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…
Airbnb Trips: is it the future of travel and tourism?
Travel and accommodation company Airbnb has announced a new program that sees the company take a massive leap into the tourism market. Dubbed Trips,…
‘Vodacom On Demand’ video service to debut in 2017
Vodacom has had an interesting Monday. After the company announced relatively unchanged half-year earnings, it also unveiled something a bit novel. The company today…
FriendFinder Networks: 412m accounts hacked in 2016’s biggest breach
Another adult dating company has been hacked, but this time it’s FriendFinder. According to breach notification portal LeakedSource, details of around 412-million accounts have made…
Mannequin Challenge: standing still has never been trendier
Internet fads tend to remain fresh for but a few weeks (we’re not talking about those evergreen Joe Biden memes though). The Ice Bucket…
WTF are Snapchat Spectacles?
If you haven’t a clue what Snapchat Spectacles are, don’t worry. We had a similar debate in the office whether to publish this piece…
Africa’s mobile growth: Opera publishes its State of Mobile report
Norwegian internet company Opera isn’t quite as well known in the desktop browser space, at least in terms of usage figures. Globally, Google Chrome,…
Instagram Stories: Boomerang now included, but is live video next?
Facebook-owned social network Instagram is reportedly trialing live video on its Instagram Stories feature, similar to Twitter’s Periscope and Facebook Live. The company also…
US Elections helps Twitter, Facebook to big traffic spikes
Although Donald Trump won the electoral vote Wednesday, it seems that Twitter and Facebook were the real winners. The two social networks saw a…
Johannesburg floods: here’s what Twitter and Instagram captured
South Africa plays victim to comparatively few natural disasters, but when they do strike, they make their presence known. This was the case in…
Block (or improve) US Elections coverage with these tips
If you don’t have an internet connection at home, a TV that hasn’t worked since 2004, and a mobile phone that’s even older than…
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