Social Media News Archives: Page 4

Announcement of Bin Laden's Death Generates Highest Sustained Tweet Rate (May 2, 2011): Twitter says last night's White House announcement by President Obama that Osama Bin Laden had been killed generated the highest sustained tweet rate ever on Twitter.

Twitter Passes 200 Million Accounts (April 29, 2011): Marshall Kirkpatrick at ReadWriteWeb reports that Twitter has passed the 200 million accounts plateau.

LinkedIn Analysis Finds Peter and Deborah are the Top Names for CEOs (April 27, 2011): LinkedIn has released LinkedInsights data that reveals dateabout the top names of CEOs.

The Social Network Wins Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture (January 17, 2011): The Social Network was named the Best Motion Picture in the drama category at last night's Golden Globe Awards.

MySpace Cuts Workforce in Half (January 11, 2011): MySpace was unable to keep up with the torrid growth of rivals, Facebook.

Library of Congress to Archive All Tweets (April 15, 2010): The Library of Congress (LOC) will be archiving all of your tweets.

Jim Carrey's Twitter Bird (November 7, 2009): Jim Carrey's bizarre new website should win the award for best version of a Twitter bird.

The Onion Covers Parents Facebook Stalking Their College-Aged Kids (October 24, 2009): The Onion has a pretty hilarious video about how parents can use Facebook and Twitter to keep tabs on their children.

Oh Lord. It's the 5 Billionth Tweet (October 19, 2009): This tweet by Robin Sloan is apparently the 5 billionth tweet on Twitter.

Retweeting Basics From CNN (June 29, 2009): Naamua Delaney talked about the power of retweeting on Twitter with CNN.

SeaWorld Launches Shamu Twitter (April 15, 2009): SeaWorld's Shamu is on Twitter.

Rick Sanchez Talks Shorty Awards (February 12, 2009): CNN's Rick Sanchez hosted the first Shorty Awards last night in New York.

Twitter Stock Community Called StockTwits Gets Funding (December 20, 2008): VentureBeat reports that two-month-old StockTwits has raised a round of funding.

Flickr's Three Billionth Photo is a Door (November 3, 2008): Over three billion photos have now been posted to the Flickr photo sharing website.

More Hiring Managers Using Social Networks to Evaluate Possible Hires (September 25, 2008): MediaPost reports that a new survey from CareerBuilder.

Twitter is Growing Like a Weed (September 23, 2008): Mashable reports that Twitter is growing like a weed.

Confusion Over Twitter Following Limits (August 12, 2008): Twitter does not limit the number of people that can follow you.

Twitter is Follower Central So Follower Issues Really Sting (July 24, 2008): The most important feature on Twitter is followers.

Twitter Confirms Summize Acquisition (July 15, 2008): Twitter has confirmed rumors from earlier this month that they would be acquiring the Summize search engine.

John Tesh Finds Twitter (May 30, 2008): Twitter is not just for bloggers and tech people anymore.