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"Twitter has launched new World Cup-specific features for users today designed to make it easy to keep up with your team's progress\u00A0in Brazil .\r\n\r\nOne of the features isn't actually new, rather it's the reintroduction of\u00A0the hashflags feature which was last used for the\u00A02010 World Cup. This option makes it easy to pledge support to your national side across the social network simply by entering a # followed by your three-letter country code (FRA, GER, BRA, etc.).\r\nTwitter's just unlocked its new World Cup feature - from today country codes become hashflags! Shak #COL #ESP #BRA #FRA #GER #daretodream\r\n\r\n\u2014 Shakira (@shakira) June 10, 2014\r\n\r\n\r\nAs well as displaying the national flag, Twitter will be tallying the tweets containing hashflags and unveiling &amp;quot;the World Cup of Tweets&amp;quot;. Voting for your country is as simply as making a choice on this screen.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSoccer fans can keep up to date on all the tournament action via the #WorldCup and\u00A0#WorldCup2014 timelines too, which include tweets from players, coaches and teams, as well as people you follow. Match timelines will show tweets about games happening in real-time, displaying\u00A0stats\u00A0like fouls, saves, goals and more, Twitter said.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd if it's your first time visiting Twitter during the competition, there's now the option to select your team as part of the sign-up process, which then gives access to a number of custom headers and profile photos.\r\n\r\nFeatured Image Credit - Shutterstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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