It’s 10 years since it was first used to tag or categorise a tweet (Picture: Metro/MylesGoode) Former Google and Uber engineer Chris Messina first used the symbol as a way of tagging or categorising a ...

The hashtag symbol (#) is a way for people on twitter to categorize certain keywords. It not only helps when people are searching for certain trending topics but also displays all the other Tweets ...

Facebook Inc is looking to improve its search and indexing capabilities by adding the hashtag symbol, one of the most recognizable features of its social networking rival Twitter, according to media ...

The use of the hashtag as a Twitter tool to denote a specific topic in order for the masses to follow along—which was first suggested (in a Tweet, naturally) by Silicon Valley regular and early ...

08:26, Wed, Apr 29, 2020 Updated: 07:30, Thu, Apr 30, 2020 Although hashtags are synonymous with Twitter, they are just as common on other social media sites such as Facebook and Instagram. The ...

The word hashtag has officially been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, the OED announced in a blog post Friday. But that’s not the most exciting thing in its announcement. The word hashtag ...