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Is Imgur overtaking Reddit as the front page of the web?
Imgur is all grown up. The community photo sharing/meme site announced this week that it now sees 100-million monthly unique users. This puts Imgur…
BraaiPhone: the thinnest and lightest app ever made
For South Africans, there seems to be nothing more cherished than the “braai” (barbecue). This week while the country was celebrating its Heritage Day…
Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon show how stupid ridiculous hashtags are
How many times have you used a hashtag today? Probably a lot. Hashtags have penetrated almost every social network, even Facebook has them and…
YouTube comments: now powered by Google Plus
In an effort to curb the spam comments on YouTube and perhaps another attempt by Google to get more people active on its social…
Amazon launches ‘MayDay’: a Skype-like tech support for Kindle
Amazon may have launched new Kindle versions but it seems the most exciting part of the launch is cool new feature called MayDay. The…
Trouble in Finland: Nokia’s CEO Elop refuses to reduce his $25M payday
Nokia’s soon to be ex-CEO, Stephen Elop, is reportedly refusing to reduce the stipulated US$25-million payday he is to be awarded by the company…
Kenya’s Westgate attack: social media in the days of tragedy
The last 72 hours have gripped Africa in terror as the world waits for news on the current hostage situation in Kenya. Several Twitter…
‘Making sure nothing broke’: Obama’s campaign CTO on keeping it together
“Technology didn’t win the campaign and should get little credit really,” says Harper Reed, CTO of Obama’s campaign HQ in Chicago for the 2012…
A first for internet TV: Netflix wins at the Emmys with House of Cards
A first for online television, streaming video site Netflix has walked away with an Emmy for David Fincher for his work on the popular…
BBM for iPhone and Android halted… for now
Things are not going well for BlackBerry this weekend. First it announced that it will be laying off around 4 500 members of staff…
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