You may soon be able to earn money from Twitter

ETX Daily Up 04/28/2021

What if you could earn money from tweeting? The dream may soon become a reality for the many users of Twitter now that the social network is experimenting with a function to enable them to receive tips…

First ever tweet turns 15 years old

Agence France Presse 03/22/2021

SAN FRANCISCO – Fifteen years ago Jack Dorsey typed out a banal message — “just setting up my twttr” — which became the first ever tweet, launching a global platform that has become a controversial and dominant…

In The Know: Facebook in PH

Philippine Daily Inquirer 09/30/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Facebook launched its first Philippine office in April 2016. At that time, more than 49 million Filipinos were already on the social networking site, 44 million of whom accessing it on mobile. In its…

Will Twitter be your new answering service?

AFP Relax 09/27/2020

A few weeks after rolling out the possibility to exchange voice messages (with a maximum time of 140 seconds) on its platform, Twitter is testing out private audio messages. Twitter is taking over good old voice mail,…

Facebook joins attack on Apple over App Store commission

AFP 08/15/2020

San Francisco, United States — Facebook on Friday joined the attack on Apple’s operation of its App Store after the iPhone maker refused to forgo its commission on live online events hosted on the social network that…

Facebook’s software kit to blame for popular apps crashing

AP 07/11/2020

OAKLAND, California — Friday’s widespread crashes of popular apps running on the iPhone’s iOS operating system — including Tinder, Spotify and Pinterest — serve as a reminder that Facebook is still tracking you through your phone using…

The courts

Raymund Fernandez 11/08/2016

Except for this tragic decision to bury Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, it seems rarely now that the courts are called upon to determine the contentious truth of things important. And that’s a big shame…

‘To help banish or manage all disease’

Rina Jimenez-David 09/23/2016

In the movie “The Social Network,” which tells of the beginnings of what would be Facebook and the legal tussle over its ownership and management, FB founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, played by Jesse Eisenberg, is…

Cebu jails tighten, no selfies with visitors

Apple Ta-as, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/22/2014

There won’t be any selfies for inmates and their families inside the Cebu City Jail and the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) on Christmas Day or New Year. This after both jail facilities were ordered…

Woman faces libel rap for FB rumors

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/27/2014

A woman in Cebu City is facing trial for libel for posting rumors on Facebook of an alleged murder plot which she blamed on  her brother’s girlfriend. The Cebu City Prosecutors’ Office elevated the case to the…

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