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New Twitter Feature Lets You DM Users Who Don’t Follow You

on October 16, 2013 | Twitter | Comments (4)
New Twitter Feature Lets You DM Users Who Don't Follow You

It seems Twitter has been rethinking the way users communicate on their site, particularly around their Direct Message (DM) feature. Twitter has just made a change on the site that lets users enable an option to allow any Twitter user to send you a Direct Message, even if you are not following each-other. This will […]

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My Twitter Cull

on September 25, 2013 | Twitter | Comments (0)
My Twitter Cull

Realising that I followed over 1,000 people on Twitter, a spring clean was certainly in order; but who would stay and who would go?  Here are the fifteen Twerps who didn’t make the cut: First on my hit list was the high-brow publication that I like to pretend I read.  I’ve never fully understood anything […]

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Twitter Tweets Intent to File For IPO

on September 13, 2013 | Twitter | Comments (0)
Twitter Tweets Intent to File For IPO

After much speculation from the technology and media community (over many years), Twitter has acknowledged that they are filing for their Initial Public Offering (IPO) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Facebook is now valued at over $100 Billion USD thanks to strong financial performance over the past year. It will be interesting to […]

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As Instagram’s Video Gains Momentum, Twitter Starts Email Marketing Vine To New Users

on July 5, 2013 | Vine | Comments (0)
As Instagram's Video Gains Momentum, Twitter Starts Email Marketing Vine To New Users

Instagram’s new video service has been live for about 2 weeks now, allowing users to post short 15 second clips to their profile. Instagram’s video has a number of features to better Vine (such as image stabilisation and video filters – not to mention the much larger audience) – and now Twitter are trying whatever […]

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Five Types of New Generation Twitter Followers – Which One Are You?

on June 13, 2013 | Twitter | Comments (2)
Five Types of New Generation Twitter Followers - Which One Are You?

The Helpful Twerp These people are why you consult Twitter before making those important daily decisions (Subway: turkey or ham?).  It’s as though the Helpful Twerps are permanently on standby to give you the reassurance you need “#TeamTurkey!!!”, even though it’s 4am in their country.  Helpful Twerps also have an encyclopaedic knowledge of all things […]

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Twitter Is Finally Rolling Out 2 Factor Authentication Security Feature

on May 23, 2013 | Twitter | Comments (0)
Twitter Is Finally Rolling Out 2 Factor Authentication Security Feature

Twitter announced yesterday that they are finally rolling out a 2 factor authentication feature to help us all keep our Twitter accounts more secure. For some time, Facebook has had a sophisticated security features. If you sign in from an unfamiliar location (to your previous sign-ins) – Facebook will then prompt you to pass some […]

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Twitter Users Still Confused Between RT, MT & HT

on April 29, 2013 | Twitter | Comments (2)
Twitter Users Still Confused Between RT, MT & HT

A question I get asked over and over is to explain the difference between RT, MT and HT. I’ve never actually posted an article about this so thought it’s probably about time. It’s worth noting one of the main interactions on Twitter is giving credit to other users when they post or reference a particular piece […]

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New Twitter #Music App For iOS Brings Social Recommendations To Your Music

on April 24, 2013 | Twitter | Comments (0)
New Twitter #Music App For iOS Brings Social Recommendations To Your Music

We saw last week Twitter announce the release of a new music discovery app – Twitter #Music. Because so many musicians and artists are on Twitter, they have released an app to show you what music is currently trending on Twitter based on tweets from all around the world. Users are then able to play the iTunes […]

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Taking A Leaf From Twitter – Vine Finally Adds Trending Hashtags

on April 9, 2013 | Vine | Comments (0)
Taking A Leaf From Twitter - Vine Finally Adds Trending Hashtags

Twitter’s Social video sharing app, Vine has finally made the update many have been waiting for – the inclusion of trending hashtags, as mentioned in their latest blog post. The application has an explore tab, similar to how Instagram shows off their most popular content – however many users have been wondering why Twitter hasn’t […]

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Enough Is Enough – UK Boxer Tracks Down Twitter Troll

on March 14, 2013 | Twitter | Comments (0)
Enough Is Enough - UK Boxer Tracks Down Twitter Troll

A cocky twitter troll has had a surprise visit from UK footballer turned boxer, Curtis Woodhouse, after the user, @Jimmyob88 reportedly verbally abused him over the loss of his English light welterweight crown. After being publically called a “complete disgrace” and “laughable joke”, Woodhouse decided to make the consequences of the trolls actions hit hard, […]

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