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Resident Uploads Video Of Bike Thief In Smiths
A brazen thief has been captured on video while allegedly stealing a bike in Smiths, leading to a public posting of the video as the bike’s owner seeks any information on the identity of the man. The video, uploaded to Youtube, has gone viral — in the Bermuda context — with some 6,000 plus views. The video shows a helmeted man using... Read more of this article
Supermodel Tweets Bermuda Swimsuit Photo
Cheryl Tiegs hasn’t forgotten her time basking in the Bermuda sun, tweeting a 1995 photograph featuring herself in Bermuda, serving to remind her followers of the Sports Illustrated photo shoot that she took part in nearly 20 years ago. The photo originates from a photo shoot that featured not only Ms. Tiegs, but also supermodels Ashley Richardson... Read more of this article
Bernews Most Popular Instagram Photos Of 2013
With the island officially welcoming in 2014 with the Bermuda Onion dropping in St George’s, we at Bernews take another look back at the past year, this time the most popular photos from our Instagram account. As judged by the amount of “likes” from Bernews readers, the photos below ranked as the most popular of 2013. Related... Read more of this article
Vote Online For Nahki Wells: Goal Of The Year
Bradford City is running an online competition on YouTube to determine the best goal of the year, with Bermuda’s Nahki Wells receiving a total of four nominations. The Club said that to “commemorate a tremendous 12 months” they are running a ‘Goal of the year’ competition, where 12 contenders have been chosen from the second half... Read more of this article
Twitter Adds Direct Message Photo Sharing
A report on the official Twitter blog has announced that users of mobile Twitter apps for iOS and Android can now send pictures via direct message. The announcement states, “For the first time, you can share and view photos via direct message [DM] on your mobile phone. We’ve also introduced a new tab in the navigation bar that makes it easy... Read more of this article
Instagram Users Pay Tribute To Nelson Mandela
Upon news of the passing of anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela, social media feeds across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram became flooded with photos, memories and tributes to the late South African president. Bermudians joined those around the world in paying tribute online, and some of the tributes posted on Instagram are collected below. Related... Read more of this article
Man Admits Luring Young Girls On Facebook
Marking the second Court case heard today [Nov 22] involving the popular social network, a 22 year old man was today remanded in custody after admitting to trying to lure young girls on Facebook. Christopher Corday pleaded guilty to multiple charges of using Facebook accounts to intrude on the privacy of young girls and attempting to lure them into... Read more of this article
Man Charged With Sending Threats On Facebook
A 24 year old man appeared in Magistrates Court this morning [Nov 22], where he faced charges alleging he sent threatening messages over Facebook. Andre Nisbett was charged with using electronic communications to send messages that threatened to kill a woman, namely the mother of his two month old child. The charges are indictable and must be heard... Read more of this article
Nahki Wells “Trends” On Twitter After Hat-Trick
Following his hat-trick heroics during yesterday’s [Nov 16] game, Nahki Wells ‘trended’ on Twitter, indicating that he was one of the most talked about topics at that time for the estimated 15 million users in the UK. The popular social network has over 200 million active users tweeting over 400 million times per day. Twitter lists... Read more of this article
Dunkley Sues Bean Over Facebook Comments
Deputy Premier and Minister of Public Safety Michael Dunkley has launched legal action against Opposition Leader Marc Bean over comments made on the social network Facebook. The comments are understood to have been posted in late September 2013 on a political Facebook page, with the conversation initially started with a post discussing comments made... Read more of this article
Man In Custody, 18 Yr Old In Stable Condition
The 18 year old injured in last night’s incident in St Monica’s Mission/Glebe Road “attended the area with other young people to participate in anti-social behaviour organised through social media,” the police said today. They also confirmed that a 34 year old man was taken in custody, and said the 18 year old is presently in... Read more of this article
Man Charged With Luring Girls Over Facebook
A 22-year-old man appeared in Magistrates Court this afternoon [Oct 18] where he was remanded in custody after being charged with using Facebook to try to get young girls to have sex with him. The Court heard the defendant — who cannot be named at this stage for legal reasons – allegedly set up fake Facebook accounts and used it to message... Read more of this article
Troncossi PR Firm Appoints Natasha Beynon
Troncossi Public Relations has appointed Natasha Beynon [pictured] as a public relation consultant. In her new role, she will be responsible for advising clients on public relations strategy, generating media exposure, managing potential communications crises, monitoring the media and social networking sites, and leveraging social media to influence... Read more of this article
YouTube To Allow Mobile Offline Video Viewing
Watching YouTube videos on the go has long been possible thanks to mobile internet access, but what about when one finds themselves with a few minutes to spare and no internet connection on their smartphone or tablet? YouTube is preparing to offer a solution to that dilemma in the form of offline video viewing. In a statement issued earlier this week,... Read more of this article
BDOT: Emphasis On Digital Is Gaining Traction
The Bermuda Department of Tourism’s [BDOT] said their increased emphasis on engaging consumers in the digital realm is gaining traction. The BDOT said more than 80,000 consumers are tweeting, liking, pinning and talking about the island through Twitter chats, real-time responses on Facebook and blog posts that provide an inside look at visiting the... Read more of this article
Team Validus Wins Summer Intern Challenge
Last month over 100 summer interns from nine companies took part in The Centre on Philanthropy’s Community Day Facebook Photo Challenge, with the team from Validus emerging as the Challenge’s winner following a heated competition to garner votes for the most team ‘likes’. The Community Day paired teams of interns from XL Group, Validus, KPMG,... Read more of this article
