Twitter hit by another short URL scam
Posted by admin on Mar 03, 2011 | Leave a Comment
How much time do you spend on Twitter? No, we are not asking you, but warning you not to be too keen to know how much time you spend on the popular micro-blogging social network.
If you have come across a tweet in your timeline that tells you
“I have spent 11.6 hours on Twitter. How much have you? Find out here: [LINK]“, do not click on it and alert other tweeple to be vigilant about it.
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Kim Kardashian’s Twitter account hacked!
Posted by admin on Feb 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Kim Kardashian says her Twitter account has been hacked. The socialite was fuming after discovering on Monday that an impostor had accessed her page and sent out ‘fake tweets’. And she’s appealed to bosses of the microblogging site to help restore the security on her account.
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Youngsters use Facebook, Twitter to show they’re ‘cool’
Posted by admin on Feb 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Social-networking obsessed Australian youngsters have admitted that they use tools such as Facebook, Twitter and Smartphone apps to appear ‘cool’ rather than communicate.
A new research has shown that image-obsessed mobile phone wielders were prepared to embellish or lie about their activities to boost their credibility among friends, reports the News.com.au.
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Now, foreign secretary Nirupama Rao on Twitter
Posted by admin on Feb 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao Friday opened her Twitter account, becoming the first senior Indian bureaucrat to do so.
Her first post went out from her account (www.twitter.com/forsecnrao) at about 12.10 p.m. Friday – ‘Leaving4NewYork tonite.’
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No tweeting during WC: ICC tells players
Posted by admin on Feb 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment
In a bid to ensure a corruption-free World Cup following the spot-fixing scandal, the International Cricket Council has banned players and team officials from tweeting during matches.
The decision, an initiative of ICC’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit, was intended to restrain the players and officials from any possible approach by people with links to illegal betting during World Cup matches.
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Egypt crisis: China bans google, facebook, twitter
Posted by admin on Jan 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Fearing possible backlash due to ongoing Egypt crisis, China has blocked several search engines and social networking websites in the country.
China has banned search engine giant Google, social networking website Facebook and microblogging website twitter in the wake of public revolution in Egypt against President Hosni Mubarak.
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Tweets have regional accents: Study
Posted by admin on Jan 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Twitter users tweet messages with regional dialects, using “suttin” for “something” if they are New Yorkers and “sumthin” if they are not, a new study found.
The social media site is displaying new dialects because it is such a conversational form of writing, according to the Carnegie Mellon University study presented on Tuesday to the Linguistic Society of America meeting in Pittsburgh....
Wiki effect: Hacking free for all exploded; Twitter, Facebook stuck
Posted by admin on Dec 09, 2010 | Leave a Comment
On Wednesday, anonymous hackers took aim at companies perceived to have harmed the WikiLeaks website after its release of a flood of confidential diplomatic documents. MasterCard , Visa and PayPal , which had cut off people’s ability to donate money to the organization, were hit by attacks that tried to block access to the companies’ websites...
Madhuri Dixit joins Twitter
Posted by admin on Dec 02, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit has become the latest star on the social networking scene by creating an account on Twitter which has already garnered 12,297 followers. “For all of my fans, finally I have joined Twitter.
Love, Madhuri,” she wrote as her first post on the micro-blogging site on November 27.
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Twitter can boost students’ grades
Posted by admin on Nov 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment
A study has suggested that using social networking sites like Twitter as a tool in university courses can help increase student engagement and also boost their grades.
The research was carried out by Rey Junco of Lock Haven University, Greg Heiberger of South Dakota State University and Eric Loken of The Pennsylvania State University.
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