Communications Major

Male Twitter users are more disgruntled by Valentine’s Day than females. Although women post more tweets, men tend to take a more negative tone about the Feb. 14 holiday.

R.I.P. Whitney Houston (1963-2012)....Apparently, your tragic demise in a Hollywood bathtub broke over the Twitterverse a full 27 minutes before it was reported by the Associated Press. Mashable.com has dug even further into Twitter archives (yes, anything that happened more than an hour ago is considered an archive in this fast-paced social media society we inhabit) to find an even earlier tweet.

A breast cancer survivor tells the world what she thinks about the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Resignations and restoring funding to Planned Parenthood won't be enough to save them from the continued fallout from last week's online backlash. 

Like most big events you certainly don't have to be there, or even watch on TV anymore thanks to social media. Had I not gotten home in time and really needed to know how Glen's performance was going, I could have checked my Twitter feed. At least two women were actively tweeting and/or texting while Campbell was delivering his rhinestone-studded swan song and not taking part in the standing ovation.

The Susan G. Komen charity vs. Planned Parenthood, Facebook IPO and unlikely millionaires, the New England Patriots win a game not yet played while Ferris Bueller's all grown up and driving a Honda. Miss any of these stories this week? Our Online Media Roundup recap's got you covered!

More than half the surveyed users (63 percent) said they have answered a phone call in the bathroom, and almost half (41 percent) reported initiating a phone call. Sixty-seven percent said they have read a text, and 39 percent have surfed the Web.