A tweet from McDonald’s verified Twitter account took aim at President Donald Trump on Thursday. The tweet, which has since been deleted, said: “@realDonaldTrump You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President and we would love to have @BarackObama back, also you have tiny hands.” McDonald’s later said its account was “compromised” but has … Read more
A diplomatic spat between Turkey, the Netherlands and Germany spread online on Wednesday when a large number of Twitter accounts were hijacked and replaced with anti-Nazi messages in Turkish. The attacks, using the hashtags #Nazialmanya (NaziGermany) or #Nazihollanda (NaziHolland), took over accounts of high-profile CEOs, publishers, government agencies, politicians and also some ordinary Twitter users. … Read more
The 2017 advertising revenue forecast for Snap Inc’s Snapchat has been trimmed by $30 million due to higher than expected revenue sharing with its partners, digital marketing firm eMarketer said in its latest ad spending forecast on Tuesday. While that still represents growth of more than 157 percent from last year, it is smaller than … Read more
Newly appointed British High Commissioner Iain Walker has expressed delight about his upcoming role in Ghana. He is, however, worried about the vacuum he would have to fill on social media short messaging site Twitter as a result of the departure of Jon Benjamin. Delighted to be appointed High Commissioner designate to Ghana starting in … Read more
Newly appointed British High Commissioner Iain Walker has expressed delight about his upcoming role in Ghana. He is, however, worried about the vacuum he would have to fill on social media short messaging site Twitter as a result of the departure of Jon Benjamin. Delighted to be appointed High Commissioner designate to Ghana starting in … Read more
Twitter has reversed one of the changes it made to tackle bullying on the platform, just two hours after rolling it out. The social network said it would no longer notify members who had been added to lists by other users. But it was hit with a number of complaints from users, saying the change … Read more
Shares in Twitter have ended the day more than 12% lower after the company reported that its fourth-quarter losses had nearly doubled. The social networking service reported a loss of $167m (£133m) in the final three months of 2016, as against $90m in the same period a year earlier. There were 319 million active users, … Read more
Shares in Twitter are set to fall when Wall Street opens after it reported that its fourth-quarter losses had nearly doubled. The social networking service reported a loss of $167m (£133m) in the final three months of 2016, as against $90m in the same period a year earlier. Average active user numbers came in at … Read more
Twitter has announced more changes intended to limit the amount of abuse on the network. It comes in the wake of heavy criticism about harassment on its platform and a failure to find a buyer after months of rumours about takeovers. It has announced three main changes, which will be rolled out in the “coming … Read more
Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey apologized on Saturday for the glitch that forced half a million unwitting users to follow the @POTUS account after it was handed over to U. S. President Donald Trump. He explained in a series of tweets that users who chose to follow President Barack Obama’s new handle @POTUS44 after … Read more
The transfer of power on Twitter didn’t go entirely smoothly. CEO Jack Dorsey apologized Saturday for inadvertently signing up about 560,000 users to follow accounts controlled by the Trump administration, including the @POTUS Twitter handle after it switched over to President Trump. Dorsey said the issue has been corrected. He explained in a series of … Read more
Controversial musician WanLuv Da Kuborlor has weighed in on the ongoing discussion about President Nana Addo’s speech which was plagiarised. According to Wanluv who took to social media to express his dissatisfaction in a series of tweets, the President could have written his speech for other people to quote him in future and the fact … Read more
Kathy Chen said it was ‘the right time’ for her to leave Twitter The head of Twitter’s China operations has left the firm after seven months in charge. Kathy Chen announced she was leaving following a restructure of the business in Asia. While Twitter is blocked in China, it lets Chinese advertisers reach a global … Read more
The head of Twitter’s China operations has left the firm after seven months in charge. Kathy Chen announced she was leaving following a restructure of the business in Asia. While Twitter is blocked in China, it lets Chinese advertisers reach a global audience. It is also very popular with Chinese dissidents based in the West. … Read more
On Thursday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey took to his platform to ask users for their suggestions in regards to features the company should implement. The responses immediately began flooding in, and one particular suggestion kept popping up: Twitter users really want the ability to edit tweets. The good news is Twitter is “thinking a lot” … Read more
Sony Music has said sorry to pop star Britney Spears, after an official Twitter account suggested the pop star had died. The entertainment firm quickly removed the hoax tweets, saying its global account had been “compromised” but that the situation had “been rectified”. Sony added it “apologises to Britney Spears and her fans for any … Read more
Few hours ago, Wanlov Kuborlor and D-Black were all over twitter giving themselves some hard punches. As if all that weren’t enough, they took it further into their craft by recording some heavy shots for each other. VRMG Boss Edem also joined to tease the two as he tweeted that he had listened to both … Read more
In the wake of the US elections, with the rise of the “alt-right” blamed for the easy ride the far right have had on social media, Twitter is eager to prove that it can police its own borders. Perhaps too eager. Overnight, the social network suspended its own chief executive and co-founder, Jack Dorsey. A … Read more
President Barack Obama on Sunday mocked Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for having his Twitter access taken away by his campaign staff, who hope to minimize the real estate mogul’s frequent social media ramblings in the last days before the election. “Apparently, his campaign has taken away his Twitter,” Obama said, speaking at a Hillary … Read more
Twitter is cutting its staff by 9% after a widely rumored sale process appears to have come to nothing. The layoffs are expected to impact about 350 employees across sales, partnerships and marketing efforts, according to the company. The goal is to push Twitter (TWTR, Tech30) toward profitability as an independent company. “The restructuring allows … Read more