A Twitter tool that allows users to switch to a reverse chronological timeline has been rolled out to Android users.
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Reports emerged on Tuesday that Zimbabwe’s government has moved to block citizens’ access to social media – and, in some instances, access to the Internet altogether – as violent protests spread across the troubled Southern African nation.
Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams appears to have deleted a tweet in which she told Vodacom to “shut up”, accusing the mobile operator of a “poor PR stunt” related to its “settlement” with former employee Nkosana Makate.
The fast-rising Chinese company has demoted and cut the pay of two employees held responsible for a New Year’s greeting tweeted from Huawei’s official account and sent with an iPhone.
Twitter has added an icon to its mobile app that allows users to switch back to its old system of showing the most recent tweets first.
Former President Jacob Zuma has joined Twitter, posting a video on the social media platform explaining his reasons for doing so.
Twitter has topped estimates for earnings and revenue in the third quarter amid higher spending from advertisers, marking a much-needed boost for the social networking site.
The end of MTN’s free Twitter promotion may have led to a huge reduction in the volume of tweets by the users of that service, but it doesn’t seem to have had a significant effect on the volume of activity on the social network in South Africa.
Elon Musk will give up the role of Tesla chairman and pay a $20-million penalty to settle fraud charges brought by the US over his claims about taking the company private.
MTN South Africa is pulling the plug on its popular zero-rated Twitter offering, saying it is no longer feasible to offer the service without charging for data use.