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Why Kanye West is buying this free speech social media app Parler

Ye officially knowns as Kanye West has entered into talks to buy free speech platform Parler. The company confirmed the announcement on Monday confirming…

Twitter’s new edit-tweet feature now out in these countries

Twitter has rolled out its much-anticipated edit function to four countries. It’s not in the country yet, but the feature was introduced in New…

Social media depression: How social media causes depression

Your biggest asset could be the reason you’re depressed. October is Depression Awareness Month and to create awareness around an illness that seems to…

Twitter joins video content trend with video viewing update

Twitter has launched two new updates as a means to ride the video content consumer trend. Popular for it’s real-time functionality Twitter will now…

JUST IN: Twitter brings Edit button, but there’s a catch

Twitter today confirmed it is officially testing the edit feature for tweets. The feature which is in its testing phase is likely to be…

Here’s how you can host a Podcast on Twitter

Twitter has integrated podcasts into its platform as part of its newly designed spaces tab. The social app has conducted research that indicates that…

Elon Musk abandons Twitter purchase, faces lawsuit

South African-born tech billionaire Elon Musk has abandoned his plans to acquire Twitter, submitting a filing to end the deal. However, he now faces…

Twitter to shut down Periscope app

The video live-streaming app Periscope will shut down next year following a number of issues plaguing the app. The announcement was made in a…

Mboweni asks Twitter whether South Africa needs a national airline

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni attracted mixed reactions on Twitter when he posted a tweet asking whether South Africa needs a national airline. Mboweni’s tweet…

WordPress now allows you to post your blogs as a Twitter thread

WordPress has introduced a new posting feature for Twitter that turns your blog post into “tweetstorms” or Twitter threads. The company announced the feature…

Twitter ‘read before retweet’ prompt shows promising results

Twitter will continue rolling out a new feature that asks users to read articles before retweeting, following successful tests earlier this year. In a…

Twitter investigating cropping algorithm after users flag racial bias

Twitter is investigating the autocropping feature in its algorithm after users flagged a pattern of favouring images of white faces. The issue was spotted…

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