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10 Twitter accounts you should follow before SONA 2017

With every State of the Nation Address comes the barrage of political topics with which to keep up to date. Will President Zuma be more…

Joost: Twitter sends well wishes to former Springbok star

Twitter took a break from complaining about politics, the terribly dry weather and celebrity fallouts this weekend, as former Springbok rugby player Joost van…

Twitter’s @TrumpDraws mocks executive orders with toddler doodles

We’ve been writing a lot of content about Donald Trump, and who can blame us? The man has become a living, extremely powerful meme…

20 SA game development personalities to follow on Twitter [Digital All Stars]

Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on…

#BeyoncePoseChallenge: has Beyonce’s Instagram pose become a thing?

In the wake of Beyonce’s Instagram-shattering announcement earlier this morning, the internet has understandably gone a little bit insane. A byproduct of that however,…

Your Twitter following — more than friends

You see it everywhere: “Follow us on Twitter!” For good reason, too. Businesses correctly recognise Twitter as a major marketing tool – a way…

Apple makes more in day than Twitter does in a year

The hype surrounding Facebook’s IPO filing was huge and the recent forecast that Twitter’s ad revenue is set to hit US$540-million by 2014 was…

Brazil sues Twitter over traffic cop alerts

First Indonesia wanted to crack down people who were “rude” on Twitter, now Brazil is demanding the social network block users who tweet about…

Indonesian authorities to crack down on ‘abusive’ tweeters

Twitter’s decision to censor tweets on a country by country basis caused widespread outcry. For the government of Indonesia, however, such measures may not…

SA president asks citizens to share concerns on social media

South African president Jacob Zuma wants his country’s citizens to lay out their troubles on social media ahead of his State of the Nation…

People can resist the desire to have sex, but not to tweet [Study]

We can’t do without sleep, and sex is imperative for the survival of the human race, however, a soon-to-be published psychological study has found…

Twitter heads defend new censorship policy

Twitter heads are defending the company’s new censorship policy, which was announced last week. Executive Chairman and co-Founder Jack Dorsey said that the new…

Twitter ad revenue to hit $540M by 2014

Twitter’s ad-revenue is set to hit US$540-million by 2014 — triple its current value. That’s according to research from marketing analysis firm eMarketer. The…

US still top Twitter country, Brazil climbs to second [Study]

The US is still the country with the highest population of Twitter users and Brazil overtook Japan to climb into second place. The most…

Occupy Twitter in the name of the global citizen

Twitter can now censor tweets by country. National borders, drawn on paper and defended with razor wire and guns in the physical world, now…

Seven top tips for verifying tweets

Twitter is like the coffee machine in the newsroom. Get a shot of caffeine, chat with colleagues, exchange useful information, but also get the…

Twitter changes its policy on global censorship

Twitter announced on Thursday that it would be implementing the ability to withhold content from users in a specific country. Before the announcement, Twitter’s…

Cher death hoax trends on Twitter

Rumours of legendary singer Cher’s death have surfaced on Twitter. The topic “RIP Cher” became a globally trending topic and remained so, even after…

Young mobile users responsible for most Twitter growth in Africa [Infographic]

New research suggests that Twitter’s growth in Africa is being driven primarily young people using mobile devices and that South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and…

Twitter opens up translation for right-to-left languages

Twitter has added languages written from right-to-left to its Twitter Translation Centre. The languages available for volunteers to translate are Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and…

Google+ ‘doesn’t give a damn’ about real names, just don’t use pseudonyms

Ever since it launched, Google+ has been criticised for strictly enforcing a real name policy. You couldn’t just use your gamer tag or other…

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