The Netflix matchup between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul has redefined what a modern boxing event can be, fusing old-school boxing prestige with digital-age…
Big money: the 22 richest people in tech
If, like Bruno Mars and Travie McCoy, you “wanna be a billionaire so frikkin’ bad” then it looks like tech is still a good…
Will Facebook’s split from Zynga see it make its own games?
Things have been strained between Facebook and social gaming giant Zynga for a while. Now it looks like they’re making the split official. The…
Facebook gets 72 hours to remove paedophile monitoring page
A Northern Irish man, who is a convicted sex offender, has won a court order, forcing the removal of a Facebook page designed to…
Microsoft: IE sucks… less
The latest marketing ad for Internet Explorer is refreshingly honest. Rather than making big, bold claims about the browser it lists the marginal bits…
Tit for tat: China claims Cisco is aiding US spies
Hey, remember when Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE were deemed security threats by the US? Well that tit has been met with tat…
Syria vanishes from the web
Syria has disappeared from the internet. That’s not an exaggeration either, nearly the entire Middle Eastern country has been cut off from the web….
RIM renames BlackBerry App World, launches $10k developer programme
BlackBerry today announced a series of updates in the run up to the launch of BlackBerry 10 on 30 January. Speaking at a BlackBerry…
SA band launches innovative Twitter-driven video
This is pretty cool. It’s the latest video from South African band Die Heuwels Fantasties and, if its makers are to be believed, it’s…
Apple axes Maps head in wake of customer backlash
Looks like Scott Forstall wasn’t the only one to get the chop for Apple’s disastrous maps fiasco. The Cupertino-based giant has also axed the…
Emerging markets, ecommerce give Naspers big revenue boost
Emerging markets internet and media giant Naspers has announced revenues of R23-billion (US$2.6-billion) for the six months leading up to 30 September. That represents…
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