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Trump's social media deal ignites 350 percent gain in SPAC's shares

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 10:00 AM

Former US President Donald Trump's deal to create a social media app after Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc barred him won an exuberant endorsement from investors, with shares in a shell company backing the plan closing up more than 350 percent on Thursday after rising more than 400 percent earlier in the day. Read more »

Trump announces plans to launch own social network

Sarah Titterton, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 21 12:49 PM

Former US president Donald Trump announced plans Wednesday to launch his own social network after he was banned from Twitter and Facebook. Read more »

Battle of hashtags in Twitter trends as Bongbong bares presidential bid

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 06 01:08 AM

Filipinos on Twitter expressed their own views on Bongbong's candidacy, with tweets opposing and supporting his bid for Malacañang. Read more »

Netizens make fun of 6-hour long Miss World PH pageant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 02:28 PM

The competition was marred by technical issues as well as problems with program flow. Read more »

Twitter courts influencers with bitcoin tips, NFT craze

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 24 08:28 AM

Twitter on Thursday began allowing high-profile users to get tips in bitcoin as the network steps up its wooing of the content creators essential to drawing crowds online. Read more »

Twitter to pay $809M to settle suit claiming investors were misled

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 21 09:38 AM

Twitter announced Monday it will pay $809 million to settle a 2016 lawsuit alleging members of the social network's leadership, including founder Jack Dorsey, provided misleading information to investors about slowing user growth. Read more »

Russia fines Facebook, Twitter over banned content

Anastasia Clark, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 15 06:52 AM

Russia fined Facebook and Twitter on Tuesday for not deleting banned content, adding to a slew of penalties the government has imposed on foreign tech giants. Read more »

Pandemic constraints push Filipinos to buy online

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 13 01:42 PM

Restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic are driving Twitter users in the Philippines to purchase goods online, data from the social media platform said. Read more »

Sloane Stephens shares abusive social media posts

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 06 09:51 AM

Sloane Stephens has become the latest athlete to share the personal burden of relentless and "exhausting" attacks she receives on social media. Read more »

Twitter lets star users make money from subscriptions

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 02 09:21 AM

Twitter on Wednesday launched a long-promised "Super Follows" feature that lets creators sell subscriptions for access to special content. Read more »

Boxing: Inoue targets trash-talking Casimero

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 09:17 PM

It looks like the ploy of WBO champion John Riel Casimero is working. Read more »

Twitter allows some users to flag 'misleading' content

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 18 08:52 AM

Twitter on Tuesday announced a new feature to allow users to flag content that could contain misinformation, a scourge that has only grown during the pandemic. Read more »

Google employees who work from home could lose money

Danielle Kaye, Reuters
Posted at Aug 10 06:39 PM

Google employees based in the same office before the pandemic could see different changes in pay if they switch to working from home permanently. Read more »

Petecio grateful for Pinoys' encouragement on Twitter

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 06:01 PM

Filipina boxer Nesthy Petecio made her Twitter account only last month and sent her first tweet on July 29. Read more »

Twitter partners with AP, Reuters to battle misinformation on its site

Sheila Dang, Reuters
Posted at Aug 03 08:45 AM

Twitter Inc will partner with the Associated Press and Reuters to more quickly provide credible information on the social networking site as part of an effort to fight the spread of misinformation, it said on Monday. Read more »

Afterpay, the $29 billion Aussie startup

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 02 03:22 PM

Australian fintech Afterpay is being bought out by US digital payment platform Square -- less than seven years after launching as a "buy now, pay later" start-up. Read more »

Twitter's Dorsey leads $29-B buyout of lending pioneer Afterpay

Byron Kaye and Paulina Duran, Reuters
Posted at Aug 02 02:11 PM

The takeover underscores the popularity of a business model that has upended consumer credit by charging merchants a fee to offer small point-of-sale loans which their shoppers repay in interest-free instalments, bypassing credit checks. Read more »

PH has 2nd highest number of K-pop related tweets from 2020-2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 05:21 PM

Filipinos are among the most vocal K-pop fans on Twitter in the past year, according to the latest data from the microblogging site.  Read more »

Twitter tests shopping in e-commerce move

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 29 06:32 AM

Twitter on Wednesday began testing a feature allowing businesses sell goods from their profile pages at the one-to-many messaging platform. Read more »

Bitcoin attracts high-profile interest

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 27 06:38 AM

Tesla, Twitter and maybe Amazon: Big tech companies are interested in bitcoin and it could take off again after several weeks of laying low.   Read more »