It's going to be capital-C Cold in a large part of the country today. How cold? It's "blow soap bubbles and watch them freeze" cold. It's "throw hot water into the air and see it turn to steam" cold. It's so cold in Minnesota that the newspaper I used to work for, the Minneapolis-based Star Tribune, has a headline on its website asking, Can we catch Siberia?The cold is serious business. "Some 100 million people will experience temperatures near or below zero," CNET sister site CBS News warns. The cold is so extreme that exposed skin can suffer frostbite in five minutes or less, CBS notes. Blame something called the polar vortex. CBS News describes it as a whirling mass of cold air that "usually stays closer to the poles, but sometimes breaks apart, sending chunks of Arctic air southward into the US during winter." This week, the cold air is coming all at once, CBS meteorologist Jeff Berardelli writes.You can't beat the cold, but you can survive it. Stay inside, if … [Read more...] about As polar vortex rolls in, Twitter rolls out the Star Wars Hoth memes
Twitter channels helping brands benefit from audience
Twitter is “the interest network” and not just a social network, said Arvinder Gujral, the platform’s managing director for Southeast Asia, and Thailand remains its fastest-growing market after eight quarters at the top and a growth rate between 35 and 55 per cent. At 68 per cent of Twitter users in Thailand, millennials dominate the platform nationally. Some 55 per cent of users in the Kingdom turn to Twitter daily, and that is very important, says Gujral, “not only in numbers but [also because] users in Thailand are quality users who have always been engaged with the platform”, said Gujral. In 2017, millennials engage on Twitter to follow K-Pop entertainment, but by the next year, a lot young people had come aboard to follow local entertainment. Video is the content that Thai users most engage with, accounting for around 80 per cent of content consumed in the country. Most popular is video related to K-Pop as well as other local … [Read more...] about Twitter channels helping brands benefit from audience
Google, Facebook, Twitter must do more against fake news: EU
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google, Facebook, Twitter and Mozilla must do more to combat fake news as Europeans head towards an election or the companies will face the threat of regulatory action, the European Commission said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is pictured at the entrance to the Google offices in London, Britain January 18, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo Companies and trade bodies representing the advertising industry signed up to a voluntary code of conduct in October to ward off more heavy-handed legislation. Critics say not enough has been done since they signed up. The European Union’s executive said signatories to the code of practice had taken steps to remove fake accounts and limit sites promoting fake news but said more was needed. “Now they should make sure these tools are available to everyone across the EU, monitor their efficiency, and continuously adapt to new means used by those spreading disinformation. There is no time to … [Read more...] about Google, Facebook, Twitter must do more against fake news: EU
Twitter: Telling Fired Journalists to ‘Learn to Code’ Is ‘Targeted Harassment’
Twitter recently stated that telling laid-off journalists to “learn to code,” a reference to the media’s advice to laid-off workers in blue-collar jobs, is “targeted harassment.” Recently, a number of journalists across multiple outlets were fired as part of mass layoffs; BuzzFeed was one of the most prominent outlets affected by this with many of their journalists finding themselves jobless and taking to Twitter to request new employment. The resounding response to journalists on social media a was a simple reply: “Learn to code.”The sarcastic reply was a reference to a number of articles written by publications which derided blue-collar workers who feared that they may lose their jobs as a result of automation and artificial intelligence. At the time of writing, journalists encouraged these workers to learn to code as that is seemingly where the future of employment lies. Some of these articles were compiled in a tweet which can be seen … [Read more...] about Twitter: Telling Fired Journalists to ‘Learn to Code’ Is ‘Targeted Harassment’
Twitter App Update Adds More Crop Options, Reminders To Tag Your Friends, And Featured Tweets On Refresh
If you use the official Twitter app for Android... dear God, why are you using the official Twitter app for Android? Stop reading this story and go download a better client. If you simply can't be torn away from mediocrity, you'll find a few new options the next time you update Twitter in the Play Store. Chief among them is a new crop tool, with easy shortcuts to Square ("Instagram mode"), Wide, and Original. According to Twitter's blog post on the update, you should see reminders to @reply friends before you post, which didn't happen for me (maybe you need photos of people). Twitter also says that if you do the standard "pull to refresh" move and there's nothing new in your main Twitter feed, you'll be given recommendations on who to follow, trending topics, or recommended tweets. Again, I didn't see this when I tried out the new version of the app. Other changes in this update appear to be minimal. You can download Twitter in the widget below. Or, you know, go find something … [Read more...] about Twitter App Update Adds More Crop Options, Reminders To Tag Your Friends, And Featured Tweets On Refresh