We’re officially in the era of too many hashtags. Nearly three-quarters of social media users stick them in posts, according to a March 2013 study from RadiumOne. But quickly scan Twitter, Instagram, ...

The hashtag was born on IRC networks before migrating to Twitter and evolving into something that people verbalised ("hashtag fail"). Now some factions are trying to turn it into a gestural expression ...

Whether you’re a social media newbie or a seasoned pro, hashtags can be a powerful tool for businesses looking to increase their online presence. Let’s start by defining hashtags. A hashtag is a word ...

Last year, an inveterate internet observer called 2010 "peak cyber utopia". That was the year Western social media users basked smugly in the belief that their technology had liberated numerous Arab ...

Number sign. Pound sign. Octothorpe. A hash. Hashtag. #. What is it? What is its purpose? And most importantly: how can you use it to increase your press release’s visibility? The “hashtag” ...

Accusations about anti-Semitism at Occupy Wall Street took a turn for the ridiculous this week when a blogger for the right-wing site Pajamas Media wrote that the hashtag symbol worn by many ...

Hashtags can be tricky. Too many and your posts look cluttered. Not enough and your post could end up in digital no man’s land. Use a bad hashtag and no one is going to click it. Use a good yet ...

The hashtag symbol, or #, has recently been named the UK’s children’s word of the year. See coverage of this story here. Children’s dictionary writers at Oxford University Press analysed 120,421 ...

Monopoly fans will have to say bye-bye to the classic “thimble” token. Screengrabbed from Hasbro website The results of the latest Monopoly online votes are in—and it looks like the classic thimble ...