Everybody panic: Twitter was down for five hours yesterday December 29, 2014 Twitter users experienced widespread outages yesterday afternoon. In a blog post published overnight, the service admitted that some users had been unable to sign in to Twitter between 4am and 9.25am Pacific Standard Time – that's between midday and 5.25pm UK time. The glitch largely affected Android users, signing them out on their devices and [...]
Xiaomi could be worth more than Uber, Twitter, LinkedIn and Netflix after $1bn investment round December 22, 2014 A Beijing-based company which has become the world’s third-largest smartphone maker in the space of four years is now said to be worth more than the likes of Uber, Twitter, LinkedIn and Netflix after its latest funding round. Xiaomi has raised $1bn (£640m) from a host of investors, valuing the firm at more than $45bn, [...]
Instagram valued at $35bn – but how does that compare to Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn and WhatsApp? December 19, 2014 Instagram exceeded Twitter in terms of daily users last month; now it looks like that has trickled through to its valuation. The photo-sharing app has been valued at $35bn by Citi analyst Mark May, nearly double the amount he previously estimated. Based on Twitter's current share price, it's worth just over $23bn. [...]
Snap! Instagram leaves Twitter in the dust with 300m daily users December 10, 2014 FACEBOOK’S photo-sharing service, Instagram, yesterday said it now had more than 300m users sharing over 70m photos and videos each day. Meanwhile, microblogging service Twitter, which recently listed on the New York Stock Exchange, reaching a valuation of $23.4bn (£14.8bn), had just 284m active users, according to its website. Instagram, bought by Facebook in April [...]
Instagram now has 300 million users surpassing Twitter while brands and celebs will get verified badges December 10, 2014 Instagram now has more than 300m users, having added 100m new users in the last nine months the photo-sharing site has revealed. The figure means the Facebook-owned site surpasses fellow social network Twitter, which counted 284m users at the end of October. It’s a significant step for the four-year-old business which counted 100m users two [...]
Trumpton: Ukip members not getting the Twitter joke December 8, 2014 Some Ukip members have failed to see the funny side of a spoof Twitter account that depicts the party’s members as characters in a 1960s children’s programme, Ukip’s economic spokesperson told CityAM yesterday. Ukip’s sole Scottish MEP David Coburn last week called for @Trumpton_UKIP to be banned and encouraged his own followers on [...]
Clintons council estate Santa Christmas card causes Twitter storm December 7, 2014 It's December, which means open season has been declared on silly Christmas cards (just ask Tony Blair). But not until now has a card generated so much vitriol. Step forward Clintons, the card shop which has enraged a nation with its “poor bashing” festive card. The offending Christmas card The “10 reasons why Santa [...]
Ukip might be winning the Twitter war, but Tories are still favourites to retain Trumpton December 5, 2014 Trumpton has emerged as the next key political battleground – and it looks set to be another dirty tricks campaign. This week social media has been dominated by representatives from Ukip, Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems, Greens, Communists and Trumpton First, all vying to be elected into the hotly contested fictional seat. Despite the [...]
Twitter unveils a set of new anti-trolling tools making it easier to report internet abuse December 2, 2014 Twitter has introduced a set of new "anti-trolling" tools, meaning it's now harder for its 284m active users to "troll" one another. "Trolling" is a description for when a user's Twitter account or posts are bombarded with insults, provocations or threats. The social network unveiled a set of faster, more mobile friendly tools which will [...]
Rachel Johnson Twitter hacked: Boris Johnson’s sister’s account drops the c-bomb on David Cameron November 25, 2014 The past week have been something of a dream for Twitter gaffes. Labour's shadow attorney general was forced to step down after sending what was regarded as a snobby tweet from Rochester and Strood while even Twitter's own CFO appears not quite to have mastered the social media minefield. Over the past 24 hours, a [...]