Instagram and Twitter may soon hide like and retweet counts in order to create a healthy environment for users. Find our how this may affect Nigerian influencer marketers.…
11 amazing Nigerians who work at Twitter HQ, San Francisco
Twitter has various teams of diverse background each working on the product used by millions of people all over the world. One these teams are a few Nigerians, here they are.…
Meet Babatunde Fashola, a Nigerian software engineer that works at the Twitter HQ in Silicon Valley
Not to be mistaken with the Nigerian Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola is one of the software engineers that build Twitter products used by millions of people all over the world.…
Twitter introduces a new emoji, Moments thread ahead of Nigeria’s presidential elections
By introducing the new features, Twitter wants to help Nigerians find election-related tweets with ease.…
Likes, Retweets, and notifications are glitching for some Twitter users
Some Twitter users are experiencing issues with notifications, likes and retweets…
A 5-year-old Twitter bug may have affected users on ‘Twitter for Android’
A 5-year-old Twitter bug may have affected tweets and accounts of users on ‘Twitter for Android’…
Why is Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on the Twitter board?
On the 19th of July 2018 Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey announced the addition of ex-Nigerian Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala to the Twitter board. We look at a few plausible reasons why.…
Swahili becomes the first African language to be recognised by Twitter
Following a social media movement by Kenyans, Social networking site Twitter no longer identifies Swahili as Indonesian.…
Twitter replaces its “Quote” feature with “Retweet with Comment”
Did you try quoting a tweet today and noticed a change in the feature? Well, you’re not alone, Twitter has recently replaced the feature.…
Not just Google and Facebook; Twitter to also ban cryptocurrency ads
Following news that Facebook and Google are banning crytocurrency related ads on their platform, Twitter is now making moves to do the same…
Global LinkUP: Twitter is finally profitable
This week,Twitter finally reports profit, crytpocurrency prices are back up and Elon Musk is our star of the week. Read on. Twitter, finally. After 12 years of existence, Twitter finally posted its fi…
Global LinkUP: What does a ₦125,000 smart jacket do?
Here are a select number of news and happenings in technology around the world since the beginning of this week. Death to brevity The whole internet shook a few days ago when Twitter announced via a b…
#5kbae: How brands should use social media to their advantage
The whole #5kbae and #KeepTheChangeBae hashtags drama are evidence that Nigerian brands can attract more customers by joining Twitter trends.…
Sorry SMEs, Twitter dashboard is shutting down
Twitter dashboard will be shutting down in February and small business owners are not happy about it.…
Twitter finally extends 140 character limit
There has been so much going on in the micro blogging site over the past weeks with popular Hollywood comedian and actor Kevin Harts getting his own custom emojis on Twitter and Persicope to American …
Twitter will soon extend its 140- character limit
The greatest frustration of every Twitter user is being forced to cram their thoughts into the 140 characters that constitute the average tweet. This frustration is even worse when you have to add med…
A short powerful lesson in Influencer Marketing for startups
Yesterday night, I learned an important lesson in Influencer Marketing that I’d like to share with you; you can apply this to your startup’s digital marketing strategy.…
No, Twitter won’t be increasing character limit to 10,000
They just won’t die off; last September, rumours surfaced that Twitter was considering dropping its 140-character limit. Yesterday, more fuel was added to the fire by claims that the company is …
The case for registered drones in Nigeria
Yesterday, The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced plans to begin registration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) commonly known as drones. The registra…
Applying for a US Visa? You might have to watch your Social Media activity
On the second day of December this year, terror was unleashed on America. Precisely in San Bernardino, California when Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, a jihadist couple opened fire at a holiday…