Tag: twitter
Twitter predicts winning stocks, study shows
Create a buzz and stocks rise – literally. Investors following tweets about the stock market would have seen an average return rate of 15%, a study from the Technical University of Munich suggested. Researcher Timm Sprenger said there was…
All BBC websites out of order last night, but why?
The BBC's online portfolio experienced an unprecedented outage last night, with all of the broadcaster's websites inaccessible from between 11pm and midnight. Twitter was alight with users complaining about the failure, the biggest outage since the BBC.co.uk homepage went down…
Five years of microblogging evolution: Happy birthday Twitter
Love it or hate it – Twitter is five today. The chatter is rising steadily, with 200 million users now sending out 140 million daily tweets. More will come as Twitter's growth rate is soaring; 460,000 new accounts were…
AOL-owned Huffington Post gets Twitter power: Biz Stone joins
Following the high-profile $315m takeover by AOL, the popular liberal news site Huffington Post will be joined by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone. "Strategic adviser for social impact" is Stone's title at AOL, where he will among other things work…
Twitter follows Facebook in adding 'https' security in battle against hackers
As fraudsters eye up social networks, the industry fights back. From now on, Twitter users will have the option to set the use of "https" as a default option for the micro-blogging site. Https, sitting at the beginning of…
US courts rules that Twitter isn't private … but then why does it feel so personal?
A US judge has ruled that Twitter has to hand over data pertaining to at least three of its users to the authorities, who are looking into their connection with WikiLeaks. The users in question, some of whom aren't…
Ronaldo is sport's most effective social networker, says Facebook exec
Christiano Ronaldo has been crowned the most effective social networker in sport, according to Facebook's Head of International Business Development Christian Hernandez. Speaking at the third annual Global Sports Forum in Barcelona today, Hernandez praised the way the Real Madrid…
Will social media market listings trigger a new dot-com bubble?
The Chinese Facebook-equivalent, Renren, will test appetites for social media listings with plans to float on the stockmarket. The most popular social network in China, Renren.com could be valued at up to $500 million, should plans to list in…
Twitter gives homeless a voice in new project
Among the social groups where internet innovation has least impact, the homeless are probably those most left behind. But a new project called 'Underheard in New York' is granting an intriguing insight into the daily lives of this demographic….
MWC 2011: Google's chief Eric Schmidt slams Nokia over Microsoft deal, fails to rule out Twitter buyout
Google's outgoing chief executive Eric Schmidt used his keynote speech in Barcelona to have a dig at Nokia after being snubbed by the Finnish mobile giant in favour of a partnership with Microsoft. During the talk, Schmidt revealed that…