Twitter didn’t invent the hashtag (#), but it certainly popularised it with the masses. Once more commonly referred to as the pound sign, online use of the hashtag began on IRC (Internet Relay Chat) ...

Mariah, Will.i.am and more have infused their artistic works with hashtags -- but they weren't the first ones to do so. A look at the history, and legitimacy, of hashtag titles. By William Gruger ...

It’s hard to imagine a world today without social media. With the digital boom and technological advancements in the last couple of decades, social media has become an integral and undeniable part of ...

Perhaps the most important term in the Essential Twitter Dictionary we published last week is “hashtag.” A hashtag, or “#”, denotes a keyword or topic on Twitter. It’s any string of characters without ...