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Tweet enters the English language
It is now correct to refer to "tweet" as a posting on the social notworking service Twitter as well as its more traditional meaning which is a brief high-pitched sound. -
Big Tech fights off bad PRISM press
Microsoft, Twitter, Google and Facebook have urged the US government to allow them to reveal more details about the security requests they receive for handing over user data under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Fisa) -
Social networking is for narcissists
Social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter are a narcissist magnet, according to a study penned by the University of Michigan. -
China shuts down internet for maintenance
The Twitter-like Sina Weibo was working, as were the Chinese operations for MSN and Yahoo. For some reason the dictionary website WordKu.com offered just one page: a definition for the word "encore -
McAfee notes enormous rise in spam
As new technology continues to emerge so do the threats surrounding them. McAfee Labs found almost three times as many samples of Koobface as were seen in the previous quarter, a high point for the social networking worm that targets Facebook, Twitter and other network users. -
Turkey's Erdogan claims social media is a "menace"
Erdogan moaned to Bloomberg that Twitter was a menace. "The best examples of lies can be found there," he said. "To me, social media is the worst menace to society -
US fears irrational hackers
The Syrian Electronic Army is another. This is an activist group that has claimed responsibility for hacking the Twitter accounts of major Western media outlets. -
Oxford: Actually, Steve, it's "gif" or "jif"
Wilhite found himself in disagreement with much of Twitter and even a US government-sanctioned Tumblr account that declared the .Gif a hard g. Although credit lies with him for popularising the acronym, language evolves and much of the web is familiar with the hard g Gif, though it is still up for d -
HTC faces executive exodus
HTC’s vice president of global communications, Jason Gordon, has left the company. He announced his departure on Twitter, but did not explain how it came about. -
Financial Times hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
Pro-Assad hackers have targeted numerous news sites in the past, including parody news site The Onion, with mixed success. On Friday they managed to hack FT’s Twitter account and Tech Blog. -
Big Data could save IT careers
All the material that the prototype database search found was that his blogs and posts on Twitter suggested that he was opinionated but that was something that the company wanted. He was hired and did rather well. -
Bill Clinton overcomes shyness to join Twitter
Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, has joined Twitterwith a little help from TV funnyman Stephen Colbert. -
Assad fanboys stuff up the stock market
The hack caused "pure chaos" on the US stock exchange, briefly wiping out $136.5 billion and leaving AP's Twitter feeds suspended. -
GiffGaff network suffers outage
On Twitter, customer @miimii_Original said: "Giff gaff need to fix their bulls**t network I mean you're a part of O2 and they've been there already why you gotta go down too", while @hannah_mayhew said: "Giffgaff is a pile of w**k. Send my texts you a**hole! -
MIT researcher comes up with bargain super-database
He cross-referenced the language in the tweets with forums and message boards he knew to be Islamist to measure sentiment. He also checked the time stamps to see if Twitter activity stopped during the five daily prayers. -
Finance sector agitates against US social media privacy laws
A few states kick started efforts last year to prevent bosses looking up employees on websites such as Facebook or Twitter, however, sections of the financial industry are seeking certain exemptions - citing instances of 'red flags' where people could be misusing their personal accounts to spread co -
Greatest show off Earth launches in Big Apple
Appropriately, you can follow the event live on You ube and post questions for the organisation's top brass to answer at the event, which will be moderated by Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor at the Planetary Society, via Twitter. -
LulzSec hacker gets a year in jail
In an earlier hearing Kretsinger told a federal judge that he gained access to the Sony Pictures website and gave the information he found there to other members of LulzSec, who posted it on the group's website and Twitter.
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