Twinsters is a story of the Internet Age. Identical twins separated at birth, adopted and brought up on different continents, Samantha Futerman and Anaïs Bordier would probably never have met if a friend of Anaïs hadn’t seen Samantha in a viral video on YouTube. From there it was a click to Samantha’s own YouTube account and […]
Most of the social networks and online services send notifications. While some only send you “push notifications” via their mobile app, a lot of them also send you emails notifications for a wide range of things. And over time Twitter seems to have cranked up the volume of notices it sends out.. If you forget […]
Edward Snowden joined Twitter today Can you hear me now? — Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 29, 2015 and was immediately granted a verified account. The guys over at Radix must be delighted, as his profile link points to a .press domain – freedom.press And he’s already poking fun at the NSA: Meanwhile, a thousand people […]
Last night’s lunar eclipse was all over over social media feeds this morning. The eclipse coincided with the moon at perigee – its closest distance from earth, making it appear up to 14% larger in diameter. The coincidence of supermoon (perigee) and blood-red eclipse last occurred in 1982, making last night’s occurrence a spectacular event, with unusually clear […]
Connor Keppel is head of marketing at Phorest, and our guest on today’s podcast. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 26:25; 15MB; MP3. Phorest makes CRM software for hair salons, scheduling appointments and providing “little bits of automated magic”, like mailing customers afterwards inviting them to rate the […]
As we’ve mentioned in the past social media is playing an ever important role in politics, both nationally and internationally. The latest research from Ipsos MRBI looks at voters, the parties they support and how many have Twitter accounts: It indicates that Labour voters are most likely to report Twitter account ownership and that they […]
It’s #FoodFriday on Twitter today, all over Europe. In Ireland more than 30 Irish restaurants and foodies are taking part in and it is already trending. Today you can interact with over 300 chefs, restaurants and foodies taking part to share your food passions, discover new places and recipes and get inspired. This morning, restaurants and chefs will give exclusive behind-the-scenes tours […]
I met Terry Prone at the Vodafone Smart Business Show in the RDS, where she gave a talk on Communication in the Digital Age. “You’ve been doing this since long before there was a Digital Age”, I said to her. “What’s changed?” Communications is faster now, and more immediate, says Terry. And with the convenience comes the […]
The #VoteYes hashtag is currently trending globally on Twitter. It’s the number one trend in Ireland, together with #hometovote, which has seen thousands of emigrants tweet about the fact that they are making a long weekend of it – peaking at 110 tweets per minute at 9:30 this morning. https://twitter.com/TwitterDublin/status/601704435740323840 Twitter Dublin is promoting the #IVoted and […]
Google’s homepage for Ireland is currently displaying a subtle, but clear, message: Google supports marriage equality #ProudToLove They’ve also translated the same message on the Irish language version: Google.ie is the most popular website in Ireland according to Alexa, with the .ie taking the number 1 position, followed by the .com at number 2. The […]
