Category Archives: Twitter hashtag

2007-2017: hashtags turn 10 (and the social world badly needed them!)

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Stefano

Hashtags turn 10 years old (and counting)! August 23rd 2007: Chris Messina suggests the use of hash character just as in IRC in this tweet: how do you feel about using # (pound) for groups. As in #barcamp [msg]? — … Continue reading →

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Apple’s #BendGate has sparkled several bright marketing and fun ideas!

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Stefano

Ok, there’s too much hype about the recent iPhone 6+ #BendGate: supposedly, some iPhone 6+ early users reported bending and/or cracking of the brand new giant iPhone. Be it true or not (too much speculations and little investigation), the #BendGate, … Continue reading →

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Twitter Statistics 2012 by Beevolve: amazing results

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Stefano

As we’re reaching the end of 2012, we’re getting more and more “Year-stats”: social analysis tool Beevolve brings us a complete survey of more than 35 million Twitter accounts and some results are quite amazing. US Twitter users are 50/50 … Continue reading →

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Coke Zero and 007 Skyfall challenge train passengers with “Unlock the 007 in You” [Street marketing]

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Stefano

Coke Zero challenged unsuspecting train passengers to unlock the 007 in them for their chance to win exclusive tickets for the new James Bond movie SKYFALL. However, the exclusive tickets weren’t free. People had to go the extra mile and … Continue reading →

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Twitter launches stock sign: the cashtag – the next ticker for Wall Street?

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Stefano

Twitter has just rolled out a new feature that will set a new standard (maybe): the cashtags! Ok, we’re all used to hashtags, but this is different: cashtags are related allow users to click on stock (or “ticker”) symbols in … Continue reading →

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Shopping Center Westfield London offers Wi-Fi… and (almost) free mobile phone charging!

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Stefano

London looks like the center of the universe, these days, thanks to London 2012 Olympic Games. Here comes a tiny news bit that shows how much technology can help/extend shopping experience. Shopping Center Westfield London sports some 312 (!) stores… … Continue reading →

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Twitter drops Linkedin partnership?

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Stefano

This is the kind of news that deserves much attention. As reported by Mashable: LinkedIn announced via a blog post on Friday that Twitter would no longer be partnering with the business-networking site to sync updates from one site to … Continue reading →

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Twitter turns 500 million users, 140 million active tweeters and some billion tweets per week

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Stefano

Twitter, the microblogging social network which processes more than a billion tweets a week, is set to hit the milestone figure later today, claims Twopcharts, a third party Twitter analysis company. However, the 500 million relates to the total number … Continue reading →

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How to tweet – and get retweeted: a great infographic that’s a Twitter 101

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Stefano

Whatever you do on Twitter or use it for, you’ll be amazed by this Twiends infographic. As simple as it gets: how to get started with the right profile info how to get more followers what to tweet when to … Continue reading →

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Twitter for Small Businesses: promotion, user engagement, product awareness and … a nice video too!

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Stefano

This is how Twitter promotes itself and explains the (good) reasons why (even) a small business should use Twitter to reach new customers, to talk with them and spread the word about their products/services. The video exploits the recipe metaphor … Continue reading →

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