Tag: micro-blogging

‘Shouldn’t be too bad’ if my Twitter account is hacked: Trump

Reacting after hackers broke into Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's account last week and posted a flurry of rogue tweets including racial slurs, Trump told reporters he is not worried if his Twitter account @realDonaldTrump is compromised.

September 3, 2019

Instagrammers left in pain as ‘Stories’ crashed globally

With the Facebook-owned Instagram's popular 'Stories' feature going dark, the users almost broke into tears early on Tuesday, with some bombarding the micro-blogging website Twitter with outrageous posts. "I thought World War 3 had finally come", "Almost a heart attack" and "Instagram Down will be the most frustrating part of my week" were some of …

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May 2, 2017

9-15 per cent of Twitter accounts are bots

Between nine and 15 per cent of active Twitter accounts are autonomous entities known as social bots, new research has found. The micro-blogging site has a little over 300 million monthly active users and that would mean nearly 27 million to 45 million accounts are actually not controlled by humans, according to the study. The …

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March 11, 2017

Big B elated to score 22 mn Twitter followers

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, the most followed Indian actor on Twitter, has now scored a fan following of 22 million on the micro-blogging platform. The 73-year-old thespian, who has given hits like Sholay, Deewar, Black and Piku, is ahead of actors Shah Rukh Khan with 20.8 million, Salman Khan with 19 million, Aamir Khan with 18.3 …

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August 21, 2016