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Dating apps like Tinder can be addictive, leaving the user with a nagging thirst for data which can strike at any time. Does this mean when the urge takes us we must rush to the mirror, slap on some ...

Facebook and Twitter (among a few others) have been called out in the past for mimicking one another's features and interface aesthetics from time to time. This time it is likely Facebook that is ...

Like many journalists, I use Twitter’s trending bar to keep my thumb on the pulse of the day’s discourse. Often, it’s just celebrity gossip or major events, but sometimes, I unearth an interesting ...

Bobby Anhalt is a video game news writer from the United States. Bobby has been an avid fan of video games since the '90s. While Bobby has a real soft spot for Nintendo games, Metroidvanias, and JRPGs ...

A comedian intentionally started the claim, in what could be a test for Elon Musk. The claim was trending on Twitter. Trump's office didn't respond to a request for comment. Musk's handling of ...

#NoPawsLeftBehind. Last Tuesday, I glanced at the “What’s happening” sidebar on Twitter and saw that nearly 32,000 people were tweeting about this topic; therefore, it was “trending.” A description of ...

Variety and Twitter have partnered on a unique, first-of-its-kind chart that ranks the most tweeted about TV shows across network television and streaming. The announcement was made on Tuesday at the ...

Did you know that Twitter users are a bunch of Super Bowl cheering, American Idol watching, Google Wave using music lovers? That’s according to Twitter’s top trending topics list for 2009, anyway.

Twitter monitors the millions and billions of 140-character bits of wisdom that travel the Twitterverse and lists out the top 10 hottest trends. Twitter lets you view the trending topics worldwide, by ...

Variety Film Chatter Chart debuted on Twitter on Monday, with “Bullet Train,” “Prey” and “Don’t Worry Darling” topping this week’s list of the most tweeted about movies. Variety Film Chatter Chart, ...

Let's say you wanted to create a record of everything that happened in 2022, through the lens of social media. Where would you start? Brian Feldman began and ended in the same place: the sidebar on ...