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[Update] Pretoria High School for Girls Twitter debate escalates

Update #4, 30 August, 10.55am: After the trending hashtags, the media coverage and social commentary, the Pretoria High School for Girls petition has garnered…

Weekend News in Tweets: burkini ban overturned & PRASA’s R42m toilet seats

News moves at the speed of social media in today’s world, and that’s especially the case on the weekend. Take a look at the…

Twitter adds Direct Message button to embeds bouquet

Twitter hasn’t always made life easy for website users, but it’s latest move is looking to smooth user-to-website owner interaction. This take the form…

Johannesburg speaker Vasco da Gama already has a Twitter parody account

In the battle for the Johannesburg Metro that took place on Monday, the DA’s Vasco da Gama was elected as the City Council speaker….

Weekend News in Tweets: Turkey wedding blast kills 50 & Caster Semenya wins gold

News moves at the speed of social media in today’s world, and that’s especially the case on the weekend. Take a look at the…

Lynsey Sharp called out on Twitter after Caster comments

This edition of the Olympic Games saw its fair share of off- and on-track issues. From swimmers purportedly getting robbed at gun point, to…

Twitter debuts ‘quality filter’, but what does it do?

Twitter has been hard at work over the past few months, delivering everything from bigger GIFs and Snapchat-style stickers to 140-second videos and better…

Nielsen Twitter ratings show big growth in tweets about live TV

People in the marketing and media industry will have been waiting for this for a long while. Nielsen has released its first Twitter TV…

Twitter IPO: what you should know before buying stock

Twitter is that little step closer to listing, with documents released yesterday. The filings reveal that the social network has 218.3-million active monthly users…

Twitter officially files for $1bn IPO, no profit in sight though

Yup, it’s official. Twitter has filed to raise US$1-billion in its initial public offering. Among the details revealed in the company’s SEC filing is…

To stop your FOMO, Twitter now sends custom recommendations to your phone

Ever feel like you’re the last to know about that tweet or quirky must-follow user that everyone’s talking about? Because it knows that sometimes…

Can Twitter’s near real-time TV replay, Amplify, entice future investors?

Ahead of its much-anticipated IPO, Twitter is looking to monetise an aspect of its services it hasn’t quite cracked up to date: hashtags as…

Twitter appears to be rolling out related tweets feature

This is interesting. It looks like Twitter is rolling out a new feature that allows you to see related tweets from Twitter.com. The new…

As Twitter hurtles towards an IPO, remember… it’s not Facebook

There’s more than a single reason for Twitter going public now, versus — say — in a year or two’s time. Obviously, its valuation…

Twitter is coming of age, files S-1 with SEC as it readies to go public

It finally happened. Twitter has confirmed via its official Twitter account, that it has confidentially filed an S-1 with the SEC which means that…

Customer pays to promote his tweet complaining about British Airways

If you were sick of tweeting your dissatisfaction and receiving no response, how far would you go to get noticed? In the case of…

Twitter rolls out controversial new conversations view

This is going to be a serious bug bear for some Twitter users. The social network has rolled out updates to its iOS and…

Recycle the ‘world’s first’ refundable tweet and help stop marine pollution

Ever thought you could help clean up litter-strewn beaches from the comfort of the Twittersphere? Well, it’s possible. An initiative by not-for-profit organisation Take…

Twitter adds related news headlines to tell the stories behind the tweets

Ever drifted over to Twitter and been left wondering about the story behind that obscure trending topic? Twitter’s newest feature hopes to make your…

Japan really loves ‘Castle in the Sky’, sets massive new Twitter record

A new tweets per second record has been set. No there wasn’t a world-shifting news event or sporting triumph you were unaware of, the…

The real story behind Nielsen’s Twitter TV rating plans [video]

Blame Beyoncé and Oprah, Karl Rove and Anderson Cooper for the change we’ve seen in TV news over the last few years. Although most…

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