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#NoConfederate: Game of Thrones shares limelight with protest

Last week, HBO announced a new series to be headed by Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss. Currently dubbed Confederate, the show is set to…

Here’s what’s up with that suicidal McDonald’s Twitter account

If you were on Twitter over the course of the weekend, then you probably saw at least one tweet from a Hong Kong McDonald’s…

#StJohnsCollege: South Africans react to racist teacher

Joburg’s prestigious St Johns College has found the ire of South African Twitter after failing to remove a teacher found guilty of racist misconduct. Geography…

Twitter still has 328m users as growth flatlines

Twitter’s brief positive run of earning results and user growth came to an abrupt halt this quarter. The social messaging company today released its…

Kempton Park school sparks new #racism debate over ‘inappropriate hair’

In August 2016, we reported on an incident at Pretoria Girls High in which staff instructed a number of girls to straighten their hair….

Primedia apologises for Radio 702’s tweet comparing black babies to dogs

Primedia CEO Omar Essack has apologised for a tweet published on Radio 702’s Twitter account that compared two black babies to dogs. Here is the…

Five reasons why African developers should go to Twitter Flight

As you all know by now Twitter has finally launched a mobile developer conference. Think f8 for Twitter. As the platform describes it, Flight…

With Twitter Analytics, everyone can now see how their tweets perform

Twitter is opening up Twitter analytics to everyone, yes everyone. First announced by Twitter engineer, Ian Chan, everyone can now start accessing the social…

Twitter now adds tweets to your timeline it thinks are ‘popular’ or ‘relevant’

A few days ago, we reported that Twitter was running an experiment by adding favourited tweets to some users’ timelines — meaning that they…

Here’s what a World Cup penalty shootout looks like on Twitter

The 2014 World Cup has already taken the relationship between live sporting events and Twitter to new levels, with Brazil’s round of 16 match…

25 tweets that show just how badly Robin Thicke’s Twitter Q&A went

It must have seemed like such a good idea at the time. “Hey guys,” we can imagine an excited member of Robin Thicke’s social…

Is Mweb’s tweeting couch a sign we’ve reached peak smart objects?

There was a time, not so very long ago, when we thought that the Internet of Things and smart objects would revolutionise the way…

Facebook goes down, further signs of apocalypse yet to materialise [Updated]

That’s it folks, we can all pack up and leave the internet now. Facebook is down. Anyone trying to access the world’s largest social…

Twitter goes gaga for gifs

If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “you know what the web needs? More gifs!” then your day is about to be made. Twitter has…

2014 FIFA World Cup opening match: the Twitter numbers

Last night the World Cup kicked off with a match between the host country, Brazil, and Croatia. The match itself wasn’t anything special: Brazil…

Here’s your complete guide to understanding how Twitter advertising works

So, it’s official. Twitter advertising is now available in South Africa. It’s official because there was an official launch with Goodie Bags, and a…

14 football stars to follow on Twitter during the ’14 Fifa World Cup

The World cup will undoubtably be a major trend on Twitter in the month to come. Kickoff is a mere two days away, so…

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