Social Media Can Win Elections – Ask Milan’s New Mayor

Mayor of Milan Pisapia

The recent victory of centre-left candidate Giuliano Pisapia over Berlusconi favourite Letizia Moratti was an example of how new media can beat old media - if new media is exploited effectively.I know for a fact that Pisapia had a new media team working on his Milan election campaign strategy. … [Read more...]

Italy news updates from ItalyChronicles.com on Twitter via NewsfromItaly

BlogfromItaly.com is @newsfromitaly on Twitter

Just to let you know that when ItalyChronicles.com is not being updated, @newsfromitaly - ItalyChronicles.com's Twitter account most probably is.  Via @newsfromitaly on Twitter you'll hear the latest Italian news items, travel information, bits and bobs about Italian food and wine, as well as many … [Read more...]

Twitter Hashtags for Italy Tweets

Wouldn't it be great if via Twitter we could send and receive information about Italy on just what we want? Well, we could, if we all agree on which hashtags to use.Even if you do not use Twitter directly, you may well have come across Twitter results for Italy while searching for something to … [Read more...]

Italy Takes to Twitter and Tweets

Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport is in Twitter

Initially, many Italians found Facebook a little off putting, and did not take to it.  Maybe Italians did not like having to deal with settings and an interface in English.  Now Facebook is in Italian, Italians are all over Facebook.  Now, the same thing seems to be happening with regard to … [Read more...]

A Twitter Easter Egg Hunt

Students, and others, on a tight budget who cannot contain their wanderlust must find the low cost accommodation service offered by Blog from Italy's contributor HostelBookers quite handy.HostelBookers help people find budget priced, but good quality accomodation, all round the world, and, of … [Read more...]