Twitter’s Spidey Senses Are Tingling

With great power comes great social media response-ability. After learning that Tom Holland will be Marvel’s new Peter Parker, Twitter exploded with commentary about the casting decision. Marvel and Sony also announced that Jon Watts will direct the next “Spider-Man” film, scheduled for release in 2017. Here are some of the best/angriest/”meh”-iest Twitter reactions: I like the idea of #SpiderMan

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Surge In Smartphone Use Is Threatening Online News Organizations

By Kieran Guilbert LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A surge in the use of smartphones as the leading device for accessing online news and the growing influence of social media could lead to an uncertain financial future for news organizations worldwide, a think tank said on Tuesday. Many news outlets are struggling to profit from smartphone content as more people

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Facebook Trounces TV In Delivering Political News To Millennials

Facebook’s bid to tighten its grip on news media is looking smarter and smarter every day. A new survey from the Pew Research Center reveals that 61 percent of American millennials (18 – 33 years old) said that in the past week they got political or government-related news from Facebook. That’s considerably higher than the percentage of millennials who said

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Pets In Austin Find Loving Foster Homes After Being Displaced By Floods

Now, it’s love that’s raining down on Austin’s furry friends. After a severe storm on Monday night flooded Town Lake Animal Center (TLAC), a no-kill shelter in Austin, Texas, dozens of cats and dogs were displaced. Austin Pets Alive!, a rescue organization housed inside of TLAC, posted a plea for help on Facebook, and just hours later a long line

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Obama Tweets Back To Girl’s Awesome Letter About World Peace, Marriage Equality

A 5-year-old has some suggestions for how to solve a couple of global issues, and the leader of the free world has responded. Last week, Yasmeen, self described as “5 almost 6 years old,” took to writing a handwritten letter to President Obama advocating for world peace and marriage equality. @POTUS A letter from my 5 year old niece. Right

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