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Senior Class President Suspended After Tweeting About High School Sports

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 13 May 2013 09:35:11 +0000

An eight word tweet has gotten former Heights High School Class of 2013 President Wesley Teague in hot water with his school administration. WSU is Wichita State University, whose football team was disbanded in 1986. The athletic department at Heights High School, which is in Wichita, Kansas, is often referred to on Twitter by the hashtag [...]

Funny Tweets By Parents the Week

Stephanie McMaster — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:01:21 +0000

Parents + Internet = Awesome. Don’t believe us? Check out some of the funniest things tweeted by parents this week, including Melissa Joan Hart’s son’s funny incident with childproof medicine bottles and Jim Gaffigan‘s vow regarding kids and restaurants: ¢ιη∂α¢υηтєяєℓℓα (@alwayzintruble): I'm ready to *take on the world today.. *clean my kids rooms.. Melissa [...]

Watch Will Sasso's Hilarious Vine Videos

Kyle Dowling — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:30:46 +0000

If you’re looking for a thorough explanation of what the purpose of Vine, Twitter’s new video app, is (other than some quick porn) then you might need to look elsewhere. But if you’re looking for a good laugh please continue! Former MADtv cast member Will Sasso appears to be jumping up the online popularity ladder with his [...]

Man Uses Senator's Twitter Feed to Make Charming Marriage Proposal

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:00:19 +0000

As we advance deeper into the 21st century, a Senator's press secretary is at least as likely to be getting the word out on Twitter than communicating with the press in more traditional ways.

So when Brett Wanamaker decided he wanted to surprise his girlfriend Beth Adelson, who is the press secretary for Virginia Senator Mark Warner, with a marriage proposal he had a pretty good idea where to find her.

Hilarious Tweets By Parents The Week Of Feb. 25

Stephanie McMaster — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:00:09 +0000

Myth debunked – parents can indeed be funny and we have the tweets to prove it! Check out 10 of the most hilarious things written on Twitter this week by parents (and one non-parent who gets it) this week: Renee (@nayele18): I can tell everything my kids ate during the day by examining their shirt [...]

Hackers Make Burger King Twitter Praise McDonald's

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:00:46 +0000

Things got weird in the burger wars yesterday when hackers broke into the Burger King Twitter page and started firing off pro-McDonald’s tweets. Under the handle McDonalds@BurgerKing, the hackers posted messages which said Burger King had been sold to McDonald’s, accused Burger King employees of on-the-job drug use and posted links to popular hip hop [...]

Super Bowl 2013 Blackout Prompts Twitter Outrage, Awesome Oreo Response

Emerald Catron — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:40:03 +0000

What? No lights? A power surge caused a blackout at Super Bowl 2013, which gave people on Twitter plenty of opportunity to move on from Beyonce’s half-time performance. Everyone shifted gears and focused their bit-writing abilities on the fact that they game is delayed. With the above picture, Oreo really rose to the occasion, but [...]

Create and Share Micro Videos With Vine

Terry Morgan — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:49:59 +0000

My new obsession is a micro video app called Vine. Launched by Twitter, Vine is a social media service centered around the creation and sharing of 6 second video clips. And it is so much fun! Micro video seems to be the new rage on the ‘Net. These videos, which range from 5 to 10 [...]

'Hashtag' Is 2012′s Word of the Year

Donald Deane — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:26 +0000

Hashtags may have originated on Twitter, but the popular internet shorthand has since spread to Facebook and even everyday speech. And now, "hashtag" has been declared the 2012 word of the year by the American Dialect Society. #waytogohashtag

The Best Manti Te'o Jokes on Twitter

Emerald Catron — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:07:32 +0000

Have you been on Twitter lately? It's really just a repository for Manti Te'o jokes. Ever since it was revealed yesterday that Te'o's story about his perfect girlfriend dying of cancer was a big fat sham (for the full story, this is a good source), the only purpose anybody has to go on Twitter right now is to make jokes about it. Here are some of our favorites, although there are so many it's really hard to choose.

Jimmy Kimmel's 'Celebrities Read Mean Tweets' Is Too Funny For Words

Amanda Ferris — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:13:45 +0000

Thanks to the rise of the social media site Twitter, celebrity users and your every day folk like you and me are closer than ever. But so are the nasty, catty tweets from the Average Joe to whatever celebrity they're mad at now. Jimmy Kimmel decided that celebrities should confront these mean (and often strange) tweets in his ongoing segment 'Celebrities Read Mean Tweets.'

'Les Mis' Fans Freak Out on Twitter Over Oscar Noms

Emerald Catron — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:39:56 +0000

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Hey, did you hear about the Oscar nominations? We're guessing Ben Affleck isn't the only one crying -- hordes of musical theater fans are losing it too. Who would have thought that people whose idea of entertainment is to be whipped into an emotional frenzy through overwrought song and dance would flip out when their genre of choice gets not one, but eight nominations (even though that wasn't enough for some of them). Some of them ( a lot, actually) couldn't contain themselves and had to direct some of their boundless enthusiasm towards Twitter. Here's what's they're saying.

Westboro Baptist Church Twitter Account Hacked By Anonymous

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 05:00:51 +0000

Just when you thought the Westboro Baptist church couldn’t get any lower, they did. The radical group, which has gained notoriety for protesting military funerals and blaming the deaths on America’s acceptance of homosexuality, announced that they would picket a vigil that is being held this week for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting. In response, the hacktivist group [...]

Planning to Tweet or Instagram Your Ballot? You May Be Committing a Felony

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:00:35 +0000

Voting in a presidential election is pretty exciting. And, these days, when we do something exciting we want to tell the world about it through social network sites like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

But while there may be a temptation to take a photo of your completed ballot and post it on the internet with pride, it's not a very good idea. In fact in states like Wisconsin it's a felony to let anybody else see your ballot or a photo of your ballot.

Taylor Swift Becomes Twitter Death Hoax Victim

Amy Sciarretto — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:00:28 +0000

Taylor Swift is not dead. The 22-year-old songstress joins a not-so-illustrious group that includes country superstars like Reba McEntire and Garth Brooks, in that she is the latest victim of an online death hoax. Recently, all three of these acts have made membership in a group that no one would want. Thankfully, the ‘Mean’ singer is alive and well and this was all a, well, mean joke.

This Week's Best Tweets: Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood + More Celebrate the Military

Billy Dukes — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:15:27 +0000

With Memorial Day last weekend, many country stars took to Twitter to make sure their fans know the reason we’re free to celebrate an extra day off before the start of summer. A few, like Kellie Pickler, went a little further. Learn who had the most touching messages to the troops in This Week’s Best Tweets.

This Week's Best Tweets: Country Stars Start Celebrating Memorial Day Early

Billy Dukes — Sat, 26 May 2012 13:00:46 +0000

As a holiday weekend approaches, it’s clear that a few country stars may have begun celebrating a little early. Joe Nichols has something to celebrate, while a few others — like Jerrod Niemann and Tyler Farr — may just be celebrating life. Of course Blake Shelton is included in this list of the week’s best tweets, but his submission is much more domestic than fans are used to — but still hilarious.

I Don't Get Pinterest [Poll]

Terry Morgan — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:00:48 +0000

As the Digital Managing Editor it’s my job to understand and interpret trends in social media. Lately I’ve been spending time trying to understand the hot new social media site Pinterest, and I’ll be totally honest: I just don’t get it. Pinterest is basically a giant pin board that you and all of your friends [...]

Information Overload – Do You Miss The Good Old Days?

Terry Morgan — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:00:44 +0000

I live for technology. No matter where I am or what I'm doing I always have my iPhone, a laptop, and an always-on internet connection. From the moment I wake up to the last minute before I go to sleep at night, I'm connected in some way to the internet.

I think, more often than not, you are too, and it's all starting to become too much.

What Social Media do you use?

Terry Morgan — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:49:08 +0000

There's more social media sites than we know what to do with. So which one do you use the most?