1. 1 May


    This history-making tweet is two years old today. Context: Abbottabad resident Tweets raid on bin Laden compound.

    This history-making tweet is two years old today. Context: Abbottabad resident Tweets raid on bin Laden compound.

     

  2. 3 Apr



    The United States Embassy in Cairo’s Twitter account temporarily shut down Wednesday following a spat with an official account affiliated with Egypt President Mohamed Morsi over a Jon Stewart clip. The account, @USEmbassyCairo, disappeared for under an hour before reappearing sans the Stewart tweet.
    — “U.S. Embassy in Cairo Disables Twitter Page After Jon Stewart Tweet,” Mashable
     

  3. 21 Mar


    This is great - setting Twitter’s seventh anniversary video to music from Inception makes it feel like Twitter is hell-bent on taking over the world.

     

  4. 20 Mar


    This has been the most ridiculous week.

    This has been the most ridiculous week.

     

  5. 13 Mar


    “No, This Is Not the New Pope’s Twitter Account,” Mashable / Sam Laird

     

  6. 11 Mar


    matthewkeys: Also, he’s a superhero. It’s true, guys.

    matthewkeys:

    Also, he’s a superhero.

    It’s true, guys.

     

  7. 7 Mar


    When journalists argue about TweetDeck v. HootSuite:

    When journalists argue about TweetDeck v. HootSuite:

     

  8. 28 Feb


    Pope Benedict XVI’s last tweet before retiring. For more: “Pope Benedict XVI Tweets Final Farewell to His Flock,” Mashable

    Pope Benedict XVI’s last tweet before retiring. For more: “Pope Benedict XVI Tweets Final Farewell to His Flock,” Mashable

     

  9. 28 Feb


    That thing when one of your favorite members of European Parliament tweets your article.

    That thing when one of your favorite members of European Parliament tweets your article.

     

  10. 25 Jan



    I Love Vine, But It Has 3 Problems

    Vine, the new app that lets you shoot six-second multi-scene videos, has potential for greatness. But it also has three notable problems:

    1. You can’t always shoot some tape, leave the app, then come back and shoot more tape on the same video. I’ve gotten this to work a few times, but mostly it fails miserably. Frustrating when you want to work on a long-term project, such as shooting scenes of your commute to work (which I unsuccessfully attempted last night and this morning). 
    2. You seemingly can’t share a video after you’ve initially created it. Bizzarre.
    3. No Tumblr support. I realize that the app was acquired by Twitter so there’s a business element at play here, but Vines are essentially improved .GIFs, which do remarkably well on Tumblr.