10/04/2013 | Argentina

Bruera says he will not resign, apologizes for 'Twitter' incident

La Plata’s Mayor Pablo Bruera assured he will not resign following the sudden flood that left 54 people dead last week that he considered the “worst tragedy” the Buenos Aires Province's capital has suffered since its foundation in 1882.

06/02/2013 | Argentina

CFK says 'ban' is most effective sanction for ratings agencies

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner stated in her Twitter account that the "ban to act as rating agencies should be the most real and effective sanction" for those agencies that failed the citizens and investors.

15/03/2013 | Argentina

AMIA deal: 'The most important thing is to act in good faith,' CFK says

21/03/2013 | Argentina

'I felt more Argentinean than ever,' CFK tweets about meeting with Francis

As she has been doing over the past months to ratify the government’s decisions and her own political views, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner used her Twitter account to describe the recent meeting she held with Pope Francis. “I felt more Argentinean than ever,” among the key “presidential” tweets.

13/12/2012 | Argentina

'Trending Now' with Adrian Bono

Adrian Bono returns with the latest edition of Trending Now, exploring the most talked about news on Twitter in Argentina this week.

05/01/2013 | Argentina

CFK says 'Court has exceeded its limits'

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner affirmed that the Civil Court that has blocked the decree to expropriate La Rural grounds has "exceeded its limits."

02/02/2013 | Argentina

CFK hits back at IMF

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner hit back at the International Monetary Fund today following it decision to sanction Argentina for its lack of credibility regarding official statistics.

11/10/2012 | Argentina

Trending Now - By Adrián Bono

22/11/2012 | Argentina

'Trending Now' with Adrian Bono

This week, Adrian explains some of the most popular trending topics on Twitter Argentina, including the vulture funds case and a nationwide strike that paralyzed the entire city with (somewhat hilarious) consequences.

06/12/2012 | Argentina

Trending Now - By Adrian Bono

18/01/2011 | Argentina

Fernández responds to accusations of involvement in drug-trafficking

Cabinet Chief, Aníbal Fernández stated today that “to say that a person is politically responsible for drug-trafficking is an act of cowardice”. The statement was made in response to strong accusations of his involvement in drug handling, made by head of Civic Coalition, Elisa Carrió.

28/06/2011 | Argentina

Boudou breaks silence via Twitter after vice-presidential nomination

Three days after Economy Minister Amado Boudou was picked by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to be her running mate in the upcoming presidential elections, he took to Twitter to make his first public statements after the nomination. “I am thankful that the president chose to trust me,” he tweeted from Paraguay, where he’s attending a Mercosur summit.

09/07/2011 | Argentina

Electoral ban: Gov’t admits lack of control in social networks

The head of the National Electoral Board, Alejandro Tullio, admitted that “it may be banned to continue the campaign via Twitter or Facebook” during the electoral ban and did not rule out the possibility of setting sanctions to those who do not respect the rule.

23/04/2013 | World

Hackers seize AP Twitter feed, false report shake US markets

Hackers took control of the AP Twitter account today and sent a false tweet of two explosions in the White House that briefly shook US stock markets.

02/05/2013 | World

Warren Buffett joins Twitter, gains 1,000 followers a minute

The 82-year-old "Oracle of Omaha" joined the service and sent his first tweet today, picking up more than 45,000 followers in just under 45 minutes.

02/02/2013 | World

Hackers target Twitter, could affect 250,000 accounts

Anonymous hackers attacked Twitter this week and may have gained access to passwords and other information for as many as 250,000 user accounts, the microblog revealed late.

13/03/2013 | World

Vatican takes to Twitter to announce new Pope

The Holy See announced to the World that a new Pope had been chosen not only through white smoke coming from the Sistine Chapel, but also via a social network after it tweeted “Habemus Papam”.

14/03/2013 | World

Pope second biggest Twitter event of all time

Twitter said it had seen some 7 million tweets related to the new pontiff Francis. At its peak, the papal tweeting reached a crescendo of 132,000 tweets per minute.

06/11/2012 | World

US election intensely followed via Twitter

The US presidential election votes counts had an intense aftermath in Twitter, as the social network registered more than 11 million tweets over the election a few hours after the polls closed in the East Coast.

07/11/2012 | World

'Four more years' post the most retweeted in history

28/11/2012 | World

Obama takes 'fiscal cliff' battle to Twitter

US President Barack Obama opened a new front in the battle between Democrats and Republicans over the best way to avoid the year-end "fiscal cliff" - Twitter.

21/06/2012 | World

Twitter suffers sustained outage amid hacker attack

Two service outages within the course of several hours rocked microblogging platform Twitter on Thursday, as users worldwide reported significant down-time and slow service across both Twitter's website and mobile applications.

26/07/2012 | World

Twitter suffers second outage in 5 weeks

Twitter suffered its second widespread outage in 5 weeks, a blow to the micro-blogging service's reputation and reliability.

07/10/2012 | World

UK PM takes to Twitter, drawing followers and abuse

British Prime Minister David Cameron attracted tens of thousands of followers, along with a barrage of abuse, when he began posting messages on Twitter to mark the opening of the Conservative Party conference.

06/07/2011 | World

Obama tweets for the first time, tweaks Republicans

US President Barack Obama took to Twitter today to press his economic agenda, using the popular social media site to tweak Republicans and advocate for a deal to reduce the deficit.

01/08/2011 | World

Freedom of speech vs. freedom to tweet?

By Adrian Bono
Twitter users in the United States were fuming today at the microblogging site and denouncing free speech violations after the Company’s CEO admitted to “editing out” any trending topics containing obscenities.

30/09/2011 | World

Twitter tells scientists how the world feels

Hate mornings, especially on Mondays? You may be surprised to know that much of the world doesn't share that grumpy feeling.

30/03/2011 | World

Missing Bronx zoo cobra sparks Twitter following

Any old cobra can hiss, but the one that tweets had more than 150,000 people following Twitter posts about her escape from New York City's Bronx Zoo, including top politicians and celebrities.

07/06/2011 | World

French media can tweet,- but can't mention Twitter

French TV and radio stations can tweet as much as they like but must stop telling people to consult them on Twitter and Facebook, which amounts to advertising for those sites, France's media regulator says.

29/06/2011 | World

Twitter founders return to roots, relaunch Obvious

Twitter co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams plan to revive Obvious, the company they conceived years ago as a technology project incubator that eventually spawned Twitter.

08/01/2011 | World

US orders Twitter to hand over WikiLeaks records

A US court has ordered Twitter to hand over details of the accounts of WikiLeaks and several supporters as part of a criminal investigation into the release of hundreds of thousands of confidential documents.

24/01/2011 | World

Pope warns of alienation risk in social networks

Pope Benedict gave a qualified blessing to social networking, praising its potential but warning that online friendships are no substitute for real human contact.

14/02/2011 | World

Twitter dismisses reports of Google interest

Reports that Google has held takeover talks with Twitter that value the microblogging site at as much as US$10 billion are "just a rumor," Chief Executive Dick Costolo said.

16/01/2013 | Latin America

Twitter to open office in social network-crazed Brazil

Without even setting foot in Brazil, Twitter attracted 40 million subscribers in this social network-obsessed nation.

08/11/2011 | Latin America

Castro daughter, dissident blogger clash on Twitter

Social media moved into a new realm in technologically backward Cuba when Cuban President Raúl Castro's controversial daughter Mariela began tweeting and quickly got into the Twitter equivalent of a shouting match with dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez.

18/05/2012 | Latin America

Chávez breaks silence with phone call

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez ended a weeklong silence after his latest cancer treatment with a call to state television, singing a folk song and vowing to deepen his self-styled socialist "revolution."

14/07/2012 | Latin America

Chávez re-election team expands social media reach via Twitter

Venezuela's verbose Hugo Chávez is offering to send supporters his tweets to their mobile phones as the socialist president fights a vigorous opposition campaign across the Twitter-mad country ahead of an Oct. 7 election.

22/04/2013 | Sports

FIFA President Blatter's Twitter account hacked

FIFA President Sepp Blatter's Twitter account was hacked today with a series of bizarre tweets saying he was stepping down and was involved in corruption.

17/08/2012 | Sports

Ferdinand fined over Twitter comment

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has been fined and warned about his future conduct over a comment he made on Twitter where he referred to Chelsea's Ashley Cole as "choc ice", the English FA said.

04/01/2013 | Sports

Lakers guard Bryant finally joins Twitter world

Los Angeles Lakers All-Star guard Kobe Bryant finally succumbed to the social network Twitter when he opened his own verified account today.

24/01/2013 | Sports

Gerard Piqué posts picture of baby's feet on Twitter

Footballer Gerard Piqué published a picture of his baby’s feet on his Twitter account today, sporting a pair of personalized trainers. He labelled the post “Milan’s feet”.

20/01/2012 | Sports

Nalbandian to appeal water-throwing fine

Argentine David Nalbandian has said he will appeal against an $8,000 fine after denying on his Twitter account that he threw water at an Australian Open staff member.

09/04/2012 | Sports

Football icon Pelé joins Twitter

Brazil’s football icon Pelé has launched his official Twitter account on Monday and reached to the 38,149 followers in an hour.

25/07/2012 | Sports

Greek triple jumper withdrawn for racist tweet

Greek triple jumper Paraskevi Papachristou was withdrawn from the London Olympics after causing an uproar at home for a tweet slammed as racist, the Greek Olympics team said.

25/02/2013 | Entertainment

The night Twitter lost its cool

By Adrian Bono.- As the Oscars attempted edginess in order to boost ratings, Twitter suddenly inversed roles and became a stronghold of political correctness, sparking massive outrage over tired old jokes that have been retweeted endlessly in the past without igniting controversy.

25/10/2012 | Entertainment

Rolling Stones surprise Paris with 15 euros gig

The Rolling Stones will perform a short warm-up gig in Paris later today for a few hundred fans and announced on Twitter that they were selling tickets for 15 euros ($19.45) each at a music store in the centre of the city.

05/12/2012 | Entertainment

In brewing rivalry, Instagram trims ties to Twitter

Facebook Inc's recently acquired photo-sharing service Instagram removed a key element of its integration with Twitter, signaling a deepening rift between two of the Web's dominant social media companies.

22/01/2013 | Entertainment

Justin Bieber tops Lady Gaga to rule Twitter

Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber with his hordes of fans known of Beliebers became the King of Twitter on Tuesday, topping fellow pop star Lady Gaga as the user with the most followers.

01/01/2012 | Entertainment

Celebrities may temper Twitter comments after 2011 blunders

Celebrities may want to resist the urge to send a stream of consciousness on Twitter in the new year after so many of them tweeted their way into trouble on everything from boxer briefs to breast-feeding in 2011.

30/05/2012 | Entertainment

Thailand furious at Lady Gaga's fake Rolex tweet

Thailand's government is up in arms over a tweet by pop sensation Lady Gaga about buying a fake designer watch in a Bangkok street market and has complained to the United States.

06/08/2012 | Entertainment

Lady Gaga reveals new album name, 'ARTPOP'

Pop star Lady Gaga has revealed her new album title, "ARTPOP" along with a photograph of a matching new tattoo, announcing the highly anticipated follow-up to her 2011 album, "Born This Way."

13/12/2010 | Entertainment

Elizabeth Hurley announces marriage split on Twitter

British actress and model Elizabeth Hurley used her Twitter account to announce that she had separated from her husband of three years, Indian businessman Arun Nayar.

28/10/2011 | Entertainment

Steve Martin turns tweets into book

Veteran actor and comedian Steve Martin is writing a book based on his Twitter posts, with all profits going to charity, the book's publishers said.

23/12/2011 | Entertainment

Spinetta unveils health conditions via a letter

Musician Luis Alberto Spinetta confirmed through a letter that he has “lung cancer,” but assured he is in good conditions “in the midst of a treatment towards the definite healing.”

08/03/2013 | Multimedia

Trending Now - By Adrian Bono

27/12/2012 | Multimedia

'Trending Now' with Adrian Bono

Adrian Bono returns with the final episode of Trending Now of the year, where he explores the most-talked about topics on Twitter in Argentina.

30/01/2013 | Multimedia

'Trending Now' with Adrian Bono

BuenosAiresHerald.com Deputy Editor Adrian Bono hosts a new episode of Trending Now, where he explores some of the most talked-about topics on Twitter in Argentina. Featuring this week: #AFA, #MAXIMA, #AMIA and #GANANCIAS.

01/03/2013 | Multimedia

'Trending Now' with Adrian Bono

BuenosAiresHerald.com Deputy Editor Adrian Bono hosts a new episode of Trending Now, where he explores some of the most talked-about topics on Twitter in Argentina.

25/10/2012 | Multimedia

'Trending Now' with Adrian Bono

This week, Adrian Bono explains some of the most popular trending topics on Twitter Argentina, including the #SuperClasico frenzy, the unexpected #Macri-Moyano alliance and the frigate Libertad scandal in #Ghana.

29/11/2012 | Multimedia

'Trending Now' with Adrian Bono

This week, Adrian explains some of the most popular trending topics on Twitter Argentina, including New York Judge Thomas Griesa, the 7D deadline and River Plate's search for a new coach.

21/12/2012 | Multimedia

'Trending now' with Adrián Bono

It's this end-of-the-world special edition of the Trending Now webisodes, Adrian Bono explains how Carlos Bianchi, Uritorco and Libertad could be the last trending topics you see before the universe evaporates.