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Twitter will start paying Content Creators a cut of Advertising revenue in July

Elon Musk has announced that Twitter will begin paying creators for ads served in their replies. The first block of payments will total $5 million. To be eligible for payments, creators must be verified and only ads served to verified users will count. This means that creators will need to have a blue checkmark next to their name and the ads will need to be...
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Twitter Dev held a Space on bots today, Elon Musk now pauses Twitter takeover bid on concerns over Bots

We all know about Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter and his ambition to remove bots from the platform, however, not all bots are created equal. Today, Musk announced that the Twitter deal was on hold, while they investigate the amount of the Twitter user base that are spam/fake accounts. Along with Twitter's Q1 2022 earnings results, the company announced it had 229 million Monetizable Daily...
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10,000 Twitter followers.. seriously.. thankyou.

After joining Twitter in 2008, techAU has just passed a major milestone, 10,000 followers. I want to take some time to thank each and...
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TweetDeck adds Team management

  Managing social accounts, especially for popular accounts can be a challenging task. To help manage a large account, you’ll want multiple people...
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Twitter adds Custom Timelines

It’s a new day and the recently public Twitter is launching a new feature. Custom Timelines allows you to move past a single...
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Twitter for Windows Phone gets new features in 3.0

Great news for Windows Phone users this morning, Twitter has updated their app on Windows Phone to version 3.0. One of the biggest...
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Twitter follows Facebook, going public

It’s official, Twitter has filed an S-1, the required paperwork required by Wall Street to go public. The filing for IPO does not...
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Twitter introduces conversation views

Twitter has rolled out a new feature overnight on their website. Conversation view works by joining tweets together with a line to simplify the...
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Telco rap battle may be the best thing since sliced bread

What started in the UK with telco’s O2 and Tesco, a rap battle over twitter has now reached Australia. While most competitors...
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Video coming to Instagram, with an announcement this Thursday

Following the success of Vine, Instagram is planning to release a video product this Thursday at Facebook headquarters, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. It...
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Facebook introduces #hashtags

From what started on Twitter, the hashtag has grown to just about every social network - from Tumblr to Instagram or from Pinterest to...
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Twitter #music is official and it’s available right now

After mountains of rumours, Twitter has finally officially released Twitter #music. "We're releasing Twitter #music, a new service that will change the way people find...
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Is Twitter Music coming? (Update: Possibly coming tomorrow)

Twitter today confirmed that it has acquired the Aussie startup, We Are Hunted, a music discovery service - further backing up rumours that Twitter...
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Official Twitter app for Windows 8 now available, lacks multi-account

The long awaited official Twitter app for Windows 8 is now available. Almost 6 months since the launch of Microsoft’s latest OS, the mega...
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Twitter update on Windows Phone is a welcome change

The Twitter app on Windows Phone has remained largely unchanged since launch. This morning a new updated version of Twitter has been...
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Twitter verifies Australia

Today Twitter went on a verification spree with dozens of top journalists across Australia receiving the big tick. A verified account allows...
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Having access to your entire twitter history will be awesome

The Next Web are reporting that Twitter is currently testing a new feature with a ‘very small percentage’ of users. That new...
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Twitter working on Pinterest style layout

This morning Twitter’s design account posted this photo. Reportedly from a design thinking session, the proposed layout brings a visually interesting display...
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Alan Jones sponsors have their Facebook Pages flooded with complaints

The Facebook pages of 2GB sponsors have been flooded with calls for them to drop advertising on the radio network. Many customers...
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MetroTwit hits the Windows 8 Store.

Popular Windows-only Twitter client MetroTwit has just made its metro way into the Windows 8 Store. Those running the Release Preview can grab it...
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Twitter hits 100 Million active users

Congratulations is in order. Twitter has reached another major milestone. Announced on the official Twitter Blog, they have now reached an amazing...
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Kogan wants you to know, they are listening to social media

Celebrating their 5th year in business, Kogan have released a video to let customers know that they are listening. Your Facebook post...
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