So, it's more or less been confirmed that the long nameless Twitter bird has actually been named "Larry" all along (likely in reference to Larry Bird, the former professional basketball player). But how fast can that bird fly? These days, Larry is up to 3,000 tweets per second. And that's up by about 25% from just one month ago! Whew, those wings sure are pumping.
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Has the Vancouver Canucks' supertstar goaltender, Roberto Luongo, been on Twitter in secrecy since July 2011? Maybe—and the generally serious Luongo may be more of a jokester than we knew.
On Wednesday, Canucks forward Ryan Kesler tweeted to his 134,000 followers that @Strombone1 is a funny guy and worth following. But based on Kesler's Twitter habits, it was a very peculiar tweet. Who was this Strombone nobody? The Province decided to compile evidence as to why he may be Roberto Luongo.
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As a streaming service without any of its own hardware products, one of the keys to Netflix's success is being compatible with as many devices as possible—from computers to smartphones to gaming consoles. Netflix has long been able to stream on Apple's iOS devices and Google's Android devices. And now that Netflix has been in Canada for a while, we'll see it on the BlackBerry platform soon… or not.
Netflix sucker-punched Research In Motion yesterday evening via Twitter, where the company stated, "We don’t have any current plans to support Blackberry devices, incluing [sic] Playbook." They didn't even bother to spell check, or capitalize the "B" in BlackBerry and PlayBook! That's how little Netflix cares about RIM.
read moreLast December Techvibes reported on a Canadian entrepreneur that attended LeWeb in Paris pulled a genius stunt to get the attention of tech entrepreneur Sean Parker.
Toronto's Christopher Carmichael took a big risk in front of an international tech audience when he told Parker that he was his son from the future. It turns they're not related but Carmichael does of a Grandmother who is now on Twitter.
Check out this video where Carmichael convinces his 87 year-old Grandma to tweet her first message to the world.
Do you spend a lot of time on Twitter? Many of us do. But co-founder Christopher Isaac Stone, better known as "Biz," doesn't want you to waste away on his micro-blogging platform.
In a presentation to a business audience in Montreal, Biz said that it's not healthy to spend your days watching the tweets go by. While he encourages frequent visits, don't give up your life to the real-time information network.
Biz also said that he is "amazed" by the popularity and influence of Twitter, noting that it has linked millions of people together and spurred social change. He also stated that creativity is an infinitely renewable resource.
When you tweet, your words are open for the entire world to see. What you tweet reflects you, both personally and professionally. With that in mind, typos are always a stain on your reputation. And while most will forgive accidents—we're all human—poor overall spelling, grammar, and punctuation will not serve you well.
The internet has allowed for more leniency than in the past, but please, know the basics. The Oatmeal has been kind enough to create a 20-question Twitter Spelling Test to prevent embarrassing "mistweeting."
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While Twitter account Vikileaks30 may have been shut down, the war against Vic Toews and his Bill C-30 has only just begun. There is now a website called Vikileaks30, and the RCMP has been called in to investigate "serious threats" against the public safety minister.
“Threatening communications have been directed at the minister,” a spokesman for Vic is quoted as saying. “These incidents have been reported to the proper authorities.”
read moreOh, Vic Toews. Your days are numbered, it seems.
Vic is the champion behind Bill C-30, the "lawful access" legislation that will allow police and government to spy on citizens without needing a reason. Twitter has taken to thrashing every fibre of his being now—the harshly mocking #TellVicEverything hashtag is a white-hot trend across Canada today. And while many of the tweets are quite funny, the best mockery thus far comes in the form of a comic by Malcolm Mayes:
Happy headhunting, Canada!
There's journalists. There's bloggers. And then there's people like MG Siegler and Michael Arrington.
Sometimes I wonder whether certain tech bloggers even care about delivering relevant and accurate technology news to their readers. Sometimes I wonder if I'm back in high school. Either way, I'm grabbing some popcorn and enjoying the show.
Here's another Valentine's Day Special for you. Euro RSCG Worldwide published an infographic that compares the sexiness and sexuality of Twitter users to Facebook users. As it turns out, Twitter users consistently score higher on all fronts. Who knew? Among the stats: 14% of Twitter users say that sex interferes with their jobs, compared to just 9% of Facebook users, and 40% of Twitter users consider themselves sexy, compared with only 28% of Facebook users.
Check out the infographic after the jump to see Euro's "10 reasons why Twitter is sexier than Facebook."
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