Social TV and Trending Topics: What's Hot Right Now

This Week in Twitter: Jason Collins to #HappyGreysonDay

This Week in Twitter: Jason Collins to #HappyGreysonDay

Music's most famous one-year-old, Blue Ivy Carter, also managed to trend this week -- for no better reason than having famous parents.

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The Week in Twitter: #PrayForBoston

The Week in Twitter: #PrayForBoston

Events in Boston overwhelmed all other Twitter trends this week, but pop culture retained its presence to a perhaps surprising degree.

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Insult to Injury? Ron Johnson's Firing Made Him a Top Trend on Twitter This Week

Insult to Injury? Ron Johnson's Firing Made Him a Top Trend on Twitter This Week

Of course "Mad Men" and Margaret Thatcher trended. But the ouster of JC Penney's CEO?

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Q&A: The (Real) State of Social TV Right Now

Q&A: The (Real) State of Social TV Right Now

The guy who wrote the book on social TV explains what's changed since.

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Here's What Social TV Looked Like in 1982

Here's What Social TV Looked Like in 1982

Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel kind of invented social TV on "Saturday Night Live."

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Twitter Week in Review: Kevin Ware Trended Higher Than 'March Madness'

Twitter Week in Review: Kevin Ware Trended Higher Than 'March Madness'

Kevin Ware's injury sparked more tweets this week than March Madness itself, last week's top trend.

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March Madness Underdogs Hand Tournament a Twitter Slam Dunk

March Madness Underdogs Hand Tournament a Twitter Slam Dunk

Overachieving Florida Gulf Coast helped the tournament top all trends this week -- good news for brands tagging along, like AT&T.

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'Obama is Not Satan': Here's Your Week in Twitter

'Obama is Not Satan': Here's Your Week in Twitter

The resemblance between the actor playing Satan in History's "The Bible" and President Obama sparked the week's No. 9 trend.

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Death of Google Reader Generates All the Wrong Buzz

Death of Google Reader Generates All the Wrong Buzz

Google won the biggest lift in Twitter buzz last week, partly because so many people were talking about the end of Google Reader.

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Social TV's Viggle to Air Its First TV Commercial

Social TV's Viggle to Air Its First TV Commercial

Viggle is ready to move beyond word-of-mouth marketing. See its first TV commercial here.

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And the Top 5 Biggest Social-TV Moments During Last Night's Oscars Were ...

And the Top 5 Biggest Social-TV Moments During Last Night's Oscars Were ...

Twitter's head of TV, Fred Graver, reveals in a blog post that there were nearly 9 million tweets about the 85th annual Academy Awards last night.

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Rumor: Free Chipotle for a Kiss. Reality: Chipotle Just Got a Ton of Free Buzz on Twitter

Rumor: Free Chipotle for a Kiss. Reality: Chipotle Just Got a Ton of Free Buzz on Twitter

It was actually Chipotle competitor Qdoba promising free food to anyone who kissed in front of its stores on Valentine's Day.

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In a Busy News Week, Nemo Still Blew Away the Twitter Competition

In a Busy News Week, Nemo Still Blew Away the Twitter Competition

Blizzard Nemo had some tough competition this week -- including the pope and the Grammys -- but managed to come out on top.

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Viacom and Zeebox Help Social TV Enhance Live Commercials

Viacom and Zeebox Help Social TV Enhance Live Commercials

Zeebox says it's a "sidekick" to TV. Now that includes live commercials too.

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The Week in Twitter: Here's What Ruled Besides the Super Bowl

The Week in Twitter: Here's What Ruled Besides the Super Bowl

What we talk about when we're not talking about the Super Bowl.

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The 10 Super Bowl XLVII Commercials That Blew Up the Biggest in Social Media

The 10 Super Bowl XLVII Commercials That Blew Up the Biggest in Social Media

Only one Super Bowl commercial can be The Buzziest.

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Twitter Week in Review: From North Korea to Chris Brown

Twitter Week in Review: From North Korea to Chris Brown

Rihanna confirmed this week that she's back with Chris Brown. He also got in another fight.

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Which Midseason-Replacement Shows Are Most Likely to Survive?

Which Midseason-Replacement Shows Are Most Likely to Survive?

Check out the 10 new shows that people are adding to their TVGuide.com Watchlists more than any others.

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AT&T Bites Deeper Into 'Vampire Diaries' With Social 'Rehash'

AT&T Bites Deeper Into 'Vampire Diaries' With Social 'Rehash'

"Vampire Diaries" has a modest but particularly social audience.

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Twitter Week in Review: We Are Impressively Civic-Minded for Once

Twitter Week in Review: We Are Impressively Civic-Minded for Once

The inauguration, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade and Martin Luther King Day stirred up Twitter this week.

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