Google just released search data from Oscar night.
Throughout the night Oscar®-related searches rose and fell as nominations were introduced and winners announced. Avatar had the most searches before the ceremony, but as The Hurt Locker received more awards, searches for that film exceeded all others and peaked when it won Best Picture. Precious also had a good run throughout the night.
Yesterday, TweetDeck’s Richard Barley announced a new beta version of the popular Twitter (and Buzz, LinkedIn and Facebook) client. In this new version, TweetDeck uses Twitter’s new streaming API to display tweets in real time. Until now, clients had to poll Twitter’s servers at regular intervals to update your searches and lists. Now, Twitter just [...]
Facebook just launched its long-awaited question and answer product dubbed Facebook Answers. You can now ask your social network any question you feel like and get answers from your extended network
In an unprecedented move, Apple is now inviting a select number of media representatives for a press conference on Friday, July 16th. According to The Unofficial Apple blog and The Loop, Apple did not specify the exact reason for the meeting, besides noting that it will focus on iPhone 4. We can only assume that [...]
