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Julius Malema criticises South Africa’s Twitter activists

At an EFF press conference this afternoon, party leader Julius Malema denounced the actions of South Africans who see Twitter as the highest form…

Kale Salad: the Twitter account honouring meme creators

Tired of seeing the Dory accounts and Common White Girls of the world get thousands of retweets for stolen content? You’re not alone! Plenty…

Donald Trump to call Jacob Zuma today? Here’s what Twitter thinks

Donald Trump just can’t stay out of world news. Jacob Zuma just can’t stay out of South African news. A match made in heaven?…

China’s Weibo is now worth more than Twitter

Twitter is just not having a good end to the decade. After disappointing Q4 2016 financial results marred the platform’s active role in the…

Dear White People: this is what happens when racists tweet their emails

Timothy Treadstone, known as Baked Alaska on the internet, is such an avid Trump supporter that he had his face and slogan tattooed to…

Weekly Round Up Podcast #94: UberEATS expansion, Android Wear updates & more

Welcome to Weekly Roundup, our podcast discussing the latest tech trends, innovation and news from the last few days. In this week’s edition, Hadlee…

#FearFokol is trending on Twitter thanks to Julius Malema

Twitter is going to be the mouthpiece of many South Africans tonight, as President Jacob Zuma delivers his State of the Nation Address. For…

Britney Spears becomes first person to go past 2M Google+ followers

Britney Spears can lay claim to her second Google+ record after becoming the first person to go past the two-million follower mark. Perhaps more…

Standard Bank explains why it took to Twitter for FNB complaints

Standard Bank’s decision to lay out its complaints against fellow South African banking giant First National Bank (FNB) on Twitter yesterday caused a fair…

Twitter co-founder: Get off Twitter

Twitter co-founder and current creative director Christopher ‘Biz’ Stone has suggested that users should take a break from tweeting and try not to spend…

Online censorship is the new black

Online censorship, it would seem, is no longer the preserve of governments bandying around acronyms like SOPA, PIPA, and ACTA. Google and Twitter both…

Twitter rolls out updates for iPhone, Android apps

Twitter has announced a series of updates for its iPhone and Android apps. The social network claims the updates “introduce new design and functionality…

10 Ways to annoy your Twitter followers

When I finally joined Twitter in 2007, it came as a welcome relief. I had become so sick and tired of Facebook and all…

Twitter launches ads for small businesses

Twitter adverts have, to date, been the preserve of established brands. And it’s been good for them. Now the social network will be making…

Facebook (finally) allows verified accounts

Facebook will start allowing public figures to verify their accounts and include pseudonyms from today, according to a report by TechCrunch. This means that…

More apps pinned in ‘Address book-gate’ as Apple tries to make good

Revelations that Path had been uploading users’ address books without their permission seem to have opened up the metaphorical floodgates as more and more…

Chirpify looks to bring commerce to Twitter

Twitter is a great platform for businesses, journalists and everyday people. We all know that. But what may not have occurred to you is…

French president Sarkozy joins Twitter

French president Nicholas Sarkozy has become the latest world leader to join Twitter. Since joining, his official account gained 13 000 plus followers, despite…

Is MySpace on the comeback trail?

Think MySpace is dying a slow, torpid death? Think again. A new report from the New York Times suggests that the social network has…

Sky News, trust your journalists with Twitter

Sky News has come under immense criticism after it was reported that it had banned all employees re-tweeting information provided by rival journalists and…

Whitney Houston found dead at 48: Twitter reacts

Twitter’s response to popular singer Whitney Houston’s death has been overwhelming, with RIP Whitney taking the global top trending spot. The 48-year-old Houston was…

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