The U.S. government’s decision to ban TikTok, the immensely popular short-form video app owned by China’s ByteDance, has sent shockwaves through the tech industry,…
Muscle Music: check out Old Spice’s new interactive ad
Old Spice doesn’t do half-assed when it comes to its video adverts and the latest one is no exception. The latest ad takes a…
No more via stamp for Twitter web client
If you use a third-party client like Tweetbot or Twitterfic then your tweets are about to start looking a little different. Well on the…
IBM doles out US$1.3bn for HR software company Kenexa
Looks like Big Blue is going into Human Resources. This morning IBM announced that it was ready to pay US$1.3-billion for HR software company…
Spotify clone Simfy now live in South Africa
German-based Spotify clone Simfy is now live for users in South Africa. That means that anyone in the country can now try out the…
Google: Samsapple has nothing to do with Android
Looks like Google is doing its outright damnedest to distance itself from the recently ended Samsapple trial. The internet giant claims that “most” of…
Naspers, Tiger Global throw $150m into Flipkart
Boom, money time. Naspers and Tiger Global have invested US$150-million in Indian ecommerce giant Flipkart in its latest round of funding. While Naspers is…
Chinese video giants Youku, Tudou complete $1bn merger
This is big. Chinese online video monoliths Youku and Tudou have announced the completion of their billion dollar merger, with the latter set to…
Facebook revamps iOS app from the ground up
Looks like Facebook’s rolling out the changes. It’s just launched a fresh version of its iOS app after earlier revamping the Android version and…
Facestagram deal goes through for $747m
When Facebook first announced plans to buy Instagram it made headlines around the globe. Rightly so too, this was a billion dollar deal. Except…
Fake Indian Twitter accounts blocked: gov’t intervention suspected
A number of fake Twitter accounts, accused of misinforming people in India about violence against Muslims have been taken down. While a number of…
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