In a significant policy shift, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, has announced the termination of its third-party fact-checking program in…
‘Sunflower worth more than a human life’: #Coligny trends in South Africa as accused granted bail
#Coligny is the hashtag currently dominating Twitter in South Africa, not #MondayMotivation. The farming town in the North West has for the latter weeks…
15+ SA journalists you should follow on Twitter [Digital All Stars]
Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on…
Ellen DeGeneres, Katy Perry and other stars debuting free YouTube shows
YouTube, seemingly reinvigorated by its website’s visual refresh and the ridiculous advertising potential of its platform, has announced a slew of “exclusive” shows with…
Award-winning Oculus Story Studio is shutting down
Oculus Story Studio, the Facebook-owned company’s first foray into virtual reality filmmaking, is shutting down. Launched two years ago, the Story Studio aimed to…
Cassini’s latest fly-by captures Saturn’s creepy but fascinating surface
NASA has this week published new images of Saturn’s surface taken by its Cassini spacecraft in April. The decade-old craft, embarking on the first…
BBM launches DiscoverTV streaming media service for Africa
Messaging service BBM now has its own streaming video service. Dubbed DiscoverTV, the service aims to provide Africa’s 1.1-billion smartphone users with “a wide…
Google Docs’ latest phishing scam was bad news for journalists
A Google Docs phishing attack, that paraded as a genuine link to a shared document, caused widespread panic on the internet Wednesday. On the…
SoundCloud now features Spotify-like personal, curated playlists
SoundCloud has long been known as a portal for recording artists to upload their tracks, and listeners to indulge in them gratis. But it’s…
[Update: it’s back] Is WhatsApp down worldwide? Here’s what we know
Update, Thursday 4 May, 12.10am: According to a tweet published by Reuters Tech citing a company spokesperson, “Whatsapp is aware of outage issue and…
Apple’s struggled to make money from iPhone sales in Q2 2017
While Facebook and Google make most of their money from advertising, Apple’s in an altogether different boat. The company published its Q2 2017 financial…
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