With streaming platforms, next-gen gaming, and hybrid lifestyles reshaping how we consume entertainment, the humble TV is slowly being overtaken by a bigger player:…
Mexicans use social media to negotiate the drug war
In the midst of the brutal drug trafficking war encroaching on their lives, thousands of Mexicans every morning check social network websites to see…
iPhone 4 outranks Justin Bieber on SA internet searches
Apple’s recently launched iPhone4 has received greater internet search interest than Justin Bieber, despite the fact that the teen pop sensation was actually in…
Skype in partnership talks with Facebook
Skype announced an agreement on Wednesday with corporate telephone provider Avaya to bring the internet communications service to US business customers. A technology blog,…
TED.com looking for ‘ads worth spreading’
The organizers of thought-sparking TED conferences, known for changing the way people look at life, are challenging advertisers to do the same. In a…
Week’s top Twitter trends: Football, Twitter, memes and The Bieber
What The Trend, which bills itself as the “Front page of the real-time web” (the company has also trademarked the phrase), tries to make…
Sir Tim Berners-Lee concerned over new laws governing internet
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing the world wide web, warned on Tuesday of the “blight” of new laws being introduced across…
Tourism is now ‘the top selling online industry’
With annual global sales skyrocketing to over US$150 billion, and robust growth that has shaken off the recession, tourism is the ‘top selling commodity…
AOL buys Silicon Valley tech blog TechCrunch
AOL, the once high-flying Internet group which is seeking a revival as an online content company, announced Tuesday it had acquired TechCrunch, a leading…
Helen Zille: ‘Bloggers the new voice of society’
At the annual blog awards ceremony in the prestigious One & Only Hotel in Cape Town, Western Cape Premier Helen Zille spoke about how…
Naspers’ internet buying spree continues with new social network purchase
South African media giant Naspers has added to its growing collection of global internet businesses, recently buying a “controlling interest” in social networking site…
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