After initially mapping 8 million flood-related tweets throughout the region over the past couple years as part of a Twitter Data Grant, the University of Wollongong and a local emergency agency have developed a project called… Read more »
Most developers know that social media streams produce a huge volume of data and can be used to discern trending topics and brand sentiment. While that may seem like a niche… Read more »
ABC is targeting its social media audience with a newscast designed for Facebook. Starting December 1st, the channel will post a clip every weekday featuring additional, behind-the-scenes footage of ABC World… Read more »
The Supreme Court on Monday will hear the appeal of a man who went to prison for posting violent rants on Facebook. The case will shape the future of what people… Read more »
The British Parliament’s Science and Technology Committee seized on Facebook’s emotion-manipulation study as a perfect example of why people need to be more aware of how their personal data is used. Read more »
Even though Twitter and other forms of social media help spread misinformation and falsehoods in the aftermath of events like the shooting in Ferguson, they also allow the truth to circulate… Read more »
Yik Yak has reportedly raised a whopping $62 million in venture in a round led by none other than Sequoia. This funding round matters because it brings the previously ignored company… Read more »
As Emily Bell of Columbia pointed out in a recent speech about the disruption of journalism by technology, publishing has never been easier — but now it is controlled in a… Read more »
Twitter data editor Simon Rogers took the stage at Gigaom’s Roadmap conference to talk about making sense of messy data with good visualizations. It can be hard work, but also very… Read more »