Jon Lord, Deep Purple, #torybiscuits, 2.4%, Marissa Mayer, No Doubt: 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.

Jon Lord / Deep Purple

The Deep Purple founder and rock pioneer died yesterday aged 71, of pancreatic cancer. @bryanadams tweets “RIP Jon Lord – incredible organist for Deep Purple, one of my fave bands growing up.”

#torybiscuits

Here’s some puns inspired by today’s trending hashtag: @kingkenny_7 “Malted Milk Snatchers”; @fatmancunian “Rich get richer Tea”; @Mschatnoir “Jammy Tax Dodger”

Marissa Mayer

Marissa Mayer, the 20^th person ever hired by Google, has been appointed the new CEO of Yahoo. @Hal9000 comments: “Marissa Mayer is the new CEO of Yahoo. I still used Google to find out who she is.”

2.4%

The UK inflation rate fell to 2.4% in June down from 2.8% in May

No Doubt

The Californian band have released their first single and video for almost ten years. @ladygaga, for one, is excited. “@nodoubt single “Settle Down” is out. I just bought it! Go get it its so good! Band formed the year I was born! 1986 baby.”

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