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Archive for June, 2009
Nokia should watch out for Samsung
Jun 18th
Check out this cool graph I found on Trendrr. It shows the number of times people mentions Nokia or Samsung on Twitter. To be fair, Samsung produces a lot of other things than phones, but when I search for Samsung on Twitter, I find that people mainly discusses the new phones from Samsung. And these numbers should be a concern for Nokia. It shows that Samsung are gaining on the Finnish company. It confirms one of my one thesis that Samsung at present is a much more innovative company then Nokia when it comes to making mobile phone.
But even though Samsung are releasing a lot of new models these days, neither Nokia or Samsung can compare themselves to the “king of ring” – iPhone. People are tweeting like mad about the upgraded firmware and the new version. It seems like rocket science that Apple actually now can deliver MSS and have the “insane” video quality of 640*480. As you can see by the graph, around the time of the release of the new firmware – there where about 150.000 tweets an hour about iPhone on Twitter.
(Edit 09.07.24 – I had to remove the embedded javascript from Trendrr since it messed up my blog. I have replaced it with screendumps.)
Social media aids the protesters in Iran
Jun 17th
If you have checked out Twitter, YouTube or other social media sites today – you will discover that there is a lot of activity about Iran. For Twitter, simply search for the hastag #IranElection and you will be able to follow all sorts of opinions and information. The government has tried to stop media coverage of the protests, but that only seems to agitate the people questioning the results from the election.
It’s not surprising that a lot of people makes tweets. But a lot of video streams are also put out on the web. What sort of “aid” the producers have had, I’m not sure about. Neither who actually produces the videos, but you can watch a sample from LiveStream (former Mogulus) on Persianq. It’s a bit on and off with live streams and recorded streams. The quality from a lot of the streams seems to be from mobile phones. The new democrotatizers.
Live tweets from the election in Iran
Jun 17th
- 11:19 AM askBilal - RT – Protest in 7 Tir ما مردم امریکا شمارا حمایت میکنیم We support you!!! #iranelection
- 11:19 AM Rou7_beh - Fake photos of ahmadinejad rallies published in Keyhan : ur1.ca #iranElection
- 11:20 AM CalamityK - RT Ahmadinejad’s ‘massive’ photoshopped rally bit.ly Keyhan gov newspaper! #iranelection
- 11:20 AM athena2824 - RT #Iranelection – GO BACK & DELETE ALL PAST TWEETS that may have iran usernames . Arrests have been made. Please RT & ENSURE ALL SEE THIS
- 11:20 AM lotta0815 - Check out http://torir.org for anonymous surfing #IranElection #GR88
- 11:21 AM jilevin - Images of massive protests & beaten students in the streets of Tehran forced #Obama to speak out #iranelection #p2 #http://bit.ly/1bjZep
- 11:21 AM IranUpdate - THANK YOU SO MUCH, ur supports have brought us to tears #iranelection
- 11:25 AM BrianCharlonis - I don’t think anyone is ‘worshiping’ the color green. It’s about spreading the word, showing support and growing change. @twazzup
- 11:26 AM Rawzdawg - #IranElection this bloodshed could all be avoided if the military would do what they care bound by duty to do, and protect the people of Iran
- 11:27 AM CalamityK - RT @StopAhmadi Recap: Internal fights in Iranian parliament, Rafsanjani gone (!), protests 2day in Tehran 5PM #gr88 #iranelection
- 11:27 AM IranUpdate - today 7tir – 5 cover ur faces and wear black or green, KEEP SILENT #iranelection
- 11:27 AM Rawzdawg - RT @celection: RT the pirate bay has set up an anonymous forum for all iranians. spread the word! bit.ly #iranelection #gr88
- 11:28 AM Cally8 - RT From Iran confirmed by MOUSAVI – Thursday march – in memory of those killed – location tbc – sea of green – #Iranelection
- 11:28 AM sophiekitt - RT from Iran: Tehran march TODAY 5pm – 7Tir Sq – Meydan 7 Tir – silent – sea of green – #Iranelection #gr88 http://bit.ly/1afH8
- 11:28 AM DavidOAtkins - RT @rdrake98: The crowds gather for Ahmadinejad is a remarkable way! http://bit.ly/NpibJ #IranElection (via @polymath22)
- 11:28 AM BrianCharlonis - I don’t think anyone is ‘worshiping’ the color green. It’s about spreading the word, showing support and growing change. @iranelection
- 11:29 AM arbinde - You , the people , are in control of this channel …ignore and / or block any hate-full or miss-leading remarks #iranelection (via @AnuAmun
- 11:29 AM JKPangan - #iranelection #Tehran #Iranians I can’t access the #iranelection anymore! (battle goes on) Prayers, peace, love and non-violence for Iran!!
- 11:30 AM parasympathic - “pirate bay” turned *persian bay* in green !!!!! thank you!!!! keep up the good work #iranelection
- 11:31 AM brianwelburn - RT @valerie2776: RT Ahmadinejad’s ‘massive’ photoshopped rally http://bit.ly/NpibJ Keyhan gov newspaper! #iranelection
- 11:31 AM askBilal - میدان ۷ تیر امروز ساعت ۵ Protest today 7 Tir Square, 5 oclcok #iranelection
- 11:32 AM IranUpdate - cant access mails or other sites via ineternet but stranegly a page for me to post here works! #iranelection
- 11:33 AM ayoobbooya - Please DO NOT Repeat, DO NOT RT Names of Iranian Twitters. #IranElection » Ensure All See This!
- 11:33 AM IranUpdate - Great news! yesterday polise protected ppl from basijis for the first time #iranelection
- 11:35 AM IranUpdate - in some small towns over a 100 percent of qualified ppl have been reported to vote!! #iranelection
- 11:36 AM uli_b - Iran’s Disputed Election. Photo-blog. Protest in Teheran.com http://www.firsturl.de/0NPoHlP #iranelection #please RT
- 11:36 AM EmpiresCrumble - RT from Iran: confirmed by MOUSAVI – Thursday march – in memory of those killed – location tbc – sea of green – #Iranelection #gr88
- 11:36 AM olkeskustelut - RT @IsabellaSnow: RT @StopAhmadi: News: 150 students at Mazanderan University arrested last night #gr88 #iranelection
- 11:36 AM nunoroby - French embassy in Tehran has been attacked : f*cking idiots ! http://bit.ly/9qWco #IranElection From @Resiwest
- 11:37 AM lphil1289 - amazed to see that there has been absolutely NOTHING on the Indonesian news about the riots in Iran. #Iranelection
- 11:37 AM CalamityK - if your #iranelection feed is gone, search for an iran election related tweet which has that hashtag, and click it. worked for me.
- 11:39 AM Darkflower59 - RT Iran: !! FIRST AID INFO NOW IN FARSI !! http://gr88.tumblr.com/ !! PLEASE RT !! #iranelection #gr88
- 11:42 AM invisiblemonkey - #iranelection Mohammad Asgari who leaked the real election results was killed in a suspicious car-accident yesterday. http://bit.ly/12kqL4
- 11:42 AM thorswitch - YahooNews “Commanding the attention of the world in 140 characters or less, that’s power to the people.” #IranElection http://tinyurl.co …
- 11:42 AM rohinkallat - RT @Sznq: #iranelection: the revolution will be Twitterised. New blog from Amnesty: http://bit.ly/WqSSq (via @growthy src @NewsFromAmnesty)
- 11:43 AM adobecity - IF u know anybody in Seoul then tell them 2 wear green when they go2 watch football match against Iran today #iranelection. SPREAD IT
- 11:43 AM DeathonaSlide - RT @AnuAmun: RT Riot Police Attacked brutally to the students in front of Tehran University #iranelection http://bit.ly/Dtzmu
- 11:43 AM sauj - “Before you have a recount, surely you have to have a count” – Jon Stewart, The Daily Show on the 2009 Iran Elections #iranelection
- 11:43 AM autom8 - Iran Military Warns Online Media http://bit.ly/yVIhU (@cbsnews) #iranelection
- 11:46 AM ahkomopzeg - Simple ways to help Iranian free speech: http://is.gd/13U0V #IranElection #gr88 Pls RT
- 11:48 AM mixmediaart - RT @cnndotcomlive State Dept. is working with Twitter and other social media to ensure Iranians can continue to communicate. #IranElection
- 11:49 AM marcuslewish - From cnn: Iran Rev Guard upset they cannot control the truth. http://tinyurl.com/n85ek4 #iranelection
- 11:50 AM apakula - Pictures from Iran that will touch your heart… #IranElection http://twurl.nl/h2jtw2
- 11:51 AM ez01 - RT Rezaie sent letter to the gov saying if he doesn’t get the detail of votes today, he will officially ask for a re-election. #IranElection
- 11:53 AM mbhulo - Watch out for Fake Iran Twitters http://tr.im/oM47 #Iranelection and set up a proxy, already http://tr.im/oM5x OSX: http://tr.im/oM5I
- 11:54 AM tattood1 - RT @dtizzle: Tweet from Tehran: “The American media may not care, but the American people do.” http://is.gd/14iO3 #iranelection
- 11:55 AM stevebridger - RT @blogherald Clay Shirky on #iranelection: “This Is The Big One” http://tinyurl.com/lcyjg5
- 11:59 AM BarthNilsen - Be careful about changing your location and timezone to Iran. It will make it uncertain if the tweet is real or false. #iranelection
- 12:00 PM kishorekumar62 - How do we know if Tweets on #IranElection are trustworthy? They are so one-sided. Does Ahmadi have any supporters? What do they think?
- 12:03 PM vinod407 - RT from Iran: reliable sources are main attention of censors PLEASE DON’T NAME IRANIAN SOURCES, use ‘RT from Iran’. Please RT #Iranelection
- 12:04 PM BehzadXerxesS - BOYCOTT STATE PROPAGANDA CHANNELS. RADIO, TV. TURN THEM OFF, LEAVE THEM POWERLESS #iranelection
- 12:05 PM ernestina - ernestinaHeros are being born every minute! Look at those brave guys! http://tinyurl.com/klu7ws #iranelection #iran09 #gr88
- 12:05 PM Kon_Ioannidis - Twitter, #iranelection and citizen journalism http://tr.im/oM4a (via @leslieforman)
- 12:05 PM Rawzdawg - #iranelection Iranian military, I knw u read thse posts. How cn u live wth yourselves? You r thre to protct the PEOPLE! NOT THE DICTATOR!
- 12:06 PM Rawzdawg - #iranelection Iranian military, do what you are bound by honor to do. PROTECT THE PEOPLE! NOT THE DICTATOR!
- 12:07 PM TwitPersia - confirmed: censorship of Aftab Yazd newspaper before printing for printing Mousavi’s message to people #iranelection tehran
- 12:07 PM KDSarge - Scary stuff in the US–this is the third time I’ve read something similar today, and I wasn’t looking for it. bit.ly
- 12:08 PM djcarlosf - RT If twitting from inside #Iran use proxi or via cellphone Post & remove battery and be on the move #iranelection #tehran #gr88
- 12:09 PM Rawzdawg - #iranelection @MoonMagician is an Iranian government traitor! He is a plant!
- 12:09 PM mohaiemen - http://unheardvoice.net/blog/2009/06/17/iran-filters/ From today’s Daily Star (Bangladesh) #iranelection #gr88
- 12:09 PM W7VOA - Iran’s Revolutionary Guards says it has ID’ed websites causing ‘tension’ which are backed by CIA, MI6. #IranElection
- 12:10 PM UnknownYouser - persianq24/7 live stream of #IranElection http://persianq.com Please RT this. #persianq #tcot
- 12:11 PM CalamityK - RT @mediamadam hotline24/7 for journalists in danger (33) 1 4777-7414 Reporters Without Borders #gr88 #iranelection
- 12:11 PM Rawzdawg - #iranelection the Basij will be out today, tonight, killing more people. Iranian military, where are you? I know you are watching!
- 12:12 PM jilevin - Must-See YouTube Video: Blogging from the streets of Tehran. #IranElection #politics #p2 #topprog #tlot #tcot http://bit.ly/xbXcv
- 12:12 PM persianpaddy - Iranian football team players are wearing green wristbands in support of Mousavi in their qualifier match against korea #iranelection
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