Social media has evolved beyond wired metropolises to reach even the most previously unconnected corners of the globe. As an example, an African administrative chief uses Twitter to help solve problems and maintain order in his Kenyan village.

Chief Francis Kariuki — or, @Chiefkariuki, as he’s known online — tweets to defeat thugs and thieves, locate missing children and farm animals, and organize village logistical matters, according to the Associated Press.

In one example reported by the AP, criminals were raiding a school teacher’s home at 4 a.m. until Kariuki intervened via Twitter. After receiving a phone tip, Kariuki sent a tweet that mobilized village residents to gather outside the teacher’s house and scare the robbers away. In another example, Kariuki used Twitter to organize a rescue operation after a man fell into a latrine pit.

Source: Mashable

Male Twitter users are more disgruntled by Valentine’s Daythan females. Although women post more tweets, men tend to take a more negative tone about the Feb. 14 holiday, according to new data from NM Incite.

The social analytics company inspected 70,000 recent tweets to discover that one-tenth of men’s tweets about Valentine’s Day are positive compared to one-fifth of women’s.

For example, @Mamasp00n posted, “[F*ck] valentines day, I’ll be playing twisted metal for 5 minutes then cry in a corner because I’m lonely and eat fun dip.”

Source: Mashable

The story was on Twitter, reported by a man who tweeted the news out to his 14 followers, twenty-seven minutes before mainstream media broke the news of Whitney Houston’s death on Saturday night,

A tweet — sent at 4:57 p.m. PT — from the Associated Press that confirmed Houston’s death by citing her publicist was retweeted more than 10,000 times, according to data from Topsy Labs. However, the first tweet to reveal the news was sent at 4:30 p.m. PT and was only retweeted once.

Saturday night, the Beverly Hills Police said Houston was pronounced dead at approximately 3:55 p.m. PT

Souce: Mashable