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Mobile Minutes: Twitter app adds analytics; Messaging app and Sony hack; Facebook ads spur donations; Ebola info app

Twitter adds analytics to iOS app
Twitter announced yesterday? in a tweet, no less ? that it is adding mobile analytics to its iOS app. Called the Tweet activity dashboard, this feature displays a wide range of Tweet data that the company says will "help you optimize your performance on Twitter" by leveraging insights and incorporating them into your Twitter marketing strategy.
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Capitalizing on the Sony hack, a secret messaging app is pitching Hollywood
Smartphone app developer Confide is using the hack to pitch big companies ? in Hollywood and beyond ? on technology designed to let people communicate without a trace. The company?s year-old app, also called Confide, sends encrypted messages that automatically self-destruct like Snapchat images.
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Facebook says experiments prove ads on its site can spur donations
Facebook conducted two experiments with Democratic Senate campaigns this year to see if advertisements on its site encouraged people to make political contributions. The company says the results show it did.
Read more on New York Times

ITU launches Ebola-Info-Sharing mobile app
The ?Ebola-Info-Sharing? mobile app facilitates coordination among organizations responding to the Ebola crisis and offers the general public access to the latest Ebola news from official sources, including an interactive map on Ebola.
Read more on IT News Africa