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Twitter announces new tweaks, lets you email tweets from the web
If Twitter was a car, it would never go anywhere because it’s constantly being worked on. The social network today announced its most recent…
Anonymous fights to keep Gaza connected as Israel attacks
Hacker collective Anonymous has sworn to keep Gaza connected as Israel undertakes a series of attacks against Palestinian resistance movement Hamas. Over the past…
Android kills in China: now owns 90% of the smartphone market
Android is absolutely dominating the Chinese smartphone market, claiming just over 90% of it. The scary thing is that the figure may actually be…
China asks businesses to help it censor the web
Chinese authorities have roped in businesses to help them stiffen their stranglehold on online information. According to The New York Times, Web police units…
Big Brother? Gov’t user data requests to Google nearly double in three years
Governments who want to know about their citizens are increasingly turning to the company that knows you better than anyone else. Google says it…
Social media in the workplace? Don’t be silly, we’re ‘Inbox Workers’ says study
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Africa to spend $18.5bn on mobile data by 2016
Mobile data is about to explode on the African continent. In fact, it could represent as much as US$18.5-billion in revenue across the continent…
John McAfee: antivirus pioneer, murder suspect
Antivirus software pioneer John McAfee has gone into hiding after police came looking for him in connection with the murder of a neighbour. McAfee…
Africa to have 1bn mobile subscribers by 2015
We all know that mobile in Africa is a big deal. It allowed countries to leapfrog some Western technologies and has fostered innovative products…
Microsoft set to unleash celebrity assault in Windows Phone 8 promotion
Looks like a fair chunk of Microsoft’s massive marketing drive for Windows Phone 8 is going toward celebrity endorsements. After the Redmond-based company’s CEO…
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