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AirAsia, one of the most social media savvy Airlines in Asia was ranked third as the Airline Talking Champion on Twitter for March. The data is complied by Eezeer in partnership with Air Valid and Simpliflying, an aviation branding company based in Singapore and New York. The data shows that AirAsia sent over 1,600 tweets last month. That averaged out to be about 53 tweets per day, an amazing effort by AirAsia to connect and engage with fans on Twitter. The infographic also shows that AirAsia achieved the highest score in customer service ...
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![Fukushima Tweets, Radiation Cloud visualized over time [MAP]](http://www.penn-olson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-18-at-12.52.34-PM-250x250.png)
Apr 18 2011
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Fukushima Tweets, Radiation Cloud visualized over time [MAP]
Here's a pretty fascinating animated graphic from socialintensity.org. The graphic shows two things: radiation intensity and 'social intensity.' But because I'm not a huge fan of the Japan radiation cloud graphic, I'd like to post the maker's description of how it was made: The data for the Radioactive cloud was obtained from The Austrian Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, where Dr.Gerhard Wottawa commented: "The images show the multi-day spread of a plume released from The Fukushima Daiichi NPP. There is assumed to be a continuous release of Iodine-131 into the atmosphere ...
Apr 14 2011
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Is China’s Shanda Creating a New Twitter?
Is Shanda creating a new Twitter-like service? Named Tuita (推他, loosely translated as 'push him'), the service is currently in closed-beta phase, according to iChinastock. The website doesn't state when the product is going to be launched. It doesn't even have a email registration for eager users to receive a beta invite. One thing for sure, this site belongs to Shanda as stated on the site's fine print. Whois.net also confirmed that this new domain is registered under Nanjing Shengda Networking Co.Ltd Shanda, known for its gaming business has recently moved into many ...
Apr 13 2011
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Feel on! iPhone App Lets You Tweet with Emotion
A new Twitter client for iPhone "Feel on!" (iTunes link and available only in Japan store) was released last week. "Another one?!", you might question. But this Twitter client puts emphasis on emotions of a tweet making the app completely different from the ones you've already seen. What "Feel on!" does is that it analyzes the emotions in each tweet, and adds an appropriate cartoon to the tweet to match your tweet’s emotion. "L is B", the creator of "Feel on!" is a start-up based in Tokyo, Japan. The team succeeded in ...
Apr 12 2011
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One Month After March 11 Disaster, #Quakebook Goes on Sale
Nearly one month to the day after Japan’s tragic March 11th earthquake, the Twitter-sourced Quakebook is on sale at Amazon today, with every cent you pay going to the Japanese Red Cross. The official title is 2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japan Earthquake. The book contains stories, essays, photos and artwork collected from Japan and all around the world. Since we first reported on the project, Yoko Ono, William Gibson, Barry Eisler, and Jake Adelstein have all submitted work for inclusion in Quakebook. When contacted today, the anonymous British blogger who started ...
Apr 12 2011
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Twitter Adds Japan, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur as Trend Locations
Good news in Asia as Twitter adds 70 more trend locations including Japan, Philippines, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur. They are now live on Twitter. If you click on each country, you could see more trend location cities such as Mumbai, Tokyo and Sydney. Here's the list in Asia as a whole: Tokyo - Japan Bandung and Jakarta - Indonesia Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia Mumbai - India Philippines United Arab Emirates Sydney - Australia New Zealand Twitter's trend locations are popular among users to find out what's happening in the local scene. The popularity of trend locations and users' willingness to ...
Apr 11 2011
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Chinatown Singapore Embraces Facebook and Twitter
Young people in Singapore now have more entertainment places to go to as Chinatown is embracing more interesting attractions and spreading the words through Facebook and Twitter. Chinatown Singapore is turning into a hip place where young Singaporeans can enjoy various activities like spas and restaurants and learn updates through new media. The chairman of Chinatown Business Association (CBA), Mr. Wong Chi Keong stated that they would renew the place to keep up with the younger generation. With new attractions and presence on social media, the improved Chinatown seems to be ...
Apr 9 2011
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How To: Track India’s Fight Against Corruption Online
Earlier we wrote about how Anna Hazare’s ‘fast unto death’ movement created an uproar on Facebook and Twitter and how more than 400,000 people have already pledged their names on the online petition. Clearly, India's unified voice is increasing in volume day-by-day, supporting Anna Hazare's campaign for the Lokpal Bill. Everything came like a storm and we understand it is difficult to keep a track of what's happening. To make it easier, we have created a guide that sources the best new media and touch points to get you involved through the Internet. 1. ...
Apr 8 2011
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How To Send Gifts Through Twitter
Ever wanted to show your appreciation to your friends on Twitter? Now you can, with a Twitter micro-gift service named Giftee. With Giftee, you can send real gifts through Twitter, say a cup of coffee at a cafe or a mug of beer at a bar. Giftee was launched in March 2011, and is backed by Open Network Lab, Inspire Corporation, and Yuma Umeda. To send a gift on Giftee, you first need to create an account by entering your Twitter log in details. Next, select a friend, pick a ...
Dec 27 2011
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Visualization: India Fights #Corruption, Tweets for #AnnaHazare
We posted earlier today about India's fight against corruption and how the struggle was manifesting on the web. Since then activist Anna Hazare has become a trending topic on Twitter, clearly a hot topic of conversation right now in the country. We took a sample of 1000 Twitter messages when Anna Hazare was trending, and visualized them to see some of the most common words in the discussion. So (quite literally) here are the words that were being spoken across India today: *Tweets imported into Google Spreadsheets, visualized with Tagxedo
Apr 7 2011
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Anna Hazare’s ‘Fast Unto Death’ Gains Huge Support on Twitter
This post was jointly written with Sahil Shah. The 'India Against Corruption' campaign is gaining steam on Twitter. Earlier, we wrote about the anti-corruption campaign which now has attracted over 80,000 Facebook fans and 4,000 followers on Twitter at the point of writing. The limelight, however, is on activist Anna Hazare who announced on 5th April that he will 'fast unto death' against corruption in India. His movement has generated huge support from the media, celebrities and users of social media. Log on to Twitter now and you will see his name on the worldwide ...
Apr 7 2011
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Young Indians Fight Corruption on the Internet
Fighting corruption in India has a new medium: indiaagainstcorruption.org. Fed up with news of malpractices, some young, net-saavy individuals in Mumbai joined an online protest raising concerns about the ever-increasing cases of corruption. We’ve all heard headlines about how social media is empowering citizens from the Middle East to China. "India Against Corruption" is another great example of how technology can facilitate activism and empower regular citizens. The main objective of the movement was to start protests across the city regarding various issues that people are facing. For example, they supported a ...
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