Category Archives: Twitter

Twitter as Entertainment

Posted on March 21, 2018 by GilPress

One of this week’s milestones in the history of technology, the launch of Twitter, sheds light on the way we live now—deriving social status and enjoyment by playing games and gaining popularity on the Internet, including creating and spreading fake … Continue reading →

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Evan Williams: “The Internet makes human desire more easily attainable” (Video)

Posted on December 27, 2013 by GilPress

Evan Williams on the democratization of knowledge and the organizing principle of the Internet. “For the last 15 years, Evan Williams has made it easy for non-geeks to find their voice online. He cofounded Blogger in 1999, Odeo in 2004, Twitter … Continue reading →

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Lifecycle of a Twitter Rumor (Infographic)

Posted on November 15, 2013 by GilPress

  Source: World Economic Forum

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The History of Twitter from twttr to IPO (Infographic)

Posted on November 7, 2013 by GilPress
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Inventing New Media

Posted on February 24, 2013 by GilPress

Today in 1607, the first performance of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo took place in the ducal palace in Mantua, before the members of the Accademia degli Invaghiti. Silke Leopold writes in his notes to John Eliot Gardiner’s recording (Archiv) of the opera: “It appears paradoxical … Continue reading →

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Nielsen Creates New Twitter Monitor

Posted on December 19, 2012 by GilPress

The Wall Street Journal reports on the expansion of “The National People Meter” to the Twitterverse: Earlier this month, Nielsen published its 2012 Social Media Report, finding that “consumers continue to spend more time on social networks than on any … Continue reading →

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MIT Study Proves the World is Not Flat

Posted on December 27, 2011 by GilPress

Researchers at MIT and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, modeling the diffusion of social contagion by studying the spread of Twitter from 2006 to 2009, have found that “the site’s growth in the United States relied primarily … Continue reading →

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