3.5 million tweets sent during U.S. vice presidential debate October 12, 2012 - 20:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Twitter said a total of 3.5 million tweets were sent during the U.S. vice presidential debate, according to Mashable. That’s about a third of the 10.3-million mark the first presidential debate of the 2012 election hit last week. Tweets-per-minute peaked at 58,275 just after Joe Biden’s “Oh, now you’re Jack Kennedy?” quip. The second most-tweeted moment was Biden’s comment on Afghanistan at 54,944 tweets-per-minute, followed by Ryan’s line about the Democrats getting “caught with their hand in the cookie jar” on Medicare. The Obama campaign made quick Twitter ad purchases on hashtag-friendly moments, including #Malarky and “Jack Kennedy.” Biden’s “malarky” comment hit 31,008 tweets-per-minute. Partner news  Top stories Apple joined the Fair Labor Association in 2012 after being slammed with criticism over the working conditions at Foxconn. It’s not the first time Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has been interested in the New York-based hipster blogging service. The number of new smartphones delivered with Android jumped to 162.1 million in the first three months in 2013. “We believe Samsung generates more revenue and profit from the Android platform than Google does,” Neil Mawston said.   Partner news |  Latest news Israeli army denies Syria claims of destroyed vehicle  An army spokeswoman said a vehicle had been damaged by gunfire from Syria but no Israeli soldiers were hurt.Greek neo-Nazis threaten to mobilize against plans for mosque Despite years of promises, successive Greek governments have failed to provide a mosque for Muslims in Athens.Hailstorm damage assessed at $30-40mln in Armenia It’s noteworthy that the hailstorm inflicted great damage in early May particularly on Armenia’s Armavir province.FM, Lord Wallace discuss Armenian-UK cooperation Edward Nalbandian had a working dinner with Lord William Wallace, with Armenian-British cooperation discussed. |
