Kris Holt
Based in Montreal, Kris Holt has been writing about technology and web culture since 2010. He writes for Engadget and Tech News World, and his byline has also appeared in Paste, Salon, International Business Times, Mashable, and elsewhere.
Hundreds of Swedish teens riot over slut-shaming Instagram account
The “Instagram sex rumor riots” have entered their second day in Gothenberg, Sweden, with hundreds of student clashing with police and setting off fireworks.
On Dec 19, 2012 by Kris Holt
@Gundeaths tweets the stories behind the gun crime statistics
@gundeaths started in July with the message, “This account will try to tweet every gun death in America regardless of cause and without comment.”
On Dec 18, 2012 by Kris Holt
Instagram’s alarming new terms of service explained
Will Instagram’s updated terms of service (ToS) really make users quit posting breakfast pics for good?
Nielsen to start counting your tweets in its TV ratings
In an effort to get a better picture of how popular TV shows really are, Nielsen will start tracking tweets to measure shows’ online fanbases.
On Dec 17, 2012 by Kris Holt
Meet Basse Andersen, the most nervous man on the Internet
Basse Andersen’s coworkers have made scaring him into a game.
The Tweekender: Fake Mr. Bean gets all the retweets
All the news that’s fit to tweet, in 140 characters or less!
On Dec 14, 2012 by Kris Holt
This Twitter account does not belong to reported school shooter
As reports emerged that a man named Ryan Lanza was the shooter in the Newtown, Conn., elementary school mass shooting, a number of Twitter accounts under that name received hateful tweets.
At least 27 dead in Newtown, Conn., school shooting
At least 27 people, including 18 children, are reported dead following an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
Pinterest pulls Twitter integration, says it was just a test
What looked like a brilliant strategic move for Pinterest—adding support for Twitter’s “expanded tweets” just days after Instagram stopped doing so—was apparently just an experiment.
On Dec 13, 2012 by Kris Holt
How Twitter botched its top trends of 2012
Chances are, Think Like a Man was not the most buzzed-about film of the year on Twitter, judging from these tweets.
Bieber may face Philippines ban after mocking Pacquiao
At least one Filipino official is calling for Justin Bieber to be banned from the country after he posted two Instagram photos making fun of boxer and Philippine national hero Pacquiao.
Store delivers 10,000 meals after viral charity promotion
German supermarket chain Lidl only expected to give out 7,500 Christmas dinners in a Twitter charity campaign, but so many people participated that the store is now delivering 10,000 meals.
Occupy Wall Street protester’s tweets finally come out in court
Despite pleading guilty in an attempt to keep his deleted tweets private, OWS protestor Malcolm Harris’s tweets were read in court Wednesday.
On Dec 12, 2012 by Kris Holt
Japanese school apologizes for student’s Twitter prank
A Japanese school apologized on behalf of a student who falsely claimed to be trapped under earthquake rubble.
On Dec 11, 2012 by Kris Holt
Visualize your last year on Twitter with nifty infographics
A new tool from Twitter and Vizify helps tweeters reflect on their last year in the community, visualizing exactly what they’ve been talking about over the last 12 months.
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