F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Sina Weibo copies Twitter, takes ‘sponsored tweets’ route
This is interesting. Chinese social network Sina Weibo, which has over 350-million registered users, is taking a leaf out of Twitter’s book when it…
Google releases first ad for Nexus 7 as stocks run dry [Video]
Demand for Google’s Nexus 7 tablet is so high that the internet giant has had to temporarily stop taking orders for the 16GB version…
Baidu expands social effort into Vietnam
Chinese internet giant Baidu confirmed that it has launched its PostBar (‘Baidu Tieba’) social network in Vietnam, where it is called ‘Tra Da Quan’….
Google teams up with Tate Modern, lets you collaborate on animations
Aspiring artists of the world rejoice. Google and renowned British art museum the Tate Modern have teamed for an HTML 5 and Javascript-based online…
Use social media to join a band for one night at London’s 100 club
The 100 Club in London attained legendary status in modern British music, having played host to some of the most influential artists on the…
Google rolls out email from SMS service, starting with Africa
This is very cool. Millions of people around the world have GMail accounts. But a sizeable number of those people who own “dumb phones”…
8 YouTube tributes to Nelson Mandela on his 94th birthday
Tributes have been pouring in for Nelson Mandela on today, his 94th birthday. We decided to cherry pick some amazing inspirational video tributes to…
Mobile search to be worth $15bn by 2017
Mobile search and discovery is about to get big. Seriously big. In fact, it’s expected to be worth US$15-billion by 2017. According to UK-based…
Nelson Mandela’s life imagined in social media
This is one of the coolest campaigns we’ve seen in a while. It takes the form of a YouTube video that imagines former South…
New FNB app feature set to bring timeline love to your expenses
This is interesting. Those notification SMSes you get when from your bank whenever money leaves or enters your account could soon be a thing…
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