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#RTD2017: Rocking the Daisies announces lineup in annoying Twitter campaign

There’s nothing I hate more than a clever advertising campaign that forces me to tarnish my already messy social media brand. Local music festival…

South Africa’s politicians react to Secret Ballot ruling with subtweets

The Secret Ballot (or #SecretBallot) ruling has come and gone but the reaction from politicians are only now filtering through social media. To clarify,…

#SecretBallot: SA’s ConCourt ruling becomes a worldwide Twitter trend

Yesterday might’ve been the darkest, longest night of the year for South Africans, but today is surely one of the brightest. Chief Justice Mogoeng…

Katy Perry hits 100m Twitter followers, but are they all human?

It’s taken a while, but a Twitter user has finally broken the 100-million followers barrier. And no, it’s not Justin Bieber, Donald Trump or…

Kitten rescued from Tesla’s bumper, adorable viral videos emerge

If you’re a kitten living life to the fullest on the weekend, what do you do? This particular fluffball thought spending it inside a…

Twitter’s huge UI update ditches old reply button, adds realtime stats

Twitter has today unveiled its brand new user interface for mobile devices and desktop. The subtle update comes after the company refreshed its brand…

Here’s how some of tech’s biggest stocks fared in 2013

2013 was a fascinating year for the technology sector in the stock market. We witnessed Apple’s share price fall from grace in the most…

Twitter wants to be a messaging app, Instagram wants to be Snapchat. And that’s missing the point…

Of course Snapchat turning down a US$3-billion offer from Facebook has made everyone sit up and take notice. That’s real money, even for the…

This is the most retweeted tweet of 2013

It’s been another year of hashtags and crazy highs for Twitter, with the social media site fuelling discussion on everything from disasters to celebrity…

Um, what now? Apple buys Twitter analytics service Topsy for $200m

Headlines beginning with the words “Apple acquires” are nothing new in the tech space — after all, the tech giant bought 15 smaller companies…

Hatching Twitter: all about Jack, but not really

Twitter users often find it quite difficult to explain the social network’s importance to non-Twitter addicts. In most places, my bio reads: “tweets with…

Twitter rolls out media site, explaining best use for TV, government, news and more

In the aftermath of its IPO, the message from Twitter has been pretty consistent: make the platform easier to use and get media partners…

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