David Cameron, #FurryBear, LinkedIn, #DNA – why are they trending?

What’s trending and why?

David Cameron, #FurryBear

The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has admitted on ITV’s Daybreak show that he broke off from working on the cabinet #reshuffle to help his kids with their homework; a poem based on Winnie the Pooh author A.A. Milne’s “Furry Bear”. endearing anecdote or cynical humanising PR trick? That’s beside the point, says ITV’s Tim Gatt, who tweets:

“What we need to know, @MichaelPDeacon, is whether Dave’s #furrybear is butch – or can make coffee”.

LinkedIn

Business networking site LinkedIn has introduced new features to its iPhone, Android and iPad apps. Android and iPhone users can get a notification when  someone views their profile or likes something they’ve shared. You can read all about it in this blogpost from Joff Redfern, Mobile Product Head at LinkedIn.

#DNA

A new “DNA encyclopedia” will map the function of the entire human genome, according to this article in Wired,  magazine, which is pretty interesting. Our Science correspondent, Steve Connor, examines the implications here. But a brief search on Twitter reveals the hashtag could also refer to the equally fascinating @dnafoundation, which stands for the Demi & Ashton Foundation, a charity which “works toward the elimination of sex slavery worldwide,” although it’s a little hazy on how it goes about it.

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