Fans set to put single in top 10
BBC Local News: North-East Scotland and Northern Isles -- A social media push by Aberdeen FC fans is set to send a 1980s hit by The Human League into the official chart top 10. Reported by BBC Local...
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What was your first Tweet? Twitter's birthday gift to network...
Do you remember what you first tweeted? How did you announce yourself to the exciting new world of social media? You can now search for your first tweet after Twitter launched a new tool to mark its...
View ArticleSelf-Publishing Services: When It Sounds Too Good To Be True, It Probably Is
PR Newswire’s PR Toolkit logo. (PRNewsFoto/PR Newswire Association LLC) NEW YORK, March 20, 2014 /Emag.co.uk/ – From online retailers to social media promotion, the publishing… via Emag.co.uk Reported...
View Article'Beer and bingo' row shows how social media has become key battleground
Growing trend sees parties responding to events with immediate graphics and slogans to be spread over social media The Conservative chairman, Grant Shapps, will not be apologising for tweeting a...
View Article'Beer and bingo' row shows how social media have become key battleground
Growing trend sees parties responding to events with immediate graphics and slogans to be spread over social media The Conservative chairman, Grant Shapps, will not be apologising for tweeting a...
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Enjoy an exclusive peek on what goes on behind the scenes at...
SOCIAL media lovers across south Somerset are invited to enjoy an exclusive peek at the fast-moving world of a hospital ward on Monday. Yeovil District Hospital is to run a "tweetathon" to give people...
View ArticleTurkey's Erdogan again threatens to ban social media
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday repeated his threat to close down social media platforms including Twitter in Turkey and said he did not care about the potential...
View ArticleYouth subcultures: what are they now?
Mods, punks, soulboys, metallers, goths, hippies: there was a time when young people made it clear what tribe and music they were into by the way they dressed. Not any more Down the phone, Helina is...
View ArticleActivists force corporate climbdowns
Social media makes it easier for activists to pressure companies into policy changes and expectations of involvement in social issues are much higher Reported by FT.com 7 hours ago.
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'Nice to see a lovely bit of wood': Surrey town ridiculed by U.S. social...
Online jokers say the woods near Dorking, Surrey look like a penis on satellite images. Locals join in the fun, which they hope will lead to a tourism boom Reported by MailOnline 6 hours ago.
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Bishop Egan says uncharitable use of social media a ‘grave matter’
Bishop of Portsmouth asks Catholics to use Lent as a time to repent of sins committed on social media Reported by Catholic Herald 7 hours ago.
View ArticleThe Human League may jump back into the top 10 … thanks to Aberdeen FC
Facebook campaign by football fans could give the synth-pop band its first top-10 appearance since 1995 The Human League look set to have a top 10 single in the UK thanks to some unlikely help from...
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Shipwrecked British woman 'saved by Google Earth': Why there's something...
The extraordinary story of Gemma Sheridan, a woman from Liverpool saved by Google Earth after seven years stranded on a desert island, has whipped up a storm among social media users – despite being...
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You say: Manston Airport reaction
SINCE news broke that Manston Airport could close within a matter of weeks, many of you have taken to social media to voice your opinions. Many have spoken of disappointment or sadness, whilst others...
View ArticleTurkey's Erdogan threatens Twitter ban as vote looms
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan threatened to shut down Twitter and other social media platforms on Thursday and said he did not care about the international response, his...
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Find 'first tweets' as Twitter celebrates its eighth birthday
Twitter is marking its eighth birthday by launching a new tool that enables users to look up their very first tweet, and that of anyone who uses the social media site. Called first-tweets.com, the...
View ArticleGermany criticises Turkey over Twitter ban
BERLIN, March 21 (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's government criticised Turkey on Friday for blocking access to social media platform Twitter, saying it did not fit with Germany's view of......
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My First Tweet as Twitter celebrates birthday - here's some from...
As Twitter celebrates its eighth birthday, Gloucestershire's enthusiastic Tweeters are taking a trip down memory lane and recalling their first words of wisdom on the social media site. The "My First...
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Happy Birthday Twitter - we have a look at Mid Devon's first...
Twitter is marking its eighth birthday by launching a new tool that enables users to look up their very first tweet, and that of anyone who uses the social media site. Called first-tweets.com, the...
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Turkey PM blocks Twitter after it became awash with evidence of government...
The Turkish Prime Minister has banned Twitter after alleged corruption recordings of him have flooded social media. Recep Tayyip Erdogan has faced opposition from President Abdullah Gul. Mr Gul...
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