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…
Reddit briefly down across the world after maintenance
Websites, like people, often need a little lie down from time to time. But when its unscheduled and one of the most trafficked sites…
Instagram now has a 700-million-strong user army
Not letting Twitter get all the positive news today, Facebook-owned Instagram announced on its blog that it has reached a new milestone of its…
Twitter now boasts 328m users, bests investor estimates
Although Twitter is an integral member of social media’s biggest hitters culturally, it’s lacking an impact financially. Still, the company enjoyed a better than…
#SAAStrike: 32 flights grounded as SAA trends once again
If you’re travelling to or from South Africa today on a South African Airways (SAA) flight, you’re one of the lucky few it seems….
Samsung’s Wemogee app uses emoji to bridge language gap
Samsung’s latest app puts the world’s love affair with emoji to good use. And no, not just for the memes either. Dubbed Wemogee, the…
3 penguins from pop culture that waddled right into our hearts
It’s World Penguin Day today, folks, and that means we pay tribute to the flightless, tuxedo-wearing shore dwellers we know and love. Cape Town…
[Update] Uber passengers ‘threatened’ at Centurion Gautrain station
Update, 11.40am: In light of the incidents in Sandton and Centurion and a request for comment, Uber South Africa explains that it is “engaging…
LinkedIn now boasts more users than Twitter and Snapchat combined
LinkedIn, the business-orientated social network now owned by Microsoft, has hit the 500-million user landmark. “We recently crossed an important and exciting milestone,” the…
Twitter mourns victims of Bronkhorstspruit taxi crash
A crash near Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng has today claimed the lives of at least 20, most of whom were children. The incident, which involved a…
Snapchat takes big step towards protecting its ‘Geofilters’ from Facebook
Snapchat has taken a large step in its war against Facebook’s encroachment. The company’s owner Snap Inc, has reportedly bought a patent that covers…
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