Tag: worldwide trends

So-net Entertainment Corporation, an internet service provider (ISP) subsidiary of Sony Corporation, has launched a fiber optic internet service that provides download speed of 2 Gbps, making it the fastest home internet in the world. The connection, which utilizes FTTH (fiber-to-home) infrastructure, is initially available in Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Saitama in Japan. The Nuro, the commercial name of the service, speeds up the internet services of both homes and small businesses in the aforementioned territories. The service cost 4,980 Yen (US$51) with a two-year contract. The Nuro Subscribers are given an optical network unit (ONU) which ... Read more

Where travelling is part of a social system, travelers tend to inform their peers wherever they are in the world – thanks to Facebook check-in. The social networking giant finally revealed the result on the most “social” landmarks in the world by counting on the number of check-ins received or made in a certain spot. Europe has listed 10 places in the top 25 while 6 of the listed are from North America, four of which are from the US, the country with the most number of listed places. Four landmarks are from Asia, two are from both Oceania and ... Read more

Time stamp is based on GMT+8:00 (Manila and Singapore) time zone. Trending Today Today is Valentines day and I am expecting that the most special day for those in-love, couples, and lovers will be on the top. Look what trends on twitter – #IfYouAreSingle, which is clearly taking for those who are loveless. In what you could enjoy today if you are indeed, single? Maybe that is the question of most of the tweet buzzers. Valentines day just come second with #ollyvday hashtag. Our gay citizens are also active tweeting and consider this day as Fag day (hashtag #fagday comes ... Read more

Time stamp is based on GMT+8:00 (Manila and Singapore) time zone. Trending Today: Whitney Houston remained as most tweeted until noon today while #GRAMMYs is making a great wave, from fans’ anticipation of the Grammy 2012 Awards to the red carpet show and the declaration of winners. S.F.C is also talked and I am sorry I didn’t spend time to find out why. Others mistakenly thought it as Southern Fried Chicken. The lady who won 2 Grammys in just two minutes and got a total 6, Taylor Swift (T. Swift), jumped to the top of the trending list. On Yahoo!, ... Read more

Freedom Wall time stamp is based on GMT+8:00 (Manila, Singapore) time zone. Starting February 12, 2012, Freedom Wall will be peeking worldwide trends or the most talked about topic in twitter and the most searched information in Yahoo!. Posted screenshots are randomly taken at anytime of the day covered. On the pilot launch of Freedom Wall’s Trending Today, the sad news about the death of Whitney Houston is the hottest topic on the cyberspace. Twitter trends changes from time to time but “R.I.P Whitney Houston”  is the mainstay on the list. Whitney’s song, I will always love you, is also making ... Read more