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6 clever tech startups trying to pop Africa’s remittance bubble
Remittance is a massive cash cow in Africa and the rest of the developing world. The service fees for transacting money from across the…
This company lets you listen to certain locations in 3D on Google Street View
Google Street View is awesome. You can visit everywhere from deep inside the Amazon jungle to the top of Mount Everest — experiencing the…
Mark Zuckerberg pours bucket of ice over his head, challenges Bill Gates
All in the name of a good cause, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has just poured a bucket of ice over his head. Zuckerberg was…
OurHood is building online communities so we can get to know our neighbours better
The sharing economy is a really exciting concept. The idea has been around for a decade now and popularised by internet startups like the…
Why Facebook wants to hack your phone and how to avoid it
Facebook wants to hack your phone and take over your life. Not really, but that’s what people have been fearing recently since the Big…
Microsoft wants you to creep celebs with its new iPhone app
Whether you like it or not, celebrities are a big thing. People love knowing popular personalities’ every move. To leverage this very creepy human…
Beyond memes: BuzzFeed gets $50-million from Andresseen Horowitz
Venture capital firm Andresseen Horowitz has just announced a US$50-million investment in hugely popular media tech company BuzzFeed, tallying up its total valuation at…
Yahoo’s end-to-end encryption tool will combat email snooping
Yahoo is now the second major tech influencer to actively support email privacy. At Black Hat USA, the multifaceted tech giant recently announced to…
M4JAM: the new startup that uses micro-jobbing to solve SA’s biggest problem
When the founders of the startup M4JAM (Money for Jam) secured a rare meeting with the renowned banking innovator and investor, Michael Jordaan, he…
Little hamster in little house is cute and dark at the same time
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