Social Networks

In the spirit of San Valentino, the team at Facebook Data Science conducted a research last week - based on anonymized, aggregated data - to determine the best…

Crazy parking in Rome may be getting to an end – thanks to Twitter. Raffaele Clemente, the recently appointed head of Rome's traffic police, has set up an…

How happy were Italians in 2013? A study by the University of Milan, “Voices from the blogs,” has determined the happiness index of Italians by analyzing 41…

Native English speakers would probably have a hard time recognizing them: famous international brands written the way you’d say them in Italian. The idea…

The Sicilian tourist board’s Facebook page, Visit Sicily, is the most popular Italian region on the social-media site with more than 223,300 fans, according to…

Fidel Castro and Pope Benedict XVI are both alive, despite rumours circulated by Italian teacher Tommaso De Benedetti on social media that they had died.De…

Social-media intelligence company Blogmeter’s analysis of Italian regional tourist boards’ activity on Facebook and Twitter shows Italian tourism is embracing…

Tourists in Rome and Venice can find out about the city’s hot spots from other travellers thanks to a service launched by Touristmap.net.Based in the…

Last week, Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook and one of the wealthiest men in the world, and his new wife, Priscilla Chan, toured Rome, Capri, and Amalfi on…