More South Africans than ever before are trying their luck at online casinos and sportsbooks. If you’re new to this world or just confused…
Chinese social network IPO hopes to raise $583-million
China’s most popular social network Renren filed for an initial public offering in the United States on Friday in the hopes of raising as…
Net Prophet offers mentorship opportunity to budding tech startups
Net Prophet, South Africa’s technology startup event, is offering promising technology start-up ventures the opportunity to receive three free days of personal hands-on mentoring…
African developers to compete on innovative Android mobile apps
Every day more than 300 000 Android devices are activated globally. A growing number of these mobile device activations are in markets across Africa,…
Arianna Huffington dismissive of ‘unpaid bloggers’ lawsuit
Arianna Huffington, co-founder of The Huffington Post, has dismissed as “utterly without merit” a lawsuit filed against the website claiming compensation for unpaid bloggers….
Google shares drop 5% after first quarter earnings report
Despite reporting a US$2.3 billion profit, Google shares fell in after-hours trading on Thursday as the internet giant’s earnings came in slightly below Wall…
Google’s search algorithm is a never-ending work in progress
The head of Google’s search evaluation team shakes his head dismissively at the idea of anyone thinking the firm’s winning internet-sifting formula is completed….
Greenpeace wants Facebook to ‘unfriend’ coal and ‘Like’ green energy
A few member of environmental activism group, Greenpeace, were outside Facebook headquarters on Wednesday, calling on the social network to “unfriend” coal energy for…
New legal drama for Facebook and Zuckerberg
Social networking giant, Facebook, faces new lawsuit from a man claiming to funded to the site in its early days. The man used old…
Huffington Post sued by journalist
American news website and content aggregating blog, The Huffington Post, was sued by a freelance journalist claiming unpaid bloggers should be compensated for the…
Has Facebook signed an agreement with Baidu for Chinese social network?
A few months after Mark Zuckerberg paid a visit to China, news has emerged that Facebook has signed an agreement with Chinese search engine…
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