From Venezuela to Turkey, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Spain, find out what Twitterers from all corners of the globe were tweeting about this week. Venezuelan Politics Number one international trend this week is the hashtag, #CaprilesVenezuelayELMUNDOestácontigo, which is Spanish for “Capriles, Venezuela and the world is with you.” On April 14th, Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles
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Sports, sports, sports and a dash of pop culture. When chaos and politics plague the international Twittersphere, America turns to the lighter side of social media. Let’s see what tended to trend this week in USA. NBA Player Comes Out in Sports Illustrated “I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay,” writes NBA
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As several of the tens of thousands of competitors ran across the finish line at the Boston Marathon on April 15th, 2013, two bombs exploded. 264 innocent runners and supporters were injured and 3 were killed from the explosions. News sent shock waves around the world. As officials quickly responded and began a widely publicized
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When disasters and tragedies plague the world, people are bound to discuss them. But this week’s international trends isn’t all doom and gloom. Some trends managed to sneak into our top 10 to help shed some light on an otherwise sad week. Let’s see what ended up on our charts. Public Enemy Manhunt On April
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HootSuite culture is heavily rooted in its West Coast upbringing. With temperate rainforests, Coastal Mountains, lush islands and vast oceans as a backdrop, it’s no wonder we draw artistic inspiration and interior design from nature. Looking to our environment for creativity, HootSuite designer Daina Lightfoot saw her designs come to life in her first-ever mural,
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The number of social networks that your brand should be present on is growing exponentially. While each network serves its own purpose, there are only a handful that help shape your business profile online. Connecting over 200 million professionals globally, LinkedIn is the largest and most influential professional social network out there. LinkedIn members are
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This week’s top international trends shed light on just how influential social media’s role is during elections, tragedies, controversies, disasters, world events and other big news. People flood social channels with messages of hope, inspiration and information. This week was a big week for global news and our top Twitter trends reflect that. Venezuelan Election
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While international Twitter trends discussed world news, disasters and controversial events, this week’s U.S. trends mixed the hashtags up a bit. Boston’s unfortunate terrorist attacks took the top two Twitter spots (not surprisingly), but the rest of this week’s trends discussed big pop cultural news and exciting sporting events. #PrayForBoston Attracting over 500,000 spectators and
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Twitterers were big sentimentalists this week. Most of this week’s international trends paid respects to the passing of several celebrities in popular culture and not-so-popular politicians. Likewise Venezuelan democracy is being tested this week – and trended across the globe. Without further adieu… Venezuela’s Democratic White Knight? Since the death of the widely popular and
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