Redneck Scented Candles Light Up Twitter


This morning hashtag #RedneckScentedCandles is the top trending hashtag on Twitter. The usual Twitter response to a top trending hashtag is to miss-use it to promote other stuff. Some is related...

Sharknado 3: Puns and Memes on Social Media


As soon as ‘Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No’ was released social media was barraged with an ocean of jokes and memes. The storyline for ‘Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No’ revolves around shark on roller coaster...

Dick Costolo’s Four-Part Plan For ‘A Better Twitter’


Simplicity is supposed to be one of Twitter’s virtues. A hundred forty characters and a handful of buttons — what’s so hard to understand about that? Plenty, apparently. On the company’s first...

57% of Super Bowl Ads Feature Hashtags; Facebook Tops with 5 Mnetions


The rate had reached 50% last year. But this year it has climbed to a record-breaking 57%. Hashtags have climbed a monumental ladder to become the major clip-on article of cyberspace for Super Bowl...

How the Duolingo Founders Offered Free Education To Millions


As stars fill the night sky in Veracruz, Mexico, 23-year-old Uziel Alejandro López kicks back at home to play on his Android smartphone. His thumbs breeze over the brightly colored screen, but this...

Wikipedia Donation to Undergo Potential Corruption


Wikipedia may not be known for its reliability but at least it gets much of the relevant information to your screen in due time. Several years ago, a fundraising campaign was begun on the platform....