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Here’s what Comedy Central had to say about Trevor Noah’s controversial old tweets
Comedy Central is standing by Trevor Noah, the South African comedian it’s chosen to replace Jon Stewart as host of The Daily Show. Just…
This Tidal promo video will make you hate the world’s most successful musicians
Yesterday Jay Z relaunched Tidal, the Swedish music streaming service he bought a few months back for US$56-million. At the same time, he launched…
App revenues on course to hit $99bn by 2019
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This aerial photo gives you a sense of how big Facebook’s one-room HQ is
Facebook has moved into its new headquarters in Menlo Park, California and, as you can see in the photo above, it’s not exactly small….
This crazy, surreal sci-fi short had studios in a bidding war
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With Messenger as a platform, Facebook’s strategy starts to make sense
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Fire engulfs Mxit’s Stellenbosch offices
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Sapa backs off on content deletion demand
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Google wants to make TV ads behave like they’re on the internet
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Ex UK intelligence chief wants spies to adapt digital ethics
Over the past few years, revelations from the likes of Wikileaks and Edward Snowden have shattered our image of the global intelligence community. Far…
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