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WhatsApp back online after service outage

WhatsApp is back online for some of its users after a more than two-hour-long outage. WhatsApp users were left fuming on Tuesday morning after…

Uber hacked | hacker shared information | Uber’s probing breach

E-hailing service Uber has been allegedly hacked. The hailing service issued a short statement from its communications account to confirm that it was responding…

Instagram users have nothing but love for pumpkin pie

Forget turkey, pies are an integral centrepiece to the Thanksgiving meal. It’s so important, that even the Pentagon has gone a bit nuts with…

#TwitterWasLitBefore remembers the good ol’ 140 character days

Don’t look now folks, but according to the gatekeepers of South African Twitter, the social network just isn’t lit anymore. I know. Shocking. As…

It’s 2018, and ‘Trekkies’ are still spoiling May The 4th for everyone

It’s 4 May 2018, or if you’re an internet nerd or American, May The Fourth. It’s a pretty important date for Star Wars fans….

This is how Africa, Haiti celebrated their ‘shithole’ on Twitter

So, according to a particular world leader, Africa’s countries are a collective “shithole”. That’s nice, isn’t it? Since the report broke this morning, US…

Instagram’s ‘new’ feature lets users follow hashtags like people

In some cases — consider breaking news as an example — it makes more sense to follow a hashtag with its wide stream of…

#Elphinstone: Mumbai railway stampede kills 22, Twitter users question govt

At least 22 people have died after a rush hour stampede at Mumbai’s Elphinstone Road train station. The incident occurred as commuters traversed a…

#Hashtag10: 10 favourite hashtags for 10 years

Ten years ago today, the hashtag was born. how do you feel about using # (pound) for groups. As in #barcamp [msg]? — ⌗ChrisMessina…

Violent viral videos spark social media storm around Kempton Park school

Another school in South Africa has this week gone viral on social media for all the wrong reasons. Norkem Park High School, located in…

Twitter updates Discover tab, makes trending topics more relevant

Another day, another Twitter update. Twitter released a new version of the’Discover’ tab on its website, which will display topics, news and trends that…

McDonald’s ‘badtag’ hashtag campaign brings the hate

Twitter campaigns walk a tightrope between being incredibly successful or horribly, irrevocably flawed. The new hashtag campaign from fast food giant McDonald’s, called “#McDStories”…

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