Tag: Twitter
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President Trump fires Amazon with tweet missile
US President Donald Trump has accused Amazon.com of not paying enough tax, taking advantage of the US postal system and putting small retailers out of business. Trump voiced the accusation against the retail giant in a tweet he posted on his official Twitter handle on Thursday. However, the president did not substantiate his accusation with…
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Zuckerberg’s net worth falls by N5 trillion as Facebook shares drop by 18%
Worlds’ fifth richest person and founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, valued at $71 billion (roughly N25 trillion) has reportedly lost about $14 billion (roughly N5 trillion) of his net worth. This is as a result of 18% fall in Facebook market shares especially after Zuckerberg agreed to testify before Congress on the recent crisis rocking…
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Like Facebook, Google; Twitter bans cryptocurrency adverts
Twitter Inc is to ban most advertising of cryptocurrencies on its platform, joining Facebook and Google in a clampdown on the nascent industry, the company said in a statement. The San Francisco-based firm will this week launch a policy that prohibits advertising of initial coin offerings (ICOs), a form of crowd funding used to raise…
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Tweetdecking: Twitter suspends several accounts
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…
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Twitter gets bookmark feature, new share button on mobile platforms
Social networking giant Twitter on Wednesday announced the launch of new features for its mobile apps, lite versions of mobile apps, and mobile website. The biggest highlight of the update is the addition of Bookmarks to allow users to save tweets for quicker access later. Apart from that, Twitter has also added options such as…
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Twitter CEO calls for RFP to fix ‘broken’ platform
Twitter Inc. has launched a request for proposal (RFP) process soliciting for help to cast the widest net possible for great ideas and implementations to fix the ‘brokenness’ of the microblogging platform. Twitter Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jack Dorsey in a statement made this known on Thursday while acknowledging that the platform has witnessed abuse;…
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If President Trump violates Privacy Policy, he’d be sanctioned – Twitter’s VP
Twitter has said if US President Donald Trump should violate privacy policy guiding the microblogging platform, he would be cautioned. Bruce Daisley, Twitter’s vice president (VP) of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, stated this in an interview with BBC Radio. “If someone tweets private information… private address, phone number — then there are no-go…
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Twitter 2017 most engaging tweet: “President Trump, you made a big mistake”
Bernie Sanders’ ‘President Trump, you made a big mistake’ tweet has topped a list of most engaging tweets published by international social media analytics firm, Talkwalker. According to Internet Live Stats, “Every second, on average, around 6,000 tweets are tweeted on Twitter, which corresponds to over 350,000 tweets sent per minute, 500 million tweets per…