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Rewatch Ariana Grande’s #OneLoveManchester concert on YouTube

Update, 5 June, 12pm: if you missed last night’s concert in Manchester, it’s now available in its entirety on Ariana Grande’s YouTube channel, embedded…

Cape Town women ‘assaulted’ by Uber driver, ‘threatened’ by SAPS

Update: Upon request for comment, Uber’s representatives sent Memeburn the following statement. We are deeply committed to the safety of all who use the…

Weekly Round Up Podcast #108: Covfefe & water from fog

Welcome to Weekly Round Up, our podcast discussing the latest tech trends, innovation and news from the last few days. This week, Hadlee Simons…

Joke tweet gets called out as promoting rape culture

A tweet posted on Tuesday, intended as a cute story, has received backlash for promoting “rape culture.” The tweet in question told of the Twitter…

Ukraine, Russia fight on Twitter using Benedict Cumberbatch, Simpsons GIFs

Before the internet, countries took to the battlefield to settle differences. While Russia and Ukraine are actively sparring over details of their territories, both…

Twitter IPO latest: will file as ‘TWTR’ on New York Stock Exchange

We’re getting increasingly close to a complete picture of what Twitter‘s initial public offering (IPO) will look like. The social network has filed an…

Twitter hits 232 million active users, but it still. isn’t. making. any. profit.

It’s the most anticipated tech IPO since Facebook, which is set to make Twitter‘s founders millionaires a couple of times over and help the…

Twitter now lets you receive DMs from people you’re not following

This should come as welcome news to brands. You no longer have to follow someone on Twitter for them to send you a direct…

Twitter’s CEO Dick Costolo was (briefly) fired back in 2010 [Report]

First it was the single line that suggested Tumblr’s board was considering getting rid of founder David Karp before the Yahoo! acquisition — now…

New Twitter experiment DMs you breaking news

This is interesting. Twitter appears to have rolled out an experimental account that sends breaking news via direct message. The account has the handle…

Want more retweets? Use images [Infographic]

If you’re looking for a load of retweets, something which will inevitably help push your Twitter handle out there, then you should probably start…

Twitter rolls out new Windows Phone app, Vine coming soon?

If you’re a Windows Phone user, you’re probably used to being a little behind some of the bigger mobile trends. Twitter’s latest update to…

Nielsen Twitter ratings show big growth in tweets about live TV

People in the marketing and media industry will have been waiting for this for a long while. Nielsen has released its first Twitter TV…

Twitter IPO: what you should know before buying stock

Twitter is that little step closer to listing, with documents released yesterday. The filings reveal that the social network has 218.3-million active monthly users…

Twitter appears to be rolling out related tweets feature

This is interesting. It looks like Twitter is rolling out a new feature that allows you to see related tweets from Twitter.com. The new…

As Twitter hurtles towards an IPO, remember… it’s not Facebook

There’s more than a single reason for Twitter going public now, versus — say — in a year or two’s time. Obviously, its valuation…

DStv adds social sharing feature to Drifta iOS app

Social TV is big. How big? Well, Twitter estimates that about 64% of its mobile subscribers use its service in front of the TV…

Facebook releases media tools to give broadcasters access to its data

Looks like Facebook’s not done “borrowing” tools and features from other social networks. Not by a long way. Today the billion-user strong social platform…

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