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Twitter Celebrates NBA Center Jason Collins Coming Out as Gay

Emerald Catron — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:09:56 +0000

If you’ve been hiding under a rock, or just somehow not on the internet at all today, here’s a newsflash — Jason Collins is now the first active NBA player to be openly gay. The Washington Wizards center came out in an interview with Sports Illustrated. Obviously, the world is going bananas, and his name [...]

Hackers Make Burger King Twitter Praise McDonald's

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:00:46 +0000

Things got weird in the burger wars yesterday when hackers broke into the Burger King Twitter page and started firing off pro-McDonald’s tweets. Under the handle McDonalds@BurgerKing, the hackers posted messages which said Burger King had been sold to McDonald’s, accused Burger King employees of on-the-job drug use and posted links to popular hip hop [...]

Jimmy Kimmel's 'Celebrities Read Mean Tweets' Is Too Funny For Words

Amanda Ferris — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:13:45 +0000

Thanks to the rise of the social media site Twitter, celebrity users and your every day folk like you and me are closer than ever. But so are the nasty, catty tweets from the Average Joe to whatever celebrity they're mad at now. Jimmy Kimmel decided that celebrities should confront these mean (and often strange) tweets in his ongoing segment 'Celebrities Read Mean Tweets.'

'Hashtag' Is 2012′s Word of the Year

Donald Deane — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:04:26 +0000

Hashtags may have originated on Twitter, but the popular internet shorthand has since spread to Facebook and even everyday speech. And now, "hashtag" has been declared the 2012 word of the year by the American Dialect Society. #waytogohashtag

Do You Follow Sports Figures on Twitter? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:10:13 +0000

Twitter is one of the best ways you can follow the latest news and pop culture and. It’s also great for keeping up with the sports world. A recent report by ESPN revealed that LSU football coach Les Miles is the most followed college coach on Twitter, with almost 90,000 followers at the moment. Are [...]

Hurricane Sandy 12-12-12 Benefit Concert: Rockers React on Twitter

Chad Childers — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:12:55 +0000

The 12-12-12 Hurricane Sandy benefit is over and music lovers are finding themselves thoroughly rocked a day later. The show raised quite a few funds for those in need in the aftermath of the natural disaster while keeping audiences entertained with some great performances and surprising collaborations. As expected, there's been an outpouring of response on Twitter.

Planning to Tweet or Instagram Your Ballot? You May Be Committing a Felony

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:53:35 +0000

Voting in a presidential election is pretty exciting. And, these days, when we do something exciting we want to tell the world about it through social network sites like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

But while there may be a temptation to take a photo of your completed ballot and post it on the internet with pride, it's not a very good idea. In fact in states like Wisconsin it's a felony to let anybody else see your ballot or a photo of your ballot.

The 10 Most Obvious Tweets From the Hurricane Sandy Twitter

Amanda Ferris — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:55:51 +0000

It seems to be tradition that whenever a major hurricane is bearing down on NYC and the rest of the Eastern seaboard, memes and spoof Twitter accounts will invariable pop up. However, the funniest Twitter account for the Frankenstorm, aka Hurricane Sandy is run by Elijah Daniel and will keep you laughing long after the storm moves away from your area.

National Geographic Plans to Transmit Tweets into Space

Don Deane — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:00:43 +0000

As a way to promote its show ‘Chasing UFOs’ and potentially impress aliens with our highly-advanced Twitter technology, the National Geographic Channel will broadcast tweets into the deepest recesses of space this coming August. The event will also celebrate the 35th anniversary of the “Wow!” signal, an unexplained narrowband radio signal detected by SETI in [...]

Dick Clark Dies: Kiss, Heart + Others React on Twitter

Dave Lifton — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:58:28 +0000

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With today's passing of 'American Bandstand' and 'New Year's Rockin' Eve' host Dick Clark, tributes have been pouring in via Twitter for the man dubbed “The World's Oldest Teenager.” The testimonials are coming from friends, fellow music business impresarios, artists who appeared on his shows and those who grew up watching him on television. Below is a sample.

REMEMBERING

'Family Guy' Tweet Gets British Duo Banned From America

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:00:47 +0000

When British tourists Leigh Van Bryan and Emily Banting arrived in Los Angeles, customs officials discovered that Van Bryan had recently sent out a tweet about “destroying America.”

While any English person (and most Americans) would understand that by “destroy” he meant to get rip-roaring drunk and party so hard that he ends up offending a Kardashian, the literal-minded officials detained the pair for making terroristic threats.

Tom Petty Discusses Social Media, Upcoming Plans In Twitter Chat

Carl Coffey — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:11:34 +0000

Tom Petty is using social media to share his dislike of social media.Billboard.com says that in a Twitter chat Tom admitted he was finding the process “very frustrating,” because there wasn’t “enough space to answer” more complex questions. He also called social media “the end of the world,” and expressed his distaste for how it [...]

Facebook and Twitter Are Harming Our Kids, Says Majority — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:00:27 +0000

Facebook, Twitter and all the other social media sites have changed the way young people interact with each other, but according to a survey from Poll Position, the majority of Americans don’t think this has been a change for the better.

Gilbert Gottfried Fired Over Tweets

Tim Gray — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:53:26 +0000

TMZ reports that Gilbert Gottfried was fired from his voice-over work as the duck for Aflack, because of his latest tweets about the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Would you expect anything else from this comedian? TMZ quotes Aflack as saying: Gilbert’s recent comments about the crisis in Japan were lacking in humor and certainly do [...]