Russia, Ukraine, social media

Russian Word “дождь” Makes it Into Twitter’s Trending Topics

by Tetiana Bulakh | 1, Add your Comment Jul21 10

The casual and topical Russian word for rain, дождь, became a top mystery for Twitter users worldwide yesterday. The growingly hot weather in Eastern Europe was interrupted by a rainfall in region on Tuesday, July 20th. This event lead to the Cyrillic word “дождь”, which means rain, to instantly become one of the top Twitter trending topics. [...]

Romania, social media

Imposed Code of Conduct on The Online Community

by Florentina Chichita | 1, Add your Comment Nov3 09

As of December 1st 2009, bloggers in the US will be obliged to declare sums of money or goods received to blog about a product or service. The VIPs of social media will have to declare material benefits received to promote a company on Facebook or Twitter. These are, in brief, the new regulations of [...]

Ukraine, social media

To Tweet or Not to Tweet?

by Tetiana Bulakh | 5, Add your Comment Oct16 09

To tweet or not to tweet?

Facebook became a popular entertainment for people and an effective tool for companies. And at the point where personal and corporative interests are overlapping some misunderstandings can appear. The most recent case in Britain proved that even a dangerous crash can occur at such crosspoint

Romania, social media

Romanian Online Communities – A War of Social Statuses?

by Camelia Cristache | 0, Add your Comment Oct6 09

Seven to ten years ago, the Internet was synonymous with teenagers spending their nights on mIRC without letting their parents find out. Then, “being online” was a distinctive feature of young people, a secret weapon against “muggles” of all kinds: parents, grandparents, teachers. With the internet spreading faster and faster, the online scene has become less [...]

Dubai, UAE, social media

Tweet Geeks – Top 10 people on Twitter in the UAE

by Meredith Tuqan | 0, Add your Comment Aug21 09

I’m not the kind of public relations professional who sucks up to a journalist and tries to become their personal friend, just because they’re a journalist. To me it’s rather disingenuous and, well, slimey. While I can make small talk, I can’t maintain a small talk relationship. I’m not much of a surface dweller in [...]

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