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Donald Trump unveils his 2017 Fake News Awards winners

The GOP website just couldn’t keep up with the traffic its latest blog post demanded today. US President Donald Trump’s “highly anticipated” list of…

Cape Town’s ‘green’ map reveals water usage per household

The City of Cape Town has this week made spying on friends, family or even neighbours’ water usage habits even easier. Previously, one would…

Cape Town dams: Theewaterskloof Dam less than 16% full

After last week’s notable decline, the City of Cape Town has this week recorded yet another decrease to the dam levels across the Western…

H&M, #ANC106 & Hawaii: news you missed this weekend (15 January 2018)

Oh weekend, you’re always gone too soon. While you were lazing on a Cape Town beach, or sipping some cold brew at a Braamfontein…

World stands up for Haiti, Africa after Trump’s ‘shithole’ comment

Update: US President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to respond to reports that he referred to Africa, Haiti and El Salvador as “shitholes”….

Donald Trump accidentally tweets Nazi soldiers in campaign poster

If you imagine a campaign poster for any 21st century presidential candidate with some Nazi soldiers on it, alarm bells would probably go off….

Amorphous New Media parts ways with Times Media Group

Digital agency Amorphous New Media has parted ways with the Times Media Group, which it has been a partially owned subsidiary of since 2007….

Social rideshare service Zaparide offering lifts to Oppikoppi

Social ride-sharing service Zaparide has launched a separate section especially for people looking for a lift to Oppikoppi. The service allows both drivers and…

Microsoft: Windows 10 launch will honour people who ‘do great things’

Microsoft has something different planned for the launch of Windows 10. Sure the slick keynote and stage presentations will still be there, but the…

6 of our favourite trailers from Comic-Con 2015

Movies, TV shows, comics, games and cosplay. Comic-Con International is most known for two things: meeting your favourite actors in all-panel glory and getting…

New ttrumpet feature lets your friends, family follow your trips

Over the top (OTT) messaging service ttrumpet has joined a growing list of apps that allow people’s family and friends to follow them on…

SA’s EWN starts pushing out news via WhatsApp

Are chat apps the future of news? There are more than a few very influential people who think they are. Publishers are coming onboard…

Facebook’s floating video player lets you scroll through News Feed while watching videos

Facebook has long been telling us that its video plans are not to be scoffed at. In the latest bid to prove this point,…

Microsoft writes off $7.6bn from Nokia purchase, cuts 7 800 jobs

Cue the multitudes saying they saw this coming: Microsoft has announced that it will be writing off US$7.6-billion its Nokia purchase and will cut…

Gartner: PC shipments slashed, worldwide device shipments set reach 2.5bn in 2015

Gartner has released its latest forecast, this time focusing on worldwide shipments of PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones. The shipments, according to the…

Russia launches campaign to warn citizens of high-risk, deadly selfies

Have you ever attempted to take a selfie in front of an oncoming train? What about hanging from a roof or in front of…

Bing Maps makeover: predictive routing, multiple places, along the route features introduced

In its biggest update yet, Bing Maps has received a massive redesign. The redesigned Bing Maps comes with a number of features focused on…

You can now read The New York Times articles on WhatsApp

The New York Times is publishing articles on WhatsApp. For the first time Whatsapp users will be able to read their news from the…

Helen Zille explains why government has such a hard time with Uber

Uber can’t seem to stay out of the news. Today it emerged that Uber partner drivers in Johannesburg are being threatened and harassed. Last…

Spy tech company Hacking Team hacked, revealed to have sold spying tools to repressive regimes

If you’ve ever wanted to see what an awkward moment of momentous proportions looks like, then pay attention. Hacking Team, an Italian based company…

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