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Twitter now shares ad revenue with content creators

In hopes to compete with YouTube and Instagram, Twitter will now share advertising revenue with those who upload videos to the service. This is…

Gene Wilder dies: praise swells on social media for ‘giant of comedy’

Gene Wilder, perhaps most famous to Millennials as the face of the Condescending Wonka meme, has died age 83. Wilder, who succumbed to complications…

[Update] Pretoria High School for Girls Twitter debate escalates

Update #4, 30 August, 10.55am: After the trending hashtags, the media coverage and social commentary, the Pretoria High School for Girls petition has garnered…

Weekend News in Tweets: burkini ban overturned & PRASA’s R42m toilet seats

News moves at the speed of social media in today’s world, and that’s especially the case on the weekend. Take a look at the…

Twitter adds Direct Message button to embeds bouquet

Twitter hasn’t always made life easy for website users, but it’s latest move is looking to smooth user-to-website owner interaction. This take the form…

Johannesburg speaker Vasco da Gama already has a Twitter parody account

In the battle for the Johannesburg Metro that took place on Monday, the DA’s Vasco da Gama was elected as the City Council speaker….

Weekend News in Tweets: Turkey wedding blast kills 50 & Caster Semenya wins gold

News moves at the speed of social media in today’s world, and that’s especially the case on the weekend. Take a look at the…

Huh? Why is BlackBerry being blamed for the London riots?

In recent days, the streets of London have descended into bedlam as riots and looting spread, sparked by a protest organised around the shooting…

DA leader addresses Twitter critics

Helen Zille, leader of South Africa’s largest opposition party, has responded to a recent spat between herself, officials from her party, and South African…

Google Realtime Search (kind of) makes a comeback with Google+

Google’s Realtime Search function is set to make a comeback, but with no tweets or Facebook status updates. It will, instead, be limited to…

The genie is out of the bottle, and he’s tweeting now

Six weeks ago I wrote a piece for one of South Africa’s Sunday papers, the Sunday Times, on the role that Twitter plays in…

$800-million worth of fresh funding for Twitter

In a blog post modestly titled “Your world, more connected” Twitter announced on Monday it has closed a deal for a “significant” round of…

Twitter confirms it will begin in-stream advertising

Twitter has confirmed that it will begin placing advertisements known as “Promoted Tweets” in the timelines of users who follow a particular brand or…

5 scientifically proven ways to get more retweets on Twitter [Infographic]

Over the years, I’ve done a ton of research on retweets. I’ve found five specific points that are the most powerful ways to get…

The hope and horror of Oslo as told on YouTube and Twitter

There was little the rest of the world could do but sit back and watch in shock as the events in Oslo unfolded on…

Egyptian bloggers say revolution was built on more than just tweets

Six months after they launched a revolution that ousted the regime, Egyptian bloggers have acknowledged that it takes more than a Facebook page to…

Tweet-happy Michael Phelps beats Chinese great firewall

Tweet-happy Olympic-swimmer Michael Phelps expressed surprise he was unaffected by China’s ban on Twitter — and said many Chinese fans were breaching the country’s…

Data: Tweet lots of links to get followers

As I’ve said before, “if you’ve seen me speaking, or read my stuff, you may know that one of my favourite past times is…

Athletes embrace Chinese microblogs during aquatics world champs

World aquatics championships athletes faced with China’s bans on Twitter and Facebook are opening accounts with local equivalents, boosting their profile in the country….

LulzSec brings the “lulz” to Rupert Murdoch’s NewsCorp

Barely a month after announcing its retirement, LulzSec has made a return to the limelight placing the beleaguered News Corporation (NewsCorp) and what it…

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