An amusing tale comes to us by way of this week’s Private Eye: it seems that the official Downing Street Twitter account has run afoul of the social network’s rules. @number10gov has been banned from following any more users after it became the third highest …
A man has been arrested following a vicious knife attack on an Enfield woman this morning. Stephen Fry is to combine the London stage and Twitter in a series of one man shows. Imperial College suggest that in future we have our burgers and chips …
Name that ground. With most league football already under way and the Premier League starting this weekend, we thought this would be an apposite moment to take a look at which London clubs are most successful. But, being a bunch of nerds, we’re not interested …
Our friends and colleagues over at @LDN have hit on a champion idea. Following the success of their Twitter account, whose daily London tips go out to 52,000 people, they’ve set up individual accounts for every London postcode. So, for example, if you live in …
Our friends at UCL’s Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis never cease to amaze us. Today’s dose of digital craftsmanship shows the peaks and troughs of London’s Twitter traffic in the style of a contoured map. In a cute touch, areas of the capital are renamed …
View London Landmarks on Twitter in a larger map Sure, there are plenty of Twitter lists for this sort of thing. But we thought it’d be fun (and visually useful) to map out all the places we know about in London with active Twitter accounts. …
Sit here, press big red button, watch bridge go up. Ever wanted to raise Tower Bridge? A new competition gives you the chance to sit in the control chair and push that big red button (and it really is a big red button; we’ve been). …
Hang around on Twitter for a while and you soon become aware of the vitriol. Campaigns against perceived mistakes by companies or publications are often well founded, but what happens if this ‘Tweet justice’ is directed at an individual? At you, for example. Twitter has …
View London Pub Quizzes in a larger map Over the past two weeks, we’ve been soliciting suggestions for the best regular pub quizzes in London. We’ve had plenty of suggestions, tweeted through to #bestldnpubquiz and left in the comments. The handy map above includes all …
Photo / Ronald Hackston Two girls are found guilty of causing death of vicar’s daugher Dramatic rise in stop-and-search of Afro-Carribean and Asian kids Standard editor Geordie Grieg has been putting himself about Scheme for providing “private care on NHS” axed after two deaths The …
It’s not clear how the financial impact was measured but we’re apparently losing £325m in working time to Twitter. As with its timewasting predecessor Facebook, businesses are beginning to clamp down on Twitter in the workplace, citing the average 56 minutes per week spent on …
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