Philippines' #sentisabado craze hits Twitter

06:15 AM, Sep 05, 2010

tisabado blog posts and writeups are featured on the #sentisabado Facebook Page [Follow me on Twitter: @tonyocruz]...

Why 'Merry Christmas' is a Twitter trend today Sept. 1

11:57 AM, Sep 01, 2010

y Sept. 1 and maybe at many other instances between now and January 6.    [Follow me on Twitter: @tonyocruz]...

‘Annotweeting’ Manila’s hostage drama

08:30 AM, Aug 24, 2010

p;  Aug 23, 9:36pm: A thunderstorm here in Manila as hostage crisis ends. One comment on Twitter: "They should've shot him this p.m. while they had the chance."  I can understand the frustration many felt and a part of me agrees with this. But all this has the benefit of hindsight.  Aug 23, 10:56pm: It's often easy to blame media for a tragedy unfolding. It's like throwing an ashtray at the TV. What do you get afterwar...

A visit to the red shirt exhibition at Pheu Thai party headquarters

02:30 PM, Jul 24, 2010

Netherlands, the UK, India, Australia, and many others" have visited the exhibit. Newley Purnell Twitter: @newley...

Eyes on Khmer Rouge senior member Duch

03:57 PM, Jul 23, 2010

in several ways. Its Facebook Page is here: http://www.facebook.com/krtribunal; Microblog Twitter: http://twitter.com/krtribunal; Photos on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/krtribunal/; YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/krtribunal. Launched and managed by Northwestern University School of Law Center for International Human Rights and Documentation Center of Cambodia, Cambodia Tribunal Monitor site has two important con...

Some Internet porn sites in China now accessible

10:37 AM, Jul 23, 2010

Word leaked out slowly, spread by Web-savvy folks on Twitter: Internet porn that once was blocked by Chinese government censors was now openly available. "Are they no longer cracking down on pornographic websites? A lot of porn sites and forums are accessible," technology blogger William Long wrote on his feed. Messages like that startled Chinese Web surfers, long accustomed to the authorities' Internet blockades. The country had been...

Philippines' high court joins Twitter, Facebook

07:45 AM, Jul 07, 2010

ersonally respond to Tweets from the public.  Check out the court's social media accounts: Twitter: @KorteSuprema Facebook: Supreme Court of the Philippines The Philippines has a burgeoning number of citizens with regular internet access. Some say there are now 30-million Filipinok netizens, half of which maintain Facebook accounts. A growing number of Filipino Twitter users have also become influential locally and worldwide, catapu...

Thaksin and twitter

07:00 AM, Mar 02, 2010

video links to speak directly to supporters, and also twitter. The Bangkok Post on Thaksin's use of twitter: Thaksin is arguably one of the most effective twitterers - in a political sense - to use the microblogging service.From his first "tweet" on July 17, 2009, Thaksin has used the URL twitter.com/Thaksinlive to attack his political rivals, mobilise his supporters, console and encourage his three children, defend himself against any allegat...

Twitter: Most Active Countries In Asia Revealed

05:23 PM, Jan 23, 2010

nd 16 December 2009, and take into account 13 million accounts that were active during the period. Twitter: Most Active Countries In Asia Indonesia – 2.34% share of voice [6th overall] Japan – 1.47% share of voice [8th overall] India - 0.97% share of voice [11th overall] Singapore – 0.88% share of voice [12th overall] Philippines – 0.85% share of voice [13th overall] Malaysia – 0.47% share of voice [18th overall] Thailand – 0...

Twitter: Most active countries in Asia revealed

11:31 AM, Jan 23, 2010

nd 16 December 2009, and take into account 13 million accounts that were active during the period. Twitter: Most Active Countries In Asia Indonesia – 2.34% share of voice [6th overall] Japan – 1.47% share of voice [8th overall] India - 0.97% share of voice [11th overall] Singapore – 0.88% share of voice [12th overall] Philippines – 0.85% share of voice [13th overall] Malaysia – 0.47%...

The power of moaning on Twitter

10:19 PM, Dec 04, 2009

out my predicament. Within a few minutes the customer service team at Heathrow Airport replied via Twitter: "Morning @benjaminbland Let us know which terminal you're in and we'll get in touch with our team there. Hope you're on the move again soon." Unfortunately, I didn't see Heathrow's reply until much later so wasn't able to test out whether this was just PR or whether they actually would have sent more staff down to the security area if I ...

Will Microsoft win it back with Windows 7?

06:20 PM, Oct 23, 2009

ose popularity is increasing rapidly. And what about the buzz? Windows 7 is the trending topic on twitter: Burger King in Japan has a Windows 7 Whopper: Microsoft has created a buzz aggregator on its website. It is a real-time update of what people are saying about Windows 7. Eighty-one per cent of the buzz is from Twitter with the rest shared by Facebook and blogs.   And here is what Microsoft thinks of Windows 7:   T...

Twitter Poets to Follow

12:00 AM, Aug 28, 2009

er’s RSS feed and others who collect awards like academics collect titles. Poets to follow on Twitter: @chinamatt (Publisher of the Terracotta Typewriter) @Kojobaffoe (Kojo Baffoe, my creative cyber friend from South Africa) @rmfenwick A former student who long ago came into his own @lonniehodge (Me) @paisano (editor of dad0matic) @janngae (Jancie Reynolds: Haiku) @yojinbo (Mr. Yojinbo) @32poems (Deborah Ager: Nat. Poetry Series Winner and ...