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Primedia apologises for Radio 702’s tweet comparing black babies to dogs

Primedia CEO Omar Essack has apologised for a tweet published on Radio 702’s Twitter account that compared two black babies to dogs. Here is the…

South Africa, here’s what Twitter finds most annoying about you

It’s Monday. But instead of throwing that alarm clock out of the window and cowering beneath the covers, why not take some time to…

Donald Trump Jr posts emails of Russian collusion to Twitter

Donald Trump Jr took to Twitter Tuesday to post a series of emails proving he had met with the Russian government during the 2016…

#MissSAChallenge: gloves, hygiene and angry tweets flood SA Twitter

Yesterday Miss South Africa Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters was in Soweto serving soup and bread rolls to kids. Today, it’s one of Twitter’s top trending topics….

Twitter memes girl who cleaned Donald Trump’s Hollywood star

When Makenna from Wyoming visited California, she made sure to stop by US President Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to clean…

Here’s Jack Dorsey’s manifesto for running Twitter and Square

Twitter co-founder and newly returned CEO Jack Dorsey on Monday outlined his plan to run both the social media network and Square, the payments-based…

16 times the Woolworst Twitter account was totally on point

If you’ve spent any time at all on South African Twitter, chances are you’ve experienced at least one Twitter storm involving Woolworths. It makes…

What does success mean for women in Africa?

Over the last few weeks, Nigerians have taken to Twitter to discuss what it meant to be a woman in Nigeria. The conversation highlighted…

#AskTrump: how The Donald’s Twitter session went catastrophically wrong

The Internet rubbed its collective hands in glee and disbelief last night as Republican joker and serial offender Donald Trump embarked on an ill-considered…

Periscope now has 10 million registered accounts

Just four months after its launch, Periscope claims that it has 10 million registered accounts. The Twitter-owned service says that as of last week,…

Twitter officially removes 140 character limit from DMs

Twitter has officially culled the 140 character limit in its Direct Messaging service. The move, announced in an official blog post, means that DMs…

Twitter is testing a dedicated News tab for mobile

Twitter has released a new feature aimed at showing off the top News of the day, something that could be part of its efforts…

Periscope for iOS gets Handoff support, ability to mute notifications and more

Twitter has released a new update to its live-streaming app Periscope, which sees it get a bunch of fresh and reworked features. The most…

Twitter introduces new data dashboard to help you monitor and manage your account

Twitter, of late, has been beset with problems. First its CEO left and then the rumours that Twitter might be bought reared their ugly…

Twitter introduces special Tour de France emoji

The Tour de France, cycling’s most grueling road race, gets underway on Saturday kicking off two weeks of breakaways, crashes, grueling mountain climbs, and…

Twitter launches two new features, more for commerce than user experience

Twitter has been doing a lot lately and its latest move involves testing two new features. One of the features is product and place…

Your Twitter feed will start autoplaying videos in the near future

Your Twitter timeline is about to hog a lot more data. The social network is rolling out video autoplay as a standard feature. First…

Life after Dick: Twitter needs to ignore Wall Street, concentrate on users

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has resigned after five years on the job. Twitter’s subscriber growth has slowed, the company recorded subscriber growth of 18…

Sonic the Hedgehog’s Twitter account is brilliant at converting trolls into followers

By now we know that a good online presence can do a lot for a brand. It doesn’t matter if it’s two decades old…

Latest Twitter update makes it easier to follow conversations

Twitter is huge. There is no two ways about it and now in 2015, it has been said that a fifth of internet users…

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