Social Media, Page 22
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Mon, July 8th, 14:07 · Paul Adepoju
Foundation announces blogging competition for World Population Day
Glimmer of Hope Foundation has announced a blogging competition for teenagers to celebrate this year’s World Population Day, with the theme “Ending teenage pregnancies”. → Read more
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Mon, July 8th, 13:59 · Kamau Mbote
Founder2be extends operations to Africa
A co-founder finding network has extended its operations to Africa and Australia, making it available in more than 100 countries and adding to its presence in Asia, Europe and United States. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 09:46 · Brandon Gregory
Q&A: Richard Console on social media privacy policy
Richard Console is a personal injury attorney, CEO and founder of Console and Hollawell, which operates in the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania as well as the city of Philadelphia. Console spoke to HumanIPO on the ever changing and questionable privacy policies of social media giants. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 09:32 · Tom Jackson
SA Ministry of Finance warns over fake Gordhan account
The South African Ministry of Finance has issued a warning to the public against accepting requests from fake Facebook accounts purporting to belong to minister Pravin Gordhan. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 08:01 · Tom Jackson
Twitter translating Egyptian Tweets after Morsi ousting
Twitter is translating Tweets from leading Egyptians for non-Arabic speakers in the wake of the military’s ousting of president Mohammed Morsi. → Read more
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Wed, July 3rd, 13:14 · Kamau Mbote
COFEK drums up support against VAT bill via social media
The Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) has intensified its opposition to the VAT bill, which was presented by the government to parliament yesterday (Tuesday), on social media, warning MPs of the consequences should they pass it. → Read more
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Wed, July 3rd, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi
African social network can educate the world – Fashina
African innovation and talents still need exposure to the outside world as the picture presented of Africa is often not the real situation on the ground, according to one of the bosses of social network Yookos. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 13:49 · Terzel Rasmus
Badger adds his voice to Twitter
The very first tweeting animal in the world, a badger at Johannesburg Zoo, has become an overnight sensation. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 10:16 · Terzel Rasmus
Social media now a recruitment platform – survey
Social media has become more than just a platform to chat and finding friends, and is now a source to recruit staff and look for jobs, according to a survey by Hiring Bounty. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 09:52 · Kamau Mbote
Zynga hires Microsoft Xbox head
Struggling gaming firm Zynga has announced Microsoft president of Interactive Entertainment Don Mattrick will be replacing founder Mark Pincus as chief executive officer (CEO). → Read more
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Mon, July 1st, 14:59 · Kamau Mbote
Kenyans on Twitter hit back at Uganda after police attack
#SomeoneTellUganda was trending in Kenya on Monday after an attack on Kenyan police on the disputed Migingo Island by Ugandans over the weekend. → Read more
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Mon, July 1st, 13:36 · Nick Sato
Kenyans take to Twitter to congratulate Rugby Sevens team
The Kenya Rugby Sevens team has received streams of support via Twitter after strong performances at the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2013 in Moscow, Russia. → Read more
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Mon, July 1st, 09:37 · Richard Cutcher
Facebook begins advertising cull
Facebook has started removing adverts from pages which contain sexual or violent content, after several businesses halted their dealings with the social network. → Read more
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Mon, July 1st, 08:00 · Martin Cheruiyot
Kenya celebrates Social Media Day
Kenya’s Social Media Day was celebrated in Nairobi on Friday with bloggers, media experts and entrepreneurs joining together to discuss how it can impact business development and contribute to the country. → Read more
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Fri, June 28th, 11:30 · Tom Jackson
Instagram video generates more traffic than YouTube, Vine
Facebook’s newly introduced video feature for Instagram has doubled the total number of video sessions in its first week, generating more traffic than Google’s YouTube and Twitter’s Vine. → Read more
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Fri, June 28th, 08:26 · Richard Cutcher
Turkey hints at Twitter ban
Turkey has requested Twitter set up a “representative office” in the country because of the role social media played in the large scale protests against the government. → Read more
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Wed, June 26th, 08:36 · Nanine Steenkamp
Facebook commerce a growing future trend, Zunguz says
Facebook social commerce is a growing trend as part of brand engagement in the online social trading space, social money platform company Zunguz has said. → Read more
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Tue, June 25th, 14:10 · Nanine Steenkamp
Tech saves lives on Cape Flats – RLabs
Technology’s role in social reconstruction is saving lives and teaching startups, entrepreneurs and marketing agents to turn around negative community grass roots perceptions for positive development. → Read more
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Tue, June 25th, 08:50 · Kamau Mbote
Rick Ross causes uproar after referring to Africa as a country
Rapper Rick Ross has been on the receiving end of a verbal barrage this morning after he posted a tweet calling Africa a country. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 11:27 · Nick Sato
Facebook bug exposes 6 million users’ data
A Facebook security bug exposed six million users’ personal contact information to other users who were connected to them, the company has revealed. → Read more
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