tweeted facts about black holes, including a handful of Black Friday-themed jokes. All in all the space agency sent out over a dozen tweets and retweets on black holes, such as: "If you lived inside this dwarf … [Read more...]
Twitter Revamps Search Function
Twitter just made it possible to search throughout every tweet ever tweeted, now that its search engine has been upgraded. There are plenty of reasons why you would like to search for a particular tweet. Maybe you want to trace back some personally relevant information, or you are doing a research project on social media use. Either way, the new feature is an important step forward compared with … [Read more...]
Let The Terrorists Tweet!
The Islamic State is known not just for the primitive savagery with which they execute their victims, but also for their high-tech sophistication, as fighters immediately post photographs of themselves after beheading or crucifying their prisoners. One would argue that such content is abhorrent and only helps the Islamic State gather more followers in the West, however, this massive social … [Read more...]
Twitter Funds Laboratory for Social Machines Launched at MIT
As the world of social media gets increasingly competitive, Twitter makes a move to signal its position in the field. The social media giant will collaborate with MIT’s Media Lab by pledging $10 million for the development of a Laboratory for Social Machines. The funds will be distributed over a five years period. Twitter has proved to be an invaluable tool in the popular revolts of the last … [Read more...]
Mobile Start-Up TapCommerce Will Soon Belong to Twitter
Were you sick and tired of the advertisements avalanche on Facebook? Don't worry! You can move to Twitter and have a similar avalanche, with the added perk that you can actually download mobile apps directly from your Twitter feed. Instead of planning for a long summer vacation, Twitter is apparently preparing us a nice one, with loads of mobile apps and downloads to make it even hotter. In case … [Read more...]
Solar Roadways gets Funding Boost After Star Trek Geroge Takei’s Tweet
American actor George Takei has endorsed a North Idaho couple's idea for transforming roads, sidewalks and parking lots into solar surfaces. The endorsement has brought Scott and Julie Brusaw’s crowdfunding campaign pass the USD 1 million goal. Takei took to the micro-blogging site Twitter to express his views about Solar Roadways of Sagle, Idaho. "I like the sound of that. Worth a look. … [Read more...]
Twitter’s new feature MUTE, mutes annoying people..
Are you annoyed by the Tweets and Retweets of the users in your twitter account, now you have a way to mute them, yes you read it correct. Twitter as enabled a new feature called MUTE, which will block all the Tweets and Retweets on your timeline. The other best is you won't receive push or SMS notifications from that user and best part is they wont be notified about it. "Today we’re beginning … [Read more...]
Facebook to give tough fight to Google, Twitter by introducing newswire
After staging war against micro-blogging site Twitter, Facebook seems to be now ready to take on search giant Google. Besides sharing your thoughts, your pictures and staying connected with your closed ones, the social networking site is going to offer you its new service i.e. newswire. It means while scrolling your profile and going through what’s on your friends’ mind, you can stay updated … [Read more...]
Twitter to beat Facebook by offering mobile ads via MoPub
Micro-blogging site Twitter and social networking giant Facebook are moving neck-and-neck as far as their services are concerned. Be it the introduction of hash tags or trending topics, Facebook and Twitter are leaving no stone unturned to beat eachother in terms of popularity. In this row, Twitter has started offering mobile ads to the advertisers in a bid to boost its ad business and beat its … [Read more...]
Frank Thomas gets Obama’s call, after the hall of fame
Frank Thomas on Wednesday night tweeted about getting a call from the US President Barack Obama. The legendary White Sox slugger distributed the news through his Twitter account @TheBigHurt_35 and through the account belonging to his wife Megan. The call made his first-ballot Hall of Fame selection go beyond sports. Obama has been found to have a keen interest in sports overall, and is a … [Read more...]
