'Drunk' filter is designed for sporting clubs

A new technology was designed that can filter 'inappropriate' posts on social media such as Facebook, Twitter. It was developing for sporting club but will be aiming on high schools to prevent online bullying. Social media filter will identify the risky photos or comments. The filter was developed by Kudos Knowledge,a Sydney-based company which filter to extract risky information on social media like Facebook or Twitter and has the capacity to alert third party such as sport club administrator. Still, the technology will focus on the 'indiscretion' of the sport stars and high schools are the second target. The new technology will go through it's first trial next month at Matraville Sport High School in Sydney.

by. Yun Pui Marn (B1102770)
resource: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2686869/A-social-media-drunk-filter-designed-sporting-clubs-prevent-players-embroiled-online-slip-ups.html

Forth of July

LeBron James, the NBA superstar showed his patriotism toward his country USA by expressing through Twitter and Instagram. It brings a positive influence to his fans to celebrate the Independence Day of the country together with their favourite sportsman. 

While the free agency drama plays out, King James shared a picture from his Team USA days in honor of the Fourth of July. He also shared this Independence Day message on Twitter.

By Yee Min Yan (B1301791) 

Source from: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/lebron-james-shares-fourth-july-message-article-1.1855127 

Social Media is making ticket sales a bigger Challenge

The couch versus the stadium. The is one of the challenges faced by sports team in getting fans to watch the game live in the stadium rather than from the couch in front of a big screen television.

According to WBBM Newsradio's Nancy Harty reports that watching a game from the couch has been more interesting than it used to be thanks to high definition TV and the social media where you can often find highlights within minutes of the action in real life.

Some said that the emotional experience you get on site of the sporting event is not comparable to sitting on the couch watching the same exact game. 

People who supports going to the stadium to experience the atmosphere of the game said that, instead of having to get information from social media, they would like people to get the information from view the game live at the stadium.

By: Yun Pui Marn (B1102770)

Source: http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/06/17/sports-executives-social-media-making-ticket-sales-a-bigger-challenge/

Social media's hilarious reaction on Suarez's biting

When Luis Suarez, the Uruguayan bite Italian Giorgio Chiellini, Suarez again made headlines everywhere, the newspaper, the radio and the biggest platform of all, the social media. Well, this is obviously not the first time he made headlines, he made headlines when he racially abused Manchester United defender, Patrice Evra and also when he bite Chelsea's defender, Branislav Ivanovic, which he later apologized and said that he had learned his lesson after he was banned for 10 matches.

However, it looks like he hasn't learned his lesson, this time his impulsive act has cost him an immediate ban from the rest of the World Cup tournament, including nine international matches and four months banned from any footballing activities.

When Suarez, who seems to have a habit of biting sunk his teeth into the Italian defender, that was all it needed to trigger the social media traffic into posting hilarious picture of Suarez.

From memes to Twitter, Suarez is all over the Internet. Here are some of the pictures photo shopped by some of the social media users. These pictures are shared all over Facebook and retweeted and favourite many times on Twitter by the respective users.

By: Mak Sin Sin (B1200881)

Source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140626/sports-cricket/article/world-cup-2014-suarez-bites-again

Nick Kyrgios' surprise win over Rafael Nadal

19 year old Austrlian,Nick Kyrgios  pulled off one of the greatest upset in tennis at Wimbledon by beating world number one, Rafael Nadal to reach the quarter-finals. Nick Kyrgios who is the youngest man in the tournament, pulled off a stunning 7-6(7/5), 5-7, 7-6(7/5), 6-3 win over the Spaniard. 

With the win in hand, Nick Kyrgios became the first player outside the top 100 to beat a world number one since Andrei Olhovsky versus Jim Courier in the year 1992.

Since the win, the Australian has brought in a sponsorship flood ranging from car companies, watch companies and drinks company. However, the youngster isn't ready to cash in anything yet. 

According to John Morris (Kyrgios' manager), "we are not interested in short-term gimmicks, we are looking for partnerships with people to come on board and be part of Nick Kyrgios brand and the Nick Kyrgios journey that's why we are being very selective in a sense of who we partner with and who we bring into that team."

Also, with a stunning win in the pocket, Nick Kyrgios has also gained some new fans. People who watch the match took to twitter to congratulate Nick including fellow countryman and actor Hugh Jackman. 

By: Mak Sin Sin (B1200881)

Sources: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-02/social-media-reaction-to-nick-kyrgios-beating-rafael-nadal/5564984

ESPN, Univision Crackdown on Social Media Sharing

Messi - Argentina vs Netherlands

According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, ESPN, Univision and FIFA are seeking to protect their exclusive rights to World Cup footage by asking other purveyors to stop creating highlights on social media.

With the technology advancement nowadays, sport fans are easily access to the social media by posting photos or videos of the FIFA World Cup when they are on site or in front of the television. They may be too excited with their excellent performance of the team they supported. However, the sports fans should respect the exclusive rights that have been given to ESPN, Univision and FIFA. 

By Chan Kar Ying B1301794

Source from: http://sportsjournalism.org/sports-media-news/espn-univision-crack-down-on-videos-and-vines/

World Cup is Winning Social Media

World Cup is becoming the biggest social media event ever because the international soccer tournament is breaking records on multiple platform. Sure, when other sporting events such as the Olympics, NBA Finals or Super Bowl is on, people do talk about it on social media, however, World Cup has dominated those sporting events.

According to one report, Twitter users published more than 16 million tweets, or 389,000 tweets per minute during the Brazil versus Chile game, breaking the record set in February during the Super Bowl. FIFA, the organization behind the 2014 World Cup, has mulitiple social media official accounts across three platform: Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. The official Facebook page of the 2014 World Cup currently has 38 million likes and 2.8 million Twitter followers.

"Sporting events always drive a massive amount of conversation on Facebook, but what we've seen so far during the World Cup has been extraordinary," a Facebook spokesman said

Another report states that, the tournament's first week, June 12 to 18, spurred 459 million posts, likes and comments on Facebook, according to the company. Compare that to 185 million interactions about the Super Bowl, 120 million for the Sochi Winter Olympics, and you realize the World Cup inspired more activity than the other two combined.

The 2014 World Cup event doesn't only consist of official social media accounts by sponsors, organization and countries playing in the world cup, it also consists of fans all around the world. Fans watching a particular game are the ones setting and breaking the world records on social media. They post comments and reactions during the game, they share and comment on their friend's posts, further driving the World Cup social media traffic. 

By: Mak Sin Sin (B1200881)
Sources: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/23/tech/social-media/world-cup-social-media/
and http://wallstcheatsheet.com/sports/how-the-2014-world-cup-is-winning-social-media.html/?a=viewall

WORLD CUP PLAYERS ARE USING HANDS MORE THAN EVER?!

I recently read an article by the NY times, the heading of the article caught my eyes. It states:

"World Cup Players Are Using Hands More Than Ever (to Tweet)- World Cup 2014: Controversies Highlight Players' Use of Social Media"

 I, then, proceed on to read the entire article. After reading it, I totally agree with the heading as more world cup players are using "hands" more than ever, that is to tweet or upload a picture on Instagram, Facebook, etc. However, as a football fan, I am glad that world cup players such as Luis Suarez and Neymar are reaching out to their fans via social media to thank their fans for support.

For example, like Luis Suarez, after his biting incident, he took to twitter to apologize for his actions to his country, his supporters and mostly importantly, Giorgio Chiellini. He (Giorgio Chiellini) also took to twitter to forgive Suarez for it.

Besides that, Neymar also used social media to thank his supporters for their support and well-wishers after he was accidentally injured by Colombian defender, Juan Camilo Zúñiga. He recorded a video and uploaded it onto YouTube. The video garnered more than 1 million views on YouTube. Other athletes such as Germany's Mesut Ozil, Usian Bolt and Lebron James also took to Twitter to wish Neymar a speedy recovery.

Personally, I feel that world cup players using their "hands" more often isn't a bad thing, in fact, I am a huge fan of celebrities getting in touch with their fans through social media because it brings joy to us. We can also see the unity all the other professional athletes have on social media.

By: Mak Sin Sin (B1200881)

Sources: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/07/sports/worldcup/world-cup-2014-controversies-highlight-players-use-of-social-media.html?_r=1

Van Dyken Staying Positive on Social Media

Not long after Amy Van Dyken-Rouen had surgery for a life-threatening spine injury, while she still wasn't completely out of danger, her husband placed a cell phone in her hands. Before the advent of social media, information on athletes had to be disseminated, but now, they could provide update at liberty. Van Dykan posted photos of herself in hospital with a positive energy in Instagram.

It is good news for the sport fans that they could keep themselves updated on the matters of their favourite sportsmen and sportswomen through social media, such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Besides that, the sportsmen and sportswomen can be encouraged by their fans through the social media platform. 

By Yee Min Yan B1301791

Source from: http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/van-dyken-staying-positive-social-media-24329106

Danish Badminton Inspiration Team on Asia tour

The Danish Badminton Inspiration Team plays a friendly match with Chinese badminton lovers selected from social media platforms Weibo and Wechat on the outdoor badminton courts at the Danish Embassy in Beijing.

As we know that, China has their own social media platforms to replace the international social media platforms such as Facebook. It is creative and thoughtful for the Danish Badminton Inspiration Team to use the Chinese social media platform to include the Chinese social media users who are badminton enthusiasts in the badminton match.

By Yee Min Yan (B1301791) 

Source from : http://english.people.com.cn/n/2014/0709/c98649-8753101.html

Arsenal Reaches 4 Million Followers on Twitter

Over the past 12 months, the follower numbers of Arsenal on Twitter has increased to 4 million, and it makes them the third most followed sports team in the world. They have dedicated Twitter accounts that cover many countries in North America and Asia. As well as having a Spanish language feed that covers several countries.

As we can see, Arsenal has seemed to put a lot of effort in managing its Twitter account for the convenience of its fans to follow up the club news and team information on match days. This has brought Arsenal to gain its popularity in Twitter among the sports teams.

By Yee Min Yan (B1301791)

Source from: http://www.theuksportsnetwork.com/arsenal-breaks-4m-fans-to-become-3rd-most-followed-sports-team-on-twitter

Trend Micro offers online tools for FIFA World Cup fans

With the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil kicking off today phishing sites have intensified spam campaigns targeting Brazilians as well fans around the world. Canadians following the games can take a Trend Micro designed quiz to determine how likely they are to encounter World Cup related online threats.

The site offers fans free software to help protect a variety of devices from malware and other threats:

• A quick two-minute quiz to determine what kind of sports fan someone is, and what online threats they are most likely to encounter based on the profile developed through the quiz.
• Tips on what to avoid when receiving World Cup related offers, purchasing merchandise, email threats and malware disguised as Cup related, videos or news stories.

By Kar Ying Chan (B1301794 )

Source from : http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1371587/trend-micro-offers-online-tools-for-fifa-world-cup-fans

Formula 1 is a loyalty on their social media strategy?

The footage of the F1 race is hardly search from any social media, all videos by spectaculars or overtaking moves are quickly taken down from the streaming websites such as YouTube. It is also common to see an announcement that the files has been removed following a request from Formula One Management (FOM). Formula 1 neither has an official Facebook nor Twitter fan page. But why they don't need to change it's social media? 

From the article, it has mentioned about how F1 actually invested a huge amount of money in a ground-breaking subscription television service called F1 Digital from the past decades but it ended up losses a lot of money due to the low subscription around the world. In 2002, it was caught out again but this time they made a lawsuits at the owner and FOM paid about $8.5million for the domain name formula1.com

Ir's quite impressive that F1 doesn't need any luxury social media, as a fan of F1,they will definitely find their way out catching the live race instead of seeking them from any social media. 

by. Li Jun (B1301796)

resource: Forbes

#Chillin4Charity

Niya Butts, the women's basketball coach at Arizona, saw things get way out of hand. #Chillin4Charity hashtag seeks to raise money and awareness for the Kay Yow Foundation, which provides grants and drives inspiration in the fight against women's cancers. Her hashtag has been used in more than 13,000 tweets, reaching nearly 32 million people worldwide.

This is an encouraging practice where people could know the charity event by the hashtag or retweet by the celebrities or famous sportsmen and sportswomen. Their followers may follow their footsteps and support the charity events in any forms of help.                 

By Yun Pui Marn (B1102770)

Source: http://arizonasports.com/254/1745157/Arizona-womens-basketball-coach-spearheads-huge-social-media-campaign-for-charity

#BRAvGER

‘Germany’s sensational 7-1 thrashing of Brazil in their World-cup semi-final match broke records across social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.’ Reading the title of the news is like: WOW! AMAZING! Yea, we can see that FIFA World Cup Fever never ended! It isn’t a ridiculous result,if you watched it last night. According to Twitter, the semi-final was the most-tweeted sports game in history. The hasgtag of #BRAvGER is on the trend of Twitter that day. 


 From the geotagged tweets mentioning key term(#BRAvGER)  around the World Cup game on July 8,Brazil time, you will be totally mesmerize by the heat of Twitter after Sami Kheidra scored Germany's fifth goal. (It was totally mind-blown!) #thepowerofsocialmedia #worldcupfever


By. Liew Li Jun(B1301796)
resource: The Straits Times

Follow the Pinterest map travel the Olympic history

Team GB have launched an interactive Pinterest map which pinned all the place where Olympic had 'walk through'-from Athens 1896 to Sochi 2014. This is somehow an interesting launched because the interactive map not only pinned about the places where Olympic hold and also features medal successes, Olympic Games logo and Team GB moments covering every Olympic Games from 1896 to 2014.


form parts 

Team GB is aiming to engage with new audiences and fans. Hence, Pinterest is just one of Team GB's social media strategies on the road to Rio 2016.
I'm pretty sure this is a vivid and successful launch.


By. Chan Kar Ying (B1301794)
resource: http://www.theuksportsnetwork.com/team-gb-launch-interactive-pinterest-map-showing-history-at-the-olympic-games

World Cup FEVER

JinnyboyTV’s new video is out now!! Yeah!  Well, although the video is not the ‘updated’ one,it yet not the ‘outdated’ one. WHY? Because FIFA FEVER NEVER END (I bet it last at least half year). Alright, now I’m going to slightly describe a bit about the video they posted. The video is about girls was seeking for a doctor as they think they are sick-what we called it in Chinese is xiang si bing(相思病) which means that missing someone till illness. And also some world cup scene parody. It’s funny!

I like they posted it on YouTube as YouTube is easy to use, no matter what in which age range,you can handle it like a boss. Their videos are easy to find as the title is not too hard to remember and their video is funny and understandable. 

by. Li Jun(B1301796)

sources: JinnyboyTV YouTube- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKBqYY4SjfY

ADIDAS or NIKE?

Adidas, Nike, Puma, Reebok must be familiar to sport lover. There are a lot of them but I'm here to discuss a little about the two chief brands, Adidas and Nike. As we know, they are all-time-competitors. Their competitive level is UPPPPPPPPPPPPP to the peak during World Cup 2014. Social medias like Facebook and Twitter become a 'stage' of the competition. "While Adidas has raised its game to be more active on Facebook and Twitter, Nike is getting more "Likes" of "Favourites",possibly because it is paying more to promote posts." marketing expert Kahane said.
As we can seen it's really an intense competition,no only on FIFA merchandise and officials kits but also on social media. (WOW!!!)

Adidas has win over Nike on winning the world cup battle.

By. Kar Ying (B1301794
resources: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/10932784/Adidas-on-winning-the-World-Cup-battle-with-Nike.html ; http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/27/soccer-world-brands-idUSL6N0P72KR20140627

NBA team up with Google.

All the basketball fans please pay attention:
NBA and GOOGLE TEAMED UP! *hooray*

NBA and Google had announced that they will be giving fans exclusive excess on some of the most exciting NBA Draft.Once the players has been selected, all the basketball fans are able to speak live to the top draft picks using the Google+ Hangouts,which is a bonus that giving by NBA. Besides that, fans who wish to get an answer of their question from the drafts can send the question by hashtagging #NBADraftCash


It's amazing,isn't it?

By. Yun Pui Marn (B1102770)
resource:http://www.theuksportsnetwork.com/nba-and-google-team-up-to-bring-fans-google-hangouts-live-during-the-nba-draft

Solo apologizes on social media.

If you read the news weeks ago,you probably will know that the U.S. women’s star goalie Hope Solo was arrested as she is accused of attacking her sister and her 17-year-old nephew at her sister’s house in Seattle. Solo is pleaded not guilty and was released without bail. She then apologized to her fans via social media (her Facebook page and her official Twitter account) and she said she loves her family dearly. 

As a public figure, Solo chose to apologize through social media is somehow right (forget about the sincerity). Social media is powerful and news spread fast. What I could say is : Solo, you are just a smartass! ( You are forgiven too!)

By. Li Jun (B1301796)

resources: CNN , DAILYNEWS