Twitter Celebrates Five Years

Twitter Celebrates Five Years

Twitter celebrates five years since first tweet
Twitter users have been wishing the service happy birthday today on the fifth anniversary of the first tweet.
Today marks five years since Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s co-founder sent the first tweet – which said: “inviting coworkers”.

Twitter users have been wishing the service happy birthday using a special hashtag: #happybirthdaytwitter. One user, @FaktanyaAdalah, wrote: "Thanks for being there when we need u. Indonesia love you! :)."


Last week the company announced its fifth anniversary since the first code for the site was written and released a series of statistics to reflect the site’s popularity and global usage.

On average 140 million tweets are sent a day, which is up nearly 100 million on the amount posted on a daily basis a year ago.

More than 460,000 new accounts have been added every day over the last month and the number of mobile Twitter users has increased by 182 per cent over the last year. However, the company has not revealed how many people actually use the service via their phones.




Source: Telegraph

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Think Before You Tweet

Think Before You Tweet

Think before you tweet
It takes only a few seconds to reread what you type and decide if you'd really like the whole world to see it. We bet that these famous folks wish they'd done that, now that they've had to apologize for inappropriate posts from their Twitter accounts. Find out who are the top entertainers on Twitter and who are the most followed.

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The Top 10 Most Popular Athletes on Twitter

The Top 10 Most Popular Athletes on Twitter

The biggest athlete in professional sports is also the biggest athlete on Twitter.

NBA star Shaquille O'Neal has the most followers of any athlete on the social media site, with over 3.5 million users reading his tweets. Brazilian soccer star Kaka is second on the list, more than 500,000 followers behind.

Though athletic success is a good yardstick in determining which men and women have the most followers, it's not as reliable an indicator as you'd think. For instance, Tiger Woods isn't in the top 10 but Chad Ochocinco is. (Tiger actually has fewer followers than fellow golfers Stewart Cink and Ian Poulter.) LeBron James cracks the list but comes in behind Reggie Bush. And of all the baseball players with accounts, one-time All-Star Nick Swisher is the most popular. (It doesn't hurt that he's on the New York Yankees.)

Here's the list of the top-10 athletes on Twitter, along with a sample tweet and a summary of their favorite subjects:
1. Shaquille O'Neal -- @THE_REAL_SHAQ -- 3,564,335 followers -- 51 tweets (in the month of February)

2. Kaka -- @kaka -- 2,934,112 followers -- 57 tweets

3. Serena Williams -- @serenawilliams -- 1,931,286 followers -- 412 tweets

4. Cristiano Ronaldo -- @Cristiano -- 1,914,172 followers -- 88 tweets

5. Dwight Howard -- @DwightHoward -- 1,874,255 followers -- 22 tweets

6. Paul Pierce -- @paulpierce34 -- 1,745,039 followers -- 69 tweets

7. Chad Ochocinco -- @ochocinco -- 1,741,178 followers -- 630 tweets

8. Reggie Bush -- @reggie_bush -- 1,555,080 followers -- 61 tweets

9. LeBron James -- @kingjames -- 1,492,952 followers -- 46 tweets

10. Nick Swisher -- @nickswisher -- 1,273,939 followers -- 64 tweets

Read More: sports.yahoo

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The Top 10 Most Popular Athletes on Twitter

The Top 10 Most Popular Athletes on Twitter

The biggest athlete in professional sports is also the biggest athlete on Twitter.

NBA star Shaquille O'Neal has the most followers of any athlete on the social media site, with over 3.5 million users reading his tweets. Brazilian soccer star Kaka is second on the list, more than 500,000 followers behind.

Though athletic success is a good yardstick in determining which men and women have the most followers, it's not as reliable an indicator as you'd think. For instance, Tiger Woods isn't in the top 10 but Chad Ochocinco is. (Tiger actually has fewer followers than fellow golfers Stewart Cink and Ian Poulter.) LeBron James cracks the list but comes in behind Reggie Bush. And of all the baseball players with accounts, one-time All-Star Nick Swisher is the most popular. (It doesn't hurt that he's on the New York Yankees.)

Here's the list of the top-10 athletes on Twitter, along with a sample tweet and a summary of their favorite subjects:

1. Shaquille O'Neal -- @THE_REAL_SHAQ -- 3,564,335 followers -- 51 tweets (in the month of February)

2. Kaka -- @kaka -- 2,934,112 followers -- 57 tweets

3. Serena Williams -- @serenawilliams -- 1,931,286 followers -- 412 tweets

4. Cristiano Ronaldo -- @Cristiano -- 1,914,172 followers -- 88 tweets

5. Dwight Howard -- @DwightHoward -- 1,874,255 followers -- 22 tweets

6. Paul Pierce -- @paulpierce34 -- 1,745,039 followers -- 69 tweets

7. Chad Ochocinco -- @ochocinco -- 1,741,178 followers -- 630 tweets

8. Reggie Bush -- @reggie_bush -- 1,555,080 followers -- 61 tweets

9. LeBron James -- @kingjames -- 1,492,952 followers -- 46 tweets

10. Nick Swisher -- @nickswisher -- 1,273,939 followers -- 64 tweets

Read More: sports.yahoo

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Rihanna And Ciara Engage In Twitter War

Rihanna And Ciara Engage In Twitter War

Another Twitter war is among us and pop divas Rihanna and Ciara are at the frontlines. Who knew these two had so much beef with one another?

According to reports, the war began when Ciara appeared on E!’s Fashion Police and made a snide comment towards the “Umbrella” singer.“I ran into her (Rihanna) recently at a party, and she wasn’t the nicest.”

Rihanna, of course, took to her Twitter account and defended herself.

“My bad ci, did I 4get to tip u? #howrudeofme”

According to an article at The Music Magazine, Ciara had no problem defending herself and said, “Trust me Rhianna u dont want to see me on or off stage.”


A few more words and exchanges were made before the feud cooled off. The ladies started making peace with one another and now it’s just a matter of time before another Twitter brawl erupts.
Read More: blogs.babble

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Rihanna And Ciara Engage In Twitter War

Rihanna And Ciara Engage In Twitter War

Another Twitter war is among us and pop divas Rihanna and Ciara are at the frontlines. Who knew these two had so much beef with one another?

According to reports, the war began when Ciara appeared on E!’s Fashion Police and made a snide comment towards the “Umbrella” singer.

“I ran into her (Rihanna) recently at a party, and she wasn’t the nicest.”

Rihanna, of course, took to her Twitter account and defended herself.

“My bad ci, did I 4get to tip u? #howrudeofme”

According to an article at The Music Magazine, Ciara had no problem defending herself and said, “Trust me Rhianna u dont want to see me on or off stage.”


A few more words and exchanges were made before the feud cooled off. The ladies started making peace with one another and now it’s just a matter of time before another Twitter brawl erupts.
Read More: blogs.babble

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State official fired for Twitter comment

Indiana’s Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Cox was fired because of a tweet. Cox reportedly responded to a tweet about riot police being used to clear protesters from the Wisconsin Capitol.
Read More: MSN

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State official fired for Twitter comment

Indiana’s Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Cox was fired because of a tweet. Cox reportedly responded to a tweet about riot police being used to clear protesters from the Wisconsin Capitol.
Read More: MSN

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Top Twitter users

Top Twitter users

Check out these interactive galleries of some of the top people on Twitter. Find out who had the most tweets, who are the top entertainers who are tweeting and who has the most followers. Celebrities are not the only ones in a Twitter frenzy. Check out the top politicians and business leaders on Twitter. Now that you’ve got that down, here are some of the top tweets of the week.

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