#NyanNyan | Twitter not impressed with Nkanyiso’s ‘trash’ reaction
Imagine pouring your heart out to your boyfriend with the whole nation witnessing it, just for him to smile throughout your heart wrenching confession and laugh at you… crazy right? This was what viewers of Nyan Nyan saw last night as they watched Nomvula reveal some difficult truths to her …
Twitter, Facebook back Honest Ads Act. Is Google next?
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) displays an inaccurate Tweet telling voters to cast ballots with text messages while she questions witnesses from Google, Facebook and Twitter during a Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill October 31, 2017 in Washington, DC. Read More
Twitter’s surging stock puts it on track for best day in 2 months
Shares of Twitter Inc. jumped on Tuesday, with the stock on track for its biggest gain in about two months. The microblogging platform TWTR, +5.43% climbed 7.8%, its biggest one-day percentage rise since Feb. 13. The move extended a recent rally in the stock, which is up about 26% thus …
Memes & Tweets About Mark Zuckerberg’s Testimony Are Brutal
On Tuesday, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced down members of Congress in a hearing largely focused on the social media site's user privacy protections. Of course, because the internet is the internet, Twitter users couldn't help but find some humor in the situation. So they did what … Read …
Coachella Unveils Its First-Ever Twitter Emoji
Days out from the first weekend of Coachella 2018, the music festival went live with its first-ever #Coachella emoji for Twitter. As users begin to type in a Coachella-related hashtag (such as #Coachella18 or #Coachella2018), a palm tree will appear in the tweet. Coachella has also announced a series of … …
Twitter could not stop making “Social Network” jokes during Mark Zuckerberg’s first congressional …
Today, Mark Zuckerberg made his first appearance before Congress in the wake of a number of scandals at Facebook regarding the collection and protection of user data — most notably, the Cambridge Analytica data breach, in which the data-mining and analytics company improperly harvested the … Read More
Twitter critics highlight casualties of Toronto’s slow real estate market
As the greater Toronto housing market continues to show slow sales volumes and declining values for some home types, the pressing question for many has been: how brutal was the price correction of 2017? Home prices dropped 14.3 per cent in March, compared with March of last year (the market … …
This exchange between two Twitter users who share names with famous people is glorious
Perhaps the confusion is due to both the famous and non-famous people in these situations being verified by Twitter, and thereby having the hallowed blue tick displayed next to their name. Or people take Twitter's auto-suggestions for granted without checking the profiles of those they are tweeting to. Read More
Study: Twitter users unaware researchers using their tweets
Most Twitter users remain unaware researchers collect and analyze their tweets — including deleted ones. Most Twitter users believe this shouldn't be allowed without their consent and wrongly assume it would be a violation of Twitter's terms of service, according to the results of a new study conducted … Read More
Is Twitter Facebook? Senators grill Mark Zuckerberg, Internet roasts senators
During a Senate hearing with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, a few of the questions asked by senators seemed to require an explanation of the basics. USA TODAY. XXX _JG_137098_ZUCKERBERG_SENAT_4_10_2018_JMG_06695.JPG USA DC. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to … Read More