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TECHNOLOGY

How X (Twitter) blue-ticks is making it easy for scammers to access bank accounts

The idea that anyone on X can purchase blue-ticks has opened the door for scammers to target consumers who complain of poor customer service on X, posing as customer service…

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BUSINESS

Ad Dynamo by Aleph appoints José Gonsalves as MD for East Africa

Ad Dynamo by Aleph, the leading digital advertising agency in Africa, has announced the appointment of JosĂ© Gonsalves as the managing director for East Africa. Gonsalves will be responsible for…

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TECHNOLOGY

Connected Kenya 2023 will take place from April 2nd to April 5th in Diani, Kwale

It’s that time of the year once more, time for Connected Kenya. The Connected Kenya summit is a highly anticipated event that aims to explore endless opportunities for Kenya’s development…

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TECHNOLOGY

Twitter is testing new 140-second audio tweets on iOS

Twitter Inc. is testing a new feature that will allow users to tweet 140-second audio tweets. The new feature has been rolled out to some limited number of users on Apple’s iOS users and will soon be availed for all the iOS users in the coming weeks. The voice tweets captures up to 140 seconds of audio, after which another new voice tweet will be automatically created in a thread if user will be having more to talk. Twitter now joins WhatsApp, Telegram and Instagram Inbox who’ve allowed users to communicate via voice notes.

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TECHNOLOGY

Twitter shuts its legacy site, forces the new interface down our throats

First of all, I don’t like the new Twitter.com layout, and there is nothing I can do about it other than to accept and force it down my throat.  I…

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TECHNOLOGY

Technology companies are taking action on misinformation, but more transparency is needed

Yes, it is no doubt technology companies have been at the forefront in the battle against the COVID-19 misinformation. Facebook is supporting the global public health community’s work to keep…

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TECHNOLOGY

Twitter will verify public health experts to fight COVID-19 misinformation

As the world continues to face unprecedented lockdowns caused by the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, Twitter is working with global health authorities to identify and verify accounts of public health experts…

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TECHNOLOGY

Instagram, Twitter Puts The Future Of Kenyan Influencers’ Heads In The Noose

For companies to partner with an individual or digital institution for influencing, the number of ‘likes’ and ‘retweets’ really matter at the negotiation stage.

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TECHNOLOGY

Twitter Boss Says Follows And Likes Are A Recipe Of Abuse On The Platform

If I was to create Twitter again, I would not emphasize on follows, neither would I include the like button on tweets, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey has said. The co-founder of…

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TECHNOLOGY

Why ‘Florida Man’ Is Trending Across Social Media Platforms

The internets are going crazy with ‘Florida man’ with online challenges being thrown across the platforms under ‘Florida man’. The twitter feed that has spilt over to Google, Instagram, Reddit…

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TECHNOLOGY

Facebook Under fire After New Zealand Attacker Live Streams Killings For Minutes

Facebook, Twitter and YouTube platforms are under fire for failing to stop the spread of the Christchurch mosque attack videos. The platforms have been blamed for allowing the proliferation of…

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TECHNOLOGY

Trump Accuses Google Of Sabotage In New Twitter Feud

Google has been accused of rigging its search results to sabotage Trump’s presidency. The accusation by right-wing site PJ Media (an American conservative news, opinion, and commentary collaborative blog) was…

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TECHNOLOGY

Twitter asks users to change their passwords after breach

Twitter is urging its more than 330 million users to change their passwords after a glitch caused some to be stored in readable text on its internal computer system rather…

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TECHNOLOGY

Twitter to introduce new measures to curb abuse on the platform

This week Twitter announced three changes related to taming rampant abuse that has been on the rise on the platform. These changes are namely: Stopping the creation of new abusive…

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TECHNOLOGY

A Twitter account that predicts the future.

  Someone on twitter has been “predicting the future”. The account @beyoncefan666 has set the web ablaze by correctly predicting Brexit, Trumps win, and Beyoncé’s pregnancy days before the announcement…

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TECHNOLOGY

Giant tech companies up in arms over Trump’s Immigration executive order

International Technology companies have responded to Donald Trump’s immigration executive order that bars people from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Libya entry into the United States for 90…

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TECHNOLOGY

Twitter to focus on live videos with a new Explore tab

Twitter has grown a reputation for itself for been the go to place to find the latest stories making round. The kind of information you will find in your timeline…

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TECHNOLOGY

How to chalk out Twitter marketing strategy for your business?

Twitter is one of the popular social media platforms and microblogging tool which supports messages also called as tweets that are limited to maximum of 140 characters. Twitter was reportedly…

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TECHNOLOGY

Vine to transition the Vine app to a pared-down Vine Camera which will still allow you to make six-second looping videos

Back in October we reported to you that Twitter was shutting down Vine. There were even allegations that Pornhub was interested in purchasing Vine. Pornhub intended to restore Vine “back…

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TECHNOLOGY

Instagram announces live video and disappearing photos and videos

Instagram seems to be on steroids this year. There have gone all out to diversify from been referred simply as the photo sharing platform. The presence of Snapchat has forced…

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TECHNOLOGY

PornHub offers to buy Vine from Twitter

Twitter don’t seem to find a way to monetize the social platform. They tried to sell the company last month but all the big firms eventually bailed out. The likes…

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TECHNOLOGY

Twitter is shutting down Vine

Last week on Thursday, 27th October, 2016, Twitter shocked many when it announced it will be shutting down Vine. Vine has been the go to place for creators of short-looping…

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TECHNOLOGY

Twitter opens up Moments feature to all users.

Twitter announced on Wednesday that it’s rolling out a new feature that allows all Twitter users to create their own Moments, a collection of Tweets generated from tweets, photos, vines…

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TECHNOLOGY

Twitter is on sale, apparently

Twitter, the extremely popular and less profitable social network is apparently up for grabs, according to a few tech sites including Android Authority and Reuters. Twitter, as you know, is…

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TECHNOLOGY

WhatsApp introduces new tag feature in group chats

Almost everyone who owns a smart phone has WhatsApp and is likely  in a group or two. Lately we have also seen more corporates embracing the app as an official…

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TECHNOLOGY

Twitter has redefined what will now count towards the preset 140 character limit on posts

Of late Twitter has been busy reshaping their user experience. It could be that the pressure from the other social sites like Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook is hitting on them….

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TECHNOLOGY

Twitter has just turned their Direct Message (DM) system into a chat app similar to that of Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp

Twitter has unveiled a couple of changes to its Direct Message (DM) functionality. They announced the new features in a short video posted to their own Twitter account on Thursday….

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TECHNOLOGY

Twitter creates a Trust and Safety Council to uphold free speech on the platform

Twitter formed a panel to advise it on speech, abuse and safety issues. The panel called Trust and Safety Council has 40 members. The council will be part of a…

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TECHNOLOGY

Twitter determined to fight violent tweets

Terrorists are using social media to do their customer service and human resource work. For example, Twitter is used by many terrorists across the world; Isis and Al Shabaab are…

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TECHNOLOGY

Twitter undergoing a dramatic shakeup, who cares?

Twitter has over the years gained a good following across the world. However, the tech company never ceases to surprise users with failed trials like increasing the number of words…

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