Twitter knows a lot about you, including where you've been and the advertisers you're interested in. We're going to show you how to download that information. It's important to understand what social media companies know about you, particularly in the wake of the leak of Facebook data, where political … Read …

The YouTube staffer whose Twitter account was hacked during Tuesday's shooting incident also saw his Flipboard account compromised. Vadim Lavrusik, a product manager for YouTube, was one of the first people to tweet about the shooting, which injured three people. The suspected shooter, Nasim … Read More

Twitter has a huge problem when it comes to fake followers. The company has been fighting the problems for many years now, but with the latest revelations, it's been going downhill. Not only are users having a problem with eggs (robots) and fake spammers, even celebrities are having a huge …

Just because Facebook has forged a deal with Major League Baseball to livestream 25 of its day games exclusively doesn't mean other social networks can't get a piece of the action. MLB games are also coming to Twitter, now that the two have renewed their partnership. Twitter is livestreaming one …

Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) was a forgotten stock among the other social media giants, but it is starting to gain some traction on the markets. Year-to-date the share price is up more than 12% and over the past 12 months it has risen more than 80% and outperformed even Amazon.com, Inc. …

Social media influencers can make as much as $10,000 for one sponsored Instagram post. Now, conceptual artist Darren Bader is taking the red-hot market for coveted online content one step further: He's selling an entire Instagram and Twitter account—as art. On Monday, the New York-based artist … Read More

It was surely a first in a Champions League quarter-final, possibly any European tie, the sight of the home fans according an opponent a standing ovation for scoring a goal against them. See related. Ronaldo vs. Messi: goals, rivalry, records and awards · Champions League quarter-finals: fixtures and … Read More

The age-old debate of tradition vs religion reared its head again this week when an episode of reality show Yimlo had everyone thinking they were experts. The show, hosted by Dineo Ranaka explores the struggles of normal South Africans and had fans running for Twitter when Beauty told Dineo she … …

For our new cover story on Twitter, which charts the company's struggles to rid its service of trolls, bots, and other assorted troublemakers, we spoke with more than 60 sources, including 44 former Twitter employees–most of whom requested anonymity–as well as third-party experts. During this process … Read More

But one particular type of Twitter troll did gnaw at him: the ones who posed as minorities–using stolen photos of real people–and then infiltrated high-profile conversations to spew venom. “Unsuspecting readers would see this guy who looks like an Orthodox Jew or a Muslim woman saying something … Read More