Twitter opens Hong Kong office…despite being banned in China
Twitter have opened a new office in Hong Kong with the hope of growing further through advertising revenue instead of their microblogging services. This is due to the microblogging site currently being banned in the country.
.@Twitter Has Set Up Shop in #HongKong – http://t.co/kApL5x6dHB pic.twitter.com/kOuHiM3ISS
— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) March 11, 2015
#YourMum
Penguin Books Mother’s Day campaign was driven by the hashtag #YourMum, which, unsurprisingly, the world of social media got behind – not in the most positive manner. Was it a mistake or did Penguin Books purposefully create this buzz? Regardless, just 23 minutes after it had started, Penguin stopped the joke from spreading any further.
Knowing ploy or social media fail? @PenguinUKBooks runs #YourMum Mother’s Day Twitter campaign http://t.co/yHpje0Z0Gq pic.twitter.com/13wB4KRJGw
— The Drum (@TheDrum) March 10, 2015
Meerkat
Meerkat, the new app which allows you to tweet live videos, has experienced a huge increase in popularity, with Hollywood stars such as Jared Leto getting in on the act. In its first week of going live, it was the most mentioned hashtag on Twitter (via Topsy) with 15’000 mentions.
|LIVE NOW| From Russia with love #meerkat http://t.co/7tyQAL91e9
— JARED LETO (@JaredLeto) March 12, 2015
Brands react to International Women’s Day
Many brands tweeted about International Women’s Day last Sunday, both raising awareness and celebrating equality. Here are some of the tweets that went out on the day:
Happy #InternationalWomensDay! pic.twitter.com/xseTi7SVD7
— MTV UK (@MTVUK) March 8, 2015
Happy #InternationalWomensDay pic.twitter.com/PN6aURt62G
— Welsh Rugby Union (@WelshRugbyUnion) March 8, 2015
Twitter celebrates Terry Pratchett’s life
With the sad news of Terry Pratchett’s passing, a flood of tweets were posted in a celebration of the author’s life. The writer, who had written over 70 novels, was loved by many and was the face of a key campaign to make people more aware of Alzheimers and its effects.
The End.
— Terry Pratchett (@terryandrob) March 12, 2015
Farewell @terryandrob ! #pixelart #discworld pic.twitter.com/FaXLTFqHUU
— Javi Gutiérrez (@Mr_Kairuh) March 13, 2015
The world has lost one of its brightest minds. Rest in peace, Sir Terry Pratchett. pic.twitter.com/s1gntGocsh
— Google Play (@GooglePlay) March 12, 2015
