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Facebook follows in Twitter's footsteps in using hashtags

Facebook introduces hashtags

Facebook says that users will be able to click a hashtag to see a feed of discussions about a particular topic.

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The Green Party have said they will link to the source data, explain their calculations and use more specific scenarios to avoid confusion in their online ads

Greens, National in gun over web ads

The Green Party says it will provide links to source data and calculations in their future online advertising following a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority.

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Google Buzz ended up costing the company millions

Google to finally kill ill-fated Buzz

Google is finally putting the ill-fated Buzz project out of its misery.

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NZ Post says the popular Twitter account aligns with their brand.

NZ Post to play Twitter Secret Santa

NZ Post has taken over the administration of popular Twitter account 'NZ Secret Santa', which facilitates a gift exchange between anonymous volunteers at Christmas time.

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Twitter users can now sign up for two-step verification

Twitter adds two-step verification

Twitter is adding an extra security measure to users' accounts in an effort to prevent unauthorised logins.

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Conservative Party leader Colin Craig

Twitter upgrade too late for Colin Craig

New Twitter security measures are being rolled out a day too late for Conservative Party leader Colin Craig.

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Teens told researchers there were too many adults on Facebook

Parents, drama drive teens off Facebook

Twitter is booming as a destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook.

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Collins goes on tweeting spree

Judith Collins took the Twittersphere by storm last night, engaging in "banter" with trolls and casually offending opposition MPs with a crafty hashtag.

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Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. (Photo: Reuters).

Bahraini men jailed for Twitter posts

Bahraini courts have sentenced six people to a year in prison on charges of making Twitter posts deemed offensive to the Gulf nation's king.

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Justin Bieber (Reuters)

Social media prizegiving announced

Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and One Direction are all up for awards at a new prizegiving which honours the stars of social networking.

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Ricky Gervais (Reuters)

Ricky Gervais makes charity offer

Funnyman Ricky Gervais has offered to donate £10,000 to charity if his fans ignore him on Twitter.com.

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A tweet from a hacked AP Twitter account sent sharemarket stocks plummeting this week (Photo: Reuters)

How a false tweet sank stocks

For a few surreal minutes, a mere 12 words on Twitter caused the world's mightiest stock market to tremble.

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AP's Twitter account was hacked (AAP)

Twitter hack hits Wall Street video

The stock market climbed Tuesday following strong earnings across a range of US industries.

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Hackers used the Associated Press' Twitter account to say Obama had been injured in a White House attack (Reuters file)

Hackers tweet 'news' of White House attack video

Hackers have compromised Twitter accounts of The Associated Press, sending out a false tweet about an attack at the White House.

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Twitter's #music service

Twitter's #music uncovers the unknown

Twitter's #music service provides a convenient, visually pleasing way to filter through the deluge of music that's out there.

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Reddit users wrongly accused a missing student as one of the bombers

Innocents accused in online manhunt

As amateur online sleuths began identifying possible culprits, people were wrongly accused.

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Ben Gracewood

Social media flexes its muscles video

It's been a week when the power of social media, for better or worse, has been on display.

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Justin Bieber and Mark Wahlberg

Wahlberg tells Bieber to quit Twitter

Mark Wahlberg has warned troubled pop star Justin Bieber to quit Twitter and "take a vacation".

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Paris Brown

Youth police rep quits in tweet row video

A girl appointed Britain's first youth police commissioner has quit after a posting offensive material on Twitter.

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Cher (Reuters)

Thatcher dead, not Cher

Cher fans flew into a panic when a Twitter topic related to Margaret Thatcher led them to think their singing idol had died.

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