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Bermuda Flag Emoji On Twitter For Olympics
With the 2016 Summer Olympic Games set to get underway in Rio today [Aug 5], Twitter has released a set of 207 new emojis, representing various national flags using a three-letter hashtag, including #BER for Bermuda, which when used, automatically renders a Bermuda flag. A story on the official Rio 2016 website says, “”The Olympic Games... Read more of this article
July 2016 Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] Cup Match is upon us and people’s social media accounts will be buzzing with how Red and Blue or Blue and Blue will be victorious this year. . Last month saw scores hit some highs as the debate over same sex marriage reached a heightened pitch amongst both camps. SSM advocate Tony Brannon is still campaigning and his score... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For July 2016
[Written by Don Burgess] It was an unusual month in the Bermuda Twittersphere as five of the top 11 accounts lost followers. Overall, 13 accounts that would have been in the top 50 saw their follower numbers go down. Even the venerable John Layfield was stymied a bit as the WWE and FOX commentator only had a gain of about 1,500 followers. Duddley Duddley... Read more of this article
Keep ‘Momentum Going’ On TripAdvisor Reviews
TripAdvisor reviews about Bermuda are on the rise in 2016 and to “keep the momentum going” the Bermuda Tourism Authority [BTA] is asking locals to join in by reviewing their experiences online whenever they eat, shop or explore the island. “This is an easy way to get the wider community involved in our tourism product,” said Glenn Jones,... Read more of this article
Cybertips Team Reflects On Social Media Day
Bermuda’s Cybertips Team is reminding the public of Social Media Day, an event launched by Mashable in 2010 “as a way to recognize and celebrate social media’s impact on global communication.” The event poster says, “Around the globe, there are about 2.08 billion people who are actively using social media. Since the coming... Read more of this article
June 2016 Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] There was a noticeable rise in Bermudians use of social media this month. The vote on same sex marriages and the “How much would you pay” Big Brothers Big Sisters fundraiser has helped spark a bump in people’s Klout scores. The heated “discussions” over the upcoming vote on same sex marriage saw much back-and-forth... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For June 2016
[Written by Don Burgess] Katy Perry and Drake aren’t alone. Less than a week after the prominent musicians’ Twitter profiles were hacked, a Russian-based email account claimed that it has stolen more than 32 million passwords from twitter. It appears the accounts were stolen via malware rather than being hacked from Twitter itself. If you have... Read more of this article
Twitter Set To Make Changes To Character Limit
Twitter is getting set to make changes that will allow its users to “express even more in 140 characters” by limiting the content that counts against the service’s character limit, with the changes to take effect “over the coming months.” A story on the official Twitter blog said, “Over the past decade, the Tweet... Read more of this article
Top 20 Bermuda Youtube Channels For May
[Written by Don Burgess] Bermuda’s top YouTube channels had more than a million views over the last month. Reggae star Collie Buddz and Ben Lusher’s Thirdstory were responsible for more than 900,000 of them with Buddz on pace to past the 20 million views mark sometime in June. Thirdstory dropped three songs from their Searching EP on May 14,; Grows... Read more of this article
Bermudian Makes Tech Pitch To VOOM Contest
An island initiative is hoping to make its way onto the radar of Virgin’s Sir Richard Branson via a VOOM 2016 submission, with Bermudian Ronald Gordon’s Thirdeye project aiming to “eventually bring jobs to Bermuda in the tech sector.” The VOOM initiative invites entrepreneurs to “pitch to Richard Branson to win a share... Read more of this article
May 2016 Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] Klout has made it easier to track subjects you are an expert in. Under the Measure button, Klout will list your top Expert Topics. You can think click any one of those topics to get a list of news stories that might be of interest to you. For example, if one were to have clicked under the Bermuda button [if that was one of... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For May 2016
[Written by Don Burgess] Twitter upgraded its tabs at the top of your news feed on Tuesday. It launched Connect, a new feature which gives you suggestions on what accounts might be good to follow. The Connect tab will give you suggestions on based on where you live, major events happening on Twitter and based on people who you already follow. You will... Read more of this article
Top 20 Bermuda Youtube Channels For April
[Written by Don Burgess] YouTube announced this week it is combing its 360-degree capabilities with live streaming. The move was made ahead of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. This has the potential to help claw back some of the momentum which was lost when Periscope, and to a lesser extent, Meerkat were launched last year. Also, Google,... Read more of this article
Social Media Contest For NYC America’s Cup
The Hamilton Princess & Beach Club today [April 19] announces a social media contest that will run during the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in New York on May 7 and 8, 2016. To participate, upload a photo of someone in New York who is wearing Bermuda shorts and knee-high socks and tag #HamiltonPrincessAC on Twitter or Instagram or post... Read more of this article
April 2016 Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] Engage much? For many brands, the answer is no. Lithium, the company that owns Klout, released its State of Social Engagement 2016 in March and its findings were disappointing as many brands still fail to actually carry on a conversation with its followers. An amazing 95% of brands are still stuck in broadcast mode rather than... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For April 2016
[Written by Don Burgess] Two accounts have been dropped from the Bermuda Top 50 Twitter list for being inactive. One reader asked why the Bermuda Sun was still on the list when it closed down in July 2014. The Sun’s account still has 6,570 followers and it is like a satellite in space that is no longer in use with its orbit is slowing deteriorating.... Read more of this article
