Twitter index: RIM, Super Junior's 'Sexy, Free & Single'
Microbloggers are discussing the news that RIM has shed 5,000 employees and buzzing about Super Junior's new track "Sexy, Free & Single" on Friday, June 29.
RIM, the company behind Blackberry, is in dire straits after posting a worse than expected first-quarter loss on Thursday, forcing the company to cut 5,000 jobs, and admitting that the launch of the Blackberry 10 handsets -- due out at Christmas -- would be delayed until sometime in the first three months of 2013.
K-pop band Super Junior has got microbloggers buzzing after dropping a teaser video for new track "Sexy, Free & Single," causing "Free & Single" to trend in sixth place. Watch the teaser at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e0_wf3B20g
Twitter users are also thankful for the approaching weekend, trending #TGIF (Thank God It's Friday), and fans of British-Irish boy band One Direction are declaring their love for member Niall James Horan.
The top 10 most talked about topics on Twitter on June 29 at 12:30 PM GMT are:
01. #TGIF
02. #KUisSoMBLAQ
03. #FollowFriday
04. Teenage Problems 101
05. What Makes You Beautiful
06. Free & Single
07. Feliz Viernes
08. Bang Cheol Yong
09. Niall James Horan
10. RIM