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Twitter remembers Gugu Zulu as an inspiration, South African role model

South African racing driver, Gugu Zulu, died early Monday while attempting to climb Mount Kilimajaro, the continent’s tallest peak. Zulu, who was taking part…

Weekend News in Tweets: Turkey coup, Taylor Swift vs Kanye West & more

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…

Nice Attack: world politicians use Twitter to condemn Bastille Day attack

In the late hours of 14 July 2016, during France’s Bastille Day celebrations, a gunman drove a truck through a crowd of people in…

More than a fad: the numbers behind Snapchat’s remarkable growth

Snapchat is a social media monster. From its relatively humble beginnings in 2012, to its current almost-super massive status among millennials, the app is…

Twitter expands GIF size limit to 15MB for web users

Today Twitter has announced that it’s increasing the size of GIFs users can embed in tweets. Previously the size was 5MB, but Twitter’s expanding…

Weekend News in Tweets: Ronaldo moth, Serena Williams, South Sudan & more

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 CEO Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account briefly hijacked by OurMine

The latest high-profile CEO to wake up to a social media account breach is none other than Twitter head Jack Dorsey. The world’s first…

Game, set, match — Seven Twitter tennis aces

The commencement of Tennis’ most prestigious championship, Wimbledon, has set Twitter abuzz with news of players’ chances and possible match results. As with any…

All Blacks banned from Twitter for World Cup

The New Zealand rugby team have been banned from communicating directly with their followers on Twitter for the upcoming World Cup. This amid fears…

‘Gay girl in Damascus’ blogger a middle-aged US man

A 40-year-old US student based in Scotland has unmasked himself as the author of the “Gay Girl in Damascus” blogs, which sparked a security…

Can Chinese microblogging sensation Weibo trump Twitter?

Chinese online media company Sina Corporation is set to launch an English version of its microblogging site Weibo (pronounced Wei-bohr), and it’s worth seeing…

The worst internet countries on Earth

The Freedom On The Net 2011: A Global Assessment of internet and Digital Media is a study that highlights threats to internet freedom such…

Why the French media ban on Facebook and Twitter is just plain silly

Have you ever wondered why media businesses across the world advertise that blue Facebook “F” and the turquoise Twitter “T” and demand nothing in…

Malaysian social activist ordered to tweet 100 apologies

In an interesting turn of events, Twitter is not in court or being served with court orders to hand over user data. One enterprising…

Q&A with Joseph Jaffe: ‘Mobile is the one device to rule them all’

In the world of marketing Joseph Jaffe is a well-known name. Jaffe is the founder of Crayon, a strategic consultancy firm that was acquired…

Facing court order, Twitter hands over names and data of UK users

When looking at the “Ryan Giggs case”, in what some are referring to as a landmark ruling regarding free-speech and the internet, Twitter has…

Twitter’s chief appointed to Obama’s telecommunication security advisory

Twitter’s role and power in the world seems to be growing. In a move that sees the microblogging platform gain even more prestige, US…

Seven forms of tech paranoia

It’s the digital equivalent of rocking up at school in your underwear. You type a DM on your phone and send it.Several minutes later,…

Space shuttle embraces social networking as its Swansong approaches

As NASA winds down its Space Shuttle programme, it is using social media to grant the public unprecedented access to the crew of the…

Twitter vs BBC over UK gagging-order lawsuit article

If you thought that a lawsuit seeking to individually sue more than 30 000 people for sending out 140-character-long messages in one fell swoop…

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