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…
New Gowalla app syncs with Foursquare and Facebook
Gowalla on Thursday rolled out a redesign that included letting members of the location-based social network share check-ins at Foursquare, Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook…
Zynga in key mobile play
Zynga, king of online social networking games, is following its fans onto smartphones and other mobile devices with the acquisition on Thursday of rising…
South Korean gov’t to crack down on internet addiction
South Korea’s government is close to adopting a “Cinderella” law to ban youngsters from playing online games past midnight amid growing concerns about internet…
China’s Baidu seeks to expand across web as Google China declines
2010 has been an exceptional year for Chinese search engine “Baidu”. The name means “hundreds of times”, and comes from an ancient Chinese verse,…
‘Do Not Track’ button proposed for online browsing
In an effort to balance privacy concerns with internet innovation, US regulators in charge of protecting the privacy of consumers are proposing safeguards including…
Free Wi-Fi: A Xmas gift from Skyrove
Holidaymakers will be able to take advantage of free Wi-Fi access at over 650 Skyrove hotspots across South Africa this December as part of…
Amazon terminates hosting service for WikiLeaks
Amazon, after coming under fire for hosting WikiLeaks, booted it from its servers on Wednesday, prompting the whistleblower website to shift to Web-hosting services…
Samsung’s Galaxy tablet ready to take on iPad
It’s interesting to note that last Christmas, anybody asked if they wanted a “tablet” would probably have thought they were being offered a pill…
Jumo.com: Facebook co-founder launches charitable social network
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, who left the social network to work on the online arm of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, launched a new venture…
Indian, Chinese tech firms partner to take on Western brands
Indian technology companies are growing in confidence, and with the help of cheap Chinese manufacturing, these new brands are launching thick and fast, determined…
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