What Facebook, Google and Twitter Owe America
America has been good to Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The 33-year old entrepreneur's net worth is $74.2 billion as of February 26, 2018, according to Forbes. Our country has also been very kind to Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Their net worth is $52.4 billion and …
Black Twitter fuming over “staged, scripted and fake” #Yimlo episode
Mzansi Magic's viewers were left shocked after last night episode of the "reality show" 'YimLo' when Meshack confessed that he's engaged to two women. Meshack insisted that he's not cheating because he's a polygamist. He said he loves the two women and he wants to marry them both. When some … …
Lerato Kganyago: ‘Black Twitter’s been mad at me for breathing’
Being attacked by Twitter trolls has become second nature for Lerato Kganyago, who has grown to expect the hate no matter what she does. Even though the hate has become part of her daily life, Lerato definitely does not take it lying down. So it didn't come as a surprise …
Remaining 2017/18 Formula E races to be shown live on Twitter in Japan
Formula E races will be shown live on Twitter in Japan for the rest of the 2017/18 season. The electric single-seater championship says the "the partnership is the first-of-its-kind" with Twitter, and will begin with this Saturday's race in Mexico. As well as streaming the races live on the @FIAFormulaE … …
In Japan, Twitter sees a surge of users – and revenue
Riding a wave of new users, improved advertising options and an embrace of video content by users and advertisers alike, Twitter Inc's revenue has leaped in Japan, helping lead the company to its first quarterly profit. Earlier this month Twitter reported that sales in Japan jumped 34 per cent in …
Scammers Are Ruining Crypto Twitter and Twitter Is to Blame
You've heard of the scheme, seen the tweets, and been smart enough not to send cryptocurrency in the promise of receiving more back. The Twitter crypto scam, in which fraudsters impersonate the accounts of exchanges and influencers, is as simple as it is pernicious. While the odds of anyone falling … …
Parkland student Emma Gonzalez’s Twitter now has more followers than the NRA’s, because …
Parkland student Emma Gonzalez's Twitter account was created only a few days ago, and already Gonzalez has more followers than the NRA. How's that for proof that she's a force to be reckoned with? Gonzalez, a high school senior who survived the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High … Read …
‘A big resurgence’: Publishers get a boost from Twitter video
The cyclical nature of media means that Twitter is enjoying some time in the sun with publishers. According to multiple publishers, Twitter has delivered more video views than usual over the last two months, for some making up for the reach lost on Facebook since it made changes to the …
Twitter Scammers Use Verified Accounts to Trick Crypto Holders
Scammers trawling for would-be victims on Twitter are turning to a new – and troubling – tactic: obtaining accounts that have been verified by the social media company itself. Last week, it emerged that fraudsters had moved to create accounts that mimic the Tron Foundation and its founder, Justin Sun, … …
Florida student passes NRA in Twitter followers
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma González now has more than a million Twitter followers, more than both the National Rifle Association and its spokesperson Dana Loesch, as González and her fellow students continue to use the platform to drive attention to their cause. It's now … Read More