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Budget Speech 2017: South Africa protests on the streets & Twitter

Today, South Africa’s minister of finance Pravin Gordhan will deliver his annual Budget Speech to the nation. Although proceedings officially get underway at 2pm…

Rain in Johannesburg, drought in Cape Town: SA’s weather according to social media

As boring as it might seem, the weather has been a massive talking point for South Africans in 2017. And no, it’s not because…

#AskThePublicProtector: South Africans troll Busisiwe Mkhwebane on Twitter

The South African government should know by now: Twitter does not take anything seriously. So when it created #AskThePublicProtector, it should have come as no…

Cyclone Dineo aftermath: cleanup begins in Mozambique, Zimbabwe

Cyclone Dineo is no longer a threat to South Africa after the storm dissipated over Namibia this weekend. That doesn’t mean it didn’t have…

Totally fake: the false Cyclone Dineo news you should know about

Yes, Cyclone Dineo is an actual storm. Yes, it also made landfall in Mozambique and is tracking in a westerly direction over northern South…

Samsung Group vice chairman Jay Y. Lee arrested

Samsung Group’s vice chairman and de facto head Jay Y. Lee has been arrested, following charges relating to “bribery, embezzlement and perjury” were laid…

Dineo’s dangerous siblings: 4 other cyclones that hit South Africa this century

Tropical cyclones are fairly common in the Indian Ocean, but they rarely venture anywhere near South Africa’s shores. Most of the time, the country…

Alibaba officially registers biggest ever US IPO

Alibaba has raised US$21.8-billion ahead of its stock market debut, meaning that it is responsible for the largest IPO in US history. According to…

Tim Cook aggressively reiterates Apple’s commitment to user privacy and security

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, does not sleep. At night he is haunted by naked photos of celebrities. He has not admitted to this,…

Governments take note: SAP public sector innovation roadshow hits Johannesburg

Governments (at least South Africa’s) is perhaps the last place anyone would expect to find an ounce of innovation, but SAP Africa, the enterprise…

SEACOM opens NAPAfrica Remote Peering service on its backbone

SEACOM, an African service provider and cable operator, has today introduced a NAPAfrica Remote Peering service that will allow NAPAfrica memebers to connect with…

SecurEnvoy’s ‘One Swipe’ method generates unique QR code for offline authentication

First, nude pictures were leaked and published on the internet and then almost five million Gmail passwords were leaked. It is no secret that…

WikiLeaks reveals Nigeria and SA’s huge spend on ‘weaponised surveillance malware’

WikiLeaks is at it again. This time round, the controversial non-profit went on record saying that German surveillance company, FinFisher, is responsible for selling…

In China, they now have designated sidewalks for people on their phones

China has over half a billion smartphone users. It’s then almost no surprise then that in the City of Chongqing, a new sidewalk has…

Oju launches on Mxit, lets you say ‘I love you’ in an African way

Oju, Africa’s first black emoticons, have launched on mobile instant messaging platform Mxit. The news comes just a couple of months after its introduction…

From rice to burgers: MMA Smarties Awards revealed in SA

In an attempt to highlight some of the country’s top mobile marketing campaigns, South Africa’s MMA Smarties Awards recently took place, with the final…

Google’s latest big purchase? A smart spoon maker

Google just made a purchase that looks set to further bolster its capabilities in the Internet of Things and healthcare spaces. This time though,…

Times Media Group’s Vidi brings video-on-demand to South Africa

Call it the Netflix of South Africa, but Times Media Group’s Vidi video-on-demand service goes live today and hopes win over those who can’t…

Analysts: Apple will sell more than 10 million iWatches in its first year

Along side other iDevices, the long-awaited iWatch (name unconfirmed) will apparently be unveiled by tech giant Apple later today. Even though the device is…

Twitter confirms it’s testing a ‘buy now’ button

In what is probably the least surprising piece of news of the year so far, Twitter has confirmed that it’s testing a “buy now”…

Facebook goes past 100m African users

Everyone wants a slice of Africa. That’s hardly surprising given its young population, fast-growing economies massively high mobile penetration. And given Facebook’s domination of…

Facebook wants you to know it’s rocking video, adds view counts

Facebook is killing when it comes to video and it wants you to know it too. The social media giant announced that it now…

Facebook finally rolls out Privacy Checkup for a universal audience

We’re in the midst of a social media privacy boom, where users of various online platforms are more concerned with their content and shared…

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TikTok Tightens the Reins: New Parental Controls and Digital Well-Being Tools Rolled Out

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