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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Elon says cage fight with Zuckerberg will be live-streamed on Twitter/X

    Elon says cage fight with Zuckerberg will be live-streamed on Twitter/X Elon Musk said a potential fight with Mark Zuckerberg will be streamed on the rebranded social network known as X. “Zuck v Musk fight will be live-streamed on X,” Musk wrote Sunday in a post on his platform, formerly known...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    San Francisco unhappy about Twitter HQ's X office sign

    San Francisco unhappy about Twitter HQ's X office sign A large, flashing “X” sign on San Francisco’s Market Street marked the end of Twitter and its bird branding. It also represented a struggle by mayor London Breed to get the social network’s owner, Elon Musk, to follow city laws. [Bloomberg]
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter's transition to "X" begins

    Twitter's transition to "X" begins Twitter owner Elon Musk said the social media company will change its logo soon, getting rid of the blue bird that’s long been its signature. “If a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we’ll make go live worldwide tomorrow,” Musk tweeted late Saturday...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Focus on Tesla, Elon — Investor survey

    Focus on Tesla, Elon — Investor survey Right on cue, Tesla Inc. sceptics are pushing back after this year’s sizzling $500 billion rally. Rival automakers pouncing on booming demand for electric vehicles pose the biggest challenge for Tesla over the next two years just as Elon Musk appears...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Ex-Twitter execs want Elon to pay over R20 million more in old legal fees

    Ex-Twitter execs want Elon to pay over R20 million more in old legal fees A group of Twitter Inc.’s former top executives say the struggling social-media platform owes them more than $1.6 million (R28.73 million) for legal fees and they want a judge to force new owner Elon Musk to pay that tab...
  7. Jan

    Over 100 million Threads accounts created in four days

    Threads hits 100 million users in four days Meta Platforms' Twitter rival Threads has amassed 100 million sign-ups in less than a week, Engadget reports. The publication has kept tabs on Quiver Quantitative's Threads data tracking, which showed the Instagram sibling hitting the milestone of...
    • Jan
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Threads reaches 30 million users in 16 hours

    Threads reaches 30 million users in 16 hours More than 30 million users signed up for Meta Platforms Inc.’s new app Threads, designed as a direct rival to Twitter and the most serious threat yet to Elon Musk’s struggling social-media site. On Threads, people can post text and links and reply...
  9. Jan

    Twitter threatens legal action against Meta Platforms over Threads

    Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads Twitter has threatened to sue Meta Platforms over Threads, alleging the new app is a "copycat" built by former Twitter employees using the company's intellectual property. Semafor obtained a legal letter from Twitter lawyer Alex Spiro to Meta CEO Mark...
  10. Jan

    Twitter lets people without accounts read tweets again

    Twitter scraps logged-in requirement for viewing tweets Twitter has started allowing users without accounts to view posts and profiles on the platform again. The Elon Musk-owned social media site made it a requirement to be logged into a Twitter account to view tweets and profiles on Friday...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Zuck's first tweet since 2012 takes a jab at Elon

    Zuck's first tweet since 2012 takes a jab at Elon Mark Zuckerberg posted his first tweet in more than a decade, a playful jab at Elon Musk on the day the Meta Platforms Inc. founder rolled out a much-anticipated Twitter substitute. Meta’s Instagram officially unveiled Threads Wednesday...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter not too bothered about view limit impact on ads

    Twitter not too bothered about view limit impact on ads Twitter said its temporary cap on the number of tweets that accounts can see each day has had minimal impact on advertising in the social-media platform. Owner Elon Musk had said over the weekend that Twitter was imposing so-called rate...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    Fired Twitter employees' court battle heats up

    Fired Twitter employees' court battle heats up Twitter Inc. is refusing to engage in arbitration with ex-employees who were fired when Elon Musk took over the company after pushing them to use that process to resolve claims that they weren’t paid, didn’t get promised severance, or were...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Meta launching Threads on Thursday to take on Twitter

    Meta launching Threads on Thursday to take on Twitter Instagram’s highly anticipated Twitter rival is expected to launch Thursday, according to a listing on Apple Inc.’s App Store. The app, called Threads, will function similarly to Twitter, with text-based posts that can be liked, commented...
  15. Vorastra

    Facebook owner Meta set to launch Twitter rival on Thursday

    https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66094072
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter puts limit on number of posts users can view each day

    Twitter puts limit on number of posts users can view each day Twitter is imposing a temporary cap on the number of tweets that accounts can see each day, a move that has sparked backlash from some users. Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted on Saturday that unverified users will be able to view as...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter won't let people view posts without being logged in

    Twitter won't let people view posts without being logged in Twitter is blocking people from viewing tweets and profiles on its website unless they are signed in to the social media site — a move that owner Elon Musk said is “temporary.” When an unregistered user tries to view a tweet, the site...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    Scammers using government's 10GB free data promise to steal people's personal info

    Scammers using government's 10GB free data promise to steal people's personal info Posts doing the rounds on Twitter and Facebook claim that the South African government is giving away 10 gigabytes (GB) of data. The posts say: “Government is providing 10GB of free data to every South African...
  19. Jan

    South African Social Media Landscape 2023 report released - TikTok gains on Facebook

    TikTok challenging Facebook in South Africa The “Big Five” social media platforms in South Africa have been shaken up as TikTok leaps past Instagram into second place and challenges the dominant social network, Facebook, in several segments. This is one of the key findings of the South African...
    • Jan
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  20. Jan

    Apple puts whole first episode of Silo on Twitter

    Apple TV+ puts entire first episode of hit sci-fi show on Twitter Apple has posted the entire first episode of one of its most-praised original TV shows — Silo — on Twitter. Twitter co-owner and former CEO Elon Musk described the decision as a "great move" by Apple.
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter resumes payments to Google Cloud following discussions

    Twitter resumes payments to Google Cloud following discussions Twitter has resumed paying Google Cloud for its services, patching up a relationship that became strained after Elon Musk acquired the social network and stopped paying Google and various other companies. Twitter’s new chief...
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