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New York Comic Con Says Sorry For Hijacking Attendees’ Social Network Accounts

Mordechai Osdoby — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:06:37 +0000

I’m not terribly homesick for New York most of the time, but I admit to missing New York Comic Con quite a bit. It was always a blast. This year, those in attendance received a special surprise: Social network updates they’d never actually made. First reported by Polygon and brought to our attention by Jonah […]

Senator Wendy Davis Versus Texas Republicans; Internet Versus 24-Hour News Networks

Justin Davis — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:03:47 +0000

Moments ago, a riot and a revolution almost happened in Texas over women’s reproduction rights. According to TV news, there was nothing worth reporting. Thousands of people viewing the live feed of the proceedings, the people reporting on social media like Twitter and Facebook, and throngs of people numbering in the high hundreds to lower […]

Social Media Takedown On Juneteenth When Paula Deen Found Being Racist

Tim Twelves — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:54:47 +0000

We here at Techcitement aren’t usually judgmental folk. We leave that for BuzzFeed, Reddit, or Gawker. However, it’s not a far reach to say that the butter-pushing star of Food Network, Paula Deen is a truly awful person. If you’re unfamiliar with Paula Deen, she’s spent a lifetime promoting high-fat, high-calorie diets that usually involve […]

#Hashtags Come To Facebook

Justin Davis — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:35:13 +0000

Facebook has introduced the use of hashtags to its search feature for people to more easily track topics such as who said that funny thing about Game of Thrones, who’s currently bored at their jobs, who’s angry about politics today, and who’s promoting a show they have this weekend. Users can now click on the […]

It’s The End Of The World, Dropbox Is Down!

Paul Hurwitz — Thu, 30 May 2013 14:29:46 +0000

UPDATE: Thirty minutes into the outage and Dropbox remains down with no ETA from support on when it will be back up. About 15 minutes ago, I tried getting a Dropbox share link for a PowerPoint slide deck I was working on in PowerPoint. It didn’t work, and then I noticed that it wasn’t synchronizing […]

AP Twitter Hacked, Posts Fake Tweets About White House Bombing

Justin Davis — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:14:28 +0000

Earlier today, unspecified hackers took over the AP Twitter feed and sent out fake tweets claiming that two explosions had rocked the White House and President Obama had been injured. White House spokesman Jay Carney immediately told reporters that Obama was indeed fine and no such bombings had taken place. The AP Twitter account was […]

Facebook, Reddit, And A Midnight Firefight: What The Internet Got Wrong About Watertown

Ben Masten — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:55:04 +0000

Like many people who live in a time zone an hour or so behind the East Coast, I found myself awake late Thursday night, following the terrifying events that unfolded in Boston. I watched and listened as the seemingly isolated, if tragic, shooting of an MIT police officer quickly became linked to a car […]

#MockingAsSocialCommentary

Justin Davis — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:53:23 +0000

Thanks to hair-brained Twitter schemes by those who thankfully don’t know any better than to offend, an angry feminist can also be a funny feminist when making pointed social commentary. Back in February, those who lead the MRA (men’s rights activists) movement created the hashtag #Ineedmasculism as a way to show solidarity in the idea […]

Twitter Celebrates Seventh Anniversary Today, Continues Global Influence

Justin Davis — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:06:48 +0000

Today marks the seventh anniversary of the first tweet, when Jack Dorsey, creator of Twitter, launched the social network that was first referred to as Twttr. Dorsey, also the founder and CEO of Square, quickly realized vowels were necessary and Twitter was born. The 140-character based platform took off in 2007 though when Twitter appeared […]

Hour’s Worth of New York Minutes Fit In One Internet Minute

Justin Davis — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:49:50 +0000

Have you visited Facebook in the last minute? So have 276,000 other people. How about watched a YouTube video? You joined an audience of 1.3 million. Tweeted about how much you have to get done today in so little time? So have 100,000 other people using Twitter. These numbers and more come form Intel, who […]