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Twitter has a new plan to tackle trolls

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Twitter says it has come up with new ways to make abusive tweeters less effective: hiding their content and preventing banned users from creating new accounts. The updates, detailed in a blog post, come after years of criticism that the

Snapchat IPO: buyer beware!

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Snapchat’s parent company Snap has filed for its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Hoping to raise US$3bn, the IPO would value Snap at between $20bn and $25bn, putting it at almost twice the expected valuation

Risks that could make Snap crackle and pop

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Snap makes no secret of the fact that compulsive millennial users are its most valuable asset. Their fickle tendencies may also be its biggest risk. At least, that how it looks in the prospectus for the company’s initial public

Tech giants angry over Trump immigration order

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Google has asked staffers who may have been affected by a new executive order on immigration to return to the US quickly, joining a growing number of technology executives voicing concerns over restrictions that could

Why Medium failed to disrupt the media

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Ev Williams, the co-founder of Twitter, spent five years building Medium into one of the slickest publishing platforms on the Web. Yet he found himself in traditional publishing purgatory on Wednesday, cutting 50 employees and

More turmoil at troubled Twitter

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Twitter’s chief technology officer is leaving, another blow to the social media company’s top ranks just weeks after its chief operating officer resigned. Adam Messinger, who has been CTO since 2013, also

Why Snap won’t crackle and pop

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Snap, the parent company of Snapchat is looking to go public with an initial public offering in March 2017. Snap has filed its intentions secretly with the US Securities and Exchange Commission

Snapchat files for IPO

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Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter. Snapchat filed papers with the US Securities and Exchange Commission before last week’s US presidential election

Twitter cracks down on hate speech

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Twitter has announced new measures to crack down on the hate speech and online abuse pervading its social media platform. In the wake of a contentious US election, the micro-blogging site has seen its