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Tweetdecking: Twitter suspends several accounts

Mar 12, 2018

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Continuing its tirade against the “tweetdeckers”, Twitter has suspended several popular accounts known for stealing tweets or mass-retweeting tweets into manufactured virality. According to Buzzfeed, accounts, including @Dory, @GirlPosts, @SoDamnTrue, Girl Code/@reiatabie, Common White Girl/@commonwhitegiri, @teenagernotes, @finah, @holyfag, and @memeprovider were among the handles that were swept in the purge. Several of these accounts were…

Incoming German Minister to open talks with Google, Facebook

Mar 12, 2018

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Ediri Oyibo

in Internet, World

Dorothee Baer, Germany’s incoming minister with responsibility for digital policy says she will push social media giants to make users’ information feeds more diverse and timely to avoid creating “echo chambers” for the like-minded. Companies such as Facebook have come under pressure from regulators around the world as evidence has emerged of how the recirculation…

Social media doorway to opportunities – SMW participants

Feb 28, 2018

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Ediri Oyibo

in Internet

Positive social media presence is a doorway to existing opportunities and creation of more, social media week participants said on Wednesday in Lagos. The participants discussed the topic: ”Being a Creative in Tech and Starting a Startup”, at the ongoing 2018 Social Media Week (SMW) Lagos. They discussants said that creatives, people who are able…

Tips for a strong hotel social media page

Feb 21, 2018

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Ediri Oyibo

in Internet, Travel and Tourism

While your hotel’s website is your best sales representative, your hotel’s social media page namely Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are your best Public Relations representative. Therefore, it is essential to arm your hotel social media platforms with the proper tools to engage your social media fans. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency shares tips…

Moving to Snapchat: Why younger social media users are dumping Facebook

Feb 12, 2018

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Ediri Oyibo

in Internet

Wanting to avoid prying eyes of parents and grandparents, younger generation of social media users are now dumping Facebook and moving to not-too-friendly-to-older-age-groups Snapchat. According to eMarketer’s latest forecast on social network usage, Facebook is losing younger users at an even faster pace than previously expected, and while the social media platform was able to…

The social media and the flight of reason – Ohwahwa

Feb 11, 2018

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Femi Ajasa

in Editor’s Pick

By Fred Ohwahwa Recently, a friend of mine who I otherwise hold in high regard, sent me a message on WhatsApp. After reading the first two sentences, I fired him a response: that the statement was wrongly credited to the so-called author; that there was no way she could have written that.He responded by saying…

Jeopardy: Buratai warns personnel over use of social media

Feb 9, 2018

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Ediri Oyibo

in Internet, Nigeria

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, in Lagos on Thursday called for caution on the use of social media by personnel of the Nigerian Army. Buratai gave the caution at a three day workshop with the theme “Office Management and Document Security workshop 2018’’ held in Lagos. He said that the social…

Facebook says it can’t guarantee social media is good for democracy

Jan 22, 2018

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Ediri Oyibo

in Internet, Politics, World

Facebook Inc warned on Monday that it could offer no assurance that social media was on balance good for democracy. The company, however, said it was trying what it could to stop alleged meddling in elections by Russia or anyone else. The sharing of false or misleading headlines on social media has become a global…

Revealed! Trust, familiarity indices to determine news ranking on Facebook

Jan 20, 2018

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Ediri Oyibo

in Editor’s Pick, Internet, World

In order to make Facebook more fun and less frustrating, the social media giant has announced it will use the indices of users who trust a news source against those who are familiar with it, to determine news ranking on the platform. This is contained in separate releases published Facebook Head of News Feed, Adam…

UBA revolutionises eBanking, introduces Leo, Chat Banking Personality on Social Media Platforms

Jan 12, 2018

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Olaotan Falade

in Business News, Nigeria, Press Release

Pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA), has today, changed the face of e-banking with the introduction of Leo, the UBA Chat Banker who enables customers make use of their social media accounts to carry out key banking transactions. At the official launch of Leo, UBA’s Chat Banker, which took place in Lagos on…

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