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Today on its blog, Twitter announced new efforts targeting abuse and harassment. The social media platform is attempting to curb banned users from creating new accounts, rolling out a "safe search" option and removing abusive, low-quality tweets from prominent places in the reply feed.
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As several internet giants are currently grappling with the conundrum of how to deal with the influx of digitally driven "fake news" we can pause for a moment and ask, what is driving this movement and where did it come from?
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In a spontaneous, and expansive, open conversation with the public on Thursday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey noted that the company is “thinking a lot” about ways to incorporate an edit function into their social media platform.
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Wondering what the air quality is like in London? Well, over the next three days, you can ask one of 10 pigeons located throughout the city, each one of which is equipped with a lightweight backpack that monitors ozone, nitrogen dioxide and volatile compounds.
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It may be in Facebook's shadow, but Twitter is no social media slouch. There are many things that the platform does better than the rest, such as breaking news, celebrity interaction, and so on. To help you boost your own Twitter skills we've collected the best tips and tricks you need to know.
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Following the much-hyped iOS launch back in March, Twitter's live broadcasting app Periscope has now landed on Android. Unveiled on Tuesday, the app carries the same functionality as its iOS sibling, but with a few minor differences unique to the Android platform.
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Launched today, the Periscope live video app can turn anybody with an iPhone into a citizen journalist, whether they be streaming the scene of an disaster-zone or coming at you live from the breakfast table.
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People diss Twitter for its triviality, but give me lunch tweets and lighthearted nonsense over pitchforks, death threats and endless opinions any day, says Gizmag's James Holloway.
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If you're ever short a pair of dice and an online alternative won't do, you need no longer despair. Maker firm Intridea has created a real-world, internet-connected dice roller that can be operated via Twitter. DiceBot will roll the dice when prompted and then respond with a picture of your score.
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A new online tool aims to create a real-time emotional map of how people all over the world feel. Called "We Feel," the tool analyzes 32,000 tweets a minute to monitor people's collective mood swings and how their emotions fluctuate over time globally.
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For those who must tear themselves away from gazing into the mirror in order to take a selfie, iStrategyLabs has come up with a solution. SELFIE is a mirror that takes a snap of the user and shares it to Twitter. It is at once a nifty implementation of technology and a humorous comment on society.
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ScienceAt this juncture in time, humanity does not know how to travel into the past, or even if such a concept has any meaning. So if you are an astrophysicist who wants to discover something about time travel, what do you do? You look for time travelers on Twitter.
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