There's a great love story between Twitter and TV as any big TV event showcases. Last night's Academy Awards were no different, though it seems that there was less interest in the Oscars than there was in the Grammys for example, or the Super Bowl.
The event didn't break any tweets per second records... |
27 February 2012
05:20 GMT |
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Twitter and TV go hand in hand like, well, Twitter and TV. People are getting increasingly accustomed to commenting on the site during big TV events in particular, effectively sharing the experience with their Twitter friends.
The latest Super Bowl, as you might expect, did not disappoint. In fact, again as you migh... |
6 February 2012
08:31 GMT |
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Twitter records are meant to be broken and most don't seem to last very long. Every time a huge event throws Twitter into a frenzy and has people talking like never before, something else comes along and blows it out of the water.
Twitter has just announced that American footballer Tim Tebow managed to set a ne... |
10 January 2012
05:45 GMT |
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Twitter started summing up 2011 a few weeks ago, but it seems that the year still has a few surprises left. 2011 saw the Twitter activity record, as measured in tweets per second, broken several times.
It seemed that nothing could beat Beyonce's pregnant appearance at the MTV VMAs. The new record, just announce... |
14 December 2011
06:31 GMT |
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As in every year, Twitter has seen more activity and more use than ever. A simple way of judging that is via the amount of tweets around a particular event. Twitter users have been breaking records every few months or so. New Year in Japan set an all time record, as users flocked to greet the new year.Since then thou... |
6 December 2011
20:01 GMT |
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Twitter usage records are not exactly anything new, the site is still growing so this kind of things will happen over and over again. Still, it's worth mentioning the events that drive Twitter users into a frenzy.
So far, natural disasters, sporting events, the New Year and anything related to Japan have crea... |
30 August 2011
10:59 GMT |
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It took half a year, but Twitter managed to get the tweets per second record broken. The previous one was set during New Year's Day in Japan. The new record is also related to a world event and, obviously, to Japan, which loves Twitter.
The final of the Women's World Cup, between Japan and the US, which... |
18 July 2011
05:51 GMT |
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Any event that captures the attention of a lot of people is going to make a big splash on Twitter. The World Cup last year got people so worked up that Twitter had a hard time staying online and available for everyone. It also marked the period with the biggest number of tweets coming in each second. But it didn'... |
10 February 2011
04:28 GMT |
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Fans of the tactical shooter genre will be extremely happy to find out that 505 Games has decided to bring us a sequel to ArmA: Armed Assault, one of the most realistic games of its kind released in 2007. The game will be developed by Bohemia Interactive and it is expected to be released in Europe in the first fiscal... |
19 August 2008
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