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Twitter will soon let users broadcast video within tweets via Periscope

Twitter (like its plethora of rivals in the social space) is in constant flux, in terms of user base and app design. And it’s…

Instagram’s new icon isn’t getting much love on Twitter

In case you’re too busy using Snapchat, or don’t bother with all this social media nonsense, Instagram has done the one thing social media…

Afeni Shakur dies: Twitter pays tribute to hip-hop’s godmother

Mother of lauded legendary rapper Tupac Shakur, activist and generally inspirational human being Afeni Shakur has died aged 69. According to reports, Shakur suffered…

Chaos on Twitter, Cape Town Station as Metrorail trains delayed [update]

It’s not a good day to travel by train if you’re in Cape Town, as Metrorail — the city’s commuter rail service — has…

Zuma faces backlash on Twitter after addressing South Africa

President Jacob Zuma hastily took to the airwaves on Friday to announce his thoughts on this week’s Constitutional Court judgement. The court found that…

Twitter buys social TV analytics company Bluefin Labs

Twitter is really taking this social television business quite seriously. Last year it partnered with research house Nielsen to launch “Nielsen Twitter TV Rating”….

Twitter got mention in 50% of Super Bowl ads, with 24m game tweets

It seems almost impossible to find commercials these days that don’t have some form of social reference. Brands are always throwing their Facebook pages,…

Twitter rolls out photo and video viewing tweaks

Twitter rolled out a few small alterations to its interface yesterday, specifically pertaining to the way media is viewed on the social network. According…

Not safe for work content making its way to Twitter’s Vine app

So apparently nothing is sacred on the internet. If you build it, they will use for porn. Twitter’s new video sharing app seems to…

Twitter rolls out ad network in Middle East, North Africa

Twitter is targeting the Middle East and North Africa in a big way. The social network has reportedly opened commercial operations in the UAE…

From Towning to Izikhothane: 7 SA Twitter terms that need to go global

I love Twitter for many reasons — in many ways, I’m in a relationship with it. But one of the things I value the…

Twitter launches its Instagram-style video play, Vine

You know you are in a social war when one company’s mission is to one up you at every turn. Last year, Instagram pulled…

Twitter redesigns embedded tweets, claims they’re ‘faster, more engaging’

When Twitter announced that it would be introducing the ability to embed tweets in late in 2011, it made a whole load of people’s…

The 10 most followed tech brands on Twitter right now

Asking whether your brand is on Twitter is a little redundant these days. It’s been replaced by more pertinent questions, like: “what is your…

10 of the biggest Twitter trending topics of 2012

On Twitter, it seems like time passes incredibly quickly. Tweets stream past in seconds only to be replaced by more tweets, and worldwide trending…

Twitter reshuffles its executive team, names new COO and CFO

Things really have been busy at Twitter HQ. The company shuffled things around a bit up top by making current CFO Ali Rowghani its…

Twitter and Nielsen launch a new social TV rating metric

Social TV just got more interesting with a new partnership between Twitter and Nielsen. The “Nielsen Twitter TV Rating” for the US market will…

10 South Africans worth following on Twitter

So you may have just joined this thing called Twitter, or you’ve become completely bored with your friends talking about their pets and kids….

The pope has more than 1.3 million followers on Twitter… kinda

If you’re procrastinating today, I suggest you head over to the pope’s Twitter account and watch his follower count swell. Despite the fact that…

Olympics, hurricanes, elections: Twitter unveils its year in review

This year’s been big for Twitter. As the social network continues to grow it’s increasingly becoming the place where go to share, debate and…

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