Gadgetell | Tech News, Reviews, and Interesting Things

Subscribe to our content for free: (?)
Get our Daily Email
Articles about tweets

NFL bans Twitter, Facebook before, during, and after games

by Sue Walsh on Sep 2, 2009 at 09:52 AM

The NFL has announced that beginning this season, players, coaches, and league officials will be banned from tweeting or posting Facebook updates starting 90 minutes before games and until all post-game interviews are completed.  The ban extends to anyone who represents a player or coach on any such accounts as… Continue Reading »

Study claims 40% of Twitter is “pointless babble”

by Sue Walsh on Aug 13, 2009 at 06:10 PM

A new study by Pear Analytics has declared that 40% of Twitter is nothing more than “pointless babble.”  The Texas company sampled 6 hours of Tweets a day for 10 days, gathering 2000 total.  They then analyzed them and placed them into the following categories. . . Continue Reading »

Watch what you tweet: woman sued over twitter update

by Sue Walsh on Jul 29, 2009 at 06:15 PM

  A Chicago woman has been slapped with a $50,000 lawsuit by her landlord.  Horizon Group Management filed the lawsuit after the woman complained about her apartment on Twitter.  Horizon was angered by her claim that they didn’t care about the mold problem in her apartment.  Although she did not… Continue Reading »

Twitter more of a broadcast medium rather than social network?

by Shawn Ingram on Jun 9, 2009 at 10:09 AM

Twitter is the one social network that we all love, or love to hate.  A new study, however, seems to indicate that calling Twitter a true social network might be a bit wrong.  Sure, there are some people who use it to keep in touch with friends and family, but… Continue Reading »

Masthead
Executive Editors
Editor
Associate Editor
Special Features