28 Jan 2017

Tech news: Fake Twitter accounts & Android Instant Apps

From This Way Up, 12:35 pm on 28 January 2017
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This week Google tests Android Instant Apps against the backdrop of a downturn in the app-based economy.

And news that massive bot networks have been discovered on Twitter – hundreds of thousands of accounts that could be used to spread fake news or be sold to the highest bidder.

Tech commentator Peter Griffin.

Tech commentator Peter Griffin. Photo: Supplied