WSJ reports that, barackobama.com has published an online job description for the post of Social Networks Manager, who will be responsible for maintaining the President’s accounts on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. The person currently holding the job of ‘Barack Obama’s twitterer’ is stepping down soon. Obama now has more than three million followers on Twitter and nearly 7.5 million Facebook fans. Read full story »
In a poll conducted among American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), who handle divorces and legal separations in the USA, 81 percent of 1,600 members said that they have seen a rise in the last five years in the number of cases using evidence from the Internet. Facebook was the main source of divorce and custody evidence, according to 66 percent of AAML members, followed by MySpace at 15 percent, Twitter at 5 percent. Read full story »
International Space Station (ISS) resident Timothy Creamer posted the first live Twitter post truly from space. “Hello Twitterverse!” he wrote. “We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station — the 1st live tweet from Space!
More soon, send yours” Read full story »
Twitter has temporarily disabled access to a feature that lets users display Twitter updates on their websites by using Flash Player, after a security researcher warned of a programming flaw that left the login credentials of its users vulnerable to hackers. Read full story »
Twitterverse has responded to the 7.0-magnitude Haiti earthquake tweeting calls to support various relief efforts by donating via Texting or Online Donation. According to Twitter.com, 4 of the 10 most popular topics posted on Twitter were related to Haiti. Twitter Trending Topics related Haiti earthquake were Help Haiti, Yele, Red Cross and Pat Robertson and Text.To donate $5, text Yele to 501501 and $5 will be automatically charged to your cell phone bill. Text HAITI to 90999 to donate $10 to the American Red Cross. Read full story »