Tag: Twitter
The Pope v Twitter: can he overtake Lady Gaga?
Social media experts say the Pope will be lucky to break into the top 20 of the site’s most followed people. Matt Warman analyses...
Twitter in legal spat over data clampdown
Twitter Inc's steadily tightening grip over the 140-character messages on its network has set off a spirited debate in Silicon Valley over whether a...
Twitter enables internetless posts in Syria
Google and Twitter have reactivated a voice feature for Syrians to send out tweets during internet blackouts. Friday’s announcement of the reinstating of the...
Botham, Stuart Broad in Twitter spat
Sir Ian Botham has hit out at Stuart Broad after the England bowler reacted angrily to criticism of his form. After England's defeat by...
Twitter, Facebook being used to push Americans to polls
Nani Teruya does not vote because she believes the United States is illegally occupying her home state of Hawaii, but people are trying to...
Twitter maps out popularity of Obama, Romney tweets
Twitter has launched an interactive map of the United States that charts where Barack Obama and Mitt Romney’s campaign tweets have had the most...
Microsoft removes Facebook and Twitter apps from Xbox 360
It has been revealed that Microsoft has removed Facebook and Twitter apps from the Xbox 360 as part of its mandatory dashboard upgrade ahead...
Gayle lives up to his twitter remark
Chris Gayle surprised one and all with his prophetic tweet after the first semifinal that Sri Lanka will play the West Indies in Sunday's...
Twitter may unveil tweet downloading by the end of the year
Twitter will reportedly unveil a new tweet downloading feature by the end of the year, according to Geekosystem. If you’ve ever been terrified that...
Norway hails Breivik verdict
Relieved survivors of Anders Behring Breivik’s massacres took to Twitter Friday to express their delight moments after he was sentenced to 21 years in...
Not all world leaders convinced by Twitter, says survey
Some world leaders may be making full use of the microblogging Twitter tool to promote their ideas, but other international figures are shunning the...
10 things Twitter taught us about humanity
Did you know that the world is collectively grumpy every morning? Or that Lady Gaga has more “monsters” following her online than the population...
Amitabh reaches 3m followers on Twitter
megastar Amitabh Bachchan has crossed the 3 million mark on Twitter and is quite excited about it. "3 MILLION FOLLOWERS!!! Holy Mother of Jesus...
Jihadists’ Twitter presence becomes more sophisticated
Jihadists and their sympathisers’ presence on Twitter is limited, rather sophisticated and increasing.
That’s what the BBC’s Murad Batal al-Shishani found after spending more than...
Era of soulful ghazal singing ended with Mehdi: Amitabh Bachchan
With the death of legendary singer Mehdi Hassan an era of soulful ghazal singing has come to an end, says megastar Amitabh Bachchan.
The Indian-born...
Gwyneth Paltrow faces flak for N-word tweet
Gwyneth Paltrow is the latest celebrity who has been slammed for using the N-word on Twitter. She apparently used it while watching Jay Z...
Twitter blocked due to blasphemous content
Twitter has been blocked a couple of hours ago in Pakistan on the directives of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) by internet services providers.
The...