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…
Facebook now worth more than Boeing
Social-networking behemoth Facebook could now be worth more than US aerospace giant Boeing and media company Time Warner. This new valuation is as a…
World’s largest internet market just got larger
The world’s biggest online market just got bigger. There are now 450-million Chinese internet users, which is just over a third of the country’s…
10 geek gifts for the whole family this festive season
Are you, or someone you love, filling your “Dear Santa” letters with 3Gs, MB’s, and USB’s? Hoping that Santa’s little helpers know their way…
4 ways to still be effective during holiday leave
Looking to log-off but stay connected this holiday season? Whether you’re going to be travelling locally or abroad, working from home, or having a…
Yahoo! to dump web 2.0 goldrush sites
Some well-known Yahoo! web properties, some of which were purchased during the web 2.0 era goldrush, have appeared on an internal “sunset” list leaked…
Microsoft’s Bing opens new front against arch-rival Google via Facebook
It looks like Microsoft may be making that tiny 1.6% share it owns in Facebook work just a little bit harder. Microsoft has announced…
The global village explained, by a Facebook intern [Visualisation]
Facebook intern Paul Butler was interested in seeing how political borders affect friendships around the globe. So he created a map of the world…
Die Antwoord steals the show on YouTube for 2010
For the year of 2010 South Africans watched clips dominated by music and politics on YouTube, with Afrikaans trailer-trash rap group Die Antwoord stealing…
eBay founder puts up R6m to fund SA mobile innovation project
Philanthropic investment firm The Omidyar Network, owned by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, on Tuesday announced a US$825 000 injection into a South African mobile-focused…
Facebook rolls out new, improved profile pages
The official Facebook Twitter account has tweeted news about improvements to user profiles pages on the social network, making it “easier for you to…
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