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Twitter pauses to remember Robin Williams

Legendary actor, comedian and entertainer Robin Williams has died age 63. The star of films like Mrs Doubtfire and Aladdin, Williams was found dead…

This man’s tweets capture the drama of the Qatar Airways terrorist scare

A Qatar Airways flight has landed at Manchester Airport in England after being escorted in by RAF fighter pilots after the pilot reported seeing…

Twitter’s diversity report lays bare Silicon Valley’s pale male problem

The lack of gender and racial (or ‘ethnic’ in US-parlance) diversity in the technology sector is amplified in Silicon Valley. Obviously it’s more noticeable…

Twitter aims to up its image search cred with Madbits acquisition

Twitter looks set to up its image search game following the acquisition of startup Madbits for an undisclosed sum of money. Founded by Clément…

The AP’s latest MH17 crash tweet shows the importance of a style guide

The Associated Press (AP) stylebook is the single most important book in a lot of journalists’ libraries, but the person behind its Twitter feed…

South Africans mourn Nadine Gordimer on Twitter

Celebrated South African author and Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer died today at the age of 90. Gordimer was not just a writer but a…

IOL gets hacked, posts streams of random retweets

Things went very badly wrong for South African media outlet IOL on Twitter today. Without warning, the group started retweeting from an apparently random…

President Zuma joins Twitter: South Africa tweets back

With very little fanfare, the office of the South African Presidency, in a fitting move — not via a press-conference or a press release…

Pigspotter still at large — nearly 50 000 followers and counting

One of the biggest jibes from those who scoff at social-networking is the inherent narcissism within it. It may seem unfair but no user…

UK press watchdog seeks to regulate journalists on Twitter

With moves such as Facebook’s addition of its new Journalism portal, “Journalists on Facebook”, the importance of social networking and social media sites to…

The story of the Martin Luther King ‘quote’

The death of Osama Bin Laden has already brought one man Sohaib Athar, the man who “unwittingly” gave the world a front row seat…

Man ‘unwittingly’ gives the world a front row seat to Bin Laden’s death

Twitter has proved itself to have far more power and reach than just the 140 characters bursts it allows. Many global events and issues…

Five researched ways to get more followers [Infographic]

For marketers the most important use of Twitter is to increase your reach to spread your content. To do this, you need to get…

Twitter and Ubermedia to fight it out over TweetDeck?

Recent news on the business front of Twitter has been focused on monetisation. Twitter’s monetisation seems synonymous with Ubermedia. In a Wall Street Journal…

Piers Morgan vs Rio Ferdinand: The Twitter catfight

The media loves Twitter. The media loves celebrities. The media really loves celebrities feuding. The media really, really, loves a feuding celebrity being told…

Could that really be your next tweet?

Twitter has become a great resource in today’s journalistic landscape. In fact Twitter is a great resource in general. However at its basic core,…

Twitter undergoes another facelift

The “face” of a website is its homepage, and for microblogging service Twitter—still trying to lure in as many new users as possible—it is…

Twitter to introduce ‘Facebook-like pages’

Reports have begun circulating that Twitter has plans to introduce “Facebook-like pages.” Techradar and Marketing Magazine report that this would be yet another revenue…

Twitter brings back Jack Dorsey as Executive Chairman

Twitter‘s seesaw problems with product development entered a new phase this morning as the company brought back former CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey. He…

Twitter’s future with third party apps

February’s shutdown of three UberMedia owned Twitter platforms, most famously UberTwitter now named UberSocial, for “Terms of Service violations,” was seen by many as…

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GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

The Gaming Gear South Africans Are Actually Buying This December

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TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

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