(PCM) He may not have sent out a single tweet yet, but Pope Benedict XVI has officially joined Twitter. With a verified account and @pontifex Twitter handle he is ready to reach out to the Twitter world. At the age of 85 he might be one of the oldest Twitter members, but the Catholic Church is hoping the move to Twitter will help them reach a younger crowd. Archbishop Claudio Celli, head of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications found that 140 million people currently use Twitter and 40 percent of them are age 16-24. “We want to use Twitter to reach out to these young people,” he said. “This…Read more

Katy Perry’s Twitter followers are some of the most supportive and loving fans a singer could have, and Perry has taken notice. As she prepares for the release of her documentary Part of Me, Perry is now offering her Twitter followers the chance to see an advanced screening of the film. The documentary will be screened in over 100 theatres in North America on July 2, three days before the nationwide release of the film. A special hashtag has been designed by the film company and Twitter, #KP3D Sneak Peek, that will directly link her followers to a location to buy these advanced tickets. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

For those of us with cats, it may not come as great of a shock considering a cat’s propensity to sit on laptops or put their paws on a keyboard resulting in many unintended messages like “sssssssssssdfjl,” but according to a study published today by PetPlan insurance, one in ten pets in the UK have their own Facebook, Twitter or YouTube account. That’s right, 10 percent! Animals have infiltrated the social networks in a trend deemed “petworking.” Boo, an absolutely adorable dog on Facebook, has his own page and is liked by nearly 1.4 million people. Beast, the dog of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, has more than 146,000 “likes.” The…Read more

The social network of the decade may find itself fading from previous addict’s News Feeds in their re- prioritized lives. Facebook, the vast Internet nexus that has enticed trend-chasing teens since 2004, is steadily kissing users goodbye. Nearly 6 million Americans deleted their Facebook accounts last month, begging the question of whether the U.S., and ultimately the world, may be on its final page of the Book. The 6 million people who declared themselves “too cool to click ‘like’ “,  lowered the number of American Facebookers from 155.2 million to 149.4 million last month. The USA isn’t the only nation to de-friend the former favorite social fiber; Canada also lost…Read more

Infamous rocker, Courtney Love has settled the lawsuit brought against her by a fashion designer who claims she was defamed in a series of messages posted on Twitter. The settlement with Dawn Simorangkir (aka the “Boudior Queen”), which sources say is being finalized and will be announced next week, will cost Love about $430,000. The first payment of cash is already due, followed by a series of payments to Simorangkir stretched out until 2014. The settlement ends a case that was watched as closely for the unique legal issues in play as the often-erratic behavior of the defendant. Simorangkir, who became embroiled in a dispute with Love over a $4000…Read more

It’s been rumored throughout the media that Warner Brothers is in the works to remake The Bodyguard, which was originally released in November 1992. It stars Whitney Houston as Rachel Marron, a pop singer who is becoming popular in Hollywood. Kevin Costner, who plays Frank Farmer, is a former secret service agent to President Reagan, who is asked to become a body guard to Rachel, who has been receiving threatening letters from a potential stalker. While in each other’s presence, they start to develop feelings for one another and eventually fall in love…typical romance story right?! So why remake it?! What’s going to be different about this version and why…Read more