4 posts and columns on Adam Lambert

Shocking Bieber Upset: Oil Spill Tops Twitter's 2010 Trends

in Social on December 13, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Although World Cup tweeting caused record high volume and infrastructure demands on Twitter, the most-discussed topic on Twitter this year was actually the Gulf oil spill, said the San Francisco-based company tonight.

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Can Social Media Predict Winner of "American Idol"?

in News on April 1, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Can the Internet predict who will win American Idol? Social media analysis firm Biz360 is once again tapping into blogs, Twitter feeds, Facebook posts and a range of other social media data to try to determine who will win the popular singing contest, where viewers vote for their favorites. Once per week, starting on April 7, they will predict which of the contestants will be voted off.

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Did Kris Allen Upset Online Predictions?

in News on May 21, 2009 at 11:40 am PT

They did say it was too close to call. Last night’s “American Idol” win by Kris Allen–despite some social-media analyses pointing to an Adam Lambert victory–highlights how close the two contestants were, and how changes in sentiment late Wednesday may have turned the tide.

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Tech Struggles to Predict American Idol Winner

in News on May 20, 2009 at 4:28 pm PT

The Internet has spoken: The “American Idol” race is too close to call. The hit reality TV show holds its 2009 season finale on Wednesday night, when either Adam Lambert or Kris Allen will be crowned as winner. Biz360, a company that measures blog and other social media chatter for companies, has been turning its technology into an “Idol” predictor in recent weeks. But tonight? There’s no telling.