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.
Star college soccer player suspended over Sandusky tweets
Boston College player Stephanie McCaffrey was suspended after a Penn State student reported her Twitter jokes about former Penn State football coach (and convicted child molester) Jerry Sandusky.
On Nov 16, 2012 by Kris Holt
Tweeting the Guy Fieri takedown, 1 brutal question at a time
New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells’s scathing review of Fieri’s new restaurant has taken a new twist on Twitter.
On Nov 15, 2012 by Kris Holt
Was an Israel military Twitter account suspended amid Gaza conflict?
Israel Defence Forces’s military action tweets broke Twitter’s rule about “direct, specific threats of violence against others.”
#WeirdWednesday: Big Data Borat
Sacha Baron Cohen’s alter ego takes pot shots at Silicon Valley on Twitter.
On Nov 14, 2012 by Kris Holt
iPhone apps force users to confess to piracy
Your iPhone dictionary could tell all your Twitter friends that you’re a software pirate … even if you’re not.
On Nov 13, 2012 by Kris Holt
Chad Johnson doesn’t like his granny reading “50 Shades”
But. as we found out on Twitter today, his mom thinks gran should be allowed to “get her rock on.”
BBC News to staff: Don’t tweet about our scandal
BBC News doesn’t want staff to talk about the scandal that’s rocking the broadcasting company.
Twitter advice from @InvisibleObama and @PaulRyanGosling
Here’s how to make a popular Twitter account, according two of the best parodists around.
@iam_shakespeare and the taming of the tweet
Twitter’s “Willy Shakes,” an automated account run by programmer Joshua Strebel, is on its second tweeting of the Bard’s complete works.
On Nov 12, 2012 by Kris Holt
British lord plans to sue Twitter users over child abuse allegations
Lord McAlpine is considering suing those who named him in connection with false allegations of child abuse, spurred by a BBC program.
Tweekender: 50 Cent’s fake beef gets a real $10m fight offer
How 50 Cent may have turned a fake Twitter fight into a real fight, and all the other news that’s fit to tweet this weekend.
On Nov 9, 2012 by Kris Holt
Crunching numbers with @fivethirtynate
Meet the man behind Nate Silver’s dark-hearted alter ego.
Instagram users post 250,000 election day photos
For a lot of people, Election Day 2012 was viewed through vintage photo filters.
On Nov 8, 2012 by Kris Holt
#WeirdWednesday: Fake Kurt Cobain quotes
“This parody Twitter account is really great.” – Kurt Cobain.
On Nov 7, 2012 by Kris Holt
Guinness confirms 3 social media world records for Obama
A single photo of the president hugging his wife set records for Twitter and Facebook sharing, including the record for most-liked Facebook item ever.
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