Hashtag
#HappyBirthday: Hastag turns 10
The hashtag, the symbol proposed by Chris Messina attached to keywords to tag topics online, celebrates 10 years making social media just a bit more navigable
3 min read23 Aug 2017Twitter algorithm change: What you need to know
Twitter is making some changes that will allow popular older tweets that you may have missed to show up on the timeline
3 min read11 Feb 2016One minute guide: hashtag banking
Banks look at hashtag banking in two waysto provide basic banking services, and to give information
2 min read19 May 2015Sydney siege sparks ‘I'll ride with you' campaign for worried Muslims
The hashtag was trending around the world, popping up across Asia, Europe, Africa and North America as it featured in more than 300,000 tweets
2 min read16 Dec 2014F1's social media season
Mercedes win yet another title this year, this time on Twitter and Facebook
2 min read9 Dec 2014Twitter teams up with Amazon to let people shop by Hashtag
Twitter's move is part of a push to keep its members engaged by adding e-commerce to the social media website
1 min read7 May 2014Facebook adds ‘hashtag' feature, taking a page from Twitter
Facebook says hashtag will make it easier for users and advertisers to find hot spots of user activity around specific topics
1 min read13 Jun 2013Facebook to use Twitter hashtag style: report
Users of globally popular one-to-many messaging service Twitter use # or pound symbols as a hashtag to indicate subjects in tweets
1 min read15 Mar 2013A battle to unmask Twitter users
French court tells Twitter to identify people who had posted anti-Semitic and racist entries on the social network
5 min read25 Jan 2013