Tag: hurricane sandy

Foursquare CEO Shares Hurricane Sandy Adventures
New York-based Foursquare has had to temporarily move its operations thanks to Hurricane Sandy. CEO Dennis Crowley has been sharing frequent tweets about his Frankenstorm adventure...
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Fake Storm Photos From Hurricane Sandy Shouldn’t Get Too Far, Thanks To Social Media
As you've no doubt seen, photos from Hurricane Sandy have flooded (no pun intended) the Internet on social media and photo sharing sites like Flickr and Instagram. Instagram CE...
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Presidential Polls: Hurricane Sandy Could Impact Election
President Obama has consistently had at least a slight lead in most of the polls so far, but that could change with the effects of Hurricane Sandy charging down the Eastern seaboar...
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“We Are Ok” Is Facebook’s Top Term Following Hurricane Sandy
Yesterday, as the east coast was preparing for Hurricane Sandy's landfall, FEMA sent out a few tweets suggesting that those affected by the storm...
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Gawker And BuzzFeed Turn To Tumblr After Being Taken Down By Hurricane Sandy
Update: BuzzFeed Director of Communications Alice Suh tells WebProNews, "BuzzFeed is up and running after the hard work of our team who worked all night bring...
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Google Launches New Public Alerts (Early Thanks To Hurricane Sandy)
Google announced that it has added Public Alerts to Google Search and Maps from the browser, Google Maps For Android and via Google Now for android devices running Jellybean. W...
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Man In Horse Mask Braves Hurricane Sandy
A man in a horse mask would be funny regardless of the situation, but a recent stunt on live news has given us some laughter during what's becoming a terrible natural disaster. Our...
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Weather Channel on YouTube Still Streaming Hurricane Sandy Coverage
Hurricane Sandy, the "superstorm" of 2012 hit the East coast of the U.S. yesterday, causing flooding and power outages in highly populated areas such as New York City. The storm i...
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People Are Posting A Ridiculous Amount Of Hurricane Sandy (Frankenstorm) Pictures To Instagram
People are posting a ridiculous amount of images of Hurricane Sandy and its effects on Instagram. Users are posting ten pics to the hashtag #sandy every second. That's according to...
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Crane Dangles From High-Rise, Donald Trump Shares Photo
A crane was found hanging from the side of a high-rise luxury apartment building in Manhattan today, courtesy of Hurricane Sandy. Donald Trump...
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Stock Markets Closed With Hurricane Sandy (Frankenstorm) Closing In
As previously reported, major stock trading has halted today thanks to...
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Hurricane Sandy Request from FEMA: Text and Facebook, Don’t Talk
As "Frankenstorm" Hurricane Sandy is set to begin its assault on the east coast, millions of people are preparing for what is likely to be a huge weather event with far-reaching co...
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Facebook Cancels NYC Gifts Event Ahead of Hurricane Sandy
In light of the imminent landfall of "Frankenstorm" Hurricane Sandy in New York City, Facebook has become the next company to postpone scheduled events in the city. Earlier th...
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Stocks Halted as Hurricane Sandy Hurtles Toward New York
Major stock trading is halted today as fears about Hurricane Sandy continue to shut down nearly the entire Northeast...
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Hurricane Sandy Prompts Paywall Takedowns at The New York Times, Wall Street Journal
As "Frankenstorm" Hurricane Sandy bears down on the east coast, a few online news sources have decided to make their content freely available to everyone with an internet connectio...
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