Companies are now able to search and analyse up to two years of Twitter updates for market research purposes.
Firms can search tweets back to January 2010 in order to plan marketing campaigns, target influential users or even try to predict certain events.
Until today, only the previous 30 days of tweets were available for companies to search. Regular users can access posts from the past seven days.
Read more here.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Twitter becomes a craven coward
A new Twitter policy which goes into effect today allows the social network "to reactively withhold content from users in a specific country," so that Twitter can further expand globally and "enter countries that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression."
Fuck you Twitter
Read more here.
Fuck you Twitter
Read more here.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Twitter Data Isn't Secret, Government Orders Are
Did we really expect it to turn out otherwise?
A U.S. District Court dealt two blows Thursday to the three WikiLeaks associates fighting a ruling that gives a grand jury access to their private Twitter data: One decision declaring that their private information on Twitter should be revealed, and another that the three had no right to demand that other secret legal requests for users’ private Internet data be made public in either this case or in the future.
Being *in power* means you can pull this kind of shit.
Read more here.
A U.S. District Court dealt two blows Thursday to the three WikiLeaks associates fighting a ruling that gives a grand jury access to their private Twitter data: One decision declaring that their private information on Twitter should be revealed, and another that the three had no right to demand that other secret legal requests for users’ private Internet data be made public in either this case or in the future.
Being *in power* means you can pull this kind of shit.
Read more here.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Twitter's IQ goes up as Aston Kutcher stops tweeting
Pledging on Wednesday night to stop Tweeting until he finds "a way to properly manage this feed," Ashton Kutcher has arrived at a solution.
"I feel responsible for delivering an informed opinion and not spreading gossip or rumors through my Twitter feed," Kutcher wrote in a blog post entitled "Twitter Management" on Thursday. "While I feel that running this feed myself gives me a closer relationship to my friends and fans, I've come to realize that it has grown into more [than] a fun tool to communicate with people."
Read more here.
"I feel responsible for delivering an informed opinion and not spreading gossip or rumors through my Twitter feed," Kutcher wrote in a blog post entitled "Twitter Management" on Thursday. "While I feel that running this feed myself gives me a closer relationship to my friends and fans, I've come to realize that it has grown into more [than] a fun tool to communicate with people."
Read more here.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Orlando Jones: Twidiot of the Day
You sir, are an asshole.
“Libyan Rebels kill Gaddafi, if American liberals want respect they better stop listening to Aretha & kill Sarah Palin (:”
The moron has actually succeeded in gaining Ms. Palin some sympathy.
Read more here.
“Libyan Rebels kill Gaddafi, if American liberals want respect they better stop listening to Aretha & kill Sarah Palin (:”
The moron has actually succeeded in gaining Ms. Palin some sympathy.
Read more here.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Calgary Sun city editor Dave Naylor is a ghoul
Calgary Sun city editor Dave Naylor tweeted yesterday regarding Jack Layton:
Maybe he's not dead. Maybe he's just stiff and needs a good massage
Maybe he's not dead. Maybe he's just stiff and needs a good massage
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Newt Gingrich: Twidiot of the Day
Gingrich complained yesterday that the press is ignoring his prodigious Twitter audience: "I have six times as many Twitter followers as all the other candidates combined, but it didn't count because if it counted I'd still be a candidate; since I can't be a candidate that can't count." Which is true! Gingrich currently boasts 1,325,842 followers, whereas competitors Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann have yet to crack 100,000.
But if Newt is winning the Twitter primary, it's because of voter fraud. A former staffer tells us that his campaign hired a firm to boost his follower count, in part by creating fake accounts en masse:
Read more here.
But if Newt is winning the Twitter primary, it's because of voter fraud. A former staffer tells us that his campaign hired a firm to boost his follower count, in part by creating fake accounts en masse:
Read more here.
Saturday, July 02, 2011
Ashton Kutcher: Grow up and stop being a bully
Famous Twitter user Ashton Kutcher is extremely upset at the Village Voice. The paper wrote a cover story making fun of him and bashing his anti-sex trafficking efforts. Now he will make sure no company advertises in the paper or on its site, ever.
Asshole.
Read more here.
Asshole.
Read more here.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Crowe's position on dicks cut short
Hollywood star Russell Crowe has apologised for criticising the ritual of circumcision on his Twitter account.
Crowe said the procedure was "barbaric and stupid" but later deleted his comments.
He later wrote: "I'm very sorry that I have said things on here that have caused distress.
"My personal beliefs aside, I realise that some will interpret this... as me mocking rituals and traditions of others. I am very sorry," he added.
He was right the first time. Guess his PR people got to him
Read more here.
Crowe said the procedure was "barbaric and stupid" but later deleted his comments.
He later wrote: "I'm very sorry that I have said things on here that have caused distress.
"My personal beliefs aside, I realise that some will interpret this... as me mocking rituals and traditions of others. I am very sorry," he added.
He was right the first time. Guess his PR people got to him
Read more here.
Sunday, June 05, 2011
France continues to maintain itself as the Idiot of Europe
In France, radio and television news anchors are no longer allowed to say the words “Facebook” and “Twitter” on air, unless the terms are specifically part of a news story. The ban stems from a decree issued by the French government on March 27, 1992, which forbids the promotion of commercial enterprises on news programs.
This means French news organizations are not allowed to urge their audience to “follow me on Twitter at twitter.com/emilprotalinski or “check out my Facebook page at facebook.com/emil.protalinski.” Instead, they will have to say “find us on social networking websites” or tell viewers to “check out our webpage at this URL to find links to our pages on social networks.”
Read more here.
This means French news organizations are not allowed to urge their audience to “follow me on Twitter at twitter.com/emilprotalinski or “check out my Facebook page at facebook.com/emil.protalinski.” Instead, they will have to say “find us on social networking websites” or tell viewers to “check out our webpage at this URL to find links to our pages on social networks.”
Read more here.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Twitter caves to some sniveling little town council in South Tyneside
Never ever trust your data to any organization online.
For the first time, the American social networking site has bowed to a court action brought by a British group complaining that they were libelled in messages.
The individuals who brought the legal action were councillors and officials at a local authority, South Tyneside.
They launched the case in an attempt to unmask an anonymous whistle-blower who calls himself Mr Monkey.
Read more here.
For the first time, the American social networking site has bowed to a court action brought by a British group complaining that they were libelled in messages.
The individuals who brought the legal action were councillors and officials at a local authority, South Tyneside.
They launched the case in an attempt to unmask an anonymous whistle-blower who calls himself Mr Monkey.
Read more here.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Super Injunctions, Twitter, and another big f*ck you from the rich to you
A senior executive from Twitter yesterday admitted for the first time that the website would turn over information to authorities if it was "legally required" to do so.
Experts had previously assumed that people who breached gagging orders on Twitter were protected from legal reprisals because the website is outside the jurisdiction of British courts.
The admission came after Dominic Grieve, the Attorney General, warned earlier this week that people who breached injunctions online were in for a "rude shock".
Translation: we have money and lawyers. Don't fuck with us.
Response: The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.
Read more here.
Experts had previously assumed that people who breached gagging orders on Twitter were protected from legal reprisals because the website is outside the jurisdiction of British courts.
The admission came after Dominic Grieve, the Attorney General, warned earlier this week that people who breached injunctions online were in for a "rude shock".
Translation: we have money and lawyers. Don't fuck with us.
Response: The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.
Read more here.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
U.K.'s Super Injunction - a big 'f*ck you* from the rich to you
Yet another rich benefiting law whereby the wealthy can stop embarrassing details getting out to the general public.
Don't these idiots realize that by slapping this kind of restriction of information, they guarantee it *will* get out.
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Sarah Palin: Twidiot of the Day
Eloquent, sophisticated, urbain.
Show photo as warning to others seeking America's destruction. No pussy-footing around, no politicking, no drama;it's part of the mission
Read more here.
Show photo as warning to others seeking America's destruction. No pussy-footing around, no politicking, no drama;it's part of the mission
Read more here.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Stephen Fry and others set to help defend Twitter user against idiotic conviciton
Our leaders are scared little rabbits, are they not?
Comedian Stephen Fry has said he is "prepared to go to prison" over the "Twitter joke" trial.
Fry was at a benefit gig for a man who is appealing against his conviction for sending a menacing communication.
Paul Chambers had tweeted: "Crap! Robin Hood Airport is closed. You've got a week... otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!"
Fry argued that Chambers' tweet was an example of Britain's tradition of self-deprecating humour and banter.
In a culture that thinks torture is sometimes AOK to use (but only on brown people), it's a wonder our Glorious Leaders didn't have the man flayed alive.
He's probably white, so just jail time...
Read more here.
Comedian Stephen Fry has said he is "prepared to go to prison" over the "Twitter joke" trial.
Fry was at a benefit gig for a man who is appealing against his conviction for sending a menacing communication.
Paul Chambers had tweeted: "Crap! Robin Hood Airport is closed. You've got a week... otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!"
Fry argued that Chambers' tweet was an example of Britain's tradition of self-deprecating humour and banter.
In a culture that thinks torture is sometimes AOK to use (but only on brown people), it's a wonder our Glorious Leaders didn't have the man flayed alive.
He's probably white, so just jail time...
Read more here.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Twitter, in a surprisingly stupid move, kills third party apps
In a statement issued today by Twitter on its official developer mailing list, the company informed third-party developers that they should no longer attempt to build conventional Twitter client applications. In a move to increase the "consistency" of the user experience, Twitter wants more control over how its service is presented to users in all contexts.
The announcement is a major blow to the third-party application developers who played a key role in popularizing Twitter's service. More significantly, it demonstrates the vulnerability of building a business on top of a Web platform that is controlled by a single vendor. The situation highlights the importance of decentralization in building sustainable infrastructure for communication.
Read more here.
The announcement is a major blow to the third-party application developers who played a key role in popularizing Twitter's service. More significantly, it demonstrates the vulnerability of building a business on top of a Web platform that is controlled by a single vendor. The situation highlights the importance of decentralization in building sustainable infrastructure for communication.
Read more here.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Family Guy writer Alec Sulkin: Greater Scumbag of the Day
Mr. Sulkin tweets:
If you wanna feel better about this earthquake in Japan, google “Pearl Harbor death toll”.
Coming from anyone involved in Family Guy, this comes as no shock.
Read more here.
If you wanna feel better about this earthquake in Japan, google “Pearl Harbor death toll”.
Coming from anyone involved in Family Guy, this comes as no shock.
Read more here.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Matt Barkley: Twidiot of the Day
People with sports related head injuries should not use Twitter...
It only took three letters for USC quarterback Matt Barkley to bring an onslaught upon himself on Twitter after posting a comment about gay marriage on Feb. 23.
It wasn't the body of the message that was blasted, it was the three letters before the message that drew ire.
On Feb. 23, Barkley tweeted, "Smh.. “@YahooNews: Gov't says it won't defend constitutionality of law that bans recognition of same-sex marriage: http://yhoo.it/hUSDca”
Those three letters before, "S-M-H," stand for "shaking my head."
...On such a divisive topic, Barkley sure knows how to draw attention.
But was he wrong to voice his opinion?
I don't think so.
It wasn't like he was bashing the gay community or anything of the sort, he simply stated his opinion.
He may need to think about hiring a PR guy, but nothing he did was inherently wrong.
Whether you disagree with it or not, it was his opinion and he was only exhibiting freedom of speech, which, as far as I'm aware, is still protected by the Constitution.
Absolutely, and we're all within our rights to call the man an asshole as well.
Drumroll please....ready?
Matt Barkley, you're an asshole. Smh, how do people like you justify your stupidity?
It only took three letters for USC quarterback Matt Barkley to bring an onslaught upon himself on Twitter after posting a comment about gay marriage on Feb. 23.
It wasn't the body of the message that was blasted, it was the three letters before the message that drew ire.
On Feb. 23, Barkley tweeted, "Smh.. “@YahooNews: Gov't says it won't defend constitutionality of law that bans recognition of same-sex marriage: http://yhoo.it/hUSDca”
Those three letters before, "S-M-H," stand for "shaking my head."
...On such a divisive topic, Barkley sure knows how to draw attention.
But was he wrong to voice his opinion?
I don't think so.
It wasn't like he was bashing the gay community or anything of the sort, he simply stated his opinion.
He may need to think about hiring a PR guy, but nothing he did was inherently wrong.
Whether you disagree with it or not, it was his opinion and he was only exhibiting freedom of speech, which, as far as I'm aware, is still protected by the Constitution.
Absolutely, and we're all within our rights to call the man an asshole as well.
Drumroll please....ready?
Matt Barkley, you're an asshole. Smh, how do people like you justify your stupidity?
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Some events bring the slugs from under their rocks. Nir Rosen: Twidiot of the Day
Twitter is some kind of social Darwinism. Only the intelligent will survive its continued use, the rest will die off, one by one.
That was fast. And well-deserved!
Nir Rosen, was up until yesterday a journalist who was known for covering the Iraq war.
Until Wednesday Morning, he was also a fellow at the NYU Center on Law and Security.
That was before Rosen thought it was smart and funny to take to Twitter following news of Lara Logan's brutal attack in Egypt and...make fun of her.
Yes.
His first tweet: "Lara Logan had to outdo Anderson. Where was her buddy McCrystal.”
His second: “Yes yes its wrong what happened to her. Of course. I don’t support that. But, it would have been funny if it happened to Anderson too”
As if he had the virtual runs, it just didn't stop — Rosen then called Logan a "war monger," said he was "rolling his eyes" at the attention she would get.
As you might imagine the response from the Internet was swift and harsh. And Rosen subsequently deleted some (but not all!) of the Tweets. Not that that matters in the age of the Internet.
In less than 24 hours, he was apologizing profusely, and finally resigned from his fellowship.
Read more here.
That was fast. And well-deserved!
Nir Rosen, was up until yesterday a journalist who was known for covering the Iraq war.
Until Wednesday Morning, he was also a fellow at the NYU Center on Law and Security.
That was before Rosen thought it was smart and funny to take to Twitter following news of Lara Logan's brutal attack in Egypt and...make fun of her.
Yes.
His first tweet: "Lara Logan had to outdo Anderson. Where was her buddy McCrystal.”
His second: “Yes yes its wrong what happened to her. Of course. I don’t support that. But, it would have been funny if it happened to Anderson too”
As if he had the virtual runs, it just didn't stop — Rosen then called Logan a "war monger," said he was "rolling his eyes" at the attention she would get.
As you might imagine the response from the Internet was swift and harsh. And Rosen subsequently deleted some (but not all!) of the Tweets. Not that that matters in the age of the Internet.
In less than 24 hours, he was apologizing profusely, and finally resigned from his fellowship.
Read more here.
Saturday, January 08, 2011
The U.S. Justice Department bullies Twitter trying to get at WikiLeaks
Never ever embarrass a torture regiem, they will get revenge...
The U.S. Justice Department has ordered Twitter to hand over data associated with multiple user accounts, in preparation for legal action related to Wikileaks.
"There are many WikiLeaks supporters listed in the US Twitter subpoena," Wikileaks stated over Twitter tonight.
Read more here.
The U.S. Justice Department has ordered Twitter to hand over data associated with multiple user accounts, in preparation for legal action related to Wikileaks.
"There are many WikiLeaks supporters listed in the US Twitter subpoena," Wikileaks stated over Twitter tonight.
Read more here.
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