The folks over at Twitter have added a custom World Cup theme to the gallery stable, and have put together a dedicated section where you can see a list of upcoming matches and more. Evidently, you can go to the site to see Top Tweets , which are algorithmically selected tweets and retweets about the World Cup that Twitter deems most interesting.
You can show your allegiance to one team using a special hashtag. Finally, the suggested user list now boasts a special section for World Cup-related staff picks. MySpace put together a World Cup page which brings together live video from Univision, video clips from Fox Sports, a Tweetbeat widget with World Cup Tweets, photos, team badges, social games, and a petition to bring the World Cup to the U.
The location-based service has a number of special things going on to commemorate the World Cub. Second, if you happen to be in South Africa for the game, the opening match and closing match venue has a special stamp. There are also special stamps for some of the big matches like South Africa vs.
Mexico and USA vs. Gowalla also has a featured trip around South Africa. There are also plenty of soccer ball items hidden in various places around the world think: soccer fields. And finally, a U. Also worth noting: Experian Hitwise has shared some of its data related to World Cup search activity. Brazil soccer star Ronaldinho received the second-highest percentage of searches, with 5. Spanish-language players dominated the top 10 results, comprising eight of the top 10 spots.
Hitwise also says U. Ok, not an Internet giant, but gigantically funny: personalized your own little JibJab football match video. Yes, plenty of news and sports sites will feature World Cup coverage in articles, photos and videos. But these are some of the sites we think will be most interesting to visit during the next few weeks of football craziness:. It also helps that most of the major search engines are including links to the site in their custom search results. Nice touch: a Twitter-like live stream of information and links.
Also, a fantasy football game. Yes it has, and Goal. Before things kicked off in Russia we asked you to reminisce about your favourite World Cups. You did not disappoint. Published: 13 Jul Before kick-off in Russia, England squad members from each World Cup since reflect on lessons to be learned.
Published: 12 Jun The Red Devils legend takes on the near-impossible task of selecting his best-ever Belgium XI and says personality is just as important as talent. Published: 5 Jun Published: 12 May The Football Association and Fifa have condemned the latest hack by the Fancy Bears group after details of failed drug tests and therapeutic use exemptions TUEs among footballers were made public.
Published: 22 Aug Chelsea's Ramires shares the secret of his goal celebration dance — video. Published: 16 Dec Paperback writer Andreas Campomar: how football reflects my continent's soul. Published: 1 Sep Courting leaders who defy the ICC and letting the Sudanese president fly out in a private jet reveals a disturbing indifference to international law, writes Justice Malala.
Published: 16 Jun Published: 3 Jun South Africa's sports minister denies paying bribes to host World Cup — video.
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