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Twitter Engage: its new app for celebs and influencers

Twitter has launched a new app for famous, influencial people. Dubbed Twitter Engage, the new app is available on iOS, but only available in…

#TshwaneUnrest: Twitter users react to violent protests

The unrest in Tshwane has quickly become the number one Twitter topic in South Africa, as citizens and journalists alike report on the ongoing violent…

Twitter pans (then praises) Springboks after comeback against Ireland

Even if you missed this weekend’s second rugby test match between South Africa and Ireland, you probably heard disgruntled Springboks fans shouting at their…

There’s money in smileys: emoji-based ad-targeting comes to Twitter

For users, Twitter’s just getting stranger and stranger. It’s latest move however will probably be loved by advertisers. The company has announced that it…

6 Twitter tools to optimize your social media marketing strategy

As a social media marketing platform, Twitter has some excellent sells — it hosts real-time Tweets and lets you make quick connects with the…

Twitter’s the top social network for diplomacy, new study finds

A new study has revealed what some may have already suspected: Twitter is the top choice for diplomats compared to other social media platforms….

Hard earned lessons from Twitter on branded domain extensions

Even forward-thinking companies like Twitter manage to miss a golden opportunity from time to time. For example, when ICANN (the nonprofit that manages the…

Twitter adds trends in 160+ new locations, will launch music app

Twitter has introduced trends to 160 new locations and is today set to launch a music app. Trends are one of the most important…

Twitter releases new Android app, updates mobile web and iOS versions

Twitter has released a new version of its Android app as well updates to its iOS and mobile web versions. In an official blog…

It’s all in the cards as Twitter goes for mobile app deep-linking

Twitter has announced that a major revamp to its cards function, including much deeper app integration. Cards have been important to Twitter for a…

Twitter for business relaunches, comes with new look, extra content

Twitter has relaunched its Twitter for Business site, giving it a new look as well as extra content. One of the most obvious changes…

Twitter ad revenue to near $1bn in 2014, thanks to mobile

If all goes well, Twitter’s global ad revenue should hit a billion dollars by 2014, says a recent eMarketer report. The research firm says…

After 5 years, Twitter finally manages to patent itself

Back in July 2007, Biz Stone and Jack Dorsey filed a patent application for a new system they were working on, which allowed users…

Twitter launches its Windows 8, RT apps

It’s taken a while but it’s finally here. Twitter for Windows 8 and RT has finally been released into the wild. So if you’ve…

Twitter kills off TweetDeck for mobile and drops Facebook in one fell swoop

It seems Twitter’s quest to streamline and cull every Twitter-y thing that isn’t actually Twitter isn’t over quite yet. The social network has announced…

Oscar Pistorius gets bail: Twitter reacts

Following an almost week-long hearing, a South African court has granted bail to Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, who is charged with the…

17 top journos to follow on Twitter during the Oscar Pistorius bail hearing

The world has pretty much been glued to Twitter since news broke that renowned paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius had apparently shot and killed his…

Sharing a link? Twitter just cut your character limit

Are you a Twitter addict who shares every interesting link you see? You’re going to have to be more concise in future: from today…

Tweet to buy: you can now shop on Twitter with American Express

Twitter just became a mall. Thanks to a new partnership between Twitter and American Express, the humble hashtag now has yet another purpose: ecommerce….

Twitter revamps its mobile apps to make it easier to discover on the go

Twitter’s mobile presence just got a careful restyle to make it easier to spot important updates and trends in the endless stream of random…

Twitter looks to increase security after recent hack

When 250 000 of your accounts are hacked, you know it’s time to step up security. In the wake of the attack late last…

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