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#HandsOffZuma vs #ZilleMustGo: a hashtag war is brewing on Twitter

Social media users might seem to travel altogether in fast-flowing streams and strong currents, but that’s rarely ever the case. While there are more…

15 South African politicians worth following on Twitter [Digital All-Stars]

Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on…

Twitter Lite is a web app for those living the data struggle

Twitter has announced that its mobile site is now more convenient for the 45% of global mobile users working on 2G or slower networks. Dubbed Twitter…

Instagram for Windows 10 just got a small, but welcome feature buff

Oh, Instagram users. You still can’t upload images directly from your PC to the social network, but at least you can now send images…

Revenge porn is the focus of Facebook’s latest announcement

Facebook is making it harder to share “non-consensual images” on its platform, it announced today. Revenge porn — the act of releasing intimate images…

Facebook outgrows JHB office as African userbase tops 170m

Facebook South Africa has outgrown its original Johannesburg office and has expanded to a new location, the company announced Wednesday. “Facebook has moved its…

South Africa govt: social media messages ‘sent to disturb the economy’

Since South Africa’s landmark cabinet reshuffle last week Friday, chatter on the country’s online social spheres has been laden with disappointment, minimal support and…

Twitter shows its ecommerce ambitions as ‘buy now’ button appears on mobile

It looks like Twitter may just be about to get serious about ecommerce. In the last day or so, tweets started appearing with an…

Goals, gaffes and records: how Twitter saw the weekend’s World Cup action

This weekend saw the opening salvos of the World Cup’s knockout stages and, alongside the drama taking place on the pitch, there was plenty…

Hashflags and kissing the Queen: how the #WorldCup’s played out on Twitter

Let’s face it: given the tendency to flock to Twitter to discuss real time events, the fact that so many major players have their…

Human touch, actual actions sweep Indian PM past White House in global Twitter rankings

In a tight, non-politically driven race, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (5.01-million) has now overtaken the White House (4.99-million) in Twitter followers, to become the…

YouTube gives its creators a whole bunch of extra video swag

If you spend a lot of time posting video content to YouTube, the latest changes made by the video-sharing service might just bring a…

Luis Suarez’s bite memes are why the World Cup and Twitter belong together

Yesterday’s FIFA World Cup match between Uruguay and Italy will be remembered more for an incident involving teeth and less for footballing tactics. During…

Twitter goes gaga for gifs

If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “you know what the web needs? More gifs!” then your day is about to be made. Twitter has…

Ghana’s World Cup defeat to the US: the Twitter numbers

Twitter is continuing its alternative coverage of the World Cup, this time dishing out metrics from the US and Ghana’s (#GHAvsUSA) Group G clash,…

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#HandsOffZuma vs #ZilleMustGo: a hashtag war is brewing on Twitter

15 South African politicians worth following on Twitter [Digital All-Stars]

Twitter Lite is a web app for those living the data struggle

Instagram for Windows 10 just got a small, but welcome feature buff

Revenge porn is the focus of Facebook’s latest announcement

Facebook outgrows JHB office as African userbase tops 170m

South Africa govt: social media messages ‘sent to disturb the economy’

Twitter shows its ecommerce ambitions as ‘buy now’ button appears on mobile

Goals, gaffes and records: how Twitter saw the weekend’s World Cup action

Hashflags and kissing the Queen: how the #WorldCup’s played out on Twitter

Human touch, actual actions sweep Indian PM past White House in global Twitter rankings

YouTube gives its creators a whole bunch of extra video swag

Luis Suarez’s bite memes are why the World Cup and Twitter belong together

Twitter goes gaga for gifs

Ghana’s World Cup defeat to the US: the Twitter numbers

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