Marty McFly, Barclays, Mnet20 and Nexus7: Why are they trending?

A look at the trending topics on social networking sites and search engines today, to see what we’re interested in, and why.

Barclays

The bank have been fined over manipulating interests rates, eliciting much rage on Twitter. Blogger @MadamMiaow writes: “UK rioters imprisoned for stealing bottles of water. #Barclays bosses slapped on wrist for manipulation of trillion-pound markets. #pm”

Marty McFly

According to the internet, yesterday’s date, June 27th 2012 is the date the DeLorean was sent to in the Back To The Future film, made in 1985. Did anyone see Marty?

Mnet20

If you’re a South Korean teenager, you’ll already have combusted with excitement, as today is the day of the Mnet 20s Choice Awards, which are a bit like the MTV Awards, but much, much, much more exciting. Heart throb Lee JeHoon is hotly tipped to win the Movie Star (Male) award.

Nexus7

Google has become the latest technology giant to unveil a tablet computer, the Nexus 7, designed to usurp the market place of Amazon’s Kindle range.

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  Marty McFly went to 2015, not 2012. The Internet was wrong.