Showing posts with label World Cup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World Cup. Show all posts

Friday, June 11, 2010

Twitter launches a brand new World Cup 2010 page

If you are following the world cup on Twitter. You will notice a tiny little football beside all those world cup hashtags. If you click on it you are taken to a special page that has been launched specially by Twitter to help you follow the world cup properly. After all Twitter is the place to find news and the latest happenings. It comes as no surprise then that twitter is the place to follow the world cup online. 


There are two columns on the page. The left column has all the top tweets related to the world cup while the right column has a list of all the matches to be played. If you click on view match you get to read all that people are saying about that match in real-time.  


On the top header of the page there is a list of all the flags. Clicking on one of these flags allows you to see what people are saying about that country on Twitter in regards to the world cup.


Below are a few definitions that will help you follows their page with more clarity. 


Click here to access the Twitter World Cup Page


Top Tweets ›


Top Tweets algorithmically selects the most interesting tweets about the World Cup.



Staff Picks ›


Find and follow our favorite players, clubs and news sources for the World Cup.



Twitter Media ›


Learn about the media opportunity around the World Cup and how Twitter can help.



Join the conversation ›


Sign up and share your passion for the World Cup 140 characters at a time.




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Sociolatte



Thursday, June 10, 2010

Video: The Vatican reveals the Pope's its favorites for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa

Just hours before the start of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the Osservatore Romano has revealed the Vatican's picks for favorites in the competition. Despite being German, the Pope's official bets are on Spain, Brazil, Argentina or England to be world champions.



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Sociolatte



Google's Doodle for the Fifa World Cup 2010

Anyone opening Google is greeted with their New Doodle. Clicking on it gives you all the latest happenings. To stay connected and find all the latest info on the world cup simply click on the Doodle. To find links to images videos latest from Fifa, match schedules and just about everything. There is also a real strip pulling info from Twitter, Blogs and other social media sites in real-time. Including a strip showing you the hottest search in regards to world cup during the3 past hour.


One of the hottest searches is "espn world cup schedule"


Just about everybody is getting their TV schedule right so as not to miss the opening or the first match.



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Sociolatte