Twit World Report: November 2015

Monday, November 30, 2015

Touch ID Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving

If you are like Farhad Manjoo, it's hard to understand the appeal of Apple Pay:Judging from the reactions to his tweet, he's in good company.And, indeed, I was in that company until very recently. I use a Killspencer iPhone 6 case that affixes to the back of my phone and keeps my driver license and ...

Brazil Is Trolling Racist Trolls With An Amazing Public Billboard Campaign

A Brazilian billboard campaign is shaming online trolls by emblazoning the racist abuse they post on giant public posters.

The 'Virtual Racism, Rea...

Brazil Is Trolling Racist Trolls With An Amazing Public Billboard Campaign

A Brazilian billboard campaign is shaming online trolls by emblazoning the racist abuse they post on giant public posters.

The 'Virtual Racism, Rea...

Friday, November 27, 2015

People Aren't Scared Of Saudi Arabia's Threat To Sue If They Compare Them To ISIS

People are inviting Saudi Arabia to sue them after the state reportedly threatened legal action against someone who compared its imminent execution of...

People Aren't Scared Of Saudi Arabia's Threat To Sue If They Compare Them To ISIS

People are inviting Saudi Arabia to sue them after the state reportedly threatened legal action against someone who compared its imminent execution of...

Christian Mother Asks The Internet What 'That Thing' In Her Son's Shower Is, Doesn't Like The Answer

A staunch Christian mother has become an unwitting internet celebrity after asking her 117 followers to tell her what the thing she found in her son's...

Thursday, November 26, 2015

This Amazing Twitter Account Is Ridiculing Britain First In The Best Way

Self-proclaimed "political party" and anti-immigration Facebook group Britain First is being royally done in by a hilarious parody Twitter account.

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Alex Salmond Unveiled A New Painting At The National Portrait Gallery And Everyone Is Laughing

Former first minister of Scotland Alex Salmond skipped a debate on bombing Isis on Thursday to unveil a new portrait of himself at the National Portra...

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

One Googler's War Against JavaScript Frameworks

Google cares a lot about the mobile web. Though the web giant can arguably be faulted for underinvesting in HTML5 for years, the company is more than making up for it now. The tech giant is doubling down with missionary zeal to convert would-be app heathens like India’s Flipkart back to the ...

Before You Judge George Osborne Over The Tampon Tax, Read This

George Osborne has been accused of making women pay for their own charities by refusing to scrap the 'tampon tax' and ploughing the levy into refuges ...

Networks Should Embrace Open Source, Too

This excerpt from "Exploring Software-Defined Networking" is sponsored by Brocade. It reflects the views of the sponsor, not ReadWrite's editors.Most discussions of SDN stop at the control and data planes. However, abstraction and programmability of the management layer of the network is ...

15 Devastatingly Scathing Responses To George Osborne's Spending Review Tweet

George Osborne today announced his spending review with this rather lovely tweet...

Today's Spending Review will deliver economic and national secu...

Shoppers Against Black Friday Unite on Twitter

With Black Friday approaching, both businesses and consumers prepare for bargains. While some shoppers create lists of which products to buy and stores to visit, other Americans with anti Black Friday sentiment plan their boycott behavior. In fact, consumers respond against Black Friday promotions by boycotting companies that participate in the shopping holiday (think Walmart, Best Buy, Target). However, the in-store boycott is magnified through social media conversation. By utilizing social media, consumers create a movement against Black Friday brands.

Because of the percentage of people who disagree with Black Friday promotions, many consumers have prepared social media campaigns, especially on Twitter. They call, or rather tweet, for a nationwide day of boycott. The grassroots group demonstrates their solidarity against the holiday’s affects on family time. After all, not only are shoppers spend their holiday time at the mall, but also store employees forced to leave Thanksgiving festivities early.

Black Friday shopping begins at 6 p.m on THURSDAY! If you shop at or past that time you’re participating in black friday #BoycottBlackFriday

— Truth Skywalker (@TooSleptOn) November 23, 2015

Twitter fans against Black Friday love using the #boycottblackfriday hashtag. Apart from that, there’s also movement to comment against promotions on Facebook and Instagram. By commenting on photos, consumers against Black Friday can communicate with the ones “liking” the deals to show disapproval. Additionally, they can demonstrate their disgust with the brands participating in Black Friday. Due to social boycotts and social media fury, brands will quickly redirect their attention away from Black Friday to look forward to other holidays.

People against Black Friday should not underestimate the power of social media. People can be heard and brands are listening (although they may be ignoring you for now). If you really want brand attention, it’s best to RT and share the brands that openly reject Black Friday traditions. Commenting and joining on hashtags is a great way to show your support to those people who are aiming to fight against Black Friday in order to restore Thanksgiving ideals. Will you join this social media movement?

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

World War III Begins Trending Mostly Because People Tweet It's Trending

World War III began trending on Tuesday after the Turkish military downed a Russian fighter jet close to the Syrian border, quickly sending a terrifie...

Monday, November 23, 2015

9 Ways Growing Startups Can Keep Teams Running Smoothly

Guest author Scott Gerber is the founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council.As a company grows, individual teams often develop their own project management styles. But when you're trying to scale, having multiple systems can lead to confusion and missed deadlines. So how do you adjust that ...

Why Google Doesn't Hire Based On Ivy League Credentials

This post appears courtesy of the Ferenstein Wire, a syndicated news service. Publishing partners may edit posts. For inquiries, please email author and publisher Gregory Ferenstein. One of the world's most sought after employers doesn't care much about Ivy League credentials or a sterling ...

Author Ponders The 'Joyous' Side Of ISIS, Internet Gives Her Lots Of Suggestions

American author Joyce Carol Oates has a considerable following on Twitter but a recent post left many online commenters baffled.

Wading into the di...

Read more: UK News, Twitter, Joyce Carol Oates, Isis, UK News

Airline's Ill-Timed #FlowThroughIstanbul Campaign Suffers Awkward Takeover

An ill-timed social media hashtag intended to promote tourism in Istanbul has been taken over by Twitter users who quickly made the obvious connection...

Friday, November 20, 2015

Why Wearables Are Getting Out Of Your Face (And Off Your Wrist)

When I got an email from a company I've covered a lot telling me that a new wrist-based fitness tracker was on its way to my office, my first thought was, "Can I send it back?"Let me be frank here: I've tested lots of wearable devices, sometimes strapping three at a time to my wrists. And yet I ...

10 Crowdfunded Gadgets You Need This Holiday Season

This article is sponsored by Indiegogo, a crowdfunding platform where all ideas get an equal shot at success. As a sponsored post, it reflects the views of the sponsor, not ReadWrite's editors.2015 was a huge year for tech, with products ranging from wearables to connected Internet of Things ...

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Google And Uber Chiefs Discuss The Future Of Transportation

This post appears courtesy of the Ferenstein Wire, a syndicated news service. Publishing partners may edit posts. For inquiries, please email author and publisher Gregory Ferenstein.In a rare and far-ranging interview, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and Alphabet's Eric Schmidt sat down to discuss their ...

Rejected Student Behind Handwritten WhatsApp Proposal Responds To Viral Fame

A University of Southampton student who craftily handwrote a Whatsapp message to ask a fellow student out on a date is responding to viral fame in the...

This Photo Of The Chuckle Brothers Will Make You Look Twice

At first glance, this looks like a photo of the Chuckle Brothers sharing a drink with an adoring fan.

To me to you. http://pic.twitter.com/2guLlvYKma— S...

Anonymous Claims Thousands Of Pro-ISIS Twitter Accounts Have Been Disabled

Anonymous claim to have disabled over 8,000 pro-Islamic State Twitter accounts, holding true to their declaration of cyberwar against the militant gro...

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

How Software-Defined Networking Will Change The Way We Connect

This excerpt from "Exploring Software-Defined Networking is sponsored by Brocade. It reflects the views of the sponsor, not ReadWrite's editors.Many network operators expect the near-term benefits of software-defined networking, or SDN, to be operational in nature: greater management ...

11 Ways To Manage A Remote Team

Guest author Scott Gerber is the founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council.A strong remote workforce is the secret weapon of many of today's successful startups. Rather than relying only on people who live near the office—often in the most expensive markets—they hire the best talent from around the ...

What's Missing From Parrot's New Drone: Developer Tools

Drone maker Parrot's new flying gizmo, the Bebop 2 Quadricopter drone, will make its landing next month, just in time for holiday shoppers. According to the company, it’s a smaller, lighter, and easier-to-use model than the previous Bebop drone—which should please consumers interested in tossing ...

George Galloway Just Flooded Twitter With Pictures Of Himself Looking Brooding In A Black Fedora

George Galloway is jazzing up his Twitter feed by posting a series of brooding pictures in which he wears a black fedora at a rakish angle.

The Re...

Read more: George Galloway, UK News, Twitter, UK News

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Sikh Wrongly Identified As Paris Attacker After Quran And Bomb Vest Are Photoshopped Onto Seflie

A Sikh journalist is considering legal action after he was wrongly identified as a terrorist in the aftermath of the Paris attacks.

Canadian Veere...

Monday, November 16, 2015

Netflix Releases Open-Source Spinnaker For AWS And Other Clouds

After more than a year, Netflix got its open-source Spinnaker project off the ground on Monday.Designed to replace Asgard, its Amazon Web Services cloud-management system, and created alongside Google, Microsoft and Pivotal, the “Continuous Delivery platform” lets companies hook into and deploy ...

Stephen King Sums Up Why It's Wrong To Blame All Muslims For The Paris Attacks

Bestselling horror writer Stephen King has tweeted about the Paris terror attacks, calling for restraint in the backlash against Muslims.

Islamic ...

Sunday, November 15, 2015

The Hashtag Helping Families Search For Loved Ones In Paris

The unfolding horror of the Paris terror attacks was captured through the lens of social media.

But now events themselves have ended, online networ...

Read more: UK News, Paris Attack, Paris, France, UK World, Twitter, UK News

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Corbyn Supporters Threaten Newspaper Boycott After Journalist's Paris Tweet

The Independent's John Rentoul has apologised for a remark suggesting Jeremy Corbyn would blame France for Friday's terror attacks in Paris.

As de...

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Fossil Agrees To Buy Misfit For $260 Million

Watch company Fossil Group Inc. struck a deal to acquire wearable tech maker Misfit Inc. for $260 million, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.Misfit, which sits on the fashion end of the fitness-tracking trend, will dole its technology out to new Fossil products that look more like ...

Too Much Data? No Such Thing, New Relic Says

We hear about the digital reams of data our modern civilization produces, usually measured in terms of Libraries of Congress. But the Library of Alexandria might be a better yardstick—because most of that data is tossed, destroyed, lost to history.At New Relic's FutureStack conference in San ...

This Muslim Woman Is Beating Online Trolls By Inadvertently Making Them Help Unicef

If there's one thing online trolls hate doing, it's being nice to anyone.

Well now Dr Susan Carland is making sure that every time an online troll ...

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Yelp Open Sources Its PaaS To Liberate You From Docker

The world's best cloud and big data software isn't for sale. Instead you download it for free.You won't see Oracle, IBM, HP, or any of the erstwhile enterprise IT giants developing it, either. In fact, this incredibly rich treasure trove of software isn't being developed by software vendors at all. ...

Sunday, November 8, 2015

'Ben Carson Wikipedia' Hashtag Reveals Offbeat Theories Beyond The Pyramids

NEW YORK -- Dr. Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon, who is currently leading national polls in the Republican primary race, this week defended a the...

Friday, November 6, 2015

Silicon Valley Represents An Entirely New Political Category Now

This post appears courtesy of the Ferenstein Wire, a syndicated news service. Publishing partners may edit posts. For inquiries, please email author and publisher Gregory Ferenstein. *This article is part of series on Silicon Valley's political endgame. Over the last decade, Silicon ...

Irish Women Are Live Tweeting Their Periods To The PM In Abortion Protest

Irish women are taking to Twitter to share details of their menstrual cycles in a call for Prime Minister Enda Kenny to repeal the country's restricti...

People On Twitter Are Suggesting New John Lewis Christmas Songs

The John Lewis Christmas Advert has officially been released, and it wasn't long before people on Twitter jumped on the retail giant's trend of having...

The Internet Reacts Hilariously To The John Lewis Christmas Ad 2015

The long awaited John Lewis Christmas Advert is finally here, and it wasn't long before everybody on the internet was talking about it.

Someone poi...

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Building Your Own Cloud Is "Tablestakes," Says Former AWS Engineer

What the heck is Jesse Robbins doing starting a next-generation walkie-talkie company?Robbins, the founder and CEO of Orion Labs, a company that builds a wearable communication accessory for instant voice conversations, is better known as the founder of Chef, an IT automation startup beloved ...

Hillary Clinton's Campaign Is Powered By WHAT??

Although still riding high at the top of the Democratic polls and seemingly gaffe-proof, Hillary Clinton has probably been left red-faced by this litt...

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Dropbox's Developer Strategy: It's (Still) All About Dropbox

As Dropbox CEO Drew Houston left the stage at his company's Dropbox Open event Wednesday morning in San Francisco, "Rumble And Sway" by Jamie N Commons started playing.Don't you tell me no truths, I want all of your lies.So give me all of your lies. Give me all of your lies. Give me all of ...

Why City Voters Will Likely Crush This Anti-Airbnb Proposition

This post appears courtesy of the Ferenstein Wire, a syndicated news service. Publishing partners may edit posts. For inquiries, please email author and publisher Gregory Ferenstein.Very early election results suggest that San Franciscans have likely voted to reject a law limiting Airbnb's reach in ...

PMQs Today Without The Shouting: 4 November 2015

PMQs is back yet again, with the usual rowdy behaviour and a few of Jeremy Corbyn's famous death stares.

Two disapproving teacher looks from Jerem...

This Is How You Replace Twitter's Awful Heart With Something Better (Like A Turd)

As you've probably discovered by now, Twitter did something that annoyed a lot of people yesterday. It replace the much-loved favourite icon with a he...

Read more: Twitter, Social Media, UK Tech News

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

How To Save Money When You're Shopping Online

This post is sponsored by ChameleonJohn, a provider of online coupons, promo codes, and daily deals. It reflects the views of the sponsor, not ReadWrite's editors.When the Internet was introduced to the general public, it brought changes of all sorts. Some, we could have predicted; some, we ...

Twitter Changing Star 'Favourites' To Heart 'Likes' Is Exposing Some Vile Homophobia

One of the biggest social media sites altered the way users 'favourite' content on Tuesday, the change revealing threats to masculinity and homphobia...

Lyft Is Getting Ready For Developers To Hop On Board

With three recent announcements, Lyft, a ride-hailing and -sharing service, is making moves that suggest it will soon become more open to third-party developers.On Tuesday, Lyft announced a new way to hail a ride through an integration with Slack, the team chat service. Instead of using a mobile ...

How One Startup Aims To Solve The Wired VR Issue

A growing number of hardware makers are searching for the best way of bringing virtual reality (VR) to the masses: Current contraptions cover every price point and style from Google Cardboard to the Oculus Rift (consumer version due 2016). The AuraVisor, currently raising funds on Kickstarter, sits ...

Twitter Just Killed Favourites And Now People Are Rethinking Everything They Know About The World

If you've been stuck in a bubble for the last few hours then you probably won't have noticed the small change that Twitter has made to its "Favourite"...

Read more: Twitter, Social Media, UK Tech News

Twitter Just Killed Favourites And Now People Are Rethinking Everything They Know About The World

If you've been stuck in a bubble for the last few hours then you probably won't have noticed the small change that Twitter has made to its "Favourite"...

Read more: Twitter, Social Media, UK Tech News

Twitter's New Buttons Are A Bit Ridiculous

Twitter replaced its classic "Favourite" star with a "Like" heart on Tuesday and everyone is up in arms about it.

Luckily, @TechnicallyRon has remi...

Twitter's Big New Change Will Make Us All Nicer People (It Hopes)

Twitter has made a rather big change today.

That little star you so happily tap whenever you see @SoVeryBritish or @AstroTerry appear has been rep...

Read more: Twitter, Social Media, Facebook, UK Tech News

Caragh Little: Tricks and Treats

Maybe that's what was interesting about Halloween for me this year: that the extremes of fancy dress just show us up for what we are, imposters riddled with status anxiety and insecurity, so busy playing tricks for an invisible crowd that we forget to notice the treats which lie apart from those seductive, backlit screens.

Monday, November 2, 2015

Games Are Key To New Apple TV's Success, Early Data Shows

The Apple TV has only been out for a weekend, but already there's some unofficial data about the apps that are proving popular with early adopters—and games are leading the charge. The charts in question have been compiled using real data from the App Store that, for the time being, is hidden from ...

The Public Can Soon Become Real Investors In Startups

This post appears courtesy of the Ferenstein Wire, a syndicated news service. Publishing partners may edit posts. For inquiries, please email author and publisher Gregory Ferenstein.After years of delay and political battles, the Security and Exchange Commission has proposed rules to legalize ...

9 Ways To Make Money In The On-Demand Economy

Guest author Scott Gerber is the founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council.Recently, Uber and other companies that provide on-demand services have been under the regulatory microscope. Despite these setbacks, it's still a great industry to get into, full of potential advantages for a would-be ...

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Police Apologise And launch Investigation After 'Joining In On Rape Joke'

Merseyside Police have launched an investigation and issued an apology after taking part in an "inappropriate" twitter exchange about rape.

The inc...

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