A microblogging site allowing users to share what they are doing with others. Entries are called 'tweets' and are limited to 140 characters. The site was founded by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams andBiz Stone and was launched in 2006. The company has 141 employees and over 190 million users.
# twitter - Wednesday 9 January, 2013
Column: Politicians should engage in social media, not regulate it
Some fear social media because they misunderstand it or fear power being transferred from the few to the many but it needs no more or no less regulation than our existing methods, argues junior minister Ciarán Cannon.
# twitter - Tuesday 8 January, 2013
‘Keep dreaming’: ‘Bama QB hits back at sportsmen ogling his girlfriend
Katherine Webb, the face that launched a (hundred) thousand Tweets.
# twitter - Monday 7 January, 2013
NBA: Rockets suspend rookie for ‘refusing to provide services’
Royce White claims his anxiety disorder is not being addressed properly by Houston.
# twitter - Saturday 5 January, 2013
Kobe Bryant joins Twitter, gains 432,235 followers in 22 hours
The LA Lakers star lost out to the Clippers last night and is still 6m followers behind LeBron James.
# twitter - Friday 4 January, 2013
Column: Social media has society in a panic. What does that tell us?
There is a political lesson behind the widespread condemnations of social media, writes Gavan Titley.
# twitter - Wednesday 2 January, 2013
How not to do business during the January transfer window…
Oh social media, what did we ever do before you came along?
# twitter - Monday 31 December, 2012
11 essential childhood rules you’ve probably forgotten
And one that stays with you forever.
# twitter - Sunday 30 December, 2012
They said what? Here are 38 of our favourite sporting tweets of the year
Take a glance back at the year in 140 characters or less.
Get the feet up, Bernard: it’s the sporting tweets of the week
There was a whole lot of nothing going on around the place this week.
# twitter - Saturday 29 December, 2012
Tweet Sweeper: Bressie ate too much and needs a hand
Form an orderly queue ladies… Our pick of this week’s tweets from famous people.
# twitter - Thursday 27 December, 2012
9 famous logo changes in 2012 that you may not have noticed
Some subtle, some not so subtle.
# twitter - Wednesday 26 December, 2012
Here are our top 10 most tweeted articles in 2012
From Maeve Binchy to the fatal Swedish House Mafia concert, these are TheJournal.ie stories which were shared the most on Twitter this year.
# twitter - Monday 24 December, 2012
Former Taoiseach says abusive tweets should not be read on air
John Bruton said that public anger at political decisions does not give people the right to abuse TDs.
# twitter - Sunday 23 December, 2012
Essential Follows: Here are 50 other sports personalities to follow on Twitter
Aside from GAA, rugby and soccer, here are the athletes and sports journalists we recommend following.
# twitter - Saturday 22 December, 2012
Tweets, tablets and patents: 2012 in tech
Has Apple peaked? Has Microsoft lost its way? Is Twitter just here for the tax? Was Instagram worth the $1bn?
# twitter - Friday 21 December, 2012
End of the world confessions… what would yours be?
Was it you who let the dogs out?
Chinese police release video of man who stabbed 22 students
Complaints on Chinese social media that attack in Henan not given more coverage in the country on same day as Newtown killings.
# twitter - Wednesday 19 December, 2012
Is this why Barack Obama is Time’s Person of the Year?
He might be President of the United States but he can’t resist Spider-Man’s web.
If you know Dublin (or Cork), you’ll know these things…
A Twitter geography test.
# twitter - Tuesday 18 December, 2012
Suso fined for ‘gay’ tweet about Liverpool team-mate Enrique
The FA has sanctioned the Spanish teenager after a comment made on the social media site last month.
# twitter - Sunday 16 December, 2012
Love/Hate parody Twitter accounts: Your essential guide
All the way down to Aido’s dead budgie.
Essential Follows: Here are 50 GAA personalities to follow on Twitter
Featuring Bernard Brogan, Colm Cooper and Ben Brosnan, among others.
Column: Ireland has a bullying crisis. Here’s what my school did about it.
Bullying is in the spotlight again after a series of tragedies. Eimhear Lynch, 16, describes how she and her friends took action.
# twitter - Friday 14 December, 2012
‘UEFA are not serious at all on racism’ – Ferdinand slams Serbia sanctions
The ex-England captain is not satisfied with the organisation’s recent actions.
56 people who are REALLY excited about The Hobbit
And one who seems a bit confused.
# twitter - Thursday 13 December, 2012
The most hilarious police Twitter you’ll see today
It’s doing a Vanilla Ice impression.
# twitter - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
12 intelligent questions Twitter users are asking the Pope
He finally tweeted! But he hasn’t told us whether he likes sausages yet.
Obama, #London2012 and @Pontifex: The year on Twitter
Twitter has produced a special website documenting the way users have been tweeting over the past year including the most retweeted post in the site’s history.
# twitter - Tuesday 11 December, 2012
Blacklisted: Dan Carter snubbed in New Zealand player of the year nominations
The three lads up for the main award are pretty handy though.
# twitter - Monday 10 December, 2012
Photo feud escalates between Instagram and Twitter
The smartphone photo app Instagram, which was acquired by Facebook, has made it impossible to share images in Tweets.
Column: So the Pope has joined Twitter. What will he learn there?
Social media is all about debate and dissent, writes Fr Tony Flannery – so perhaps it can teach the Vatican a lesson.
# twitter - Sunday 9 December, 2012
Essential Follows: Here are 50 rugby personalities to follow on Twitter
We trawl through the site so you don’t have to, identifying the sport’s most prominent and astute voices in the process.
# twitter - Saturday 8 December, 2012
Twitter reacts to Kevin Kilbane’s retirement from football
Check out how the Twitterati responded to the news of the Ireland midfielder’s decision to call it a day.
# twitter - Thursday 6 December, 2012
‘You managed to break the Euros’: 17 people who hate UEFA’s 2020 plan
…and five who don’t really mind the idea of multi-city hosts.
Budget 2013: Here’s how Twitter reacted
From the cuts in child benefit and respite care to the increase in the price of wine, here’s how people on Twitter reacted to Budget 2013.
# twitter - Tuesday 4 December, 2012
Schools receive guidance to prevent cyber-bullying
The Joint Managerial Body has provided advice to schools and teachers about Twitter, Facebook and other social media.
Chris Brown was (a) dope at the O2 last night, according to Twitter
And what was that he was smoking on stage?
# twitter - Monday 3 December, 2012
13 of the best fake tweets from the Pope
“Shark Week’s going off on the Discovery Channel.” Twitter welcomed Benedict XVI in its own special way…
Pope joins Twitter at @pontifex – but won’t tweet until next week
Benedict XVI has registered seven accounts, each to allow tweeting in various languages – but won’t start yet.
# twitter - Sunday 2 December, 2012
Essential follows: Here are 50 football journalists to follow on Twitter
Check out our list encompassing some of the sport’s most insightful commentators, and let us know who we’ve left out.
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