Limelight 27th Jan 2017
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Limelight
January 27, 2017
What is in the Limelight today?
Facebook are changing how they decide what videos get presented to us. One ad has gone viral 6 years after it was first created and Westport have had quite the week due to a wrong phone number. For more, keep scrolling!
Trends
- #globaltradeconf – Global trade conference takes place today
- #smdublin2017 – The event kicked off this morning
- Element Six – Creating 100 new jobs as part of €7m investment
Future trends
- #RoomToImprove – Starts this Sunday on RTE
- #latelate – Is on tonight
In other news
Facebook are changing the way they choose what videos are presented to us. They will favour longer videos with a higher completion rate rather than short videos with a low completion rate.
Callers to Babestation from Ireland who forgot to add on the UK prefix to the advertised number ended up calling one particular person in Westport. As an apology for not making the necessity of the prefix clear to Irish callers, they sent three of their models over to visit Westport.
The Babestation models have arrived in Westport. They wrapped up warm TG. pic.twitter.com/aKXh0ndQi6
— The Mayo News (@themayonews) January 26, 2017
An advertisement has gone viral 6 years after it was created. See if you can spot anything unusual about this one.
shes shocked about being pregnant? LMAO pic.twitter.com/9N5gmYWnSY
— alex romero (@whosalexander) January 24, 2017
Metallic Hydrogen is now a thing!!
This may be the best tradition ever. So, the deal is when the Philadelphia 76ers win a game, their fans flock to the internet to #RaiseTheCat which results in the following images.
ZUMOFF SAID RAISE THE CAT!!
The @sixers win AGAIN!!!#RaiseTheCat pic.twitter.com/IfbFGi2Vzd
— Dennis (@GipperGrove) January 26, 2017
@Sixers WIN!!! He’s not a 🐱 but it was still a process!! #RaiseTheCat #TrustTheProcess @GipperGrove @JoelEmbiid pic.twitter.com/BbgpxlN7Ga
— Amy Boutiette (@AmeliaMutt) January 21, 2017
Check out this mesmerising sandstorm that happened on Jupiter.
A BIG view of the Little Red Spot. @NASAJuno spacecraft snapped this shot of Jupiter’s swirling atmosphere on 12/11: https://t.co/bC5YesiR3n pic.twitter.com/gp1K1ZF3Kg
— NASA (@NASA) January 25, 2017
It has now been proven. What’s a dog’s favourite music? Reggae.
There has been a new arrival at Dublin Zoo.
*New Year, New Birth @DublinZoo!*
Dublin Zoo is delighted to announce the birth of a healthy eastern bongo calf https://t.co/ec2iYCAyj1 pic.twitter.com/3QcagNr9Dk
— Dublin Zoo (@DublinZoo) January 26, 2017
Today is…
International Fun at Work Day and National Geographic Day
This weekend is…
Data Privacy Day (Sat) and Puzzle Day (Sun)
