Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and Apple have delayed next week's launch of The Daily, the media tycoon's digital newspaper for the iPad, a News Corp.-owned technology blog reported Friday.AllThingsD.com, citing sources familiar with the companies' plans, said the delay is intended to give Apple time to tweak its new subscription service for publications sold through its iTunes online store.According to AllThingsD, iTunes will automatically bill subscribers to The Daily on a weekly or monthly basis with a new edition showing ...

World icon and former South African president Nelson Mandela joins the company of many other celebrities in the latest Twitter rage: Hoax deaths.Over the weekend "news" that Nelson Mandela, along with popstar Justin Bieber, had died spread virally across Twitter. In fact, Justin Bieber seems to "die" on an almost daily basis on Twitter and was trending on Sunday night.The news of Michael Jackson's death famously first broke on Twitter -- and that was no hoax. But following that tragic ...

Most of the time, Wikipedia does an amazing job of providing useful, correct and relevant information on almost any topic you can think of. But from time-to-time, errors slip into the system, vandals play practical jokes and some people get humiliated in front of the whole world. Here's a list of some memorable Wikipedia blunders -- some serious, some hilarious.David Beckham was a Chinese goalkeeper in the 18th century. Now that is impressive. He's over 200 years old and can ...

Not a day goes by without someone proclaiming the death of the banner ad. The banner ad is far from dead, and we're not saying this because it's this site's primary business model. There's a less dramatic reason to explain why the stalwart of internet advertising is not reaching the big numbers of its print and TV counterparts: Quite simply, the banner is diluted.It's diluted in two ways. The first is obvious, and the second overlooked.Dilution one (the obvious ...

Wikipedia may have been on the receiving end of some blunders, hoaxes and outrageous lies, but it is also a platform that inspires a cult-like following, vehement opposition and a rich stream of topics for water-cooler conversation .Here are 10 wacky facts about the crowdsourced encyclopedia that you almost certainly didn't know.Jimmy Wales breaks up with his girlfriend via Wikipedia In 2008 Wales announced to the world, via Wikipedia, that things with TV-celeb girlfriend, Rachel Marsden, were over. In return, ...

Wikipedia, the online editable encyclopedia which has revolutionised the way we access information online, celebrates its 10th anniversary on Saturday. In the last decade the site with humble beginnings has made an astonishing impact on the internet, thanks to its pioneering collaborative model that allows anyone to edit and add information on any topic.Wikipedia has smashed conventional business and publishing norms with more than 26-million entries, yet it employs only 50 people worldwide and remains a non-profit organisation. With ...

Who is the biggest internet star of 2011 so far? Lady Gaga? Eminem? Wrong. It's a fat, cross-eyed opossum from the Leipzig Zoo called Heidi. Check back through your forecasts by leading pundits about trends in 2011. I bet none of them saw that coming.But with over 180 000 Facebook fans and a hit song on YouTube, Heidi is a veritable internet sensation. Her quirky, delightful appearance makes her instantly endearing and unforgettable. And the fact that she is ...

Groupon and the collective-buying model that it spawned is the darling of social web. The company began in the United States in 2008 and has grown rapidly to include 38 different territories, all offering the basic deal-of-the-day model to more than 35-million registered users. It gained instant fame when it declined a purchase offer of US$6-billion from Google.In case you still don't know, Groupon's business model works like this:You reserve your deal by clicking the “Buy Now” button and ...

Facebook has undoubtedly become the platform of choice when it comes to connecting the masses – and the statistics are mind blowing. Almost 600-million users worldwide [and growing], including 3.5-million in South Africa alone.It is further estimated that users spend more than 700-billion minutes per month on the site and have an average of 130 friends – a captive audience by any marketing standards.However, as much as Facebook is accessible and easy to navigate in terms ...

A teenager involved in a car crash that killed nine people in Thailand deserves "no happiness forever", according to just one of more than 300 000 Facebook users who support a page set up to condemn her."Only your death is worthwhile for what you have done," said an angry post on the site. "Are you still a human?" asked another. One of the members of the cyber hate campaign threatened to rape the youngster if he saw her.The 16-year-old girl, ...