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How to watch Barack Obama’s Nelson Mandela Lecture live

Not everyone can make it to Johannesburg’s Wanderers cricket stadium to watch former US President Barack Obama deliver the 16th annual Mandela lecture, and…

Facebook to issue celebratory global alert on Mandela Day

Facebook is pushing an alert to all users tomorrow, but before you freak out, don’t worry, it’s has nothing to do with your personal…

Cape Town’s Theewaterskloof Dam breaks the 40% full mark

After a few weeks of rapid increases, Cape Town’s dam levels have seemingly plateaued. This week the City of Cape Town’s latest report saw…

Elon Musk calls Thai cave rescuer ‘pedo guy’ on Twitter

Elon Musk labelled a British caver who helped orchestrate the extraction of the Thai football team from a cave system a “pedo”. The Tesla…

Twitter: ‘Africa’s going to the final’ after France beats Belgium

“It’s like Africa going to the final” is a disposition many Twitter users across the continent harbour after last night’s semi-final. France beat Belgium…

The United States still thinks Mexico’s in the World Cup

The United States isn’t the world’s foremost footballing nation — unless you’re talking about their variant using a rugby ball and “end zones”. But…

DStv Now usage spikes as World Cup reaches fever pitch

South Africans love sport, don’t they? And now that the World Cup is entering its pivotal semi-final stage, more users than ever are tuning…

Alibaba buys Hong Kong’s SCMP, may be a blow to editorial independence

Chinese internet giant Alibaba has acquired SCMP, the Hong Kong-based media house behind 103-year-old newspaper the South China Morning Post. While Alibaba has pledged…

#ZumaMustFall: South Africans voice concern, frustration after Nene axing

Twitter is filled with tweets voicing people’s concern and frustration over South Africa’s future. This comes after the surprise announcement by President Jacob Zuma…

Smart cities will use 1.6b connected things by 2016

According to Gartner, smart cities will use 1.6 billion connected things by the year 2016. This is an increase of 39% from 2015. By…

HERE leaves Nokia, plans to build maps for self-driving cars

The sale of Nokia’s mapping business unit, HERE, was no small issue. It was quite the funfair. Uber was in the running for it,…

SA gets (another) new VoD service, but this one’s strictly local

The increasingly crowded South African Video on Demand (VoD) space just got another entrant. But unlike services such as Naspers’ ShowMax, or Times Media’s…

Google Play Music launches in SA at R50 a month

Google Play Music, the technology giant’s music streaming service, is officially live in South Africa. Set to cost users R49.99 a month, the service…

ShowMax now lets eBucks users subscribe using vouchers

Naspers-owned ShowMax on Sunday announced a deal with FNB, which will allow eBucks users to subscribe to the video-streaming service using prepaid vouchers. According…

Spotify streamed over 28.5 million songs in 2015

Spotify recently announced its annual numbers and statistics on its dedicated 2015 page, and it makes for impressive reading. Among the numbers are the…

IAB: Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill ‘places excessive limitations on online freedoms’

IAB SA, the non-profit association which looks after the interests of the South African digital advertising and publishing space, has come out in opposition…

Facebook introduces live video streaming, photo collages features

Facebook has introduced its own live video and photo collages features to take on the likes of Periscope and Meerkat. The social media giant…

Uber introduces ‘Ride Request Button’ for third party apps

Uber has launched a ‘Ride Request Button’ that will allow developers to add an Uber button in their apps. The button is in a…

Google Search now allows you to star, bookmark images

Google Search is receiving a new feature. As it matures, it can only get better, and Google appears to be committed to seeing this…

MWEB announces big FTTH price cuts

The South African Fibre to the Home (FTTH) space is getting very interesting very quickly. Not so long ago, there was just a handful…

Memeburn dives into Geek Crate’s first themed box of goodies [video]

We’ve previously reviewed Geek Crate‘s first and second boxes and now it’s time to look at its third offering. This is the mystery crate…

#UFOSA sighting, crash site is an elaborate marketing campaign by FutureLife, Clover

Twitter was in a state of confusion over the past weekend in South Africa, when people started reporting UFO sightings around the country. Images…

LG’s New 100-Inch QNED TV Is a Game-Changer for Home Entertainment in South Africa

ASUS Taps Into South Africa’s AI Obsession With Smarter Devices

HONOR 400 and 400 Pro Redefine AI Smartphone Innovation for South African Users

SA SMBs are AI-Ready – ASUS Report Shows Local Businesses Are Already Seeing Real ROI

Ocellics Reinvents Fund Factsheets with Automation-Driven Platform for Investment Managers

AWIEF 2025 Awards Nominations Now Open

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves