On January 20, 2025, during President Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities at Washington D.C.’s Capital One Arena, Elon Musk made a hand gesture that ignited…
Zynga makes rollercoaster stock debut
Social gaming company Zynga debuted on the stock market with a billion-dollar listing, the largest tech listing since Google’s in 2004. Its stock price…
Egyptian blogger sentenced to two years after retrial
An Egyptian man who criticised the ruling military on his blog has been sentenced to two years in prison after going on a hunger…
ScaleConf to address the future of online sites and services
Experts from around the world will come together in January for ScaleConf, a conference aimed at addressing the “challenges and future of building and…
YouTube for Schools stops kids watching cat videos, unless they’re educational
The world’s most popular video-sharing platform has rolled out a school-friendly version in an attempt to ensure that learners don’t get “distracted by the…
‘Find My Face’: Google+ rolls out facial recognition
Internet giant Google is rolling out a new feature on its social network, Google+, called “Find My Face”, that allows users to find themselves…
HP open sources WebOS, may retry tablets in 2013
HP has decided to make lemonade from the lemon it couldn’t sell for $500 (June 2011), then $490 (July), and then $99 (August). The…
Top Chinese official urges ‘more forceful’ online controls
China needs to be “more forceful” in the way it manages the web. That’s according to one top government official, as the country attempts…
Student wins international award for generator built from used hard drives
A student from the University of Cape Town (UCT), a prominent South African tertiary institution, has won an international innovation award for a wind…
Facebook fixes bug that gave access to private photos
Social networking giant Facebook has fixed a bug in its photo sharing system. The bug allowed users to view pictures that other users, including…
YouTube launches localised Nigerian site
Online video-sharing titan YouTube has launched a dedicated localised site for Nigeria. The announcement comes just days after a similar launch in Uganda. According…
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