‘Where is Duduzane Zuma?’ asks Twitter
A tweet purported to be by Duduzane Zuma‚ in defence of his father and former president Jacob‚ prompted questions from Twitter users about where he is in the world. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Friday announced it would prosecute Jacob Zuma on 16 charges of racketeering‚ money … Read More
WA Libs fuming over fake Twitter account
The WA Liberal party is seeking advice on whether a social media account parodying leader Mike Nahan and set up by Labor breaches the electoral act. The Twitter account named The Loop WA said it was "sharing all the news about Mike Nahan and the WA Liberal Party", and pointed …
‘Dinesh Miandad’: Twitter goes berserk after Karthik’s last-ball six in thrilling final
Dinesh Karthik's 8-ball 29 gave India a thrilling win in the final over of the run-chase in the Nidahas Trophy Tri-series final against Bangladesh in Colombo. Chasing 167, India were off to a good start thanks to Rohit Sharma but a wicket-maiden from Mustafizur Rahman in the 18th over, left …
Twitter could also ruin cryptocurrency ad party with bans
Twitter will most likely use the same reason Google and Facebook used, in that there are a variety of risks surrounding cryptocurrency and they're trying to protect people from scams. I think it should be enforced across all industries, as there are plenty of penis enlarging ads that are obviously …
Snapchat’s UK ad revenue set to overtake Twitter’s next year
Twitter UK will make about £171m in revenues, according to eMarketer, a market research company. The UK currently accounts for about 10% of Snapchat's global ad revenues. By 2020, Snapchat will make about £310m, making it larger than the roughly £300m digital and print ad spend on consumer … Read More
Alabama, UCF athletic directors bicker on Twitter giving Knights attention they want
Three months after the end of the 2017 college football season, UCF's self-proclaimed national championship — only recognized by the school itself — remains either a point of pride or source of annoyance depending on the viewpoint. As it turns out, this bizarre, polarizing offseason storyline still isn't … Read More
After crazy NCAA win, Nevada’s brilliant tweet baffles Twitter
… Twitter account, and it read: "kljasdj;das;ew8fwer89ywef;hwero32p8efh;uasjkasd;asdhuasdiuasdjkhsd;ewioawethasdi;hasdfiohafioewrho;asdgasdgiohawoihawetb;agio;asdioawty8tiouhasgu;aefiohwe8yeroasdgj;basdghr3289y[ew;has;ads890y[fewaiohewohasuhasduhiodfsajkhasdfuior8yasjhafds … Read More
Editorial: Abe Lincoln was right about Twitter
Editorial: Abe Lincoln was right about Twitter … Not only that, the fake news enjoyed a much greater reach: While true tweets generally reached fewer than 1,000 Twitter users, the worst falsehoods reached 10 times as … (Indeed, Twitter users who spread the falsehoods tended to have fewer followers.) … Read …
According to Unverified Reports, Twitter Is Following Facebook and Google in Banning Crypto …
Twitter may soon join Facebook and Google in cracking down on ads for cryptocurrency-related products, according to Sky News. The claims (not yet verified by Twitter) are that the social network will institute a worldwide ban against ads for initial coin offerings (ICOs), cryptocurrency wallets, and token … Read More
Nevada’s Twitter account had the perfect reaction
Nevada trailed Cincinnati by 22 points. The Wolf Pack trailed for nearly the entire game. And after all that, they're moving on to the Sweet 16. The Wolf Pack erased a 22-point deficit to take the lead on a Josh Hall layup with nine seconds to go in Sunday's second-round …