The Dawn of Time
My esteemed colleague Jack Riley, head of digital at the Independent and Evening Standard, is leaving to join AOL/Huffington Post. I wish him well, and want to pay tribute to him for the success of The Independent on the web, but also, more selfishly, for helping me into the digital world.
I started blogging in 2007, [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Thursday, 23 May 2013 at 6:58 pm
Into the Top 140
I should like to thank my mum.
And those good people at Time who have listed me as one of the 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2013.
Distinguished company and all, in a list beginning with Chelsea Clinton, Mia Farrow and Bill Gates. Especially as I currently have a stripe across my face (it’s a another rather [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Monday, 25 March 2013 at 10:20 pm
Twitter’s 7th birthday: A look back at the controversies
Today Twitter celebrates its seventh birthday. It was on this day in 2006 that creator Jack Dorsey sent out his very first tweet and a new social network was born.
By James Silcocks | Bytesize, Notebook | Thursday, 21 March 2013 at 7:05 pm
Twitter Archive: Pin the Butterfly
Ever since Twitter announced that it was going to allow everyone to download the archive of their tweets I have looked forward to the day.
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Monday, 18 February 2013 at 2:34 pm
Social media and romance: finding love online
‘How did you two meet?’ ‘We met via social media.’ This answer may soon become the norm when telling others how you met your partner.
By Tamsin Crouch | Bytesize, Digital Digest, Notebook | Monday, 18 February 2013 at 1:31 pm
Twitter experiences yet another outage. Are we relying too much on tweets?
Should we really rely on Twitter as much as we do? Today’s ‘fail whale’ return seems to suggest otherwise.
By Alex Masters | Bytesize, Digital Digest | Thursday, 31 January 2013 at 6:09 pm
Is this the most inane interview in the history of football?
Was this the most inane interview in the history of football? While it would certainly seem pretty difficult to beat, here is a selection of the tweets so you can make your own mind up…
By Charles Reynolds | Football, Sport | Friday, 25 January 2013 at 5:25 pm
Twitter launches Vine – a six second video sharing service, but is that really long enough?
Does Twitter’s Vine app have what it takes to become the Instagram of video? Or is six seconds just far too short?
By Alex Masters | Bytesize, Digital Digest, Science & Technology | Friday, 25 January 2013 at 2:28 pm
Suzanne Moore says sorree: but does she really mean it
I see that the columnist Suzanne Moore is back on Twitter. Her feed closed down for a while because of the storm she whipped up with a passing comment that was interpreted as disrespectful to Brazilian transsexuals
By Andy McSmith | McSmith | Thursday, 17 January 2013 at 12:27 pm
Five tech battlegrounds to watch in 2013
James Vincent looks at five tech battlegrounds to watch this coming year.
By James Vincent | Digital Digest, Science & Technology | Thursday, 3 January 2013 at 6:21 pm
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