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Google Play Family Library is now a thing – but not in SA

Apple’s iTunes makes sharing purchases with loved ones rather easy, but Google-toting users can get in on the action now as well. The Google…

Snow grips South Africa as users build snowmen on Instagram

Thanks to the latest cold front system that’s taking its sweet time passing over South Africa, much of the country’s interior is blanketed in…

Stop charging import duties on mobile phones – WASPA

The Wireless Application Services Providers’ Association (WASPA) has called on the government to stop charging import duties on smartphones, saying that they aren’t a…

Leave the 3D glasses at home with this new cinema screen

If there’s one major annoyance about watching 3D movies at the cinema, it’s that you require 3D glasses to actually watch them. But what…

Yahoo sale to Verizon confirmed, but is it doomed to fail?

After reports earlier today, Verizon has confirmed that it’s acquiring ailing internet company Yahoo in a deal worth US$4.8-billion. The joint statement confirms that…

Weekend News in Tweets: terror in Germany, Froome wins Tour de France & more

News moves at the speed of social media in today’s world, and that’s especially the case on the weekend. Take a look at the…

Verizon to buy Yahoo core business for $4.8bn – report

Yahoo’s publishing and advertising business has seen much better days, being viewed as an ailing internet icon by many. Now, the New York Times has…

Trustwave acquires data security provider Application Security, Inc.

The online security space is seriously heating up. It might not be as sexy as social media, or consumer tech but there’s serious money…

Vodacom results show big data growth, 6.6m smartphones in SA

The mobile networks don’t have things as easy as they once did, particularly in emerging market countries like South Africa. As fixed line internet…

Here’s what the new version of Mxit will look like

If you’ve been thinking that Mxit’s been quiet on the product front for the last little while, we may know why that was the…

Twitter stock soars in early trading

If Twitter really was focused on making sure that its IPO didn’t follow the same early path as Facebook’s, then it must be feeling…

Praekelt Foundation, Wikimedia team up to bring free Wikipedia to Kenya

How often do you reach into your pocket for your smartphone and use Wikipedia to settle an argument? Whether you’re using mobile data or…

Books arrive on South African Play Store

If you live in South Africa, you’ve probably become fairly used to getting the latest tech products and services a little later than most…

Looks like Lenovo really did want to buy BlackBerry

Looking back at BlackBerry’s rapid descent into ignominy, there are plenty of could have beens. The biggest of all them all — interest in…

Shazam for TV arrives in SA with J&B campaign up first

If you spend a reasonable amount of time on app stores, you’ve probably at least heard of Shazam. Maybe you’ve even used its smartphone…

Microsoft narrows hunt for new CEO: Mulally, Elop on the shortlist

Microsoft has narrowed down the search for its CEO with the list of external candidates now down to five. Among the candidates who’ve made…

Google goes live with real time expert assistance service Helpouts

Google has gone live with Helpouts, a service that allows you to receive help from experts in a variety of fields using the company’s…

Justin Bieber goes VC, leads $1.1m investment in teen social network

Apparently not content with being a pop mega star, a spell as most followed person on Twitter or the second most followed account on…

#100knaija: Google is documenting Nigeria’s history through photographs

This is pretty cool. As Nigeria’s centenary anniversary approaches, Google Nigeria has kicked off an initiative called 100k Naija, a project that hopes to…

Hey Bing users, you’ll still be able to get tweets in your search results

Microsoft really wants Bing to work as a search product. There’s evidence enough that in its recent revamp and various marketing campaigns meant to…

NSA secretly broke into Yahoo! and Google’s data centres

The US’ National Security Agency (NSA) has secretly been infiltrating the communications links that connect Google and Yahoo!’s global data centres. That’s according to…

Games dominate mobile app revenue as emerging ‘growth markets’ catch up

MEF together with app analytics group Distimo today released a mobile analytics report focusing on the global trends across the Apple App Store and…

Galaxy Round is most ‘naturally curved’ smartphone… says Samsung

There it is! Samsung just released an ad of the so-called Samsung Galaxy Round — a smartphone that has a curved display. This comes…

Opera Mini Data Campaigns Reshape Mobile Access in South Africa

Affordable 5G Phones Could Accelerate Digital Inclusion

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel