To mark international Social Media Day on June 30, a local meetup has been planned for those Winnipeggers part of any social network. ICUC Moderation Services is hosting the meet at Earls Polo Park from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday to celebrate, ask questions and network with the rest of Winnipeg’s digital community. [...]

Posted by Tyler Sutherland Similar to the rules other professional athletes have to follow during the playing season, FIFA World Cup officials have banned social media for some soccer teams during the month-long tournament. Teams from Mexico, Holland, Brazil, Spain, Germany, Argentina and England will have to keep their tweets and status updates in check [...]

Posted by Tyler Sutherland Most social media users, and the general population familiar with the Internet, will tell you the word ‘tweet’ is what a single message on Twitter is known as. The New York Times may beg to differ. In a memo to its staff last week, standards editor Phil Corbett said, “outside of [...]

The Winnipeg Goldeyes are an active organization when it comes to social media; especially Twitter. The baseball club is holding their first ever Tweetup Party on May 20 when they host the Lake County Fielders at Canwest Park. If you don’t already have your tickets for the first game of the 2010 season, the $25 [...]

Winnipeg Twitter users — also commonly known universally as “Tweeps” — are planning a meetup on Saturday, May 1. The casual social gathering will take place at the Current Restaurant located inside Inn At The Forks. The only rule is to not show up in your pajamas. Sounds easy enough. The event runs from 6 [...]

Posted Brian Schultz The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is looking for a new member to add to their customer service panel and they’re using Twitter to find that person. Brad Ross, TTC’s communications manager, sent out a tweet Thursday stating, “Ok riders, looking for 1 public member for the cust. serv. panel. Tell us why [...]

Siloam Mission is in need of wooden or plastic chairs. Blair Barkley took to the charity’s Twitter account Tuesday to tweet the call for help. “We are running out of chairs for people to sit and eat during meals,” he said. The tweet didn’t fall on deaf ears, because the Inn at The Forks responded, [...]

Posted by Tyler Sutherland The new director of BBC Global News is pro-social networking. In fact, Peter Horrocks is backing Facebook and Twitter so much, he has made it mandatory for journalists in his newsroom to use it. Horrocks took a similar stand to what most newsrooms have been doing for over a year now [...]

Posted by Tyler Sutherland Thanks to Facebook, Twitter and text messaging, more post-secondary students cannot write properly and use correct grammar. In an article put out by The Canadian Press on Sunday, professors at universities across the country say a lack of English grammar is becoming a serious problem. Ontario’s Waterloo University is making sure [...]

Posted by David Klassen Five journalists are putting social media to the test in an experiment to gather news by only using Facebook and Twitter. Because news breaks online rather than in a traditional media environment, proponents of the experiment say it will show that the two websites can be used as valuable sources in [...]

Posted by Tyler Sutherland Here’s what not to do on Twitter: A 26-year-old man in England, frustrated with airline delays, took to Twitter to vent his frustration. Paul Chambers tweeted from the Robin Hood airport near Doncaster, “Robin Hood airport is closed. You’ve got a week and a bit to get your s*** together, otherwise [...]

It’s a technology that makes gathering news for reporters and journalists much easier than just a few short years ago. Twitter — the microblogging platform that gives you up to 140 characters to “tweet” what you have to say — is becoming standard in at least one U.K. newsroom. Sky News — an online website [...]