The USGS (United States Geological Survey) will begin harvesting tweets from around the world to track earthquake activity. This harvesting of tweets will be accomplished by gathering tweets that utilize specific keywords indicative of an earthquake occurring, and this data will be used as a leading indicator and data collection technique.
Category: Twitter
Google announced a new URL shortener at goo.gl, which is a new shortener service that can only currently be used only with Google products. The good news is that Feedburner – Google’s feed subscription and syndication service – has integrated the new URL shortener to automatically send new postings from your blog directly to Twitter.
When it comes to Twitter, it’s not easy being popular! Having more followers on Twitter means more opportunity to network, communicate, promote, and connect to others that can either help you, or that you can help. Twitter is also a great way to market and promote your products and services. Don’t believe me, just ask […]
One thing I love about Twitter is that it gives you insight into the “crowd mentality” in real time. But not only insight into what people are talking about in real time, but insight into the intangibles – like comparative analysis on the popularity of simultaneous stories. Take the New York Giants vs the Philadelphia […]
Lindsay Lohan apparently tried to take credit for freeing 40 children in India from the grips of child trafficking and labor abuse. She is currently in India doing a documentary with the BBC that brings light to the abuses and trafficking of children. Days prior to her arriving in India, a raid was conducted by […]
When it comes to telling Santa what you want for Christmas, you may no longer need to write out a letter and mail it to the North Pole. Because of the advancement of technology, why not just tell Santa what you want for Christmas via Twitter? When I checked out Twitter this morning, I was […]
Perhaps a first of its kind research study shows that Twitter use is more popular among African-Americans than any other race or ethnicity. This research was performed, and results delivered by, the Pew Research Center. The research found that 26 percent of Twitter users are Black, which indicates the ‘digital divide’ is closing.