In a significant policy shift, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, has announced the termination of its third-party fact-checking program in…
Facebook revisits confusing promotions rules for Pages
Facebook is revisiting its promotions and competitions guidelines for its wildly popular Pages functionality. Facebook Pages are effectively mini-websites within the social network used…
Tencent gearing up for Facebook challenge?
It looks like Chinese internet giant Tencent is gearing up to take on Facebook. A report indicates plans by the company to offer users…
WikiLeaks reveals how China hacked into Google
WikiLeaks has unleashed a fresh torrent of more than a quarter million confidential US cables detailing a wide array of potentially explosive and embarrassing…
SA startup selected as one of Techcrunch’s ‘Best New Startups’
The TechCrunch Europas, the European Startup Awards for tech companies, has listed Cognician, a South African technology startup, as one of the top 11…
Soweto to host historic TEDx youth event
Some of South Africa’s “most talented and visionary young thinkers and activists” will converge for the TEDxYouth@Soweto event as part of the globally-arranged TEDxYouthDay….
Evly.com: The art of outsourcing crowdsourcing
Evly.com claims to be the “world’s first crowdsourcing social network” and launches next Monday with the goal of bringing users together to “solve new…
9 tips on how to successfully market your non-profit on Facebook
Non-profit and non-governmental organisations (NGO’s) are often the most under-developed and under-visited pages on Facebook, and the internet at large. Why is it that…
Two ‘street-wise youth culture’ portals hit Mxit
Mxit, in partnership with Gate 7 CEO Emma Kaye, launched two new user generated content portals called Mopix and Zwakanaka in the first week…
Five key findings about the mobile advertising landscape in Africa
InMobi, the venture-backed mobile ad network with a focus on Asia, Africa and Indonesia, has announced African results from its landmark study “A Global…
VC4Africa matches entrepreneurs and investors in Africa
VC4Africa, an online community dedicated to connecting innovative, Africa-based entrepreneurs with access to knowledge, markets and capital has announced a new “online venture capital…
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