Researchers are using Twitter to predict unemployment patterns
Researchers are using Twitter to predict changes in unemployment rates. Bummer.
On Apr 8, 2014 by Kate Knibbs
U.K. government Twitter accuses a parody of itself of being ‘confusing’
As one commenter put it, “Just cos you don’t like the taste don’t mean it ain’t food.”
On Jan 23, 2014 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
The surprising correlation between Facebook and unemployment
Google searches for “Facebook” correlate more closely with unemployment figures than any other search term.
On Jan 9, 2014 by Tim Sampson
How Tumblr helped an unemployed journalist get back on his feet
Craig D. Lindsey got a bailout he could scarcely believe.
On Jan 2, 2014 by Miles Klee
Everyone’s leaving rural Scotland because the Internet is too slow
Evidence emerges that a lack of infrastructure is hurting the highlands and islands.
On Oct 9, 2013 by Miles Klee
Redditors donate money to recently unemployed Violentacrez
The “His Name Was Michael Brutsch” fundraising campaign is trying to help the former troll, who was outed by Gawker, and his wife, who is disabled.
On Oct 16, 2012 by Fidel Martinez
447 billion dollars, and almost as many reactions
Keeping tabs on responses to the president’s speech on jobs could make for full-time work.
On Sep 9, 2011 by Fruzsina Eördögh
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