On Twitter, hashtags are a powerful, simple tool for tracking topics, communities, live events or breaking news. They make you findable, and they allow on-the-fly collaboration. When you insert one of ...

The one-minute video gives viewers a whirlwind tour of the Yakima Valley: quick images of visitors and residents enjoying hiking, wine tasting and concerts. The Yakima Valley Tourism video ends with ...

Here's official proof that the selfie is here to stay — as of today, if you look up "selfie" in a Merriam-Webster dictionary, you'll find the following definition: "(n., 2002): an image of oneself ...

Twitter has started testing out a new feature that would make it easier for users to learn the context behind trending hashtags, according to a report in today’s Wall Street Journal. The Journal made ...

While you can use Twitter’s search tool to find specific people, companies, and their messages (“tweets”) on the service, Hashtags allow users to sort topics into useful categories to revisit later.

The # symbol is the pound sign (as in 5# of meat) or the number sign (as in #5). The first time I heard the word "hashtag" was on a TV car commercial. The person in the ad was a young female adult who ...